Chris, well said. Tiger United fills a unique location, that provides a
tremendous amount of info for Tiger enthusiast.
The Club newsletters can not afford to print monthly, with the extensive
photographs in TU, much less print in color. They are also limited to
the number of pages, and if the article is long, yes I am to blame, they
must run it in several issues.
I am sorry to say I don't keep my file of newsletter up to date, and as
such sometimes look in vain for that treasured article.
Are the Clubs still viable? Of Course. The benefits are great, and
many, and how else would we get together locally to meet and enjoy the
company of others.
TU is a valuable, and unique place for all of us to enjoy Tiger stuff,
even in the middle of the night, when all are asleep.
Thanks Steve.
Larry
Chris Thompson wrote:
>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
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>>I'm afraid that I must agree with the comment made in Rande's reply, that
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>it's
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>>unlikely that the clubs would be able to work together well enough to make
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>this
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>>work.
>><snip>>
>>I think the separate entity is the key here. Maybe something like this
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>could
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>>work, maybe quarterly, if it was done free from the dominance of any one
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>club.
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>>Speaking of great newsletters, you should see the STOC quarterly
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>publication
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>>out of England. Huge, color, tons of interesting articles. It puts any
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>of our
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>>efforts to shame.
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>>Stu
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