REFLECTOR: Contacting EAA

[Dennis Martin]

I wrote a letter to Tom Poberezny, and I also spoke with him on the 
phone.  My letter expressed concerns inside the Velocity community 
about getting insurance for homebuilt planes, and I specifically 
complained about reports of poor service from Avemco.   Tom said EAA 
was negotiating at the time to change their alliance; a few months 
later they did terminate Avemco.

I reported that Tom Poberezny was very polite, and that he spent a 
while on the phone after he got my letter.  Some Velocity people were 
satisfied with his response.  Others were suspicious about the 
outcome.  I'm not sure EAA's new carrier is any better, but I'll find 
out soon.  I'll be starting my engine up next week, and applying for 
insurance very soon thereafter.

All the best,
Dennis Martin
Velocity Elite FG - Chevy V-6




>Am I mistaken, or was someone from this forum able to write a letter 
>to Tom Poberezny, regarding one of EAA's premier advertisers 
>refusal to insure homebuilts, and actually get an answer? About two 
>weeks ago, I sent a letter to every remotely applicable email 
>address I could find in EAA's directory, outlining my difficulties 
>with Crossflow. I was hoping for help or advice, but was willing to 
>settle for sympathy. So far, I haven't gotten so much as an 
>acknowledgment that they even got my letter. Since these days, any 
>unexpected email can easily be junked as spam, thus preserving the 
>innocence of the recipient, I thought I'd let Tom know that the 
>flood of renewal notices I'm getting in the mail are similarly 
>virtually indistinguishable from junk mail.
>
>I have no doubt that the corporate behemoth that EAA has become will 
>hardly notice if I let my membership expire, and is hardly going to 
>jeopardize its relationship with Crossflow over what may very well 
>be a problem of my own creation. After all, they stand to make more 
>advertising revenue from Crossflow before they go out of business, 
>than my dues has or will ever amount to. Still, how hard is it to at 
>least acknowledge my existence?
>
>Anyone out there have any tricks for getting through to somebody in 
>EAA who might care about this or at least pretend to?
>
>Doug Hayes
>Boulder, CO
>
>
>
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