[DeTomaso] Future of the email list

[Jeff Detrich]

Ah, nothing beats a good rhetorical discourse on topics of interest!

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Ed Mendez <edducati at mac.com> wrote:

We have a forum that nobody ever uses, I used it once and it's quite good.
> It's a shame because it's better than this list.
>


My point exactly! No one uses it. Keep the email list going until there is
sufficient traffic on the "new" forum to justify it's existence. Besides,
technically they both can exist side by side. So why throw away something
that is used by so many. If the email list numbers drop significantly
because users have switched to your "new" forum, then get rid of it.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Michael Shortt <michaelsavga at gmail.com>
 wrote:

 Its time the club stop operating in the red,
>

The club has always made a profit, that's why we have such a huge cash
balance - over $100,000. And now that Profiles is being published
electronically, it will save the club a good $20,000 per year. Where will
that go? True the website will cost ~$2400/year and will continue year
after year because you are using a "canned" hosting site where you have to
conform to their design and you pay each year based on the number of
members. I also hear that you are doing a lot of modifications but those
will only be maintenance requirements (that cost more money) in the future
every time the hosting service updates their design. I support it, however,
because it's a something we desperately need. But it's nowhere close to the
$20,000 per year savings. (At least it better not be because we could build
a site that meets our needs *exactly* for less than that. And there
wouldn't be the yearly fee.)


> It's time that somebody *call out* the vendors who do not buy any ads in
> the newsletter or Profiles
>

I think we need to stop "calling out" anybody and put on a persuasion
effort. One of the main goals of the club is to enhance DeTomaso
awareness. If everything you've promised is good for the vendors and for
Pantera owners, they will buy ads and renew memberships. It's time to start
selling benefits and overcoming objections with reasoned and
non-confrontational rationale.

***Here's a suggestion, when the new site becomes operational and stable,
open it up to everyone in the world for a short time so they can experience
the benefits. If it's as good as you say it is, non-members will sign up in
droves! Think about it.***


>    $50 a year in dues and the cars are now worth $60,000 to $400,000 is
> a bargain by any measure.
>

Have you reduced the dues to $50 for all of us? Personally, I think that is
way too much of a decrease but a decrease is surely due with the $20,000
savings and the huge cash balance noted above.

And surely, you are not implying that you and the club have had something
to do with the value of the cars going up so steeply?  %>)) Just kidding!


Jeff
6559
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   Ah, nothing beats a good rhetorical discourse on topics of interest!
   On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Ed Mendez <[1]edducati at mac.com> wrote:

   We have a forum that nobody ever uses, I used it once and it's
   quiteA good. It's a shame because it's better than this list.

   My point exactly! No one uses it. Keep the email list going until there
   is sufficient traffic on the "new" forum to justify it's existence.
   Besides, technically they both can exist side by side. So why throw
   away something that is used by so many. If the email list numbers drop
   significantly because users have switched to your "new" forum, then get
   rid of it.
   On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 7:41 PM, Michael
   ShorttA <[2]michaelsavga at gmail.com>A wrote:

   A Its time the club stop operating in the red,

   The club has always made a profit, that's why we have such a huge cash
   balance - over $100,000. And now that Profiles is being published
   electronically, it will save the club a good $20,000 per year. Where
   will that go? True the website will cost ~$2400/year and will continue
   year after year because you are using a "canned" hosting site where you
   have to conform to their design and you pay each year based on the
   number of members. I also hear that you are doing a lot of
   modifications but those will only be maintenance requirements (that
   cost more money) in the future every time the hosting service updates
   their design. I support it, however, because it's a something we
   desperately need. But it's nowhere close to the $20,000 per year
   savings. (At least it better not be because we could build a site that
   meets our needs exactly for less than that. And there wouldn't be the
   yearly fee.)
   A

   It's timeA that somebody call out the vendors who do not buy any ads in
   theA newsletter or Profiles

   I think we need to stop "calling out" anybody and put on a persuasion
   effort.A One of the main goals of the club is to enhance DeTomaso
   awareness.A If everything you've promised is good for the vendors and
   for Pantera owners, they will buy ads and renew memberships. It's time
   to start selling benefits and overcoming objections with reasoned and
   non-confrontational rationale.
   ***Here's a suggestion, when the new site becomes operational and
   stable, open it up to everyone in the world for a short time so they
   can experience the benefits. If it's as good as you say it is,
   non-members will sign up in droves! Think about it.***
   A

   A  A $50 a year in dues and the cars are now worth $60,000 to $400,000
   is aA bargain by any measure.

   Have you reduced the dues to $50 for all of us? Personally, I think
   that is way too much of a decrease but a decrease is surely due with
   the $20,000 savings and the huge cash balance noted above.A
   And surely, you are not implying that you and the club have had
   something to do with the value of the cars going up so steeply? A %>))
   Just kidding!A
   Jeff
   6559

References

   1. mailto:edducati at mac.com
   2. mailto:michaelsavga at gmail.com