[JONAT] JONAT SECTOR COORDINATORS - PLEASE NOTE

[Mark Stephenson]

Don't forget my other suggestion. Right now the Pub is pretty dead. We were
seriously considering eliminating it because of the paucity of posts. In the
olden pre-forum days, I'd have never suggested this, because no one would
know that there was anything going on unless they were already $ubscribed.
But, with the forums, $ubscribers hit that first page and can take a look at
the activity across all the lists. If the Pub keeps up near the top of the
list, people will begin to wonder what's happening there.

If people think this is a good idea, I think we should keep everything under
a single subject -- JONAT planning. We won't have control over how everyone
else posts, but we can channel it. That way as people come on board they can
follow the thread back to the beginning. If that becomes unwieldy because of
a massive flood of input, we can break it down into sectors, as in "JONAT
planning, Arizona." If we get to that stage, we'll have reached critical
mass and there should be e-mails flying everywhere about the trip. 

If we did that, we should add "Visit the Pub for route discussions" to
everyone's signatures.

(Four lines is best if you can squeeze it in -- see my signature below.)

That way we'd be continually directing people to the ongoing discussions.
The web site is excellent, too, but it's a bit like a static display of
stuffed animals vs. seeing them develop in the wild.

We'd still have our list to discuss suggestions and handle administrative
decisions behind the scenes, a lot like the workers list that the admins use
on Jag-Lovers. But for the public stuff, utilizing the Pub and putting the
discussion in front of potentially 15,000 Jag-Lovers could not but help.

I really think we should all subscribe to the Pub and take the route
discussions there. We have many of the routes roughed out and the input of
some outsiders for some of the finishing touches might give us some good
ideas, but additionally, it will let those people feel as if they have
contributed. Once you contribute to something like this, you are more
inclined to be involved with the end result.

We might even pull in some SCs for the missing sections if there are any
left.

Mark Stephenson, Sector Coordinator - Arizona
Jaguar Owners North American Tour (www.jonat.org)
April 15 - July 4, 2004
Visit the Pub for route discussions