[DeTomaso] 2016 State of POCA Message
scottcouchman at yahoo.com
scottcouchman at yahoo.com
Sat May 21 09:32:46 EDT 2016
PS: The latest Pantera Survey questions from the Politburo remind me
of that clever courtroom interrogation: "When did you stop beating your
wife?"
Amen!
> On May 21, 2016, at 6:27 AM, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
>
> Dear Forum,
>
>
>
> After reading Mr. Shortt's humble statement, I
> understand better that we are in the presence of a Renaissance Man.
> He is a polymath gifted in the arts and sciences of accounting,
> business, entertainment, politics and leadership.
>
>
> His laser power point of a 77% vote majority that is
> gently referred to time and time again just a true leader would do, is
> reminiscent of other charismatic leaders such as Castro, Mussolini and
> Maduro. This is the mandate for change that he modulates with grace
> and compromise.
>
>
> Our Messiah has come.
>
>
>
> Reverentially yours, Chuck Engles
>
>
>
> PS: The latest Pantera Survey questions from the Politburo remind me
> of that clever courtroom interrogation: "When did you stop beating your
> wife?"
>
>
>
>
>
> From: Pantera Owner's Club of America(michaelsavga at gmail.com)
> [mailto:mailer at mail2.clubexpress.com]
> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2016 8:50 PM
> To: cengles at cox.net
> Subject: 2016 State of POCA Message
>
>
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>
> Greetings POCA Members,
>
>
> In one of the free comment responses to the 2016 Fun Rally Survey which
> was sent out the day before yesterday (it will remain posted until
> Sunday night, please participate, even if you did not attend. There
> are questions about future POCA events and your opinion matters a great
> deal to me).
>
>
> There was a comment that really struck home with me. It stated the
> following, "I wish the POCA President had given a report about the club
> in general at the banquet".
>
> You know what, I wish I had too, it was my first time and I was being
> aimed and pointed most of the rally, I now have a closer understanding
> of my Dog's issues as a result.
>
>
> You ladies and gentlemen deserve no less, so it's what I'm going to do
> now. Please forgive me being a fews days late.
>
>
> 2016 STATE OF POCA ADDRESS
>
> A warm welcome to all of you, my fellow speeders with oil pumps for
> hearts and 20/50 dead dinosaurs running through your veins. I do enjoy
> the company of car people; we are a special breed, we can be like
> golfers, tennis players, bingo nuts or even ballroom dancers, we often
> make the long drive, serve one up on fire, get 6 in a row and appear
> graceful simply hitting an double apex at speed without lifting. Some
> of us do these things every weekend, if not every day.
>
> I was elected presumably because I ran a campaign that promised change
> in all forms. My opponent for President was Rob D'Orazio, whom I met in
> person in Las Vegas along with his lovely wife, Josette, who serves as
> our POCA Store manager (and is very dedicated to her job, she did a
> fantastic job moving $4,600 in merchandise).
>
> I know for a fact you did not "like me" better than Rob because I had
> never met most of you last year. You all know Rob; he is a nice guy
> who also cares deeply about this club.
>
> Therefore, I must deduce (rather than assume which always leaves one
> open as a punch line) that your support of my candidacy was based on my
> shared vision of what POCA could be and what I saw (IMHO) it needed.
> While 23% of you did not agree, 77% of you did agree. I was both
> thrilled and excited that you would trust me to lead your long
> established club into a brave new future with a progressive plan of
> action.
>
> I know that many of you heard this, in our first BOD Meeting last
> January, I had a list of 23 agenda items. It was an ambitious
> beginning; what was not shared was that this wasn't my list for my
> whole term in office; it was my list for the first six months. Most of
> it has been accomplished; some items were not as a result of not being
> supported by a majority of the BOD. The BOD is comprised of your 8
> elected positions and the Past President.
