[JONAT-chat] Los Angeles, Trouble in Paradise

Sun, 07 Mar 2004 21:48:55 -0800

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Bob:
you are right.
i intended it for the SC's.

Hazel:
here is the article I sent in Oct 2003, and In January. I have not proofed=
=20
it for changes .
Thanks,
Ron
*************************************************************

To: creigt@aol.com
From: "F. Ronald Rader" <rader@interworld.net>
Subject: JONAT 2004
Cc: Charlie_Hallums@macerich.com...snip... samuir@adelphia.net

JOC Board Members:
As I had previously promised I have enclosed an article for our publication.
the article is below and attached as a "doc".

The hope is to have the May dinner event at the Petersen Automotive Museum=
=20
in conjunction with the JONAT tour. The San Diego club is now planning on=20
being part of the route any many SD members should be driving north for at=
=20
least a few days.  Thanks
Ron Rader
So Cal coordinator JONAT 2004
www.jonat.org

=93JONAT 2004=94 tours the US and Canada

JONAT is =93Jaguar Owner=92s North American Tour=94.  This Tour is planned=
 as a=20
Jaguar road trip starting in Orlando, Florida on Friday, April 18, 2004,=20
and ending in the same spot on Sunday, July 4th, approximately 3 months=20
later after circumnavigating the continent in the process.

This idea started innocently on one of the Jaguar on-line forums. Someone=20
suggested they would like to take their new Jaguar on a road trip to check=
=20
it out.   From there it grew to a tour around the continent.

This tour is being put on by a grassroots=92 organization - which the=20
organizers believe will be the key to the success of the tour.  The Tour is=
=20
divided into twenty some =93Sectors=94, each with its own local=20
Coordinator.   The Sector Coordinators are each planning the route through=
=20
their own sector, and are coordinating with the Sector Coordinators of the=
=20
preceding and following Sectors.  JONAT currently has no affiliations with=
=20
any group, organization, or club.

This is going to be a somewhat inexpensive tour. The idea for JONAT is to=20
try to keep the costs to a minimum for participants.

The drive should be very pleasant. Each day should be no less than 120=20
miles (200 kilometers) and no more than 300 miles (480 kilometers). Each=20
day would start between 8:30 & 9:30 a.m. with no longer than 2 to 1/2 hours=
=20
between stops. A days driving should end no later than about 4:30 or 5:00=20
p.m. at recommended hotels. Each route coordinator will provide written=20
instructions and maps for the day. There will be suggestions for shopping,=
=20
snacking, meals and sights, as well as locations for sundries, food and car=
=20
parts.

The plan includes a stop once a week or so for a rest day. The Tour will=20
start and end with a formal event, and there will be many local events=20
along the route.

The Sector Coordinators will select accommodations as recommendations to=20
the participants. The participants will be responsible for making their own=
=20
reservations. Accommodations include hotels/motels, bed and breakfasts, and=
=20
campgrounds.

Each Sector, and preferably each Leg, will have a couple of recommended=20
automotive repair shops for Jaguars (modern and classic).  Also, each=20
Sector will arrange for towing services in case of problems en route.

The entire route can be seen on the map enclosed and on the JONAT web page=
=20
<http://www.jonat.com/>www.jonat.com. The most westerly portion of the=20
trip will start in San Diego on Wednesday morning May 5, 2004 arriving in=20
Los Angeles on Wednesday night, Cinco de Mayo. A Mexican dinner is planned=
=20
for that evening at the World famous Petersen Automotive Museum. Tours of=20
the Museum will be available that night or you may return pre-paid the=20
next day. This dinner will also be a JOC event and open for club members=20
for dinner and a tour of the museum without having to be on the JONAT tour.=
=20
It will also be a good opportunity to meet the folks coming from other=20
places that may have started in Orlando or along the way.

