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On Tuesday, April 07, 1998 2:09 PM, Godly Krew [SMTP:GodlyKrew@aol.com]
wrote:
> I think all the Bricklin Clubs should get together and form a PRIVATE
global
> database of bricklin owners with VIN and State and contact info for a
message
> forwarding service. For example, I want to get in touch with the owner
of VIN
> 221 for the purpose of getting custom fenders like the ones on that
particular
> car. I should be able to send a message to a Bricklin club, to be
forwarded
> to the owner. If the owner does not wish to respond, I would be notified
by
> mail. If the owner does wish to respond, he or she can contact me via
the
> contact info included with the forwarded message. This way, members can
share
> their ideas with others if they wish to do so. I got the idea from the
> message forwarding service that the DMV provides. Let me know what you
guys
> think.
>
That's a good idea, if there was an infrastructure to support it. Outside
of BI and OBO, I don't know of any other clubs. I always thought it would
be a good idea to somehow merge both clubs records and Terry's and Bob's
business records into a database that might be used to give, among other
things, a timeline of ownership for each car. But we are talking about
allot of work with information that is in various places, in various
formats, in various stages of completeness. And remember, information DOES
age.
A BI members-only area of the website is being considered using the clubs
database. Many intra-club functions could be performed there. The hard
resources (internet access, web server, disk space, etc.) and the soft
resources (web design, server maintenance, programming, etc.) are free to
the club and the latter is limited by my free time, so advancements to the
site are made in small steps.
If you are really interested in locating 221, the service you describe does
exist, it's just not automated. Try calling/writing any of the club
officers, I'm sure they'd be glad to help locate the current or past owner.
Ron Auger
(snail-mail) Olsy North America Staff Software Engineer
185 Plains Road Suite 302W 203-882-4373 (desk)
Milford, CT 06460 203-783-1520 (fax)
(E-mail) ron.auger@olsy-na.com 800-759-8888 (bpr) pin#1153000
(C-mail) Ron Auger CMLA
(V-mail) 800-338-0775 "Eschew Obfuscation"
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