[JONAT] Status Quo

[Bob]

An update ...

VISA will be a no go ... too expensive AND we have to register as a
non-profit (more $).  Fazal has set up a PayPal account that we will be
using rather than VISA ...

Bob


-----Original Message-----
From: jonat-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:jonat-admin@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of JONAT Webmaster
Sent: March 3, 2004 10:12 PM
To: jonat@autox.team.net
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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