Thursday May 6, 2004, is a rest day for those touring from parts East and=20
on Friday May 7, 2004, the tour will leave Los Angeles by departing from=20
the Federal building in West LA at 8.30 AM. (Wilshire and the 405 freeway).

Ron and Debi Rader have planned a fun scavenger hunt - type rally for the=20
morning hours winding through various parts of west Los Angeles, Pacific=20
Palisades, Topanga Canyon, and the Mulholland Highway before coming down=20
into the Oxnard plains. The route will continue on surface streets wherever=
=20
possible through Ventura then skirt Santa Barbara for a trip though the=20
wine country around Los Olivos and ending that day in San Luis Obispo.

Jason Len=92s XK=92s Unlimited, will host a cocktail event and provide parts=
=20
for the long distance drivers if needed, before a casual dinner in SLO.=20
Jerry Mouton, the coordinator from the next section north, will pick up the=
=20
trip with similar routes and stops eventually arriving in San Francisco on=
=20
Monday May 10th, Portland OR on May 13th, and Vancouver on May 19th.  The=20
tour will continue east through Canada and eventually arrive in Orlando=20
(see map).

Several Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego members are planning to=20
make the trip. Some will start in LA and are planning to go a good portion=
=20
of the distance.  Ron & Debi are planning to start in Los Angeles and go to=
=20
Vancouver and then ship their car back to Los Angeles.

For further information please go first to the JONAT web page=20
(www.jonat.com) and then contact Ron Rader at=20
<mailto:Rader@interworld.net>Rader@interworld.net. We have a sign up list=20
so that the appropriate reservations can be made.
Ron Rader

At 07:05 PM 3/7/2004, Hazel  A. Beck wrote:
>Hi, Ron...Hazel here...I will be attending the JCNA Annual General Meeting=
=20
>next weekend in Long Beach...I don't have a lot of contacts with JOC, but=
=20
>I have some...I will do what I can to get some interest going...
>
>Can you resend to me your article?...also, what about television coverage=
=20
>and local newspapers?...we are going to do that in San Diego...we are also=
=20
>going to submit a notice to the "Wheels" editor of the San Diego=20
>Union-Tribune...
>
>I will be contacting Jaguar Corporate this week to make arrangements for=20
>the May 5th lunch and tour...this will be a PR opportunity for them as=
 well.
>
>We will publish an article in our April issues of Jaguar Tracks...it hits=
=20
>the streets around April 2nd...
>
>FYI - I attend a JOC-sponsored rally on 2/14 and everyone I talked to in=20
>their club knew about JONAT.
>
>All the work you have done to date is appreciated...hang in there...I'm=20
>looking forward to meeting you.
>
>Hazel
>San Diego - 80 degrees and sunny today!
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:rader@interworld.net>F. Ronald Rader
>To: <mailto:jonat-chat@autox.team.net>jonat-chat@autox.team.net
>Cc: <mailto:jonat-chat@autox.team.net>jonat-chat@autox.team.net
>Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 5:25 PM
>Subject: Re: [JONAT-chat] Los Angeles, Trouble in Paradise
>
>JONAT'ers:
>
>Los Angeles. 80 degrees at 5.00 PM, Sunday.
>
>HISTORY. I joined both the Los Angeles and San Diego Jaguar clubs about=20
>three years ago when I bought my 1967 E FHC. I have attended some events=20
>but I am not a Board member.
>
>I am also a member of the Los Angeles and San Diego Healey clubs as well=20
>as a member of the Petersen Automotive Museum=92s Checkered Flag 200=
 support=20
>group.
>
>Last September I contacted the JOC (Los Angeles) by attending a board=20
>meeting to describe our event and ask for the clubs support. My 20 minute=
=20
>presentation seemed to be well received. They asked  me to write something=
=20
>about the event and I did (It was published here as well).
>
>In January I drove an hour to Fullerton to attend the board meeting (while=
=20
>my wife packed for our move) to once again ask for support from the Board=
=20
>and the Club and to get the info into the clubs Newsletter. Again I sent=20
>the info via E mail to several Board members.
>
>It seemed like the Board was behind the idea but when I received the JOC=92=
s=20
>February 2004 newsletter there was no info about the event except for a=20
>line in the calendar section that stated =93 Dinner / Reception at the=20
>Petersen Automotive Museum for the Jaguar Owners North American Tour., May=
=20
>5th, 2004.
>
>I sent an E mail to the Club President, Newsletter Editor and the Touring=
=20
>Director asking why my article was not published and I have not received a=
=20
>response.
>
>So=85 it is my OPINION (no facts, just my opinion) that there will not be=
=20
>much support for this event as it passes through Los Angeles unless the=20
>Sector Coordinator is a Board member of the local club.
>
>With this in mind I suggest that those of you that are well connected=20
>through JCNA might want to find another Sector co coordinator. I am more=20
>than willing to turn over my extensive maps, routing and fun Rally info to=
=20
>some one better connected in the local Jaguar club circles to assure a=20
>good group through this area. Failing that I am willing to take this to an=
=20
>E mail campaign by using all of the address that can be gather to send to=
=20
>the local Jaguar folks, But I suspect the most likely candidates for the=20
>drive and the Dinner are the local club members.
>
>It is currently my intent to drive from Loss Angeles to Eureka with the=20
>group then return back to LA>
>
>All input, comments, or thoughts are welcome.
>Ron Rader
>Los Angeles
>
>1967 E FHC (JONAT car)
>1994 XJ6 (JONAT back up car)
>1965 Austin Healey BJ8 (back up, back up car)

