I believe Steven has hit upon a valid alternative. I have all 93 of the
Vintage Triumph Magazines and the companion piece - the English Channel.
I refer to them frequently and have over the years created an index to
those articles I may use in the future (TR3 based). There is a
multitude of information in those publications that could be the basis
of a member's only section.
I have also provided material for the web site - must be 10 years ago
now. It is in the public domain section and hopefully will remain so.
But there is nothing preventing the board from changing that although I
would be disappointed as I created the pages as an aid for other owners.
Carl Musson
1961 TR3A (TS81802LO)
Lutz (Tampa), Florida
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steven Newell
Unless the Board's goal is cost management, I doubt the memberships
gained will outweight the goodwill lost. As a counter proposal, instead
of a take-away of previously free information which isn't especially
exclusive to the VTR site anyway, how about publishing new and old
articles from 'The Vintage Triumph' on the site? You can limit that to
members if exclusive content is strategically important. But I believe
you'll get greater value from the continued use of the maintenance
articles as a free resource to promote the broader community -- just
like the VTR classifieds.
Steven Newell
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