<VV> Corsa Tech Guide problem solved

[Ron]

Why not stick with their promise and put out a third edition that will merge 
with the merged first two?
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Corbin" <airvair at earthlink.net>
To: "Virtual Vairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Cc: "corvairclub" <corvairclub at yahoogroups.com>; "CORSA BoD" 
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Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 11:20 AM
Subject: <VV> Corsa Tech Guide problem solved


> All,
>
> Finally the mystery is solved! Apparently we now know why there is a
> mismatch in the interfaces between some of the CORSA Tech Guide issues and
> the latest Third Edition" release. Here's what happened.
>
> The original "Volume 1" was issued with the "promise" from CORSA that all
> future volumes would easily integrate into that volume, so that any "early
> purchasers" would not have to worry about any conflicts or other problems.
> It is why it was printed in loose-leaf form instead of bound. Volume 2 
> came
> along, and held true to this concept.
>
> At some point later, the CORSA  board decided that some of the material
> needed updating and rewriting. So it was decided to "reprint" the first 
> two
> volumes' materials as an "enhanced and combined" edition. The "Third
> Volume" was later produced to integrate into this "combined" edition. BUT
> what may not be well-known is that in updating and printing this "enhanced
> and combined" edition, the interfaces didn't match the original editions'
> interfaces. As a result, if someone tries to integrate the "Third Volume"
> with the original First and Second volumes, there are gross mismatches in
> the interfaces, both with redundant sentences and paragraphs, and missing
> information. About a third of the interfaces are affected.
>
> The net result is that the present "combined" edition is really NOT a
> "first and second 'combined' volume", but an updated version of it, and
> thus is in effect an entirely NEW tech guide. It should have been labeled
> as such, and the "third" volume labeled as a "second" volume supplement to
> that new tech guide. But that was not done. Tim Mahler has admitted that
> that decision was his, and NOT the editiors' decision. They are blameless
> in this case. My appologies to them for anything I said due to my not
> knowing this information.
>
> At this point, I'd recommend that CORSA not print any more issues of the
> current material, but instead (when the supply runs out) print up a soft
> BOUND version of all the material contained in the present *three* 
> volumes.
> They should also remove any reference to volume number and label it simply
> as the "Tech Guide up to December 2007" (or whenever the cutoff date was).
> Then issue any future tech guides as the "Tech Guide from January 2008 to
> whatever date" and be done with it. Besides, the current material already
> produces a book that is quite thick, so why bother with future 
> integrations?
>
> Hopefully, this will settle the matter, as long as the membership has been
> made aware of this situation with the first two editions.
>
> -Mark
>
>
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