>
> I must share with you that it has not been easy to work on your behalf;
> this is the part of this address where brutal honesty must kick in, and
> for that I must apologize. It is not now, nor was it ever my intent to
> divide the club with such a deep chasm as has been developing in recent
> weeks. In most polite clubs, governments, churches, HOA's,
> corporations, etc., when a new President or CEO is brought onboard with
> such a huge margin of victory, most reasonable people see the election
> results as a mandate by the electorate; in my particular case, a
> mandate for change to lead the club into the present and prepare it for
> the future. If some of those 23% who opposed me had truly embraced
> change, they would have accepted the decision of 77% of the members and
> worked with us, shoulder to shoulder, together as a solid, cohesive
> unit to institute meaningful, thoughtful and considered change for the
> betterment of the club.
>
> That is what happens in an ideal world; it of course, is not happening
> here.
>
> I'm sorry to do it, but I feel I share with you what has been going on
> during these past five months. But before I do that, let me tell you
> most people think I'm a nice guy; I have lots of friends in my own
> social circles, in business, in racing, and in my community. For fun,
> I run Political campaigns; in the last 20 years, I have managed 41
> Campaigns for elected public office and my candidates have won 38
> times. I am currently working on #42, which, by all indications, will
> turn into win #39 next Tuesday. Respectable discourse and debate are
> not new to me during elections, not are dirty tricks. What is new to
> me, in 100% of the time following these 41 previous elections, the side
> that was not successful understood those who voted made
> a distinct choice and rejected their candidate or platform. Never in
> my life have I encountered a group where those who lost (and I do not
> mean Rob; he has been a perfect gentleman, and I think we got along
> famously in Las Vegas) just seem to keep on doing their own thing and
> pay no attention to the person elected or the mandate they represent,
> that is to lead and provide direction to the whole club.
>
> Before I move forward in thought, let me share some good stuff.
>
> On the BOD I am honored to serve with Mike Burnett as Vice President;
> he is a thoughtful and measured man, an experienced business owner and
> former Fortune 500 Executive. You are lucky to have him standing by
> "just in case". He provides leadership, guidance and a way of letting
> me know I'm doing the right thing. We have never voted on opposite
> sides.
>
> When you elected me, you also elected Joe Stockett, your Secretary; Joe
> works in IT for a major bank. With Joe, you folks have someone
> dedicated to making perfect records for our meetings; you also have a
> teddy bear of a man who wants everybody to be happy. He is our
> peacemaker. We also have never voted differently on any issue.
>
> Next up is Ed Mendez, who serves as our PR Director; Ed is a computer
> whiz and has established our footprint on Facebook, during the past 6
> months generating over 200,000 Pantera related posts. Ed works weird
> hours and we often chat at 3 am about club business online, me in
> Georgia and Ed off in New Zealand. We also have never voted
> differently.
>
> Last on the progressive side of the room is our Past President, John
> Buckman. A super nice man who has provided amazing insight and
> guidance to me; his observations are spot on and he knows where all the
> bodies are buried; he knows the entire club and he has brought me up to
> speed on many items. Both he and his wife Kathy have been helpful to
> my efforts. We have voted differently a couple of times and I respect
> John for following his heart; he is the 5th vote for things for most of
> what we get done; sometimes he's not, and that's OK; we all need a
> person who proves, "you can't win them all".
>
> It is because of these folks and occasionally those not yet named that
> we have accomplished so much in the first five months of my term as
> your POCA President.
>
> We have opened up the financial books to member review; there simply
> are no secrets about money within POCA. We have a $100,000 reserve in
> the bank; it is there because for several years this club did not
> produce four Profiles every year, yet you all paid your full dues. With
> no expenses, building up a larger balance becomes very easy.
