[DeTomaso] Profiles

[Christopher Kimball]

I think my email was out of the loop for a while, so I haven't been following this thread, but for what it's worth; I really enjoyed the latest edition of Profiles.  In fact, I think it's the best one ever.  Of course, I'm a little biased since my car was on the front!  I know some people are disappointed that it wasn't finished sooner, but as I've said many times, it's risky to be too critical of a volunteer's work, unless one is prepared to take over the job.  These days, life has a way of being busier than ever--often to the point of being overwhelming--and sometimes it becomes impossible to juggle all the balls at once.

It seems to me that putting together Profiles is a huge amount of work, and considering the very minimal annual POCA dues, receiving even one per year is a good deal.  This is especially true considering the monthly newsletter we receive (which are really more like magazines in and of themselves) which are fantastic.

I was thrilled to be chosen for Pantera of the quarter, and in working with Mike as he gathered the pictures and other information for the article was struck with his demand for perfection and attention to detail.  For example, I had to send him three sets of pictures of my front brakes before he found one good enough for the article.

Certainly, everyone is entitled to his or her opinion, and I respect that, but I personally appreciate the effort Mike puts into every issue of Profiles, and his ongoing contributions to the Pantera Community.

Sincerely,

Chris Kimball
President, Panteras Northwest

> From: pantera874 at t-online.de
> To: mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk; detomaso at poca.com; fastgrandma at aol.com
> Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:48:21 +0100
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Profiles
> 
> For some people the glass is always half empty.
> Over here we have just one word for your comments: Kindergarten !
> 
> Roland Jaeckel
> 
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> From: "fastgrandma" <fastgrandma at aol.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 7:12 PM
> To: <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>; <detomaso at poca.com>
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Profiles
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> > I'm only going to comment that all of this should've been published in 
> > 2011.  A sad thing is that we haven't and will not have any 2012 Profiles 
> > which actually you all should've been reading #4 by now according to POCA 
> > Bylaws.  Also sad to have the number of typos as well as a misspelling of 
> > one contributor's name; likely won't get anything more from him.
> >
> >
> > The other sad thing in publishing this monstrosity is it cost POCA a great 
> > deal of money due first to size which necessitated larger envelopes, and 
> > the weight.  The only good thing out of that was that our very great 
> > printing company pushed themselves to get it out in the time they did; 
> > this effort was great and we're really appreciative to them in their 
> > effort to have the Newsletter in your hands pretty close to the usual 
> > date.
> >
> >
> >
> > I do want to point out that Drew really should not have mentioned Jack's 
> > name in his sorry sounding editorial as it IN NO WAY reflects Jack's 
> > feelings on being Editor of the POCA Newsletter.  Jack enjoys publishing a 
> > monthly edition and has never slacked off due to anything over the last 
> > many, many years including vacations.
> >
> >
> > Judy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mikael <mikael_hass at mail.tele.dk>
> > To: detomaso <detomaso at poca.com>
> > Sent: Fri, Dec 14, 2012 6:18 am
> > Subject: [DeTomaso] Profiles
> >
> >
> > ...has arrived! Thicker than ever. And together with the Newsletter. Is
> > there no limit to the happiness of being a DeTomaso owner??? :-)
> >
> > Funnily enough my four favorite cars are all pictured in Profiles: 
> > Panteras
> > (obviously), Longchamp (mine!), 60s Camaro and a Ferrari 365 GTC/4 (almost
> > bought one instead of my first Pantera!)
> >
> > Great work Mike, Lori, Ross, Russ, Chris and all the other contributors.
> > It's going to be difficult to get my attention this weekend...
> >
> > Mikael
> >
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