<VV> Communique improvement idea, number 10]

[Mike McGowan]

Bob, 2002 was a long time ago so it's difficult to argue specifics I don't remember.  I just did a quick scan of Communiques in that era, and your speedometer article was published in May 2004.  From 2002 to May 2004, we published seven other articles of yours before that one.  I think that accounts for most of the 11 you sent me.  In fact I may have consolidated some subjects together in one article.  In the year or so after that we published two or three more by you on oil filters, which I think was news at the time and maybe not from that group of 11.  Believe me, I use all I can.
--Mike McGowan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: BobHelt at aol.com 
  To: mcvair at sbcglobal.net 
  Cc: corsabod at corvair.org ; hljensen at comcast.net ; corvairs at pacifier.com ; larry at vairshop.com ; virtualvairs at corvair.org ; NicolCS at aol.com 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:46 PM
  Subject: Re: <VV> Communique improvement idea, number 10]


  In a message dated 2/18/2009 1:56:10 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, mcvair at sbcglobal.net writes:
    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?
  Mike,
  With all due respect, many members that I have talked to feel slighted and disappointed. Take my own case fro example. In about 2002 I sent you 11 one-two page articles ready for you to print in the Communique. These formed the basis of my later book CORVAIR SECRETS after you didn't use any of them. You really never communicated back to me as to maybe thy needed help or anything. When i finally inquired you said "that you didn't know what to do with them". Well HUH? You finally did print the one on speedometer accuracy after another member sent it to you as I remember.(it's been a while)

  Why oh why don't we offer budding authors some guidance on writing and also some help. I mean put something in the Communique that help is available and how to write an article for publication, etc.




    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

  I hear that but I say who did we ask to volunteer? How many did we ask to volunteer? How did we ask them? Via what media or in person? How many rejections did we get while asking for specific volunteers? People need to be asked. just my opinion.
  Regards,
  Bob Helt

     



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