[Pantera]

I like the idea of the letters to GM but we need to hold off until just before the end of next year when we present the huge petition to them. It would have more punch with the powers that be. Man would I like to be a fly on the wall when the full BOD brought the subject up.

I have one though about the petiton and or the letters to GM. I think is improtant that we don't want to create a free junk mailing list for GM with out getting what we want out of the deal.

I think a Name-City-Occupation or Job description & number of GM cars owned and perhaps a place on it for a comment by each person would be all that should be considered. That way we can protect the signers priviacy with out getting their mailboxes flooded with more crap. I would encourge a place for a phone # just to lend a touch of validity to the petition with out giving them a huge free mailing list.

I have had many postive responses from quite a few other fourms and I think we should let each interested leader of any of the other forums collect signatures at every car show and event they can attend and then set a Dec 10, 2005 return due date to me, so that we can present it to GM just after the first of the year. That will give us a entire year to be sure that each one of us has a chance to sign one, in person, some where in the country. If we should get as many signatures of those that are as interested as I think, I would hate to have to pay for all the paper.

I don't mind undertaking this as long as I can enlist others help along the way. I am getting lots of very postive responses. If they see how many are showing any interest in the past then perhaps they will get smart and offer this service. I doubt that anybody would mind paying $50 for a litte more for the info they need. I would even pay double that. Goodwill to your previous customers is a good way to build new business and they also will get a free junk mail list out of the deal. I don't see how that could hurt their bottom line.

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