[DeTomaso] New POCA Chapter

[marshall smith]

Hey Michael,

Congrats and kudos to you for starting a new chapter!! The popularity of our cars and our national chapter has been waning in the last few years. Thank goodness our cars have doubled in value AND there are still people like you willing to start new clubs and keep the interest in our cars from dying. I truly hope that you have not received allegations of starting a turf war. My goodness....we all graduated from junior high school a long time ago!

Keep up the great work Michael with you new chapter!!

Marshall Smith
President, San Diego Panteras

   
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On Sat, 9/19/15, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [DeTomaso] New POCA Chapter
 To: detomaso at poca.com
 Date: Saturday, September 19, 2015, 3:22 PM
 
    > Greetings to
 All ,
    >
    > I am getting emails, texts, telephone
 calls, etc. regarding my
    efforts to form a new POCA chapter.
    > Efforts which were started many years
 ago and finally just recently
    blessed by POCA,A  long before
 efforts were made to resurrect the
    former dormant -ish Southeast Panteras
 Chapter.
    > As with all things seemingly
 unplanned, it seems that my efforts and
    those of Southeast Pantera hit their
 respective stride at about the
    same time.
    > Let me categorically state that I
 have no interest in some kind of
    turf war ( as has been rumored ) or
 contest to sign up members.
    > I also have no interest in Florida at
 all, it is simply too far away
    to be conducive
    > IMHO to attract active participation
 from the membership I am
    seeking.
    >
    > i.e. My home to Miami is over 500
 miles away / 8 hours of driving at
    normal speeds.
    >
    > I live in Savannah, Georgia and the
 proposed moniker of our chapter
    is Southern States Panteras. My primary
 target area for membership is
    Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina,
 Alabama and Eastern Tennessee.
    > All of which is within a 6 hour
 circle of influence and contains more
    active racetracks that I can count, the
 incredible Great Smokey Mtns
    and of course all things NASCAR plus a
 great many concourse events,
    shows and loads of tech points of
 interest.
    > We have no desire to be a sit in
 folding chairs while bench racing
    and polishing crowd.
    > As the founder of the twice run
 Detomaso Pantera Summer Summit, I
    have already put together Pantera related
 rallys. Additionally I am a
    former SCCA CSR champion, driving
 instructor and board member. I
    currently teach/coach with HPDE group
 Hooked on Driving at various SE
    tracks.
    >
    > My plan for Southern States
    > involves a smattering of concourse
 meetings, mtn rallys, Track days,
    tech visits to cool shops, and plain old
    > Get togethers throughout the year.
    >
    > I forsee a friendly, reciprocal and
 supportive relationship
    > With Southeast Pantera. I would hope
 that their members would attend
    our events and that they will extend
 invitations to our membership to
    their events ( as they already have to me
 to attend the Lake Mirror
    Classic).
    >
    > We are seeking POCA members living in
 GA, SC, NC, AL, and TN to
    affiliate with Southern States, all they
 have to do is notify Judy at
    POCA and its a done deal.
    >
    > I hope this puts to rest any kind of
 competition BS, there is none. I
    fully support the efforts of SE Panteras
    > And hope they support ours.
    >
    > It is simply a matter of geography
 and trying to involve as many
    active participants as possible for both
 groups.
    > Two is better than one.
    >
    > Thank you,
    >
    > Michael Shortt
    > Founding Chairman
    > Southern States Panteras.
 
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