<VV> Re: Communique & CORSA Membership

[Harry Jensen, CORSA Executive Secretary]

Hi--

Allow me to point out the obvious: the content of the Communique is 
directly proportional to those members who submit articles. If you want 
more tech articles, write them. If you want more photographs, take them. If 
you want articles on how to drive an autocross or compete in a rally, write 
it.

This isn't meant to be a 'shot' at any one of you participating in this 
discussion, but simply a statement of fact. But let me also make the 
observation that if you are unwilling to contribute to make the Communique 
better, then you are part of the problem and not part of the solution.

There are people on this list who have contributed a lot to the content of 
the Communique: Bob Helt and Craig Nicol have contributed much need tech 
material. Bill Stanley has contributed feature material. There are many 
other people who have contributed to the content who are not on this list, 
but should be recognized just the same. The David E. Davis article was 
almost entirely due to the efforts of Mike McGowan. Dave Newell contributes 
his historical perspective on many, many articles which have been published 
including the recent feature on the obscure 1960 parking brake.

Regarding reprints from the Tech Guides: This material is **available** for 
all those who want it. Most of the material was published already in the 
Communique. If one would like to take a topic, say push-rod tube seals, and 
write a comprehensive article which encompasses all the techniques 
published in the past Communiques, I think that would be beneficial.

Virtually all of the articles submitted for publication get published. If 
you have an article which was not published, resubmit it. The main reason 
we do not publish an article is that some submissions like event reports 
are submitted so late that the results are no longer relevant.

Take care....

--H



At 03:20 PM 2/3/2005, Alan Wesson wrote:
>Bob wrote:
>
>>I realize that the Communique is not a riveting page-turner but I am not 
>>able to put my finger on what it may be missing.
>
>* Fewer event reports (not interesting unless you have actually been there!).
>
>* Fewer concours and competition results (not interesting unless you have 
>won one).
>
>* Fewer mentions of who ate what food at what event (not interesting 
>unless you have eaten it!).
>
>* More reprints of period road tests and articles.
>
>* More photographs taken at meets (colour if the budget can run to it).
>
>* More tech stuff (how about reprints of pages from the Tech Guide, if 
>no-one is forthcoming at producing them?!). Perhaps lclc could be 
>approached to ask which pages that are already in the Tech Guide are the 
>ones that people most often tell him ought to be added to it, because I 
>seem to remember it being a source of constant annoyance to him (and 
>rightly so!). If he provided a list, these could be reprinted in the 
>Communique one by one on a monthly basis.
>
>* More photos with the ads (can't get my head round non-photo ads). If not 
>enough are booked, cut the prices - you'll get more ads anyway, so you 
>won't lose out.
>
>* More handy hints (e.g. 'how to lay your car up for the winter; how to 
>get stains out of the seats; how to rid your car of rodent odours, etc.). 
>Another club I am in reprints particularly useful emails from the forum, 
>for the benefit of those who missed them, and for posterity for those who 
>didn't.
>
>* More 'autocross driving and handling techniques' kind of thing - in 
>England we call it 'roadcraft', but this would be for track use as well.
>
>* More Vair trivia (there is quite a lot of good trivia (sorry - there are 
>quite a lot of good trivia!) in 'The Complete Corvair...'.
>
>* Tour notes ('lost highways of America' kind of thing) - I am always 
>looking for new places to drive my Vair on the (too-few) occasions when I 
>am in the USA with time on my hands. How about a scenic drive from coast 
>to coast, in sequential articles over, say, a year, and totally avoiding 
>Interstates? Most of the info could be pulled from the Web, if the 
>copyright holders were in agreement (And perhaps if they weren't!).
>
>I do get a bit tired of reading about the 'Mid-October annual fall 
>barbecue at the Mall in downtown Smallville, attended by 3 Vairs, each of 
>which won a concours prize because it was the only one in its class'.

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