[DeTomaso] Right coast

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

Aside from having a funny way of appreciating your defenders, two words.

RENO & PHOENIX.

Michael Shortt
On Oct 3, 2012 2:43 AM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> In a message dated 10/2/12 20 20 27, michaelsavga at gmail.com writes:
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>
> It isn't now nor has it been in my 7 years of
> Pantera ownership, as Rob pointed out, those of us to the right of the
> Mississippi river have no involvement opportunities at all.
>
>
> >>>For 20 years I've heard this, and find it SO tiresome.  Both editors
> crave inputs from everywhere--there is no discrimination against
> right-coasters.  In fact, the club has gone out of its way to try to be
> inclusive, even once taking the rather dubious step of using club funds to
> fly two officers to the Pocono event to attempt to represent POCA (I was
> there also--on my own dime!)
>
> The simple fact is that there are more people and more cars on the west
> coast, and a better local infrastructure.  Attempts to create a similar
> infrastructure in the eastern half of the country have had varying degrees
> of success, at least partially due to greater geographical separation
> between owners which makes it less conducive for regular get-togethers etc.
>
> The greatest irony, though, is hearing people complain that they never
> read anything about their events in the POCA publications.  This, of
> course, is because nobody bothered to contribute anything.  If you hold an
> event and don't tell anybody about it, how are you then expected to read
> about it afterwards?
>
> Mike