>
> I created the Cleveland Block, a monthly teleconference with POCA
> Chapter Presidents; we have had 4 such calls; I think the record thus
> far is 14/20 Chapter Presidents on a single call. These meetings are
> always respectful, polite and informative. It is where we share fresh
> ideas, which can be implemented or creatively adjusted to better serve
> POCA members. I enjoy these calls because there has been no yelling,
> no name-calling, no fighting and we all work towards a common goal. It
> is easy to see why each of these men were elected to be the President
> of their respective chapters.
>
> I wanted to make the POCA Hall of Fame a more visible part of the club;
> it now has a dedicated page on the website, and it will be populated
> soon.
>
> We attempted to set a standard policy whereby POCA would send flowers
> to any deceased member's family if they had 10+years of membership;
> that effort did not pass.
>
> I wrote a Code of Ethics for all POCA elected officers to sign, I
> signed it and so did all those listed above, others would not sign it.
> It basically states that you may not profit from the club, nor make
> personal gains as a result of your elected position. I was asked to
> rewrite it to take fewer pages (3), not knowing how to edit integrity
> out of the document, I have not represented it for additional
> signatures.
>
> I presented my vision for a new website; that vision is 70% complete
> and the result debuted on May 7th. It exceeded my expectations and
> I'm very pleased; it is a website I can now proudly refer others to
> visit as I reach out to build the POCA brand and a larger membership.
> I know it to be a sleek, performance oriented website; it navigates
> well and looks as good as any Pantera at speed on the open road. I am
> proud of my baby. The website has been a huge asset to membership,
> signing up more new members in a week than we normally get in several
> months. It has processed more renewals in the last week than are
> normally processed in several months. The best part is it is automated;
> when the new member signs up, they are instantly assigned a new member
> number, their online account is set up, and they receive an email in a
> few minutes with their login and temporary password to use the
> website. Their membership dues are deposited into our bank account
> within hours, and the best part, the POCA database is set up at the
> same time with their address, email, telephone numbers, etc. At the
> same time they are added to the mailing list for emails, Profiles and
> the monthly Newsletter. The website has over 450 POCA publications
> archived on it as well as all the DeTomaso, Ford, Modena, and ZF
> manuals from the $79.95 "The Works" DVD we used to sell. It's now FREE
> to all POCA members plus a lot more info in the technical library. You
> will also notice our 45+ Discussion Boards for members only; it's a
> better and safer (we have extensive malware, phishing and virus
> protection programs in place, unlike the old email forum) way to share
> information, ask for or give advice.
>
> On the home page, we have installed a rotating slide show to
> showcase member cars; if you have a photo that you would like to
> submit, please rename the file name to your name ("JohnSmithPantera")
> and submit as a jpeg no smaller than 400K and no larger than 5mb; email
> it to "[2]pocaphotodrop at gmail.com". We are going to change
> the slideshow monthly with 10 new POCA Member cars of contrasting views
> and colors.
>
> I made a presentation centered around 4 POCA Rallies per year
> (N.E.W.S., North, East, West and South) to be held in regional parts of
> the country to enable all POCA members to have the same opportunity as
> those who have attended the Fun Rally for 35 years. The first of these
> will be in Savannah, Georgia, Sept 29-Oct 2; it is called the 2016 POCA
> East Rally. It is my plan for these events to be hosted and run by
> Chapters on a rotating basis. In my humble opinion, POCA
> National should be providing instruction and a set of proven activity
> guidelines to be followed, insurance and registration support to
> facilitate these events. I believe the chapters should run
> the rallies and profit, based upon their ability to throw a party
> others will pay to attend. The is a proven concept in the car show
> community, Club A will make a super effort to attend a car show being
> sponsored by Club B because Club A knows if they do not support the
> show, then Club B will not make any effort to support their show,
> everybody wins because nobody wants to lose. POCA should only
> participate as BOD guests, have the right to sell POCA store items and
> conduct our raffle for National fundraising; everything else should be
> a responsibility of the host chapter.
>
> Can I have an Amen on that?
