<VV> Re on-line info

[Bryan Blackwell]

Ah, no, that's not what I was getting at - the point is that all that  
info he's talking about mostly came from CORSA members, *not* VV-only  
members.  Not all of it, VV is it's own thing, but if you take a look  
at old Communiques you'll find a lot of the same authors.  BTW, Ray  
did say in an earlier post that he was:

  - A CORSA member
  - Playing devil's advocate

I'm not picking on him, I'm just using his post to illustrate  
something.  Hopefully that's ok with him.

Back in the old days CORSA was, more or less, the only place you'd  
find all the things that are on the Internet now.  Back then, if you  
wanted to "search the archives" it meant going to some CORSA member's  
home and literally searching through old Communiques.  Ultimately this  
led to the Tech Guide.  It became clear pretty quickly that if you  
wanted to have access to information, the best course of action was to  
join CORSA.

Fast forward to now.  Yes, lots of info available to anyone on the  
Internet.  Since you don't have to go to someone's house, it's not  
entirely obvious that CORSA is where that information is really coming  
from.  But without that organized, get out a publication every month,  
annual convention, record keeping organization, the Corvair community  
would be a lot less vibrant.

Consider how many sites have disappeared in the past ten years  
(Geocities, anyone?).  Betting on free sites for something that you  
want to have longevity is long odds, IMHO.  That's one reason why the  
chapter sites on the CORSA server (free to chapters) are a good idea.   
How many chapters have had their webmaster go missing?  There are  
quite a few, I assure you.  So, now you have a site that no one can  
update.  What to do?  If it's on the CORSA server, you write the web- 
help address and get control of your chapter's site.  If it's  
somewhere else, good luck.

Ok, I'll stop now.  Ray is either my best friend, or ready to kill  
me :-)

--Bryan

On Dec 11, 2009, at 10:27 AM, Carlton Smith wrote:

> Just where in Ray's note does he make any indication that VV created  
> Corsa?
> Why are you calling down a new and  young member that is trying to be
> helpful to others? Chill guy.