[DeTomaso] POCA

Wed Jun 8 16:22:17 EDT 2016

Damn.  Hate to see this happen.   Why should anything that is going on
personally amongst POCA members get to the point where folks are
quitting? I mean, it's just a car club, right?  If people start an
organization out of love for a special car and the whole thing turns
into some kind of petty battleground, what the hell is the point? 
Isn't it supposed to be fun to enjoy and preserve our cars together?
Seems very odd to me that the simple human value of having fun, with
the Pantera interest in particular, is not being held higher than
nose-to-the-grindstone, hard-core business values that some feel must
be maintained with fanatical fervor. I do not pretend to know all the
inside details here--   I can only say that I do not give a flying
turd if we spend too much $$ on a certain print shop or whether we
recruit new members.  I don't even understand "recruiting" anyway. 
Whenever someone tries to recruit me for anything, I feel like
whatever it is they want me to join must suck or else they wouldn't
feel the need to do it.  Let new Pantera people come to us.
( I will miss the newsletter in the mail for sure.  There is no chance
that I will go digging for it on the internet.)
So maybe we voted "Vlad The Impaler" to the POCA helm?  Oops.  Oh
well, looks like we gotta ride this one out, folks.  Not a big deal,
unless you are among the politburo and are not digging it.   If that
is the case, by all means bow-out.  I sure would.  But, to me anyway,
POCA is all of us Pantera lovers and that can only amount to more good
than bad.  Sorry to see someone go who was doing a great job with
Profiles and who clearly had a passion for doing so.  That job is no
cakewalk.
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On June 7, 2016 at 8:39 PM, gonancy at juno.com wrote:Dear Forum,
     Even though I've just been a lurker and occasional poster and
spellcheck nazi on the Forum since its inception, I wanted to put it
out to the Pantera Community that I will be letting Judy McCartney
know that I am ending my membership in POCA effective immediately. 
That means my associate member, the Profiles Editor, will be leaving
also. Mike has the June issue at the printer's right now. It will be
his last issue. 
    As an aside, Mike couldn't even put his own profile on the POCA
website, even though he's on the BOD, because he's an associate
member, not a "true " member according to whomever it was that he
contacted about it.  How do you like that?  Makes him sound like a
second class citizen. 

It's been a great 25 years,
GoNancy Haney

P.S.  I listened in on the last BOD meeting last week and it was all I
could do to keep my mouth shut. A monumental effort on my part. I
could not believe my ears sometimes at what MS was saying. He is a
real piece of work. 
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   Damn.  Hate to see this happen.   Why should anything that is going on
   personally amongst POCA members get to the point where folks are
   quitting?

   I mean, it's just a car club, right?  If people start an organization
   out of love for a special car and the whole thing turns into some kind
   of petty battleground, what the hell is the point?

   Isn't it supposed to be fun to enjoy and preserve our cars together?

   Seems very odd to me that the simple human value of having fun, with
   the Pantera interest in particular, is not being held higher than
   nose-to-the-grindstone, hard-core business values that some feel must
   be maintained with fanatical fervor.

   I do not pretend to know all the inside details here--   I can only say
   that I do not give a flying turd if we spend too much $$ on a certain
   print shop or whether we recruit new members.

   I don't even understand "recruiting" anyway.  Whenever someone tries to
   recruit me for anything, I feel like whatever it is they want me to
   join must suck or else they wouldn't feel the need to do it.  Let new
   Pantera people come to us.

   ( I will miss the newsletter in the mail for sure.  There is no chance
   that I will go digging for it on the internet.)

   So maybe we voted "Vlad The Impaler" to the POCA helm?  Oops.  Oh well,
   looks like we gotta ride this one out, folks.  Not a big deal, unless
   you are among the politburo and are not digging it.   If that is the
   case, by all means bow-out.  I sure would.  But, to me anyway, POCA is
   all of us Pantera lovers and that can only amount to more good than
   bad.

   Sorry to see someone go who was doing a great job with Profiles and who
   clearly had a passion for doing so.  That job is no cakewalk.

   Sent using Hushmail
   On June 7, 2016 at 8:39 PM, gonancy at juno.com wrote:

     Dear Forum,
     Even though I've just been a lurker and occasional poster and
     spellcheck nazi on the Forum since its inception, I wanted to put it
     out to the Pantera Community that I will be letting Judy McCartney
     know that I am ending my membership in POCA effective immediately.
     That means my associate member, the Profiles Editor, will be leaving
     also. Mike has the June issue at the printer's right now. It will be
     his last issue.
     As an aside, Mike couldn't even put his own profile on the POCA
     website, even though he's on the BOD, because he's an associate
     member, not a "true " member according to whomever it was that he
     contacted about it. How do you like that? Makes him sound like a
     second class citizen.
     It's been a great 25 years,
     GoNancy Haney
     P.S. I listened in on the last BOD meeting last week and it was all
     I could do to keep my mouth shut. A monumental effort on my part. I
     could not believe my ears sometimes at what MS was saying. He is a
     real piece of work.
     ____________________________________________________________
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