>
>
> Speaking of which, Yes I did ask for and deliver a blessing at the
> President's Breakfast, as I often do in my life. I am not one to get
> preachy or insist on compliance, everybody can do their own thing, but
> please consider - I still had two airplanes to get on before I was home
> safe again.
>
> I had no involvement in the recent 2016 Fun Rally in Las Vegas, which
> was scheduled before I was elected; I share no credit or blame in it at
> all. If you had a good time, thank the right people and if you didn't,
> those are the same people to voice your opinion too.
>
> The BOD has never run the Fun Rally, there has always been a Fun Rally
> Committee which consisted of 2 or 3 BOD members and 2-5 others who plan
> and manage these events. The aforementioned survey will be the Tale of
> the Tape; we'll ascertain how the event was perceived by those who
> attended and responded ( and so far over 40% of those in attendance
> have replied), and I'm looking forward to the results.
>
> We have started to work on a new draft of revised Bylaws to update the
> old version and fill in a few cracks. We have copies of the Bylaws
> used by the Ferrari, Porsche, Mustang, Shelby, and Jaguar clubs to
> determine what is common among car clubs.
>
> I mentioned early on in my candidacy that I felt the Newsletter should
> be distributed via email; we voted to do that (it passed) and it was
> supposed to sunset when the new website went online; that also has not
> happened.
>
> It is my desire the Newsletter and Profiles magazine become self
> sustaining with advertising space sold within their pages, like every
> other club newsletter and magazine in the world; this has also
> not happened.
>
> I took it upon myself to contrast and compare our Newsletter and
> Magazine Printing Costs, since this club spends $45,000 per year (more
> than we retain in member dues after Chapter rebates are deducted) to
> produce these publications, it seemed like what would be expected of me
> as your CEO. I feel I have a fiduciary duty to ensure that YOUR money
> is being spent prudently and wisely, I also helps that I was a partner
> in a printing company from 1986-1988 and have worked in professional
> media for 36 years.
>
> What I discovered was POCA has been severely overpaying for both
> publications. You currently are paying $25,000 for 12 monthly
> Newsletters which have a colored stock paper cover with Black ink and
> all Black and White content pages. You have been paying $20,000 for 4
> issues of Profiles, a quarterly magazine with a 4 color cover,
> sometimes a color 4 page insert and all the rest of the pages are Black
> and White. The newsletter is mailed loosely, as many of you know it
> often arrives looking worse for wear. Profiles is usually mailed in a
> large white POCA envelope which does protect it from dirt, but not from
> moisture.
>
>
> So I contacted half a dozen national printers and asked for competitive
> bids, and they poured in. All responsible businesses, club,
> organizations frequently release RFPs to stay abreast of competition,
> to review new services and lastly to keep current vendors honest and
> grateful for their continued patronage. All well run companies,
> churches, charities or clubs operate this way, vendors are not entitled
> to business, vendors must earn business and always offer fair and
> competitive prices, service and support.
>
>
> What came from all this work was the newly discovered ability to
> deliver POCA publications to it's members in FULL COLOR from front to
> back. A monthly 32 page Newsletter (with a matte finish and pre
> drilled for a three rig binder) and to deliver a 52 page Profiles
> magazine in FULL COLOR on glossy 100# stock, with both delivered to
> your homes in a plastic, sealed, water and dirt proof, heat shrinked
> bag with a laser address label and save the club $8,000 per year over
> what we are now paying for Black and White.
>
>
> $8,000 in Savings represents the net dues of 160 POCA members and is
> almost 20% of our total budget. Yet I am meeting a great deal
> of resistance.
>
>
> As I stated above, I would rather have a digital Newsletter and save
> all of that money and produce an even better printed Profiles. For
> this effort I am also meeting a great deal of resistance.
