From:Brent Dugan e-mail:cdf959-A-embarqmail.com
Subject:RE: RE: Updating the website Date:Thu May 17 19:22:43 2018
Response to:22739
Mutt, I would like to apologize for any slight or offence
that you've received over the years for lack of response
from me. That will not happen again. In looking through
the files I've kept from things you've sent me in the
past and comparing them with articles, stories, and
photo's on the website.... including a complete spread
regarding you rebuilding my Scat motor I didn't find any
tech articles I didn't post. I DID find a few photos of
parts comparisons that I went "Oh Sh**, he's right". I'll
try and get them posted soon. If you'd care to re-submit
any you sent and I didn't post I'll be happy to put them
up. Please be aware that right now I'm totally redoing my
house... by myself... to get it ready for sale as I'm
moving to Pennsylvania in the next few months. Time is
not a luxury I have but I'll make the time for you.

----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS -----
I've emailed you and Brent both over the last 3 years.
Not
one time have you told me "simply do the research on
some
technical area of the Hummers, write it up coherently,
and
email it to Brent and Dave, along with supporting photos,
etc. We'll make sure it gets published on the site."

All I got was a dead horse. No reply.

----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE FOLLOWS -----
Updating the Website

The Hummer Club website certainly needs updating. The
amount of technical information to help people "preserve
and restore" the Hummer-series of motorcycles has
remained
stagnant for many, many years. Why? Because few people
submit technical information to us, so there's nothing
for
us to publish.

How can you help? It's easy – simply do the research on
some technical area of the Hummers, write it up
coherently,
and email it to Brent and Dave, along with supporting
photos, etc. We'll make sure it gets published on the
site.

Look in the "How-To-Restore" section. Some of the
chapters
are on discrete topics, such as carburators,
speedometers,
chainguards, paint colors, etc. Pick a topic that has
not
been covered, or do a major update on one that already
has.

Some chapters cover each year/model. The chapter is
broken
down into a list of topics that are in the same order as
the sections of the Spare Parts Catalogs. The idea for
this is to present information on what changed on this
year/model, or "unchanged from previous year". Pick a
year/model that you're familiar with, and fill in the
blanks.

Whichever way works for you, do the research, and send us
your results.


The webmasters are not experts on Hummers, or anything
else
for that matter. Our job is to take the results of your
technical research, and present it on the website in a
coherent manner.


Let's see how this works on a similar site managed by
Dave
Hennessey - www.harleyKmodel.com Check the Technical
section. You will find many technical topics in there.
At
the top of each page, you'll find a list of authors. The
first names listed are the primary author(s) followed by
collaborators and fact-checkers. The authors did the
research and submitted it. The material was circulated
for
comment. When general agreement was reached, it was
published on the site.

The K-model site has a lot of active participants, so it
is
regularly updated.


The goal of the Hummer Club website is to "foster the
preservation and restoration of the American-made Harley-
Davidson lightweight motorcycle". What we need is
technical restoration information. What we don't need is
photos of radical customs, videos of modified Hummers
doing
wheelstands, and other things that are not related to
restoration. Something else we don’t need is a flashy
new
website design that doesn't provide any new technical
restoration information.

One person has asked "Give me the password to your
website
and I'll update it". Another has asked "Just turn the
entire website over to me and I'll update it". While
we're sure these folks mean well, this is NOT going to
happen, so don't waste your breath.

We'll be happy to update the website – but YOU, the
Hummer
Community, needs to actively participate.

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