[JONAT] Status Quo

[Fazal Cader]

Great. I can than start working on thumbing a lift through my cosen sectors.
(They wont lent me bring my S3 as luggage!)

Fazal


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JONAT Webmaster" <webmaster@jonat.org>
To: <jonat@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 3:12 PM
Subject: RE: [JONAT] Status Quo


> Hello,
> Good points, all.
> The registration and payment systems are fully coded. We haven't sent
> out notice to all the members yet. Bob is arranging the Visa acceptance
> and payment address. Once this is done people can start sending
> payments.
>
> I can't take more than a couple days off work, plus I don't think the
> TH400 transmission would make it cross country, so I'll just be
> "local-sectoring" it myself.
>
> Once everybody goes in and selects the sectors they will be driving
> (http://jonat.org/user/myprofile.cfm) then we can declare a winner for
> "most-sectors-signed-up-for-before-the-tour"!
>
> Greg  :-)
> 86 XJ12  (bad tranny)
> 76 XJ12C (slipping tranny)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonat-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:jonat-admin@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Mark Stephenson
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 10:05 PM
> To: jonat@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: [JONAT] Status Quo
>
>
> Trey and perhaps Gregory,
>
> I think you are looking at this from the wrong perspective. I think you
> should be organizing it as a local drive with national implications, not
> the other way around. Trey, you must have a pretty active area to have
> drives like this every couple weeks, because in our area three-day
> Jaguar-only drives have happened exactly once in the last dozen years. I
> know because I organized it. Four-day runs of any sort occur twice a
> year. They involve police escorts, flatbeds to rescue the wounded, stays
> at 5-star hotels, luggage trucks for the people with the million-dollar
> cars with no boots, and they cost well in excess of $4000. Furthermore,
> if your car does not have sufficient provenance, your application will
> not be accepted. In other words, those of us with regular cars can't
> take part probably couldn't afford it if we could. If Jaguar drives like
> this happen in your area every two weeks, and you have the Jaguar owners
> out there driving them, then this should be ONE for that two week
> period. If you don't have all the Jaguar owners out there for all the
> drives, then you need to convince them that this one is different. None
> of those others are part of a continuum. There's no chance that someone
> from a thousand miles away will drive with you on one of the local
> trips.
>
> While it would be nice if there were a few people who did the entire
> route, whether anyone actually does it is immaterial. The point is that
> this isn't just another Sunday drive -- it's part of a tour of North
> America.
>
> In my sector, I'm planning on only five people, including me,
> transitioning in from Colorado. Three are already committed. I'm
> planning on only five local folks running my entire sector (two of the
> three coming from CO), but I am expecting at least 25 cars from the
> local clubs to meet us for either three days starting at the Grand
> Canyon or two days starting at Williams.
>
> If I get that kind of participation, this will be one of the most
> successful driving events put together by our club. JONAT's contribution
> will have been to make it something more special than a club drive.
> JONAT's not the be-all and end-all of the sector, but it is icing on the
> cake. I look at it this way, if I was going to create the trip anyway
> (which I likely would have), why not make it part of something huge!
>
> As far as the finances go. I could see you being pessimistic about it a
> couple weeks ago, but Bob and the rest of the EC have put out a plan
> with the dual rates that has the consensus of most if not all of the
> SCs. All we need now is the web page to submit payments and we are good
> to go.
>
> Speaking of that, I think that since there were a few of us who were
> adamant about the cost, it is up to us to step up to the plate as soon
> as webmaster Greg has the collection page up, and plunk down the plastic
> to cover the startup costs so Bob doesn't have to pull wads of cash out
> of his own pocket.
>
> As far as the rest of it goes, my detailed route is submitted and is on
> hold pending a couple minor changes that I'll be making tonight. I'm
> excited about it, and frankly, it is my not-so-humble opinion that if
> there is one sector everyone should do, it is going to be the Arizona
> sector. I'd love to do the Pacific Coast Highway sector, and the
> Canadian Rockies sector. There are probably a lot of other sectors that
> will give me some stiff competition, but the Arizona Sector is one not
> to be missed.
>
> To be honest, every SC should feel just as strongly about their sector
> and showing off their corner of the continent.
>
> Mark - AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jonat-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:jonat-admin@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Trey McCay
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 6:01 PM
> To: jonat@autox.team.net
> Subject: [JONAT] Status Quo
>
> Guys (and gals):
> I'm very concerned about this tour.
>
> We are still bitching about finances, memorabilia and logistics on how
> to know whom to expect in any given sector--albeit, progress has been
> made and cheers to Bob and Greg for sorting through all of this.
>
> But I have to admit that I have been reticent to forward press releases
> and/or go on local television to advertise this thing with so many
> loopholes.  In fact, I still am.
>
> I volunteered to do this assuming these logistics were worked out for
> the most part.  What I cannot endure is making an arse of myself in the
> local community if we are to only have 1 or 2 REAL rally-ists and expect
> the majority to be local drivers of Jags (or other cars, perhaps of
> British make in the rear).
>
> Now, I'm not saying I quit or anything--I'll do as I have promised.  But
> all these details need to be worked out before I go sending people to
> Mobile, AL and to Orange, TX for naught (a damn big sector, I should
> add--and you haven't heard me asking for "more days"--especially since
> several SCs said that meet-and-greets were a waste of time).
>
> Here is the question I really want to know/idea I want to pose:  this is
> supposed to be a round trip cross-country drive.  Is ANYONE prepared to
> attempt the entire run? How many?  Who?
>
> This will sell the tour.  Local involvement only will be a waste of time
> as that sort of stuff is done all the time here (well, every two weeks
> or so).
>
> Sorry if I'm feeling pessimistic but I have to get this off my chest.
>
> Trey
>
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