[DML] Re: Digest Number 1520 (Unhappy about the DOA and DW)

["frenkieboy" <j.m.s.c.lommen@xxxx>]

I'm sorry to react this late, but I still feel I should. 

Hi Trevor,

I would like to take the opportunity to react to your message below.

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "trevor Johson" <dmcboy1der@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I really have no interest in getting into a debate with any 
one, but I
> just want to shed some TRUTH onto all the misinformation going 
around here.

I don't want to HAVE a debate, I am just expressing my 
disappointment about the DOA and DW on DML. I already expressed my 
disappointment directly to the Director of the DOA , back in (I 
believe it was) 1995 and to John Truscott last year. I still had 
hope for over 8 years that everything would become like it was when 
I joined.

> First, Linda Porter is president, has been for the last 4 years. 
Ed only
> recently took on the editors position when our current editor 
resigned, as a
> TEMPORARY replacement, the board is still looking for someone with 
suitable
> qualifications to take over for the next term. 

Sorry about that, I made a miss there....

>If any of you are interested,
> then why not send a letter, or e-mail to a Board member? I am sure 
most
> would gladly inform the board at the next meeting. Along those 
lines, If you
> have a concern, why not write to the president? why sit here and 
piss and
> moan

Is this the kind of arrogant language DOA uses to communicate with 
their members ??? Again, I am not pissing and moaning. I am 
expressing my disappointment about the DOA. I cannot recall any rude 
or improper language about the DOA. I have been a member for over 13 
years, and I don't think I deserve this for just expressing my 
personal opinion.

>, no one here can do anything about it, you all say, "if things 
would
> change..." then send your concerns to the President! This is how 
you can
> bring change, by voicing your opinions, contrary to belief, only 2 
Board
> members even look at the list, so in order for your opinions to 
get through,
> send them directly to Linda. 

Last year I sent an extensive letter with all my griefs to John 
Truscott. I don't know what he did with this letter (you might wanna 
get into that), but until today I didn't get any reaction at all. 
ergo, writing the DOA about your griefs is useless !!!

>I won't pretend to know what Ed is trying to do
> with dw, all I know is that if you look back, DW has over 72 
issues, which
> have covered just about everything there is to with DeLoreans and 
tech, the
> new magazine still has tech, but again, in 20 years, its all been 
said...

It's never been said !!!!! There is always more to say, but you just 
don't want to say it. Since there are a lot of new magazines and 
clubs who keep on expanding their knowledge. And these clubs for 
example, share new cross reference parts, which you keep as the big 
secret or sell for big money. Have you ever looked up when you last 
published one?? If you have, let me know please. Like I wrote 
before, a club is for the members, made by the members. They are the 
cause of your existence, not just a money source. And there are a 
lot of owners, that do not have the budget to restore a complete car 
without having to worry about money.

> You say its not interesting any more, which is why the format 
has been
> changed, there are a lot of owners who have read everything there 
is on
> DeLoreans, and reading about how to add an emergency release to 
the hood,
> just isn't interesting after being published 5 times. DW has 
always had the
> option to send in your articles and have them published, but this 
has just
> never been taken advantage of like it was hoped. 

Ah, this is what I waited for. I am from the Netherlands. I can 
write English, but it takes me a lot longer than the English writing 
population on the DML. Like I mentioned before, in the past I wrote 
some articles that were published in DW. They were all tech 
articles, and it took me some time to get them together. In the last 
one I wrote I mentioned a meeting of the German Delorean club in 
Speyer. If I'm right that was in 1995. The article was rejected, 
because the DOA didn't want to publish anything about a foreign 
club, not being a chapter of the DOA. To my surprise, an article was 
published about that same meeting (Volume 12, number 2) written by a 
German member !!!!! They even published practically the same picture 
(Deloreans in a row, doors open) that I added to my report !!!!

Dear DOA, don't be surprised if, after that, I didn't want to 
contribute articles any more. 
(From: "frenkieboy"
> If you have concerns, please direct them to the appropriate 
board
> member, www.delorean-owners.org has a listing of all of them, and 
their
> contact info.

> 
> P.S. I will not respond to people looking for a fight, or rude 
little people
> with something against someone, constructive criticism is welcome, 
but to
> those of you who just want to argue, grow up, please.

So far, you are the first person beiing rude to ME, Trevor. I never 
said I had a grudge against the DOA or Ed Bernstein, but YOU are the 
first one that makes a good chance. I think Ed was a pioneer on the 
DeLorean parts area, in a time not many people were willing to take 
the risc to sell these articles. He however did (thank you again for 
that , Ed)and made me decide to buy and drive my DeLorean.

> 
> Trevor Johnson

Frank Lommen
Netherlands