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>From: PLRRESTO@aol.com
>Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 03:33:07 -0400 (EDT)
>To: tigers@autox.team.net
>Subject: TUXXII concour
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>All,
>
>Seems that with the exception of Jeff Cushing, everyone else thought the
>social/historical aspect of this event was at least OK. But for a few it
>seems, the concour was a disaster.
>
>As you may remember from my first posting , I wasn't crazy about it either.
>Hell, I'm in the business of restoring these cars and had a couple of my cars
>in the show also. Of course, I'd like to see them PROFESSIONALLY judged too.
>But I've learned not to have high expectations, because I feel I'm being
>realistic. Simply put, we don't have enough qualified judges and until this
>problem is solved the situation is not going to get any better. In fact, I
>believe the problem will only get worse as more and more owners spend more
>and more money on their cars. From my earlier posting, I'd hoped to ignite a
>discussion on how we might be able to find an adequate number of willing and
>qualified judges, but little of value was presented. All I kept seeing was
>the same individuals calling the TUXXII concour an OUTRAGE with no viable
>solutions. I'll bet Steve and Jane Sage of CAT would love to have that list
>of 27 OUTRAGED TUXXII concour participants; maybe they'll all become willing
>professional judges by the time TUXXIII rolls around. I don't think so.
>
>And since Mr. harde keeps bringing it up, I thought maybe I should say a few
>words about the switched judging forms. Yes, the forms were changed a few
>weeks before the event and I'm the "extreme power" responsible. Why? Because
>a few weeks before the event I began receiving calls from people complaining
>that the judging forms posted on the Web page were unfair to the entrants in
>the personalized and modified classes. I felt I had to make a decision and I
>choose to make a decision that would piss off the least number of people by
>using forms that had been used in the past. Just for the record, the rest of
>the TUXXII committee disaggreed with me, but for some reason they gave in. Of
>course, I knew some were going to be OUTRAGED, and I knew exactly who they
>were going to be.
>
>Funny thing though, I figure I'm probably a qualified judge. And before the
>concour I went around and looked at all the top stock class contenders and
>ranked them the way I thought they should come out in the concour. Funny
>thing, when I saw the official results, I was supprised. With one exception,
>I had the same results the "judges" had come up with. Certainly, none of the
>persons complaining on the net would have been moved up.
>
>The way I see it, the best way for these folks to win those trophies they
>feel they so rightfully deserve is to go to the event chairman of the event
>they're interested in and lobby to have the rules changed to their
>advantage.You know, get rid of that Harrington, and while we're at it, let's
>get rid of those green Mk2s also. Hey, some people I know have been doing it
>for years.
>
>In closing, Frick and Frack of Tiger Technologies need not worry about my
>involvement in any future Tigers Uniteds. As I see it, these events have over
>the years moved away from what I thought were more social to what I feel have
>become far to competitive. TUXXII was an attempt to bring to a Tigers United
>interesting personalities and interesting cars to a pleasant location to
>promote social interaction. In most peoples minds, I think we did just that.
>But when I read comments like those from Mr. Cushing, it just pisses me off
>and I start looking for where else I can put energies.
>
>Comments welcome and 'til next time
>
>Paul Reisentz
>
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