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Bob: 
you are right. 
i intended it for the SC's. 
Hazel: 
here is the article I sent in Oct 2003, and In January. I have not
proofed it for changes . 
Thanks, 
Ron 
************************************************************* 
To: creigt@aol.com 
From: &quot;F. Ronald Rader&quot; &lt;rader@interworld.net&gt; 
Subject: JONAT 2004 
Cc: Charlie_Hallums@macerich.com...snip... samuir@adelphia.net 
 
JOC Board Members: 
As I had previously promised I have enclosed an article for our
publication. 
the article is below and attached as a &quot;doc&quot;. 
The hope is to have the May dinner event at the Petersen Automotive
Museum in conjunction with the JONAT tour. The San Diego club is now
planning on being part of the route any many SD members should be driving
north for at least a few days.&nbsp; Thanks 
Ron Rader 
So Cal coordinator JONAT 2004 
<a href=3D"http://www.jonat.org/"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">www.jonat.org 
</a>=93JONAT 2004=94 tours the US and
Canada 
JONAT is =93Jaguar Owner=92s North American Tour=94.&nbsp; This Tour is plan=
ned
as a Jaguar road trip starting in Orlando, Florida on Friday, April
18, 2004, and ending in the same spot on Sunday, July
4th, approximately 3 months later after circumnavigating the
continent in the process. 
This idea started innocently on one of the Jaguar on-line forums. Someone
suggested they would like to take their new Jaguar on a road trip to
check it out.&nbsp;&nbsp; From there it grew to a tour around the
continent. 
This tour is being put on by a grassroots=92 organization - which the
organizers believe will be the key to the success of the tour.&nbsp; The
Tour is divided into twenty some =93Sectors=94, each with its own local
Coordinator.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Sector Coordinators are each planning the
route through their own sector, and are coordinating with the Sector
Coordinators of the preceding and following Sectors.&nbsp; JONAT
currently has no affiliations with any group, organization, or
club. 
This is going to be a somewhat inexpensive tour. The idea for JONAT is to
try to keep the costs to a minimum for participants.&nbsp; 
The drive should be very pleasant. Each day should be no less than 120
miles (200 kilometers) and no more than 300 miles (480 kilometers). Each
day would start between 8:30 &amp; 9:30 a.m. with no longer than 2 to 1/2
hours between stops. A days driving should end no later than about 4:30
or 5:00 p.m. at recommended hotels. Each route coordinator will provide
written instructions and maps for the day. There will be suggestions for
shopping, snacking, meals and sights, as well as locations for sundries,
food and car parts. 
The plan includes a stop once a week or so for a rest day. The Tour will
start and end with a formal event, and there will be many local events
along the route. 
The Sector Coordinators will select accommodations as recommendations to
the participants. The participants will be responsible for making their
own reservations. Accommodations include hotels/motels, bed and
breakfasts, and campgrounds. 
Each Sector, and preferably each Leg, will have a couple of recommended
automotive repair shops for Jaguars (modern and classic).&nbsp; Also,
each Sector will arrange for towing services in case of problems en
route. 
&nbsp; 
The entire route can be seen on the map enclosed and on the JONAT web
page <a href=3D"http://www.jonat.com/">www.jonat.com</a>.&nbsp; The most
