Re: [MV] The MVPA Tobyhanna page

bertalmio (moulin-de-roche@bluewin.ch)
Fri, 07 Aug 1998 09:51:12 +0200

Amikesomm@aol.com wrote:
> =

> An open letter to MVPA
> No offense guys, but you took up a lot of space to say not very much. =
How can
> us non-member MV types like myself (three M-37s, one WC-62, an MB proje=
ct) who
> usually don't have time to go to conventions make any decisions with a =
page
> like that? Show us the daily schedule for the whole convention. Tell =
us how
> much to join on the spot so we can come during the week instead of on t=
he
> weekend? Make the whole thing open to everybody. I mean really, if I =
can't
> come during the week unless I'm a member, then you must not need member=
s very
> badly. Your best bet is to open the doors all week so that everybody g=
ets a
> chance to come and explore. Charge a cover charge each day, sell whole=
week
> discount tickets, be a little original, but the "only us members" menta=
lity
> that sounds forth from your website is a little stuffy to those of us w=
ho
> haven't joined either because there wasn't a club around us, or because=
we
> want to see if this is an organization we want to be a part of first. =
And if
> it's a members only Rally, then don't advertise, just put it in the mem=
bers
> calendar. Based on some of the hostile advertising directed at you g=
uys by
> some former members, I am skeptical anyway, and after seeing your websi=
te in
> all it's glory, I'm even more skeptical. I can keep my green machines =
rolling
> using MV Magazine (a damn fine publication) like I always have, and if =
your
> national convention is closed to the general public three days out of f=
our,
> then I am wondering if that isn't a better investment. The Association=
should
> be people friendly if it wants popular support. Lord knows we need pop=
ular
> support if we want people to remember. And we do. Especially here i=
n the
> US.
> Mike Sommer in VA , a proud MV owner and a former US Marine
> - who can't come in until Saturday :o)
> =

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Mike,

Like me!
I want to get in Tobyhanna Depot, (I'm live in Switzerland!) for the
Annual Convention.
Infortunately, as you relate, it's open only one day for no MVPA
members.
I have a GPW #6629, Dodge WC 63 4/1/43, and hope can purchase a 1/2 ton
Ford in a few weeks...
Also, can't coming in PA this year, for purchase parts or vehicles, for
ex...for only one day.
Maybe get a change of phylosophy, next time!
Regards from Switzerland.
Andr=E9 (a MVPA futur member!)

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