[DeTomaso] The Forum and POCA

[Effie Richards]

Michael and all,
My personal apologies if I said something I should not on this forum page.  I 
didn't realize it was only for POCA news and car subjects/parts - I thought 
this forum was a page everyone can discuss things.
Those I offended, I'm truly sorry.  Those who offended me, I forgive you!
It's Christmas, let's spread the love and cheers!  At the end, all I care 
about is driving our Pantera to Vegas and placing myself in the hospitality 
suite to greet old and new friends!

-----Original Message-----
From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at poca.com] On Behalf Of Michael Shortt
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 6:42 AM
To: detomaso at poca.com
Subject: [DeTomaso] The Forum and POCA

Good Morning,

Merry Christmas to you all.

Let me preface this email/memo with a simple and direct statement.

I want only what is best for POCA, I want to grow the club and I want 
everybody to be happy ( if that is possible )

The elections were just concluded, the people that the MAJORITY of you want to 
run the club are in place, that is after all the purpose of elections is it 
not?

I have a great many plans for the club that I hope to garner support for 
through the proper method with BOD support, many of those ideas have been 
floated around here.

That needs to stop.

The Forum is not the place for club business or procedure, the forum is a 
PUBLIC RELATIONS and TECHNICAL tool to both help attract new members and to 
help each other out with issues on our cars. It is not, nor was it every a 
confessional, leadership suggestion box or time out corner.

The last week of postings to any outsiders lurking makes us all look like a 
big disfunctional family and would be enough reason to not join and for others 
( who already have)  to call for the forum to cease.  That is not an 
acceptable response, but neither are these posts.

The new website will have a member's only area for such conversations, but you 
all are killing any chance of attracting new members with all this drivel.

If you are in office, you should know better, you are already violating the 
Code of Ethics.
You if ran for office and lost, please return to chapter business or run again 
in the next election, but this has to stop, be a team player and set an 
example.

I am establishing a new committee called "The Cleveland Block", it will 
consist of me, your VP, Mike Burnett and one representative from each chapter. 
We will conduct a once a month conference call to bounce ideas around and hear 
what you have to say.  It is here that you can channel your creative thoughts 
and useful suggestions in the proper fashion to actually get something done, 
because I will be there listening to everybody.

Whinning, back seat driving, second guessing and undermining those that you 
have piut into office to work on your behalf is not the answer.

Think about seeing the fiorum for the first time during the last week, it's 
embarassing.

My election was a call, if not an overwhelming mandate for change, please
contribute to that change by using the forum as intended.   We need new
members, I hazard to estimate the avgerage age of POCA membership, easily over 
60, if not 65 years old.  We need new members, the people buying these
4,000 plus cars and paying a healthy price to get them, new membership is ythe 
ONLY way this club will survive another 20 years, most of us reading this will 
be dead by then.

Please help me make things better by conducting yourselves like recruiters, 
you are one and each post represents the club.  Panteras may be the bad boys 
of exoctic cars, we are loud, brash and quick to get going, but we need to 
also be a polished and well lubed machine to go the distance.

Michael Shortt



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Michael L. Shortt
Savannah, Georgia
www.michaelshortt.com
michael at michaelshortt.com
912-232-9390


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