Wow... Here's my 2 cents worth... dividing a list in
two will never produce strength..just like a rope
divided in two is not stronger...
If you really want a national event then schedule it,
and make it as good as events held currently by clubs
all over the country and roadster owners will come...
Personnally, this list has enabled me to take a
roadster completely disassembled by the P.O. and put
it back together...should make smoke in the next
couple of weeks...
Sorry you feel the need to make you own list! This one
is great...
Jim Williams
Scottsdale, AZ
68 2000
--- DonaldL724@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Gang, it''s that troublemaker again!
> Here my reply to those of you that seem to
> think the new list is a
> negative thing:
> Some of you seem to be a "Glass is halve empty"
> kind of person!
> You can view this in a negative way if you choose.
> We are all entitled to an
> opinion.
> My choice is to view this as the growth in
> popularity of Roadsters. Many of
> the members of the new list are on both. Some are
> not. I conclude that the
> ones who are not are because they view many of the
> topics on this list as not
> relevant to them. Much of what's talked to about on
> this list is West Coast
> based! There is NOTHING wrong with that. Most of the
> Roadsters are out west.
> Someone mentioned unity with one list, I
> disagree. If we had the unity
> that you speak of we would have the respect that the
> Z cars, MGs, Triumphs
> etc. ... have. This has been my goal and will
> continue to be my goal. I have
> mentioned in private and list posted e-mails about a
> National Roadster event.
> I got nothing but e few halve hearted replies. Maybe
> this is because you
> folks on the West Coast already have some quality
> events.
> Nothing stays the same, NEVER. You can choose to
> participate in the
> changes or not but it is your choice. I have stepped
> up to try to create more
> events for Roadster owners to attend. I think I have
> done a reasonable job.
> OROC has grown from 15 members, 2 years ago, to
> current membership of 71! I
> can't be doing everything wrong. We as a club have 6
> events planned this year.
> I seen changes on this list since the time I
> joined 3 years ago. People
> have come and gone. I've seen new clubs spring up,
> old ones resurrected. I've
> personally helped connect 4 people who did not own a
> roadster to sellers. We
> even have one members has left his very clean low
> mileage Z sit in favor of
> his Roadster.
> I'm not trying to splinter this group. I AM
> trying to help this hobby,
> and business for some, grow so we can get parts when
> we need them, so we can
> enjoy each others company on warm summer night
> surrounded by shape and color
> Roadster you can imagine.
> My dream is that inside of 2 years we can argue
> this point face to face.
> We will 75 - 80 Roadster around us. Is there anyone
> out there who thinks this
> would be a bad thing. I hope not.
> Cuss me, hate me. Cheer me, support me. It's
> your choice. I will continue
> to work towards the goal I have mentioned and maybe
> we can meet somewhere in
> between. I will continue to participate in this list
> and the new one. If I
> feel it's relevant I will post to both.
> Thank you all for your time to read this and
> hopefully think about it!
>
> Chris Luers
> President & Founder of the
> Ohio Roadster Owners Club
>
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