[DMCForum] Re: Who maintains delorean-owners.org?
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[DMCForum] Re: Who maintains delorean-owners.org?
- From: "ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 16:30:06 -0000
Robert, I agree with a lot of what you've said.
How does the DOA elect officers? Is there a yearly vote? I've been a
member for almost a year now and haven't seen a thing. Don't the
members get to vote on these things?
-Ryan
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx> wrote:
>
> I believe that if we were to take back the DOA, then we'd probably get
> more support from everyone, than if we started a new club on our own.
> Most, if not all DeLorean owners enjoy the way that we're like a
> fraternity for everyone. People dig on the social events, and do enjoy
> saying, "I belong" to some kind of group. Yeah, right now we do have
> some great regional groups, but for those of us who don't have
> something in our areas, a national club would be great. Especially if
> it could unite us with other clubs close to us, where we could go for
> parties, tune-ups, door adjustments, etc. And we could greatly
> organize better turn out by helping everyone plan for car shows,
> parades, etc... After all, more people plan ahead for decorating their
> cars for Halloween, than they do participating in St. Patrick's Day
> parades. We could really build up our presence.
>
> As for current members who are fine with the way things are run, don't
> bet on it. And I'm not saying that there is a allot of discontent. I'm
> saying that the majority of people flat out don't care. That's why
> their event participation is so low, that they had to cancel
> organizing their own expos, and wanted to tie-in with regional club
> events, to try and promote as their own. This was the case with the
> the NCDMC, when they held that one show a few years ago, at the
> Blackhawk Auto Museum.
>
> If we were to take back the club, we would make it a priority to build
> communications with all of the regional clubs. And I fully believe
> that conference calls durring our meetings with everyone nationwide is
> the best way to keep the club being all inclusive for everyone. Hell,
> if need be, we could do audio recordings of the meetings, and make
> them downloadable for all our members. I'd also want to port all back,
> and future copies of DeLorean World Magazine over to .PDF format. Who
> cares about piracy. If they got spread around, all the better for our
> publicity. I'd also look into possibly slashing membership dues, and
> reducing them down to about $50 or so.
>
> The main reason here for wanting to take back the DOA, is to lay claim
> to both the prestige of their age, and their information archives.
> That's all. Otherwise, I'd rather start fresh as well, and create a
> better name. But who's to say we couldn't take a vote to change the
> name if we took control?
>
> But I/we can't do this alone. That's why we'd need to form a coup, to
> overcome the influence of those who do not wish for us to take control
> from them. We can't get one person in at a time. That just won't work.
> Instead, we need to him them all in a wave.
>
> First however, we've got to wait for Bernstein to get out of the
> picture. His influence is just too great over every one, since these
> people are so damn afraid of change, and of him.
>
> Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>
> -Robert
>
>
>
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "timnagin" <timnagin@xxxx> wrote:
> > In reference to your last paragraph, I wasn't disagreeing with the
> potential
> > at all. I was talking about having to resurrect that name due to
> all of the
> > ill feelings in the community and then build from there. That would
> seem to
> > be more work, and expense, than trying to establish a new name and
> image.
> >
> > If the current members of the DOA are happy with the way things
are then
> > that would make it even more difficult to effect change. Either
> way, I am
> > all for trying. :)
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dick Ryan [mailto:deloreanbiker@xxxx]
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:06 PM
> > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [DMCForum] Re: Who maintains delorean-owners.org?
> >
> >
> > I guess you had to be there - you know, the old saying when someone
> > else realizes you don't quite get it. The DeLorean Owners Association
> > was formed after JZD had been "busted". I suspect, though I don't
> > know for sure, that someone within the group had a sense of humor and
> > realized that DOA had another meaning and that might get some
> > publicity. The first I heard of them (I was an owner since 1982 - one
> > month before John's "bust") was when there was an article in People
> > Magazine. The magazine had the DOA reference in the headline -
> > referring to Dead On Arrival - so I think the idea worked.
> >
> > I agree with Robert that even though many of us are really not happy
> > with the DOA, it is the oldest DeLorean organization extant and, as
> > such, would have some built-in history/respect/clout if run as being
> > truly representative of ALL DeLorean owners.
> >
> > Dick Ryan
> >
> >
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > DOA is short for, "DeLorean Owners Association.
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