The 2008 Carlisle Parts List - all attendees should read.

[ViperMan]

Hey all.  7 days at work - still gainfully employed. 

I had a few minutes of down time today, so I started organizing my spreadsheet and a "procedures" chart for myself to keep this all organized.

For those who haven't read up on this yet, I am going to be putting together a list of the members who are attending Carlisle.  On this list I will be collecting your member name, first (real) name, car, cell number while at the show, and a list of parts you are trying to find while visiting the event.  This list will then be dispersed to all attending members.  The idea is that, as people are browsing around the hundreds upon hundreds of vendors, they can contact fellow members if they find a part that the member is looking for.  It'll really help locating those "hard to find" pieces.

I have been trying to figure out how I was going to collect data from our members for the parts they want to find.  I knew PM'ing wouldn't work as size is limited, and emails can get easily lost or just simply overwhelming.

My thought now is this:  To keep the lists organized, I was wondering if I could create one thread and have it be made "sticky" by the moderators.  This thread would ONLY be so that members could list their first name, car, contact, and parts.  I would then designate date ranges in correspondence with alphabetized member names.  What this means is that - when the thread is opened, I'll start collecting parts list from all members whose member name begins with a 0 through 4.  Next week would be 5 through 9.  Then alphabet, starting A through G, etcetera.  This way it'll keep me from getting overwhelmed, and I can basically visit the board on the weekend, pull the data down, and be ready to start for the next week.  I would then open up the last week for members who did not submit, or want to add additional parts.

I don't mean for this all to sound confusing, but on the same token I don't want this to become too much of a headache to keep neat.

I am currently planning on beginning the list collection on Monday, April 21st.  I will collect for 6 weeks (two ranges for numbers, 4 ranges for letters) and then the final week for stragglers/extras.  Then when everyone shows up to Carlisle, they will get a neatly bound pamphlet of parts lists for members.

Lastly, I would like to try keeping the list of wanted parts to about 6 per member.  I don't want to have to print and hand out booklets!  The goal is to use the list for obscure parts - oh like A/C ducting or rare emblems.

So start thinking about what you want to find.  And if a moderator could contact me privately as to whether I can make a sticky thread, or offer other suggestions, I would appreciate it.

Look forward to seeing you all soon.  Can you believe it's April already??

Jeff

[wally426ci]

Great Idea!  I would really like to get a list from our overseas buddies (Kenny, etc....  ) they could really benefit from this! 

[ViperMan]

Anyone who is attending Carlisle and wants help finding parts will be granted space on the list.

Any member who isn't attending but wants parts located should contact another member to "sponsor" their search.  I will use the sponsored member's name and contact info for the list, and will grant this member a "double list" to include the non-attending members parts.

Make sense?

Jeff

[MEK-Dangerfield]

Jeff,

  I'm willing to help anyone find parts, but if they are NOT attending, we have a whole other ball game here. I could describe whatever it is I found, thinking it's a good price and all. Then I buy it and ship it to the non-attending member and get crap because it isn't up to their standards.   

  I think I'll look for people who ARE there at Carlisle. 


  Mike

[ChallengerHK]

Jeff,

  I'm willing to help anyone find parts, but if they are NOT attending, we have a whole other ball game here. I could describe whatever it is I found, thinking it's a good price and all. Then I buy it and ship it to the non-attending member and get crap because it isn't up to their standards.  

  I think I'll look for people who ARE there at Carlisle. 


  Mike

Anybody attending with an internet hookup? You could take and post/e-mail digital pics for people's wants. I think Mike raises a valid concern there.

[ViperMan]

Well to be honest I wasn't going to get heavily involved in parts searching for members who aren't attending.  Like I said, if you're not attending but really want to find something, I suggest finding a member to "sponsor" your search - that is, someone who you can work with before the event, highlight exactly what you need, then THAT member would be "responsible" for finding the part.  And THAT member would add the parts to his/her list, and we would contact THEM - not the non-attending member - if/when the part is located.  Therefore it's up to the sponsoring member to decide "hey I don't really want to get into this" or "hey I think I can handle this."

I will not show non-attending members on the list.  So again, if you're not going, but really want to try to get in on this idea, find a member who IS attending and is willing to help you.  Work out your details, and then he/she will add those parts to their own list.  Because yes - we don't want to be trying to call someone who isn't there, trying to explain it, yadda yadda yadda...

Let's not make mountains out of molehills. 

Jeff

[MEK-Dangerfield]

Sounds good Jeff.    I just thought if we opened it(the list) up to non-attending members, it might get quite huge and all. We are there to have some fun, not necessarily to look for 100 parts.   


  Mike

[ViperMan]

Absolutely agreed 100%.  I haven't heard from a moderator yet as to whether they'd sticky a topic for me.  I'm als going to go play in the test area for just a bit and see fi I can create tables and such - looks like I can...

Keep posted.

Jeff