REFLECTOR: What happened to the velocity views

[Wayne]

The FAA tries hard to disseminate AD's and their other propaganda. They have 
an e-mail list  to notify me of safety meetings etc. I find it useful. I 
don't have to go weekly or monthly to their  (gag)  website and slog around 
to find info I might need.
You should have my address and email address if not let me provide them.  It 
should be nearly painless for you to email a link  when something comes up. 
I bet it would take less time than the letter you just wrote and would reach 
at least  75% of us.
Wayne Owens

Rt. 2 EN
21 Live Oak Cove
Townsend GA 31331

wowens at darientel.net



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Baker" <sbakr at comcast.net>
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: What happened to the velocity views


> The paper version was published by Rick Lavoie, Lavoie Graphics, who
> published the Velocity Views as a break-even money making proposition. 
> Many
> Velocity builders objected the the $35/annual cost of the Views - stating
> the only reason they subscribed was to receive the KPC information.  Rick
> discontinued his work on the Views when it became apparent that it was a
> money costing enterprise.  Velocity agrees that builders should not need 
> to
> pay for important service and safety information (KPC's) - which is why we
> publish this information on the Velocity web site, free of charge, for all
> builders.  Builder's hints, factory news, news of coming events - that 
> sort
> of thing is interesting to some - and considered "fluff" to others.  Rick
> Lavoie offered to maintain an electronic version of the Views, for a fee,
> which we at Velocity, Inc. were not willing to underwrite.  We undertook
> publishing the new Velocity On Line version of the "Views" with Bredan
> O'Riordan spearheading the work - acting as a webmaster and whip to get 
> the
> Velocity staff to write contributing articles.  Brendan is gone; we have a
> new web person - but the main "arm twister to get things done" person is
> gone.  Our 'problem' with publishing the newsletter stems to not having 
> the
> staff to spend the time needed to do a good job at editing and publishing
> the articles - and the time available by senior staff to write articles.
> Yes, it only takes 4 to 6 hours to write articles - but of late, we always
> seem to be out of time - and we always seem to have a higher priority
> servicing new and existing customers.
>
> KPC information is current - and is published independently from the
> Velocity On Line newsletter - so no one is missing out on safety
> information.  I has been suggested that KPC information be issued on the
> Reflector and through the use of emails.  Not everyone monitors the
> Reflector.  Not everyone provides Velocity, Inc. with their current email
> address (email addresses are often changed - or have filters to block
> messages).  Believe it or not, not everyone keeps us posted on their 
> current
> mailing address.  We've resigned ourself to publish KPC's on our web 
> page -
> trusting that everyone can find some way of connecting to the web to find
> this information - either through their home or office computer - or if
> necessary, at the local library.
>
> SB
>
>