>
>
> During the Las Vegas Fun Rally at the President's Breakfast, we had in
> attendance 6-7 Chapter Presidents, 6 BOD members and 18 other assorted
> guests, 30 people in total who suggested that we simply raise our dues
> by $10 per member to facilitate keeping a printed paper Newsletter. At
> first I though this was an excellent compromise until I did the math,
> we have 22 chapters and almost 870 other members who rightly deserve a
> voice in this matter since 100% plus of your dues support these
> publications.
>
> I am going to be asking you to voice your opinion over this weekend,
> details below.
>
>
> I devised the "3-5-1 Membership Recruiting Program" which will allow
> any current POCA member to reach out to new member prospects as a
> recruiter and be awarded their membership dues for FREE (paid by the
> club) by helping us grow. That program is now underway and has it's
> own button on the lower menu on the website.
>
> If you sign up three new members, your National dues are paid for the
> following year and you are presented with a Silver POCA patch.
>
> If you recruit 5 New POCA Members within one year, your National and
> Local Chapter dues are paid the following year and you are presented
> with a GOLD POCA patch.
>
> For Superstars, if you achieve GOLD status 5 years in a row, you are
> presented with a Lifetime National POCA membership and you never pay
> National dues again (except for your Local Chapter's dues), plus you
> are presented with a Light Blue POCA patch.
>
> To help members achieve these goals and support this effort we have
> redesigned the POCA Membership brochure and printed enough copies of
> the full color trifold piece to ensure every member will have 5 to
> keep stowed away in their car. The brochure directs new member
> prospects to go online at [3]poca.com to sign up; during that process,
> they will have an opportunity to list their sponsoring member to ensure
> they are credited properly for 3-5-1 program rewards.
>
> I mentioned I wanted to take POCA worldwide, we now have forming new
> chapters in New Zealand and Canada, and we also have owners interested
> in the UK and France. On the new website, fully 33% of the newly
> joined members in the last week are International members.
>
> I stated to grow the club we must also include all DeTomaso cars, that
> too is happening (with a twist) because we are forming a Qvale Mangusta
> Chapter now and want to form chapters for each DeTomaso Model. The
> Qvale Club may even roll into POCA.
>
> Speaking of which, you will notice that I use POCA 10x more than
> Pantera; it is on purpose to help me to remember to be inclusive of all
> DeTomaso models and International efforts; there is no desire to change
> the name of the club, but it's OK to call Elizabeth - Betty, Beth, Liz
> or Lizzy, - we all still know who's the prettiest.
>
> I asked that all members must have a chapter designation to help build
> up the core of the club and make our chapters stronger; that also did
> not happen. I still believe the strength of any National club is
> derived from having strong chapters; even the Hell's Angels understand
> the concept; it works. To my way of thinking, a National club is only
> as strong as it's weakest chapter, we must do more to support the
> chapters. Helping build membership and spreading their influence,
> to grow strong is to grow from the base upwards. I think everybody
> knows the root system of a tree has a far greater spread than the
> limbs, branches and leaves; so too does a National club. Real strength
> comes from a strong base; any strong wind can fell a tree with weak
> roots.
>
> Members wanted to know if they could switch Chapters; yes, now you can,
> but only one Chapter gets the dues rebate and you may only do it once
> per year. I'm told the Chapter rebate is made 60-90 days after every
> member renews or joins, so if you are moving and do not wish to pay
> local chapter dues again, please make your switch when you renew.
>
> We established a PayPal account to accept dues, so now those who want
> to use a bank check or different credit card can do so easily.
>
> We have been seeking benefits for POCA members; thus far you are
> entitled to receive a 5% reduction in Collector Car Insurance
> from American Modern or Heacock; please contact me for the right agent
> to call. Denali PLS also offers a 10% rebate on hearing aids to POCA
> members. We are seeking more; if you have a company or service that you
> wish to turn on to our members, please contact me.
>
> In the works is our new DeTomaso Pantera Registry, I am looking for
> volunteers to assist in this effort, please reach out to me, it will be
> the finest registry in any car club, where the Car will be the Star,
> not the member who owns it.
