"Open Source Concours"
Sounds like a good idea.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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Subject: If the Concours Committee Really Wanted To Help.... (Long)
> To the Concours Committee and the List,
>
> In his most recent email to the list, Rich Chrysler said "Isn't it nice
> to see that we can all effectively help each other to make the cars
> better and maintain the marque?"
>
> His comment reminded me of an issue about which I have been thinking for
> a while. In fact, I have discussed the matter with a couple of the
> members of the Concours Committee as well.
>
> At the risk of starting an all-out flame war, I suggest that if the
> Concours Committee truly wanted to promote the preservation and
> continuation of the Healey marque, it should make the Concours
> Guidelines freely available in electronic format for all to read,
> comment on and use. The electronic distribution could be on a CD or,
> even better, available on a web site (I would even volunteer to transfer
> the content to electronic format and host such a site).
>
> I have heard many arguments from those who oppose such a move, but none
> have convinced me that the distribution of the Guidelines should remain
> locked in a paper format. Without going into detail, I think I could
> persuasively counter any argument of copyright, unauthorized
> distribution, content control and financial considerations for the
> Committee.
>
> Whatever your thoughts are regarding the Concours process, the Concours
> Guidelines are an invaluable source of information for those who want to
> restore and maintain their Healey, concours or not. However, it is
> incomplete. I have many times referred to my copy of the Guidelines only
> to find the information is not there. If the Guidelines were available
> to everyone, the "many eyes" theory of peer review could make this an
> even more invaluable document. Look at the power of this email list and
> then imagine what the Guidelines could be if the power of the list could
> be used to improve the Guidelines!
>
> I would welcome any comments people have on this subject, on or
> off-list.
>
> John P. New
> London, Ontario, Canada
> '67 BJ8
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