westerly portion of the trip will start in San Diego on Wednesday morning
May 5, 2004 arriving in Los Angeles on Wednesday night, Cinco de
Mayo.&nbsp; A Mexican dinner is planned for that evening at the World
famous Petersen Automotive Museum. Tours of the Museum will be available
that&nbsp; night or you may return pre-paid the next day. This dinner
will also be a JOC event and open for club members for dinner and a tour
of the museum without having to be on the JONAT tour. It will also be a
good opportunity to meet the folks coming from other places that&nbsp;
may have started in Orlando or along the way. 
Thursday May 6, 2004, is a rest day for those touring from parts East and
on Friday May 7, 2004, the tour will leave Los Angeles by departing from
the Federal building in West LA at 8.30 AM. (Wilshire and the 405
freeway). 
Ron and Debi Rader have planned a fun scavenger hunt - type rally for the
morning hours winding through various parts of west Los Angeles, Pacific
Palisades, Topanga Canyon, and the Mulholland Highway before coming down
into the Oxnard plains. The route will continue on surface streets
wherever possible through Ventura then skirt Santa Barbara for a trip
though the wine country around Los Olivos and ending that day in San Luis
Obispo. 
Jason Len=92s XK=92s Unlimited, will host a cocktail event and provide parts
for the long distance drivers if needed, before a casual dinner in SLO.
Jerry Mouton, the coordinator from the next section north, will pick up
the trip with similar routes and stops eventually arriving in San
Francisco on Monday May 10th, Portland OR on May
13th, and Vancouver on May 19th.&nbsp; The tour
will continue east through Canada and eventually arrive in Orlando (see
map). 
Several Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego members are planning to
make the trip. Some will start in LA and are planning to go a good
portion of the distance.&nbsp; Ron &amp; Debi are planning to start in
Los Angeles and go to Vancouver and then ship their car back to Los
Angeles. 
For further information please go first to the JONAT web page
(<a href=3D"http://www.jonat.com/" eudora=3D"autourl">www.jonat.com</a></=
u>)
and then contact Ron Rader at
<a href=3D"mailto:Rader@interworld.net">Rader@interworld.net</a>. We have a
sign up list so that the appropriate reservations can be made. 
Ron Rader 
 
At 07:05 PM 3/7/2004, Hazel&nbsp; A. Beck wrote: 
<blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite>Hi,
Ron...Hazel here...I will be attending the JCNA Annual General Meeting
next weekend in Long Beach...I don't have a lot of contacts with JOC, but
I have some...I will do what I can to get some interest going... 
&nbsp; 
Can you resen=
d
to me your article?...also, what about television coverage and local
newspapers?...we are going to do that in San Diego...we are also going to
submit a notice to the &quot;Wheels&quot; editor of the San Diego
Union-Tribune... 
&nbsp; 
I will be
contacting Jaguar Corporate this week to make arrangements for the May
5th lunch and tour...this will be a PR opportunity for them as=20
well. 
&nbsp; 
We will publi=
sh
an article in our April issues of Jaguar Tracks...it hits the streets
around April 2nd... 
&nbsp; 
FYI - I=
 attend a
JOC-sponsored rally on 2/14 and everyone I talked to in their club knew
about JONAT. 
&nbsp; 
All the work =
you
have done to date is appreciated...hang in there...I'm looking forward to
meeting you. 
&nbsp; 
Hazel 
San Diego - 80 degrees and sunny today! 

