[DMCForum] Re: Who maintains delorean-owners.org?

["therealdmcvegas" <dmcvegas@xxxxxxx>]

According to their site, they elect every 2 years, with officers 
taking duty in October. And according to their site, their next 
election is coming up soon.

The worst thing here is they have let their site fall into disrepair. 
Aside from a note about the Breer's death, and some new frames for 
their commerce website, there is nothing. Especially at a time like 
this, with JZD's passing. Hell, in their classifieds section they 
still have ads up for cars that sold back before I was even an 
owner!!!!

It's too bad that the people who run this organization just seem to 
have lost their spirit and drive to keep it going...

-Robert



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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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