<VV> CORSA org chart

Thu Dec 10 21:37:03 EST 2009

Hey Dennis, I'll give you my office. I would rather be in the garage anyway.
Just love the smell of grease and stale gasoline.

But Guys, I still think we need to have two corporate offices, One in Ill.
for the summer months, and one in Arizona for the winter months.

George Jones
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Secretary, Corvair Society of America (CORSA)
Eastern Division Director, CORSA
Performance Corvair Group
Central Florida Corvair Club (Since 2009)
Tidewater Corvair Club (since 1987)
Central Virginia Corvair Club (since 2006)
CORSA (since 1987)
'65 Monza Crown V8 Convertible
'66 Monza Coupe Custom

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 8:46 PM, Dennis Pleau <dpleau at wavecable.com> wrote:

> Yea, all I get is a little cubicle in the CORSA complex.  Something about
> Bryan keeping the hardware and software running and all I have to do keep
> the VV members inline.  As hard as it is to keep some of you inline, I feel
> I should have an office the size of Mahler's,
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Blackwell
> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 5:33 PM
> To: Virtual Vairs
> Subject: <VV> CORSA org chart
>
> Guess it's time to dust off this post:
>
> I see a lot of comments sometimes on Virtual Vairs about what Corsa
> should be doing with all that staff, just thought I'd write up
> something about my day at work.
>
> Ah, a beautiful spring morning, great day to drive the coupe into
> work, so
> I hop in and fire it up, hit the highway.  Pulling into the lot at the
> gorgeous new CORSA headquarter building, I see many more Vairs, seems
> that
> most of the staff had pretty much the same thought.  Looks like we
> might be
> able to get a pickup autocross going today, I see a couple of the cars
> either have their race tires on or brought them along.  What's really
> fun,
> of course, is seeing the other folks who work in the area as they walk
> or
> drive by, there are always plenty of double takes as they go by the
> lot on
> a day like today, they think CORSA is some high tech workplace, not a
> car
> club.
>
> I drop the kids off at the morning day care, I see the Claypool kids
> brought in a transmission today, my guys go running over to check it
> out.
> Wonder if Larry remembered to take out the needle bearings this time, he
> got in some trouble about small parts last time.
>
> First stop on the normal day is coffee, of course, then into the
> office -
> being the lead Sys Admin has its perks, I got a little bigger one than
> Chuck Kamas or Gary Aube, of course they don't have to live with the
> latest
> server we're testing either.
>
> Quick check of the mail shows that everything looks good from the night
> before, tho we have a couple trouble tickets open about VV and Dennis
> wants
> me to check it out since the mid shift guys couldn't get it fixed.
> Wander
> off to get the paper mail, I stick my head in on the publishing group to
> let Harry know about some web server stuff we're doing.  McGowan's
> over in
> the conference room with the Communique staff doing assignments - seems
> everyone wants to go to the Convention, and of course he's only got
> ten spots on the plane, so there's quite a ruckus.
>
> Ah, the exec wing.  Just like exec areas everywhere, plenty of comfy
> chairs
> and wood.  Well, except for the car parts stacked up outside doors and
> by
> the mailboxes.  The secretaries did put their collective foot down when
> Kent had the engine shipped here with the oil still in it.  Now the
> rule is
> in a box or new only, else it had better stay on the dock.  Seems Lon
> Wall
> delivered this week's shipment from the Underground in person, he's over
> there chewing the fat with Domzalski and Seth.  The cylinder head test
> is
> today, so I'm not surprised he came here.
>
> Head down to the garage area, I spot the Corsa Lear Jet through the
> window,
> sure enough there's Ray Sedman and Herb Berkman.  Wonder if Herb
> buzzed the
> building again this time.  Both Larrys are here as well, along with the
> rest of the engine buiders.  Test takes a couple hours, probably do
> about a
> dozen dyno pulls.  It's amazing watching the guys who do this all the
> time
> change heads, there's a little friendly competition to see who can do it
> the fastest.  Of course, the fully equipped CORSA test facility sure
> helps.
>
> Lunchtime shows up, and there's Ken Klingaman and Warren Leveque out
> on the airstrip with the Corvan full of cones laying out a course.
> It's nice having all this space, they're making a nice sweeping course
> which should be a lot of fun.  Usually some of our neighbors bring
> their cars over too, they know we can't resist on a day like today.
> Going back into the bulding, I see Bristow glommed on to one of the
> lifts for a little lunchtime tech session.
>
> I decide to stop in the museum on the way, always good to see what
> Wade's
> latest acquisition is, he just got back from a trip, and I need some
> copies
> from the archives.  Dave Newell takes time out from some indexing to
> walk
> me through the stacks until I find what I need.
>
> Well, back to the ranch, it's a lot of work keeping a couple hundred
> folk's
> computers running all the time.  Hope you enjoyed the tour.
>
> -- Bryan
>
> [Psst, hey folks, Bryan's boss here.  We let him believe this, because
> he's
> much more productive when we do.  The staff has gotten used to their new
> names, now if we could just get him to stop making the "vroom vroom"
> noises.]
>
>
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