[DeTomaso] SCOTT MARTIN.. A strong WRONG on your suggestion!!!

[Jeff Cobb]

Thank you Laurie,

   You are so correct that Mike needs to have total care and custody of his book.
If he write it and I hope he does, then this is his baby.
No doubt we all would enjoy giving him any other info if he so desires that.
A committee has no place with the creation of a book.

The camel was created when the committee went to design a horse.

Jeff Cobb
		

On Dec 21, 2015, at 2:00 AM, Laurie Ferrari via DeTomaso <detomaso at poca.com> wrote:

> Oh absolutely NOT!  I hope you were kidding!  POCA should not be involved with
>  this supposed book in any way, shape, or form.  If Mike would ever elect to
> write such a book, it should be his book and his alone.  If POCA members elect
> to submit or share information, more power to them. POCA should not be involved
> in ANY WAY as that would be highly inappropriate and most counterproductive, and
> not even for the reasons of the many incidents that have been cited whereas POCA
> has not acted in the most scrupulous of manners, and has not been transparent
> about finances unless one files a request with the IRS, we now hear. Then there
> are the former election fiascoes ... let's not go back into those nightmares,
> but to have POCA involved with his book would be the greatest mistake and the
> furthest thing from anything reasonable I've heard.  Secondly, a big thank you
> to Effie for being so straight forward in expressing not only her opinion but
>   her insights into what has been realized by others you can be sure.  Third
>  point, congratulations to President, Mike Shortt; you're now in the clean up
> spot.  I know you will be a great asset to this Club in so many ways.  Good luck
>             to you for your enthusiasm, creativity, and integrity.
> 
>                                     Laurie
> 
>                    [DeTomaso] Mike's tale of De Tomaso book
> 
>   Scott Martin [1]smmartin7 at netscape.net
>   Sun Dec 20 15:33:57 MST 2015
>     __________________________________________________________________
> 
> I agree with this, but think we should go should go a step further and have POCA
> sanction the book.
> 
> 
> Mike and everyone else that has DeTomaso history knowledge should put it all int
> o a definitive book on Detomaso, the person and the cars, and POCA endorse it as
> the most complete, factual book on the marque.  It might be a multi-volume set
> and POCA might want to fund and own the rights or let someone else publish it.
> If the club agrees to the concept, a committee can be created to work out the de
> tails.
> 
> 
> I suggested to our new President that the club needs to sanction an official DeT
> omaso registry to have an official documentation of what cars were produced and
> how many are still remaining.  There are a number of people around the world wit
> h unofficial registries, these should all be combined in a listing that POCA mai
> ntains.  I offered to help with this.
> 
> 
> Clubs like Shelby and Ferrari have official registries and history books, I thin
> k it is time for POCA to step up to this.  But we can't lose our roots of provid
> ing social events and member activities.
> 
> 
> Scott Martin
> 
> References
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