Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 21:08:13 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: List sticker lobbying, my .02
OK, I'm sure that I'm opening a major can of worms here. Trust me that this
is not an effort to offend anyone (though it probably will).
Although I support a political party, my van doesn't wear a bumper sticker
advertising it. I like the Dead, but would not want to have dancing bears
on the back of my van. My understanding, and the understanding of others I
deal with regularly, is that the spectrum style bumper and window stickers
have been adopted by the gay community.
At the risk of sounding politically correct, I would like to suggest that we
be a bit cautious in selecting this sticker. I don't want to advertise this
group or myself as being aligned with anything but our vans. Vanagons are
not male, female, gay, or even musically inclined. They are inanimate,
wonderfully (for the most part) designed, vans.
I know which stickers I like personally, but also know which I'd want (and
not want) on the back of my van advertising my affiliation with this group
(an affiliation of which I'm proud of, by the way).
Anyway, vote early, vote often, as they say.
Karl Wolz
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Nemo" <Volksiebus@NETSCAPE.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 7:21 PM
Subject: List sticker lobbying, my .02
Hello Volks,
I'm looking forward to ordering the stickers. I'm sure you are too. Let
me
just say that I hope that any list picked displays "vanagon.com" very
prominently. Prominent enough that the other cars passing you, on the left
of
course, can read the "vanagon.com." (For those of you with ceramic coated
engines or I5's presume that I meant your vanagon was passing traffic.)
The sticker can do two things. It can identify us to other listmemebers.
Any of the designs would do that. I admit that most of them are very
interesting and would look great on my van, especially the pseudo-deadhead
stickers. But the sticker can advertise our list to nonmembers. Most of the
more complex designs make it difficult to see our wepgage address. The
stickers which say "vanagon.com" very prominently will advertise our site
better.
Remember the first time you say a "Role/Hemp 96" sticker? (I'll bet Bob
Dole loved that) "Ex-wife in trunk"? Stuck in your mind, right? I suggest
vanagon.com, not a cute saying or even gerry.vanagon.com. vanagon.com can
stick in the minds of people passing our vans. I make my living selling
ideas
to people. Simple works better.
Of course, you'll see that I have submitted just such a simple sticker.
However, my vote will probably go to Ron "Mr. Roadcow" Bloomquist #4 because
I
like his rainbow colors much better.
AP: Early polls suggest that going coming out of Super Tuesday Bloomquist
#4 has a slight lead over the McCain Straight Talk Sticker. McCain has
countered with accusations that Mr. Bloomquist has spent far too much time
and
effort on the stickers. McCain also claims that Bloomquist is anti-Catholic
and is possibly anti-Hindu, given is sacriligious use of the road-COW.
Not proofed for spelling cauze I'm incapable of doing so.
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