>
> We wanted to add POCA Jr. Members; that also did not happen.
>
> We elected to bring Tom Tjaarda to the US as our guest in November
> where I have secured a special guest judge status for him on Saturday
> and Sunday at the Hilton Head Island Concours and Speed Classic. I
> have been allowed a special presentation area for 12 DeTomaso Cars. I
> am seeking prime examples that can make the trip to HHI, SC. Qvale,
> Vallelunga, Deauville, Longchamp, P70, P5000 and all variations of the
> Pantera. It is a very prestigious event with tons of national
> automotive press; we will reap lots of National exposure as a result.
>
> I tried to build support for a single National POCA Charity effort,
> something like a Toy Drive with the USMC at Christmas. I do it with my
> own club; last season we donated 1,200 toys in 3 hours; that also did
> not pass.
>
> Thanks to my friend and Southeast Pantera member Rob Dumoulins, we
> devised the DeTomaso 911 Directory (D911D) which is an opt in program
> to be on call 24/7 to assist any POCA member who may be traveling and
> develops an emergency issue. You can provide help in any number of
> ways, from simply directing them to professional services or going out
> to find them on the side of the road and helping to fix a problem. All
> you have to do is sign up on the website to be a real life POCA hero.
>
> Here are some things that you can expect in the near future.
>
> Everybody will be receiving a new POCA patch soon in DeTomaso Aqua,
> Black and Silver; it's just a small token to thank you for being a
> member.
>
> Everybody will be getting a new plastic POCA membership card that will
> also have a slot cut into it so that it can become a name tag for
> chapter events, car shows, etc.
>
> I am working on a better New Member welcome package proposal to present
> to the BOD for approval, those buying cars for $60,000 - $400,000 have
> higher expectations and if we are to capture the new owners, we must
> deliver upon those expectations.
>
> NEW POCA STORE, Josette and I are working very hard at building a new
> POCA and Detomaso merchandise online store. I carried 60 lbs of
> samples to Las Vegas in a giant overweight separate suitcase to review
> with Josette. In the coming months, you will have a store to rival
> those marketing savvy gurus at PCNC, in fact Josette and I will
> challenge them to a little Mall on Mall throwdown as soon as we get
> settled. Expect great stuff, fast delivery, online instant payments
> and always great customer service.
>
> That my friends is how we've been staying busy these past 5 months,
> updating, improving and constantly working to increase your POCA
> Membership experience.
>
> The four Board members named above deserve a GIANT round of applause
> for standing alongside me, shoulder to shoulder to plowing our way
> through to make all of this happen for you. Others outside the BOD who
> have been especially helpful include Marshall Smith, Jeff Dietrich, Rob
> Dumoulins, and Laurie Basile.
>
> On the Cleveland Block calls, most all of the Presidents have been kind
> and decent people with the shared common goal of serving the members
> first. I value their input monthly and look forward to the Cleveland
> Bock calls 10x more than I do the BOD calls.
>
> There is a lot going on where the club can be in the news, really big
> news will be coming soon which will probably cause your cars to become
> in even bigger demand and prices to rise even more. We need to be
> nice, play nice and remember to endeavour to present our brand and
> always represent as a positive, fun experience.
>
> We face many challenges; our club is by member count 50% over the age
> of 65, in 10-15 years, many of our current members will no longer be
> active in this avocation. For many their car has become less of
> a toy and more of an investment, already a great number of members who
> have "cashed out", but remain members because they love the people.
>
> The price of cars has risen to such a degree that thirty-year-old guys
> with a family can longer afford to buy; our buyers are now forty and
> fifty year old guys; some are sports car guys and some are simply
> investors.
>
> We must always remember to try to look in from the outside and see what
> members and non members see, we must never forget that job ONE is offer
> a membership experience that is appealing to everybody, renewals and
> new members alike.
