I am just out of your demographic. I hate forums. I have quit posting on every forum that has gone from email list to forum. Forums are just too hard to do from my phone. I don't have time to go to multiple web pages. This I can do any time, any where from my phone, palm, laptop, or computer. Don't just think only the old are stubborn...
jim ----- Original Message ---- From: Flash. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 9:57:16 PM Subject: Re: [F500] Class survival. - losing vs. gaining - an outsider's viewpoint. thanks for your kind words, which add detail to the comments i made in a generic sense. I would further consider the specmiata.com forum software outdated, it's about 5 years past its prime with VBB and phpBB replacing it in almost every other venue. But getting "old guys" to change their ways is not a trivial task. I started on the f500 forum too, for a kid of my age (18-25 demo), forums are our first source of knowledge of a particular topic. Look at the success of Wikipedia which is basically a fan-supported encyclopedia/forum. fwiw (an aside): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F500 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spec_miata both resources anyone that feels they might like to add to are welcome to I dont want to go too far down this comparison path, because I don't consider SM an equal to f500, I think they are very different animals. My choosing SM over f500 has a lot to do with presentation of the community and all the components together have made me forge my way into amateur racing. WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF MAZDA, MY FRIENDS IN THE COMMUNITY, SPECMIATA.COM, MIATA.NET and MAZDA'S REVITUP I would have NOTHING to do with amateur racing in any way, even with regard to Mazda. I would be fumbling with my civic's stereo still. And to leave SM, well I am making a decent second living in miata parts, so it won't be soon. (race sunday, sell monday). SM is a great first step. Perhaps f500 or others should align themselves with illustrating how they can become the "next step" or... fund or support a "first step" in open wheel, even if that means a fendered car, or simplify f500 to be that first step. I might make an unpopular statement here but I feel that fvee and f500 are too similar, they should be seperated further...or somehow combined (:ducks:). I have batted around the idea of a succession tree for club racing, I think it's something SCCA out to consider formerly supporting at the corporate level. On 3/14/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I second the motion. > Louie Schultz > Philly Region > > > > The excerpt below from Flash's post is a very important observation. > > > > When I first began looking at formula cars, I didn't really take notice > > of F500 because there wasn't any readily available info on the cars. I > > happened > > to stumble across this mail list and also a very nice modern forum. I am > > an Internet fanatic so I immediately began posting on the "forum-style" > > message board. I didn't get much response to my questions other than to > > use the mail list. Although I have come to appreciate all of the help I > > have received from the mail list, I must say it is the biggest PITA to > > use and read. Young folks who have grown up with the Internet have come > > to use modern forums for anything and everything. > > > > This may seem trivial, but groups that use modern means to foster an > > Internet-based community of information sharing certainly have a leg up > > on our group. I don't want to have to weed through 200 emails to find a > > post about tire mounting. And you can forget the search function. I want > > to go to a tech area, or off topic area, or events area, etc. I want > > pictures in my messages. I really feel that moving this community to the > > more modern forum would increase the amount of folks asking questions > > about the class. > > > > In fact, lately I have been reading the specmiata.com forum just to see > > what the class is about. The feeling of comraderie and ease of use found > > on that forum has inspired me to explore adding a spec miata to my > > stable. Again, it has nothing to do with not liking my car (I love it!); > > it has more to do with feeling like I am part of a community that is > > pulling in the same direction. > > > > I know I haven't contributed to this community much only because I know > > just enough to get in trouble. However, I do have a background in > > Internet services ( manage a major government multimedia and Internet > > services division) and would be happy to assist in getting us > modernized. > > > > Thanks for "listening", > > > > Lee > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > Subject: > > > Re: [F500] Class survival. - losing vs. gaining - an outsider's > > > viewpoint. > > > From: > > > "Flash." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: > > > Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:02:52 -0500 > > > To: > > > [email protected] > > > > > > To: > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > Take a look at your community for a moment. As a spec miata driver we > have > > > the obvious specmiata.com to support that angle, and we have miata.net > . > > > Both have extensive memberships, huge aftermarket and manufacturer > support, > > > and they easily advertise themselves. Where is f500's simple, generic > > > resource on getting in and getting the wheels spinning. (think about > other > > > specific examples, i.e. vw vortex for some of the production classes, > > > bimmerworld for those guys, etc, etc). Also, where is SCCA magazine > and GRM > > > magazine support? I don't think I've ever seen an interesting write > up on > > > what an f500 is or what the class is about. > -- http://beatracing.com 97 STS2 CRX & 97 SpecMiata _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! *** ________________________________ FormulaCar Magazine - A Proud Supporter of Formula 500 The Official Publication of Junior Formula Car Racing Subscribe Today! www.formulacarmag.com or 519-624-2003 _________________________________ _______________________________________________ F500 mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change options please visit: http://f500.org/mailman/listinfo/f500 *** Please, DO NOT send unsubscribe requests to the mailing list! ***