<dl>
<dd>----- Original Message -----

<dd>From:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:rader@interworld.net">F. Ronald Rader</a>
<br>

<dd>To:</b> <a=
 href=3D"mailto:jonat-chat@autox.team.net">jonat-chat@autox.team.net</a>=
 <br>

<dd>Cc:</b> <a=
 href=3D"mailto:jonat-chat@autox.team.net">jonat-chat@autox.team.net</a>=
 <br>

<dd>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 07, 2004 5:25 PM<br>

<dd>Subject:</b> Re: [JONAT-chat] Los Angeles, Trouble in Paradise<br><br>

<dd>JONAT'ers:<br><br>

<dd>Los Angeles. 80 degrees at 5.00 PM, Sunday.

<dd>HISTORY. I joined both the Los Angeles and San Diego Jaguar clubs=
 about three years ago when I bought my 1967 E FHC. I have attended some=
 events but I am not a Board member.

<dd>I am also a member of the Los Angeles and San Diego Healey clubs as well=
 as a member of the Petersen Automotive Museum=92s Checkered Flag 200=
 support group.<br><br>

<dd>Last September I contacted the JOC (Los Angeles) by attending a board=
 meeting to describe our event and ask for the clubs support. My 20 minute=
 presentation seemed to be well received. They asked&nbsp; me to write=
 something about the event and I did (It was published here as well).

<dd>&nbsp;<br>

<dd>In January I drove an hour to Fullerton to attend the board meeting=
 (while my wife packed for our move) to once again ask for support from the=
 Board and the Club and to get the info into the clubs Newsletter. Again I=
 sent the info via E mail to several Board members.

<dd>&nbsp;<br>

<dd>It seemed like the Board was behind the idea but when I received the=
 JOC=92s February 2004 newsletter there was no info about the event except=
 for a line in the calendar section that stated =93 Dinner / Reception at=
 the Petersen Automotive Museum for the Jaguar Owners North American Tour.,=
 May 5th, 2004.

<dd>&nbsp;<br>

<dd>I sent an E mail to the Club President, Newsletter Editor and the=
 Touring Director asking why my article was not published and I have not=
 received a response.

<dd>&nbsp;<br>

<dd>So=85 it is my OPINION (no facts, just my opinion) that there will not=
 be much support for this event as it passes through Los Angeles unless the=
 Sector Coordinator is a Board member of the local club.<br>

<dd>&nbsp;<br>

<dd>With this in mind I suggest that those of you that are well connected=
 through JCNA might want to find another Sector co coordinator. I am more=
 than willing to turn over my extensive maps, routing and fun Rally info to=
 some one better connected in the local Jaguar club circles to assure a good=
 group through this area. Failing that I am willing to take this to an E=
 mail campaign by using all of the address that can be gather to send to the=
 local Jaguar folks, But I suspect the most likely candidates for the drive=
 and the Dinner are the local club members.

<dd>&nbsp;<br>

<dd>It is currently my intent to drive from Loss Angeles to Eureka with the=
 group then return back to LA&gt;<br>

<dd>&nbsp;<br>

<dd>All input, comments, or thoughts are welcome.<br>

<dd>Ron Rader<br>

<dd>Los Angeles<br>

<dd>&nbsp;<br>

<dd>1967 E FHC (JONAT car)<br>

<dd>1994 XJ6 (JONAT back up car)<br>

<dd>1965 Austin Healey BJ8 (back up, back up car) <br>

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