I like where this discussion is going!
One thing I'd like to see happen to the Guidelines is that they be
reorganized by model as nearly as possible. I went through the 2004
Guidelines completely when I first got mine and separately noted everything
that applied to my BJ7 as I came across the information, a laborious process
and probably prone to error. I learned a lot about all Healey models in the
process, but having this wealth of knowledge separated would have saved me a
lot of effort. I have this information in WordPad format and if anyone is
interested I'll email it to them. I sent a copy to Peter Braun and he said
it was a great help for him.
Richard Bittmann BJ7 Tacoma
----- Original Message -----
From: "healeyolic" <healey6@optonline.net>
To: <Bobsoniaharris@aol.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: If the Concours Committee Really Wanted To Help
> Why can't it just be put on one of the Clubs sites in PDF format. That
> way, one or more pages can be printed and it can not be changed except by
> the Committee. It would also be very easy to password the page that links
> to the guidelines and the club/committee could control the issuance of
> valid passwords so that they can, for example, charge a user fee of X
> dollars, send a password to the member who pays the fee and then we are
> all set.
>
> Very, very simple to do on a web site. I have several pages individually
> passworded on several of my sites that for which I act as webmaster so I
> know that procecure works.
>
> John Sims, BN6
> Aberdeen, NJ
>
>> John New has raised an excellent point regarding the availability of the
>> Concours Guidelines -- I hope the Concours Committee is a believer in
>> Continuous
>> Improvement. Some thoughts:
>> 1. Having the Guidelines available in paper format only sure uses lots of
>> trees. And, free availability should encourage restoration and
>> originality among
>> owners and should be a positive selling point to prospective owners.
>> 2. The Concours Committee can and should continue to control any changes.
>> Because Guidelines are freely available electronically shouldn't
>> jeopardize
>> that process.
>> 3. It irks me to have to pay $30 (without photos) or $65 (with photos)
>> each
>> time to keep my set of the Guidelines updated. At a minimum, Guidelines
>> should
>> be updated electronically to all of those that paid initially.
>> 4. The sale of Guidelines should not be used to subsidize Concours
>> judging.
>> The judging should stand on it's own. I would suggest the judging fee be
>> increased to $100 or $150 or whatever is required to cover expenses.
>> My two cents.
>> Bob Harris
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