<VV> Who will do it, now: pdf Communique database

[The Reinharts]

All, Here is my thoughts on the Commscan project. The tech guide is a 
compilation of Communique articles designed for a specific purpose. To help 
promote the repair and maintenance of corvairs. It is an invaluable resource 
for any Corvair owner. And if you haven't seen the new versions of vol. 1 & 
2, you will be pleasantly surprised at how much better they look, and how 
much easier they are to use. Thank-you to all that had a hand in this 
project and the forthcoming Tech. Guide 3.

The Commscan project is a totally different animal. It is based mostly on 
the principle I spoke of the other day. Nostalgia. I think we all have 
picked up and bought a Communique or two, a Windmill, or a Corsa Quarterly, 
at a swap meet or flea market, and took it home and spent more than a few 
minutes paging through them and seeing what went on in the past. I don't 
look at just articles. I look at who was President and BoD offices. Who was 
the editor and executive secretary. I peruse the used car and parts ads and 
the ads and listings for events. I look at it all for nostalgia. It's great 
relaxed reading and entertainment. But I have limited access to the few I 
have and I would like exposure to more. And I believe you would like to 
experience more too. There are some that have every issue that was produced 
and are willing to loan them to the Commscan volunteers for electronic 
reproduction. I say thank-you to all of them. They will be a big help in 
this project moving forward.

All this being said, I am going to recommend that the issues be scanned from 
cover to cover to allow the reader to get the whole picture and feel of what 
was going on at the time.
This will not be easy or quick. We will all need a little patience, but the 
end result will be worth it.

 When finished I believe the end result should be put on the CORSA website 
and limited to CORSA members only. EXCEPT for some choice tidbits that 
should be available for everyone to see. Teasers if you will. Hopefully 
these teasers will instill some nostalgia, or just plain curiosity in the 
readers, so they feel the need to join CORSA to get access to the rest. As 
far as the sale of CDs or DVDs, that will have to be determined by the board 
when the project is finished.

Thanks for all the input guys

Jamie Reinhart
CORSA Central Director




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Test User" <vair65 at sisna.com>
To: "craig nicol" <nicolcs at aol.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 05, 2009 03:30 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Who will do it, now: pdf Communique database


craig-like you said the tech end is fairly well covered when used with the
other corvair books available. the only other thing that i can think of the
"stock is" by lclc and "solo is" by warren l. not sure but doesn't clarks
sell these? after that all thats left is pictures of the cars. their is gary
aube's site for reference on how to do that-mike mann

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 1:30 PM, craig nicol <nicolcs at aol.com> wrote:

> I’m a little confused – or maybe not.  This thread seems to be covering
> scanning of prior Communiqués and Quarterlies for content and then
> publishing them on the web. There are three kinds of stories in the
> Communique; show reports, historical/personal stories, and technical
> articles.  There’s no real value to the show reports but the historical
> stories and tech articles are rather timeless.  If it’s tech articles you
> are interested, the last 30 years of tech articles is already done ! They
> were recently scanned to pdf and vibrantly reformatted. Like the old
> version, the new one is called the CORSA Tech Guide and being pdf, it’s
> 100%
> searchable – a huge leap forward. The first 20 years, volumes 1&2 was just
> released in printed and digital form and several of us are in the process
> of
> editing volume 3, which brings us up to date.  So…the tech side is done.
> What’s left to do is the historical/personal stories side of the coin.
> IMHO,
> those stores are equally valuable and I’d love to see them archived
> electronically as the tech articles have been. The catch is the question 
> of
> “free” or “pay”.  The tech guide has sold well and has helped with keeping
> dues down. Should the historical side be packaged and sold as well or are
> we/you thinking of providing all or some of it free on the web?
>
> Craig Nicol
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