<VV> CORSA web site

[rbuckridge at comcast.net]

Mark, 



It sounds like you and I have been talking with the same people. 



As to the web site and programmers in general, I think programmers are under the impression that everyone uses the latest & greatest in the PC world and forget that some users still run small resolutions on their screen and / or are still working under a dial up service. Good web page design should take these things into account. 



This was the reason I felt I needed to separate all the Operation Corvair Christmas pages, to speed load time. If I didn't care about load time, I could have simply posted all 250 plus photos I have about this event and be done with it. But in that case the page would be very slow to load and you would have scrolled on forever. 



My experience with CORSA's attitude has been similar to yours. Mine was dealing with car shows, car displays, Concours what ever you wish to call it. I was trying to address the "driven in" vs the "trailered in" cars. At the time CORSA told me, if they can't afford a trailer, forget it, we don't want you. 



There are so many good people out there, all with one thing in common, the love of Corvairs. Yea, we all have our little spats now and then, but we manage to over look them for the good of the whole. But, some of us chose to join CORSA and some of us don't. 



All I will say is, if CORSA is right in their attitudes and direction they are going, why do they have so many problems? I see it as CORSA is in a struggle to survive. They must change their method of operation or die. 



CORSA, listen to your members and future members, after all, they are your customers and your reason for existance. Without them you will cease to exist. 



LET'S KEEP CORSA ALIVE. 

Roy - Bayshore (and yes Ma rk you are correct, it is a 4 door or a 4 door hardtop, not a sedan) 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: airvair at earthlink.net 
To: rbuckridge at comcast.net, "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
Sent: Saturday, December 5, 2009 1:55:01 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: RE: <VV> CORSA web site 

The problem with the website isn't the site itself, but the webmaster 
(H&M). They are totally insensitive to suggestions, and don't want to hear 
of any. Case in point: I recommended that they move the pop-out menu from 
the right side to the left. Reason, the scroll button is on the right, and 
the menu pops out every time I tried to move my cursor over to the scroll 
button. Think they'd even consider it? Not on your life. I got a terse 
messsage saying that they liked it that way and for me to go jump in the 
lake (or something to that effect). 

Same thing goes for the CC. A while ago I sent in a letter saying that they 
shouldn't call the late model 4doors by the term "sedan" because 
technically they aren't, and since this was a car enthusiast club, we of 
all people ought to know better. Their answer was basically that they liked 
the term "sedan", even acknowledging that it was a misnomer and that I was 
correct, but that they simply would keep on using it. And all I asked them 
to do was use the term "4door hardtop" or simply "4door" instead. 

To me, such an attitude shows blatent arrogance. They are OUR (the CORSA 
membership's) employees, not the other way around. And as employees of 
CORSA, they are supposed to be receptive to members' comments and 
recommendations. Such an attitude is part of the reason why CORSA has 
problems. Any business that becomes arrogant towards their customers is 
headed for certain failure. We as members (CORSA's "customers") simply 
shouldn't stand for such abuse. 

-Mark 


> [Original Message] 
> From: <rbuckridge at comcast.net> 
> To: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org> 
> Date: 12/4/2009 7:44:32 PM 
> Subject: <VV> CORSA web site 
> 
> 

Hank, 

As to the CORSA web site, you don't have to know how to fix it, but you 
should be telling CORSA what you feel is wrong with it. This way they will 
know what readers are having problems with on the web site. 

If the problem is content, too much of this and not enough of that, let 
them know. 

If it is layout or navigation, let them know. 

I for one always appreciate suggestions or feedback of any kind. No one is 
perfect, we all need help in what ever we do. As a side note, all my emails 
are run through Comcast's spell checker. The problem is their spell checker 
sucks and yes I have told them. They simply don't react. 

Roy - Bayshore 



---------------------original message------------------------- 

The CORSA site isn't exactly to my liking, but I've never criticized for 2 
reasons. ��I'm not smart enough to design anything better, and if you 
can't, you ought not to criticize.�������� 
Hank 
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