Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
Thank you for a more dignified response. I may not know the direction of future events, BUT, I can read. And I do know how to process what I read. I quoted you elsewhere on your comment of many more "quality people with quality cars" events. The way that reads to me is more events like what you did the other week. If you do something for the scene, you're doing something for everyone. Not just for a select few. There is NOTHING WRONG with your past event. It just can't be used in an argument for the scene. See where I am?


As far as the Tunerfest. There is a slight difference. Where your event was only open to invited, high end cars, Tunerfest is open to anyone and everyone, regardless of where they are to park. They are all welcome.

And lastly, the website. I thought about that aspect and didn't know until this morning that you had to now register to even see IA. This was a recent move as IA has always been a site that you could browse even if you weren't registered. You know IA has been around for a long time. It's got it's membership count up there. It's carved it's niche. It can pretty much afford to be set up this way now because it's so huge. You're site isn't in that realm yet, dude. My thoughts only (of course), but you should at least let prospective members be able to glance through the site and check out some aspects of it. Give them a taste of what's in store should they register. Once it becomes established, then make a move towards blocking out guests and let word of mouth carry it as it does for IA.


And my last comment will be just about how you handled the criticism. You're the vendor in this, in a sense. All of us other folks are basically customers. You're trying to sell this to the people. Quite a few people were upset at being rejected for a reason that didn't seem to pan out. Instead of bashing those folks, you maybe could have apologized to them and explained the situation. Even if you think you're right, sometimes you have to take one for the team if you're to move forward and gain momentum towards success. Just figure out how to make it better. Not necessarily right, but better.



Hope you take all this crap as just constructive criticism and helpful hints and not a bash towards you dude. Look forward to reading your reply. Later, QD.

I am trying to set line of events that are much more laid back, yet more enjoyable at the same time than regular meets. My goal is, as one enters such meet or event, he/she already has the vibe of the event and how to act in it. Example, one comes in knowing to lay back and chill not come in to drift in parking lot or do burn out....mentality > words. Midnight cruise was flawless not one incident. If i would have made it fully public, i think it would have been opposite. Cruise had a cap off, and yes after that cap off only very few people got in since i wanted something i can control, not go for having lots of cars to make it look big then have no control.

The website is viewable to public, it doesn't force anyone to register to glance at the site. It has enough media for a new website (with limited events) for people to get a taste of what lies inside, we have healthy number of members that eagerly signed up and left positive comments all over. IA is IA, it's one of the top websites around, no one needs to tell them what they need to do. Every website has it's strategy, focus, and goals. I rather give them more in future than take away. I don't want anyone saying, "oh when new they did this to get us on, now taking it away once they got it going." Seeing how people pick on little things.

I didn't bash at anyone, i'll stand by it. I started when people started stabbing at the event by relating it personally to me, my car, character, etc. I (and kevin) did apologize and explained if we upset anyone accidentally, but it simply got looked over. It's hard to see someone stone something you have put hard work in.

I am not benefiting from this, no one paid a dime to attend the event, I put money out of my pocket, and team put its own personal time to make these events happen. If there is benefit then it lies in future, now it's just about having fun and letting the events grow.