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Originally Posted by gtohurstjudge
All your points just affirm what I said....The idea that someone in a national club
would critique your car chafes you.... you are not the Lone Ranger.....many others feel
the same way. Many so called "experts in the hobby" tend to gravitate to the national
club that has to do with their area of expertise. That is the natural order of the way
civilization works. If you didn't like POCI and you left with your "feet" then you did the right
thing. Isn't it great that nobody requires you to belong to a club to have fun with your
Pontiacs. Where will POCI be in ten or twenty years? Since all of those who care about Pontiacs will be on the wrong side of the grass by then, it will still be around but be much
much smaller,maybe 2500 members. That too is the natural order of things, just like the declining membership of a World War II Bomb Wing Association. To enjoy a club you have
to go in with the right attitude. If you don't like the point judged guys critiqueing your car,
there is a Road Warrior class at the convention where everybody just shows up with their
Pontiac with no judging. Part of people leaving POCI is just plain old "burnout" as you stated. It's hard to stay enthusiastic about something for twenty or thirty years. It just
defies human nature. Most people get bored and move on with their hobbies eventually.
Their is no "conspiracy" at POCI to make everyone get fed up and leave. Everyone in charge
of the organization is working hard to help the Pontiac faithful enjoy their cars.That I am
certain of. If Don Keefe or Jim Wangers votes with their feet then there may be a huge
problem, but I don't see that happening. Merle Green is working hard to improve POCI, just
like the presidents before him. I admire him for taking this often thankless job and I wish him well.
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My personal "Great" Pontiac memories include talking and meeting in person Pontiacers like Pete McCarthy, Steve Ames, and Jim Wangers among many others, at DAPA, TA Nats, Tour De Wangers, etc...
You wrote: "If Don Keefe or Jim Wangers votes with their feet then there may be a huge problem, but I don't see that happening."
If the future of POCI hinges on Don Keefe and (80+) Jim Wangers staying, you've pointed out the bullseye of the POCI survivalship problem.
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