Another friend got a white RS 4 and took it to the track...this time Laguna
01-10-2007, 08:04 AM
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Had lunch with him about 2 weeks ago...still alive and kicking...
He always does stuff in his garage..we are planning to do an occasion job going in the warmer months.
01-10-2007, 10:41 AM
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I was kidding him. The photos is pretty average.
Nice car, though.
As for headaches, the politics of the GG chapter board created those for me, Randy Pobst (who they ran off), and many others.
Mike S
As for headaches, the politics of the GG chapter board created those for me, Randy Pobst (who they ran off), and many others.
Mike S
01-10-2007, 10:42 AM
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If you mean our trailer, Steve, that one's long gone. Much larger stacker now in place.
it's in the pic poster.
Cheers,
Mike S<ul><li><a href="http://www.sidelinesportsphotography.com">and at:</a></li></ul>
Cheers,
Mike S<ul><li><a href="http://www.sidelinesportsphotography.com">and at:</a></li></ul>
01-10-2007, 01:42 PM
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Wasn't sure if you knew our new trailer, as it hasn't been to Cali yet. I do not
know Norm, but know of him.
We offer different styles of imagery.
Norm's site is here:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=1159
Didn't know he had a trailer. Never seen it anywhere.
I know the GotBlueMilk guys have a camper trailer they work out of.
To be honest, the GotBlueMilk guys are the only track photographers who's images I respect. Most others offer frozen wheels, poorly lit, mostly loose framed imagery and very little selection.
The guys at GotBlueMilk are much better than the average.
Mike S
We offer different styles of imagery.
Norm's site is here:
http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=1159
Didn't know he had a trailer. Never seen it anywhere.
I know the GotBlueMilk guys have a camper trailer they work out of.
To be honest, the GotBlueMilk guys are the only track photographers who's images I respect. Most others offer frozen wheels, poorly lit, mostly loose framed imagery and very little selection.
The guys at GotBlueMilk are much better than the average.
Mike S
01-10-2007, 01:53 PM
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Hi Morgan and thanks for asking. No, politics got the best of us in Cali.
Bay Area, actually,
We were even invited to come to T-Hill by the Bennett Brothers this year and accepted months ago, but in mid November Paul Ayers wrote us and told us to cancel our attendance as we were not welcome.
Paul Ayers wasn't concerned with our national sponsorship, local sponsorship, our multi year devotion to the club or our vastly higher level of service.
Paul and the GG Chapter board tried to force us out mid contract last year after Infinion, litereally trying to cancel our contract for Thunderhill and Laguna after we had drive the truck and trailer out to the WC from Chicago, acquiring a $3,500 fuel bill. It didn't matter that we had a contract. Didn't matter we were sponsors. Didn't matter that we had put so much effort and time into moving our entire opperation to the WC for four months for these three events.
All that mattered was the political choice of turning the photography over to Mike V, as per the letter to me from Paul Ayers said "Now that Mike Veglia is on the national board, we have invited him to be our club photographer."
Invited him?
Funny, I thought that giving a paying contract to a board member, as well as canceling sponsorship to your members, would have gone against the "always do what's best for the member" bylaw in the ACNA contract with their members.
But I was wrong.
Once leadership out there comes back to reality and integrity, worrying more about the members than politics, we will happily come back.
In the end, Paul's politics and pushing us around cost the ACNA $40,000 in annual sponsorship and very consistent coverage, coast to coast, of ACNA events.
Too bad, really.
Take care,
Mike S
We were even invited to come to T-Hill by the Bennett Brothers this year and accepted months ago, but in mid November Paul Ayers wrote us and told us to cancel our attendance as we were not welcome.
Paul Ayers wasn't concerned with our national sponsorship, local sponsorship, our multi year devotion to the club or our vastly higher level of service.
Paul and the GG Chapter board tried to force us out mid contract last year after Infinion, litereally trying to cancel our contract for Thunderhill and Laguna after we had drive the truck and trailer out to the WC from Chicago, acquiring a $3,500 fuel bill. It didn't matter that we had a contract. Didn't matter we were sponsors. Didn't matter that we had put so much effort and time into moving our entire opperation to the WC for four months for these three events.
All that mattered was the political choice of turning the photography over to Mike V, as per the letter to me from Paul Ayers said "Now that Mike Veglia is on the national board, we have invited him to be our club photographer."
Invited him?
Funny, I thought that giving a paying contract to a board member, as well as canceling sponsorship to your members, would have gone against the "always do what's best for the member" bylaw in the ACNA contract with their members.
But I was wrong.
Once leadership out there comes back to reality and integrity, worrying more about the members than politics, we will happily come back.
In the end, Paul's politics and pushing us around cost the ACNA $40,000 in annual sponsorship and very consistent coverage, coast to coast, of ACNA events.
Too bad, really.
Take care,
Mike S