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While I agree that all of us who are on line probably would benefit
from an "On line" Newsletter, Lancair must be concerned with those folks
that haven't joined the "On-Line" set. There may be a lot of folks out there
that just haven't joined us in  the computer generation. I know if my wife
(and other computerphobes like her) was building a Lancair, an on-line
information source would leave her out in the cold.

Personally, if I were building another Lancair, I would definitely prefer
all the information available on-line. However one wonders how many
builders, in need of some guidance from an authoritative source, would miss
the boat completely. Are we voting for some unfortunate disasters in the
future? Think about your insurance premiums now and where they might go
given a few avoidable crashes.

Dan Schaefer


[You are absolutely correct in this assessment, Dan... while there is a
considerable contingent of Lancair builders, fliers, and enthusiasts with
an online presence, it seems to me that there is still a sizable group
of folks who either don't have computer access or choose not to avail
themselves of this medium.  My reasons for arriving at this conclusion are
as follows... first of all, the Builders' List which I've been hosting
presently includes only about 265 projects.  That's a far cry from all
the Lancair projects currently out there... I would guess less than 1/3.
I don't expect that it will ever include every Lancair project that has
ever been started or completed, but it's a fair indication of how many
folks are willing to participate in one particular online activity.  Next we
can consider the number of subscribers that the LML has as compared to the
number of folks who subscribe to the LNN... today's LML subscriber count
is at 391.  I don't know what percentage of those subscribers are
actually Lancair builders or fliers, but I would imagine that it's only
about 60% or so (assuming that the Builders' List and the LML subscriptions
sort of track one another.)  I understand that the LNN has at least 1.5
times the subscriber base of the LML which suggests to me that there
is quite a large number of 'Lancair-ians' who prefer receiving their
builder-provided data via a printed document to email or web-based
communiques.

While I, too, agree that there would be considerable benefit for a large
number of buildres with a well-planned and professionally executed
Web-based set of documents on the factory website, I think that expecting
the entire builder universe to avail itself of critical information solely
via this medium will result in a considerable segment of uninformed folks
out there who will be spinning in the wind for information.  As much as I
hate to admit it, I think we are still a few years away from EVERYONE being
online.  Just my 2 cents.

   <Marv>
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