[DeTomaso] Places to store and share car details...

[Jeff Detrich]

This is the part I don't get. The PI site is a wonderful resource, has
dominant market share for the Pantera community, and is more inclusive with
many international owners and lots of people that don't want anything to do
with POCA. It's archives of Pantera info and pictures are tremendous (it's
been around for so long!) and I believe you can get access to all the
historical info that was on the old Pantera International website.
Furthermore, I'd say that the Forum software that it uses is better
developed than the POCA forum software. And it is free for everyone. The
only negative is that some people object to George Pence's occasional
censorship - certainly no more egregious than the censorship on the POCA
forum!

So why doesn't POCA make a deal with George and cross-promote their sites?
That would certainly promote the interests of the Pantera community better
than the closed and exclusive approach they have now. Instead they are
trying to develop the user base that uses their forum so that it has enough
participation that it becomes becomes meaningful, especially with
knowledgeable Pantera participants. From a business standpoint, it seems
sort of futile - hubris at its best.

As an aside, I might suggest to Chuck that he add a forum on his website
specifically so that owners can document their cars in more detail than is
done in the Registry. Make it open to anyone and everyone and it might get
a large following, esp with its connection to the Registry. People would be
inclined to use it since it has no political implications and it has a
sense of permanence being part of the Registry. And it would be resource to
add info to the Registry.

The beauty is that it requires no effort on Chuck's part. The forum
automatically manages the upload of pictures and all the owner information.
This would be something that we all might contribute to with a small
donation to help him cover the cost of hosting the data, the forum software
can be had for free or for a nominal fee.

Jeff
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   This is the part I don't get. The PI site is a wonderful resource, has
   dominant market share for the Pantera community, and is more inclusive
   with many international owners and lots of people that don't want
   anything to do with POCA. It's archives of Pantera info and pictures
   are tremendous (it's been around for so long!) and I believe you can
   get access to all the historical info that was on the old Pantera
   International website. Furthermore, I'd say that the Forum software
   that it uses is better developed than the POCA forum software.A And it
   is free for everyone.A The only negative is that some people object to
   George Pence's occasional censorship - certainly no more egregious than
   the censorship on the POCA forum!A
   So why doesn't POCA make a deal with George and cross-promote their
   sites? That would certainly promote the interests of the Pantera
   community better than the closed and exclusive approach they have now.
   Instead they are trying to develop the user base that uses their forum
   so that it has enough participation that it becomes becomes meaningful,
   especially with knowledgeable Pantera participants. From a business
   standpoint, it seems sort of futile - hubris at its best.
   As an aside, I might suggest to Chuck that he add a forum on his
   website specifically so that owners can document their cars in more
   detail than is done in the Registry. Make it open to anyone and
   everyone and it might get a large following, esp with its connection to
   the Registry. People would be inclined to use it since it has no
   political implications and it has a sense of permanence being part of
   the Registry. And it would be resource to add info to the Registry.A
   The beauty is that it requires no effort on Chuck's part. The forum
   automatically manages the upload of pictures and all the owner
   information. This would be something that we all might contribute to
   with a small donation to help him cover the cost of hosting the data,
   the forum software can be had for free or for a nominal fee.
   Jeff
   6559
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