Mr. Howden, I'll respect your position on this issue but i wish it had been brought up before i spent all night setting up a new forum. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Howden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:06 PM Subject: RE: [F500] Forum vs Mailing List
> Hi folks, > > I posted this once, but probably to the wrong topic. > > As Chris has stated, there is already a forum for the Formula 500 > community set up and running at www.eformulacarnews.com. I pay a > full-time moderator and we support F500 more than any other motorsports > media source in the world. If we need to adjust our F500 forum to > include different headings and sub-sections etc, that's fine with me. I > can also give anyone you see fit moderator status for the F500 forum > alone. > > That stated, anything I read of starting a separate forum really upsets > me. If you guys head off and start your own forum, you can kiss any of > my support good-bye. I bust my ass running a business to support > formula car racing, I attend events, and I pay money out of my own > pocket to pay my staff to publicize this sport. The existing forums out > there (Spec Miata / Apexspeed) are done by enthusiasts and they serve a > purpose, and that's great, but we are the ones who cover the events, > spend time on the road away from out families covering racing and work > our asses off to produce a publication. Our website relies on traffic > (ie. views) to sell advertising and we need forum traffic to supply our > advertisers with the value they are looking for. We need the support of > the F500 community. > > To be honest, FormulaCar Magazine and eformulacarnews.com have made very > little money yet....it's going to have to change soon. > > Take care, > > Rob Howden > Publisher / Editor-in-Chief > - eKartingNews.com > - eKartingNews.ca > - eFormulaCarNews.com > - FormulaCar Magazine > Ph: 519-624-2003 > Fax: 519-624-0053 > P.O. Box 580 > Cambridge, Ontario > Canada N1R 5W1 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chris Reinhardt > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:35 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [F500] Forum vs Mailing List > > Guys, isn't there already a F500 forum on Formula Car Mag website? > > CR > > Stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone thought to ask the ApexSpeed guys if they would offer an > F500 section? They recently added an FM section, so they aren't exactly > fixated on any one class. You would have the benefit of being able to > track the on-going issues in other like-minded classes while non-F500 > guys could see that you are a thriving community struggling with the > same issues and are they. If everybody throws in a $10 annual donation > the financials would covered and no one from here would have to go > through the steep learning curve to get a forum up and running. Just a > thought. Stan > > edward capullo wrote: I for one would prefer the forum setup to free my > mailing list. I will come > back from a weekend away and find as many as 80 or more messages. My > natural > curiosity prevents me from just automatically deleting any except > obvious > junk items so I lose a lot of time reading the emails. I prefer the nice > > setup that Apex Speed and Sports Racing have where their forums are > organized by categories. For example on the sports racer site you have > separate groupings for technical, driving, aerodynamics etc. I don't > know > what it costs to run such a forum format but I am a $$ contributor to > the > Apexspeed site and would entertain contributing to a F500 site if it was > on > the forum format. I certainlyu agree that it would be easier for new > people > to call up such a site without having to rely on email type operations > as > they do now. > Capt E. > > > > --------------------------------- > Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. > Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. > > > > --------------------------------- > Looking for earth-friendly autos? > Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. ________________________________ 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! ***
