[DeTomaso] NPC - Mike Drew

[Mikael]

The tech articles in the Newsletter is the reading highlight for me.
Sometimes it's about something I'll have great benefit from knowing about,
other times about something that I'll never be able to use. But always
interesting.

Mikael

-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: Bill Lewis [mailto:lotus0005 at hotmail.com] 
Sendt: 30. september 2012 23:50
Til: pantdino at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
Emne: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Mike Drew


Way back in Jr. High school, a teacher asked our class a question sorta
like: was there anything wrong with Readers Digest magazine, and I replied,
it has too many articles about people in it.  Thus, started my journey in
life of making dumb-a$$ statements.  She quickly told us that No, that was
why it was so popular.  And, that is why "people-oriented" magazines and TV
shows, and Facebook are so popular:  people want to read about people.  So,
I enjoy Profiles - it does a killer job for such a small audience, with not
much amunition.  Newsletter for tech/mecho article; Profiles about the
person behind the machine.  I think there should be a person profiled in
each issue, other than the one profiled with their "finished" car.  Hey,
I've been dying to ask (oh man, it's not politically correct - never mind).
It's a "man bites dog" thing!     ----Bill


> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 14:34:54 -0400
> To: pantdino at aol.com; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Mike Drew
> 
> 
> In a message dated 9/30/12 11 18 32, pantdino at aol.com writes:
> 
> 
> > Maybe there just isn't enough to report in the Pantera world to 
> > require
> > 12 monthly and 4 quarterly publications.
> > Mike, what do you think of 2 Profiles per year rather than 4?
> > 
> 
> >>>An interesting question.
> 
> I think there is MORE than enough to fill all our publications.   The 
> problem is finding people to take the time to actually do it.
> 
> The job of the editors is supposed to be just that:   to edit.   That is, 
> to take inputs from *other* people, clean them up and package them nicely
and 
> then present them in an enjoyable format.   But that isn't how it's been 
> working out.
> 
> Jack, for instance, does an ENORMOUS amount of work, arguably far more
than 
> he should have to, to put a newsletter out every month.   If you go back 
> through the last few years, and subtract out everything he has 
> contributed to the newsletter himself, you'll find there's barely enough
material left to
> fill a single newsletter, much less dozens.   That just isn't right.
> 
> Profiles is supposed to be about events reporting, i.e. features, as well 
> as in-depth reports on individual cars (restoration stories, mostly).
Lots 
> of events get reported on (particularly those in Europe--those guys 
> have an admirable willingness to share), but many others come and go 
> with no mention, other than a squeak on the forum afterwards.
> 
> I think the internet has helped us as Pantera owners immeasurably, but
it's 
> also had a negative effect.   I think people in the past were more willing

> to take the time to share information the old-fashioned way, whereas 
> now people will throw something on their blog or post a bunch of photos on
their
> Photobucket site, and that's it.   On the one hand you get instant 
> gratification, but you lose a lot too.
> 
> I actually had three issues of Profiles under construction in 
> parallel--each one held up waiting for a specific contribution (or three)
which were
> endlessly promised and never delivered.   Finally the POCA Board decided
the 
> smart move was to combine all the information into a single, super-issue,
which 
> will be a POCA Annual instead of a quarterly.   I should have that
finished 
> in the next few weeks.   It will be huge--well over 100 pages, by the
looks 
> of it.
> 
> I do feel compelled to do some travelling while I still can (I'm 
> losing my free airline benefits at the end of November), so tomorrow 
> I'm flying to Modena to meet with the De Tomaso family and get the 
> scoop on the current state of affairs out there--I'll just be there 
> for two days, then right back in the editor saddle....
> 
> Mike
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