I have plenty of back copies for sale but I am afraid I am unable to attend many rallies these days but some can be provided those of you who do if you would be willing to sell them on our behalf.
Let us have any other ideas you may have if you wish the Register to continue be of use to the microcar community in general. Jean
HELLO!
IS THERE ANYBODY LISTENING TO MY POSTS AND P.M.s that really cares about the continued viability of Rumcars?
In addition to my three posts, I have comprehensively addressed and solved all problems associated with creating and manning a Rumcars booth at the largest North American microcar event of the year, to be held on March 29, 2014.
I also have obtained permission to hawk older issues of Rumcars, which I believe to be essential to having an intervention that actually produces new enrollees, and got permission to include a pamphlet mentioning the availability of these issues at the Rumcars booth at a discounted price, along with an application form into the goodie bags being issued to all the attendees that are paying a fee to display their microcars. This tactic would put Rumcar promotionals in the hands of attendees that are most likely to pay to join Rumcars.
I have communicated these accomplishments, and my willingness to handle all the tasks from this end to Chris, in a succession of four emails, after he initially contacted me about what promotional possibilities should be actualized.
To my astonishment, after solving all the problems on my end- he has gone silent, and not responded to my last couple of emails giving the go ahead to send some old issues for me to both display, and sell at the booth.
The argument that there is no budget for sending these in the post, because all dues collected go to printing and mailing costs rings hollow, as an electronic subscription that I just sent in, incurs neither of these costs, and any additional cost of mailing can be factored in to the price that the administrators decide to charge for each older issue sold. All fees collected would go back to Rumcars via PayPal transfer.
I also conveyed my proposals and achievements in actualizing this excellent marketing opportunity on a completely pro bono basis on my part in a p.m. to Jean a couple of days ago, but as of yet have not received any response.
This could be a once in a lifetime opportunity for Rumcars, and it will pain me to see it wasted.
The uniqueness of the opportunity is owing to the closeness of the venue to my home. I am making an all out effort to get a half dozen of my more unusual microcars there, and to set up the Rumcars booth next to them to take advantage of the stir in conversations that they are likely to draw. FYI, A maximum of only one of the cars that might make it their could be a British car that I have imported. This ratio probably compares well to the ratio of microcars in the U.K. that have been imported- so no reason to panic about setting off a mass exodus of your indigenous vehicles.
Running down the clock can be an effective way to ensure a win, if you are in the lead position near the end of a game. But in this instance, the lead is what is being sought, and wasting time will only insure a very easily preventable loss of opportunity.
If you want Rumcars to grow, instead of fading away, as it has been reported to be doing- send me the old issues so that I can effectively funnel my showings and enthusiasm for the benefit of Rumcars.
If you can not be bothered to do this, then just admit that you would rather have Rumcars " fade away", and stop disingenuously asking for help in averting your chosen fate.
Sincerely,
Steven Mandell