>
> It is here where I will mention Bob Reid, your Treasurer. Outwardly
> over the first four months, he has been supportive of many of the
> programs listed above. I believe in my heart Bob wants what is best
> for the club.
>
> We were all blindsided by the announcement at the 2016 Fun Rally
> declaring the 2017 Fun Rally would return to the Plaza hotel next
> April. Here's the problem: the BOD never discussed it. We appointed
> Kent and Sandi Snyder as 2016 Fun Rally Coordinators; no mention was
> ever made for 2017 or beyond. So the Fun Rally may very well still
> take place in LV Vegas next year, but it remains to be seen if it will
> be a POCA event. Responding to the survey that was already sent to you
> is one tool that we have to settle this issue and move forward. You
> read what I thought above about all NEWS Rallies being rotating Chapter
> driven events, I stand by my assertion that is a far better route to
> success.
>
> Now, unfortunately, I have to share the not so nice stuff. I have been
> called mean, nasty, and all sorts of unflattering names by a small and
> select group of people opposed to everything we have done so far; they
> have kicked, screamed, emailed, broadcast emailed, violating BOD rules,
> violated POCA rules and violated common decency in every way, shape,
> and form. There are 6 members who shall remain nameless, out of 890
> people consume 75% of my time and attention.
>
> Last January, we had our very first BOD teleconference; I called the
> meeting to order and immediately was verbally attacked for my 23 item
> agenda, but have no worries my friends I have survived 36 years in Show
> Business, this isn't even close, but it is relevant to the culture that
> we must all work to change.
>
> POCA needs to be a nicer place and we all need to practice what we
> preach. We cannot attract new members if we are perceived as a bunch
> of mean and nasty people, I was never a flower child or a hippie ( more
> of a preppy), but a little hippie never hurt anybody and I did date a
> few. Let's leave the VW Bus at home, take the Pantera out instead and
> be nice.
>
>
> Membership Records have been and remain a struggle, when we made the
> move to go to online member sign up and management, we had to take the
> existing paper and old Microsoft Access records and convert them to an
> Excel database driven engine which is what enables the POCA.com website
> to manage our records. It took John and Kathy Buckman, Ed Mendez, Joe
> Stockett and over a month to correct the typos, wrong emails, old
> addresses, and bad telephone numbers. I want to reach out and offer
> many thanks to Gerry Romack and Rod Kunishige for their assistance too,
> we could not have done it without them.
>
>
> We are still struggling with it, but have it down to about a 2% error
> rate. I know that many of you are still getting late membership due
> notices and you have paid your dues many months ago, we are working to
> correct the problem and as soon as the collector of your payments
> reports them, we can make it stop. In fact, we can do that much faster.
> If you are one of the 91 people being email harassed and you have paid
> your dues, please email me a copy of your check, paypal receipt, credit
> card statement and I will have it credited immediately as I have done
> for 30 members in the last 10 days. I'm sorry it is happening to you,
> if you would please renew or join online, it would alleviate these
> issues instantly and you can double check your address, email
> and telephone info to insure that you will get your POCA publications
> on time.
>
>
> My promise when I accepted the nomination to run for President was to
> move the club forward, be progressive, update our technology and most
> importantly - grow the club; and with the support of a core group of
> the BOD, we have kept many of those promises.
>
>
> Later today you will all receive a survey asking for your advice on
> the direction for this club. It will be mostly yes and no answers, it
> should take no more than two minutes to complete, and there are no math
> questions, I promise.
>
>
> Please reply and I promise to abide by majority rule, we have
> representative leadership; I guess 77% was not high enough to send the
> message that you wanted change. Please answer with your heart. I will
> do exactly what you want, I truly value all members, we all share a the
> same passion, our DeTomaso Pantera.
>
>
> Thank you for reading this very, very long message and please look for
> the survey coming very soon after this email.
>
> Michael Shortt
>
> President
>
> POCA
>
>
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