Al, I didn't see anyone asking for money. What I saw was someone asking for opinions, comments and clarification. I thought that is what you wanted, the club asking for comments instead of just doing what they want?
Kevin1 --- In [email protected], "A.J. Demarzo" <noshit...@...> wrote: > > Bill; > > Am I understanding that the social club's owner wants a few bucks for his > help to disseminate accurate information regarding the Ercoupe. Am I correct > or do I remain blinded by opinions formed 20 years ago? > > Absolutely disgusting, at the least. > > Why not offer to fund a percentage of the production and if it pays off (and > most of the time it doesn't) then take a cut. Why not ask the Congress for > some bail out money? > > I guess we'll hear from a at least a few spin doctors about this, but I know > the intelligence isn't there to be able to capitalize on the potential free > press. > > As I said, this is absolutely disgusting. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William R. Bayne > To: Ercoupers Tech Talk > Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 11:49 AM > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Ercoupe doccumentary > > > > Hi All, > > I will do what I can to help Don Abbot's half-hour video be "first class" > as to accuracy. > > If not him, who? If not now, when? > > Regards, > > WRB > > -- > > On Jul 10, 2009, at 02:28, Dan Hall wrote: > > > Skip & Sid, > > ...I'd prefer to get the Ercoupes story out. > > ...to preserve the legacy and Keep Coupes Flying. > > Best regards > Dan Hall > > > On Jul 9, 2009, at 21:54, Syd Cohen wrote: > > > Skip, > > I think we should give him all the support that we can. I think his > intentions are honorable, and he seems like a very honest and earnest > Ercouper. > > Syd > > > > On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:35 PM, coupec...@... wrote: > > > > At the National Convention Don Abbott one of our members wanted to do a > documentary on the Ercoupe. He came and interviewed several of us on video. > Don a professional TV person then asked all of us to sign a > release........said it was standard procedure. (Flag Goes up in my > mind).....why does he need a release? He told me that he was going to donate > a portion of the profit to the FEW fund (see budget below ). > > I have been tied up with family matters (death of my step dad) and have > not had time to send him all the items he requested. I saw some comments that > Syd and Ed had made regarding the draft and I also commented on the draft. I > asked Syd if he had mentioned any type of compensation to the club and he > said no. > > We have some very valuable material that could be used to make a lot of > money. My question is should we sanction this venture and give him all of our > material to use (sell) or should we stop it all right now. He has sent a > press release to be included in this months Coupe Caper asking members to > send him material. I need to get this resolved ASAP so I can get the > newsletter out. > > I contacted Don and here is his reply.................. > > > Skip, > > After receiving your message about profits from the documentary, I > asked our budget folks to come up with some figures for hard costs. The costs > represented are for cash out items only. As you can see, if we do a first > class production (which is the only thing we know how to do) we wind up with > a pretty significant loss. Some of that could be recovered perhaps by > selling the documentary to a TV channel, but I know from experience, > considering cost of sales, that is not a great money maker either. > > I hope you understand I am really into this because I want to see the > Ercoupe story told properly and accurately. > Fortunately I have the resources to fund the project and am willing to > take all the risks. > > I hope this serves to further resolve any concerns you might have. > > Don Abbott > > > > <Untitled.jpg> > > Don must be very well off to undertake a $24,650.00 loss! I really need > your comments so that I can resolve this issue!............Skip > > > > Dell Studio XPS Desktop: Save up to $400 - Limited Time Offer >
