<VV> Communique improvement idea, number 10]

[Mike McGowan]

Bob, I cannot control how everyone feels.  I try to work with article
contributors, whether tech or otherwise.  If the work has potential I do try
to develop it.  Sometimes articles are just unsuitable.  The late Bob Ballew
would send us numerous long articles about details of Powerglide operation,
not solving any problem, just satisfying his curiosity about how some parts
of it worked.  I tried to be polite and supportive, and sometimes he would
write something genuinely useful, but some things just aren't gonna get
published.  Larry Claypool backed me up on these.  Believe me, if an article
has potential, I or somebody else will work with the contributor to make it
publishable.  We do have a volunteer, talented tech writer Craig Nicol,
available to do exactly that.  Is there some specific author you have in
mind for us to help?

Honestly, Bob, your "Why don't we have volunteers..." ideas miss the point
that Lon Wall tried to make, which is that we don't have any shortage of big
ideas for volunteers to implement.  What we lack is the volunteers to do
them.
--Mike McGowan

> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: <VV> Communique improvement idea, number 10
> Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:53:52 EST
> From: BobHelt at aol.com
> To: corsabod at corvair.org, virtualvairs at corvair.org
>
>
> Tech articles submitted by members have been  sometimes rejected for no
> apparent reason but often as being incomplete, too  technical or poorly
> written.
> One author I know is still pissed from many years  ago and will never
again
> submit another thing although in my opinion, he has a  lot to offer.
> Why don’t we have volunteers to help potential  authors to generate,
rewrite
> and improve potential tech articles. Why aren’t  potential authors offered
> this service and encouraged instead of being rejected?  Maybe there are
> others
> waiting on help.
> And lest we forget the Communique is the main  source of satisfaction the
> members gain from CORSA. Thus an improved  Communique means happier
> members and
> increased membership and more  revenue.
> Regards,
> Bob  Helt
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