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Originally Posted by WARP TEN

Our gatherings have been dwindling for many years, which has required the addition of GS C4s (which I am all for) to maintain an economic critical mass for such events.

Well the numbers have been dwindling because the Gatherings are boring. Soon the real excitement will be from who has the fastest rascal scooter. Better have the oxygen tanks on hand for some of the guys. The only Gatherings that have been getting numbers are the anniversary years, 20th, 25th. People have provided feedback, and the comments have been ignored. How many times can we hear the same old story from the wayback over some suds in the parking lots?

To me the registry has a lot more issues it needs to address by looking in the mirror and seeing who they are here to serve, or more likely be a disservice to. The Registry is to promote the history of the LT5 ZR-1 and give us a place to hang our hat and foster some events. But lately, half of the country has been excluded. The west has been neglected while BG and Carlisle have life pumped into them. In the mean time, the left coast is put out to pasture and ignored.Ted Feder was given a monumental task as Event Coordinator, but he is one many on a regime of apathy.

Speaking of Apathy, whatever happened with David Johnson? There was a big uproar on his raspberry delight blog page and we never heard anything more. Lots of you folks were complaining about the way he was mistreated and were clamoring to right this wrong when the next election was held. Guess what, nothing happened and the same people were carried over. Paul, Jim, Brett, Dennis and David are all back. Let’s be honest though, that issue was not really all about a shirt like David Johnson claimed it was. But the Registry would rather sweep it under the rug instead and ignore the problem and hope it goes away.

Back to the question at hand of “broadening the registry universe”, you really have to ask yourself, what does the current registry have to offer the C3 ZR1, the C6 ZR1 and the next ZR1? In my opinion it doesn’t offer anything for the C4 ZR-1, other than the forum there is no value add. I can show up to BG and waste a weekend without being a registry member. I can show up to Carlisle without being a registry member. I guess maybe the greatest thing about the registry is I have sent 30 bucks a year for the past 10+ years and all I’ve gotten was a t-shirt where the design seems to get worse every year.


Long time BG, Carlisle participant and lurker. First time poster.