<VV> Communique article rejections was RE: blow up electric fans

[Harry Jensen, CORSA Executive Secretary]

Hello--

I too would like to know about article which have been rejected by the 
Communique. I know of none.

I know of one in which the article was sent back to the author requesting 
changes to make it less technical to make it more interesting to a greater 
percentage of our membership.

Understand, I am not one of the editors. And Jim, I agree with everything 
you've said, except for the unsubstantiated accusations of rejecting 
articles, especially tech articles. I understand that you may not want to 
name names on VV, but send me a private post and let me know the who and 
when, and let me supply you with the facts.

Take care...

--H


At 08:32 AM 8/6/2005, Jim Burkhard wrote:
>Yours is the 3rd story I've heard about the Communique rejecting articles.
>The other two folks (whom I respect very much) were told that they had
>articles that were too technical and not of interest to the "general
>reader".  This is pretty disheartening to those of us inclined to write on
>such matters ourself.  I'm wondering what the problem is?  I don't think
>every issue should be packed cover-to-cover with non-stock tech, but if
>decent quality material is out there, it ought to be published.  CORSA
>membership has been dropping and the membership has been greying for many
>years -- we need to do things to keep the hobby interesting to ALL members.
>I for one am bored to tears when Communiques are filled with reports of
>local mall shows and cruise nights.  If you don't know the people, who
>cares?  Where's the beef?
>
>Younger Vair owners are (often) the ones most interested in such technical
>articles.  If we continue to reject them, these folks unfortunately may see
>little reason to join CORSA. That's not good for anyone in the long term as
>I think CORSA provides the backbone that maintains interest in the marque
>which helps support the vendors, who keep us all in parts, etc. etc.
>
>If anyone out there has had an article rejected by the Communique, let's
>hear the details, including the "official" reasons.  I didn't realize this
>was such a problem until I'd heard similar stories from a few guys.  It
>doesn't take long for such warnings to get around...  If there's some dirty
>laundry, better to air it and resolve it.
>Communiques that have some technical meat to them are an incentive to join
>CORSA, especially to younger guys.
>
>Jim Burkhard
>
> > [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of N. Joseph Potts
> > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:36 PM
> > To: BobHelt at aol.com; virtualvairs at corvair.org
> > Subject: RE: <VV> Re: blow up about questions about electric fans
> >
> >
> > Bob, this generous offer interests me a lot, but naturally
> > I've got some potential quibbles.
> >     I should warn you that the
> > Communique has not carried my recent article offerings, so I
> > can't guarantee that they would carry what I produced out of
> > this effort, either.
>
>
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