<VV> Virtual Vairs - presentation and tone...

[Roger Gault]

Bryan,
I'd like to use this as an excuse to say a couple of things about VV.

First, I like the format.  I haven't seen one I like better.  I'm a member
at Corvair Center, and spend way more time here on VV.  When I want to keep
something here, I can just drag it over to one of my Corvair e-mail folders.
I haven't figured out how to do that at CC.

Second, VV is clearly more of a revenue booster than revenue drain on Corsa.
It's a great place to shame people into joining Corsa.  Worked that way with
me. ;-)

Third, yeah, sometimes we sound like assholes here.  I don't know what you
or I could do about it.  One of the attractions (to me) of VV is the banter.
I'd hate to see a bunch of rigid rules about what we could and couldn't say.
It's pretty much a club meeting.  It seems to me to be a little self
aggrandizing to start worrying about whether our collective personality is
running off potential members.  This is not a service organization with a
charter to save the world and help underprivileged Corvair owners.  It's not
a political party that has to hide its true self in order to attract more
members.  It's just a club.  Clubs are made up of people with similar
personalities and similar interests.  People that don't fit in, don't join.
That's why I'm not a member of my local Corvair club - no personality match.

Roger Gault

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Virtual Vairs - presentation and tone...


> Before we go too far down this path, perhaps it's worth asking what
> VV costs CORSA.  Yes, I know the answer.  If you're really interested
> in reducing the cost, we could easily make it zero.  If you count
> what VV brings to CORSA in terms of revenue, I'm pretty sure it more
> than offsets the cost.
>
> Every few years we revisit the "VV is old school" debate.  Right up
> there with fuel pumps and lifter adjustment.
>
> I'd also like to point out that CORSA - and if by "CORSA" we mean the
> BOD - doesn't have a lot of direct impact on VV.
>
> So, who runs VV?  Well, for all intents and purposes, it is *you*,
> gentle reader.  Any VV member can join VairOrg, which is the group
> that actually runs VV.  Drop me a line if you're interested.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On May 31, 2008, at 1:40 PM, Marc Sheridan wrote:
>
> > Personally, I like "the old fashioned format of VV", but it is
> > obvious most
> > don't. In light of CORSA's money problems, perhaps it is time to
> > pull the
> > plug on V V. The Corvair Center Forum seems to operate just fine
> > without
> > help from the club.
> >
> > Marc Sheridan
>
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