<VV> Great Project: Tech Guide on line

[James P. Rice]

All:  Ray at Bayside said "Sounds like a great project for CORSA and all
Corvair people."

If you delete "CORSA and" from the sentence, it is really true and useful.
Just who at "CORSA" are we expecting to do this?  When.  Unlike Jay and
Timothy's ideas, you may need permission from the CORSA BoD to do this.

If you put together a group of people to collectively do this, with some
plan, time frame and anticipated cost, methinks you will become a official
committee with a charter to do what you are suggesting.  Mark has offered
his work,  Others?

Historically Yours,
			James Rice

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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:36:08 -0500
From: "airvair at earthlink.net" <airvair at earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: <VV> pedia
To: "rbuckridge at comcast.net" <rbuckridge at comcast.net>
Cc: Virtual Vairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>, CORSA BoD
	<corsabod at corvair.org>,	Corsa Chapters <chapters at corvair.org>

The very point I once made to Dave Newell, and one that everyone should
remember. Information is of no value unless it's passed on. Think of all the
scientific knowledge that the human race has posessed over the thousands of
years. We STILL don't totally know how the pymarids were built, or mummies
were made. Such information died with those people.

We should do better, even if it's only with our one small corner of the
world, the Corvair. I know I'm trying to put down everything I know on
"paper", so that it won't be lost (hopefully). It's why I have collected as
much technical info as possible, consolidating it, and making it available.

As a club, we should collect such technical information and put it online.
But since we're a club, it should be accessible only to paid-up club
members. It should be in the form of a wiki-type of format, fully searchable
and editable by club members. Think of it as the CORSA Tech Guide online
edition, a continuation of what goes into the CC every month.

I would like to be the first contributor by volunteering my computer files
on accessories and paint/trim combinations.

-Mark

----- Original Message -----
From:
To: airvair at earthlink.net
Cc: Virtual Vairs
Sent: 12/18/2009 12:06:23 AM
Subject: pedia

"Technical Information
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The single biggest asset CORSA has available is the wealth of technical
information amassed by the membership. As the years go by, this information
becomes irreplaceable. But outside of the hardcopy manuals available for
sale (the Technical Guides), CORSA hasn't attempted to capture and organize
any of this technical detail."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You make a very good point, the technical material should be saved. You see
fragments here and there, but a central depository should be a great asset
to all Corvair people.
Right now you see people with a wealth of knowledge, but what happens to
their knowledge when they are gone? I goes with them unless someone writes
it down and saves it.
I see things said on VV & FastVairs that I know isn't 100% correct or simply
down right wrong. Things that I thought were common knowledge, well maybe
only common knowledge to some of the older guys.
Sounds like a great project for CORSA and all Corvair people.
Roy - Bayshore