It always seems to be the same topics revisited. A few years ago there was
*much* discussion on the list of this very issue about a coordinated
newsletter of the clubs.
A national mag that contains all the information from the local clubs would
be great, but it would still be transient, available only to those who got
the newsletter/mag at the time, and searchable only by memory or flipping
through past issues if saved. So it was decided by a few motivated folks
to create an on-line newsletter of sorts that would preserve the
information. Why is it that anybody would transfer their wisdom of Tigers
only to have it go out in the ether of a regional newsletter to be read by a
few and then filed or thrown away when it could be uploaded to a web site
and read by future generations of Tiger owners was the reasoning. New Tiger
owners would find a ready source of information, enhancing the marque.
The new community of Tiger owners was served by this lists. The web was
going to be the ultimate repository of information. The issue of "club
neutrality" was emphasized. Only one feller stood up to the challenge of
putting this together, and he built the Tigers United site. Just what this
community said they wanted. Look at the front page of the TU site - it
explicitly states its intention to be a vehicle to bring the clubs together
and (not stated) provide a forum for Tiger information that is not "roote"d
in some specific club.
I don't think we could have asked for a more dedicated developer for the
site, and if we want one repository of information, this is it. In its
short life, it has gained a tremendous amount of information, from the
history of Tigers to an on-line manual, and parts manual. Support it - I
don't think we should go down the path of trying to create yet another
expensive print newsletter/magazine.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: <stubrennan@attbi.com>
To: "Rande Bellman" <rande@thecia.net>
Cc: "Tigers Group" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: The United and newsletters
> I'm afraid that I must agree with the comment made in Rande's reply, that
it's
> unlikely that the clubs would be able to work together well enough to make
this
> work.
> <snip>>
> I think the separate entity is the key here. Maybe something like this
could
> work, maybe quarterly, if it was done free from the dominance of any one
club.
>
> Speaking of great newsletters, you should see the STOC quarterly
publication
> out of England. Huge, color, tons of interesting articles. It puts any
of our
> efforts to shame.
>
> Stu
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