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Originally Posted by Henners

Fundamentally disagree with you Frank

The role of pronto editor is a full voting member of the MT - that was never the case before. With that status also comes responsibility. If the members are not providing information - and why should they they're not journalists - then it is the role of the editor to commission or find interesting material - the editor is not a post box All you have to do is read what some of the members are doing on here to know that there are some great stories being 'written' every day. You then pick up the phone and interview them! And that's just one small avenue to follow - there's loads more!!

If you like I'll guest edit a copy for the club magazine and demonstrate that it isn’t difficult in the least.

One final point - the members are entitled to 6 copies of Pronto a year. That's one every two months. How many so far this year?

Henry

Fundamentally disagree with you Henry

I do think the content of any association or club paper must be provided at 80% at least by the members. We're not a company paying somebody to do that bl00dy job...
The best evidence I've got for that is "L'echo des Conti" which I receive from the Ducati Club de France about every 2 months and in which you will struggle to find 2 articles written by the same member. Everybody takes part in it, they write about their ride-outs, the club's endurance races, trackdays, etc... And don't forget we're French, and so lazy. Guess if we were German And their magazine quite good. The paper used itself is not as good quality as the one used for Pronto (less money on the other side of the Channel I guess) but the content is existing and intesresting.

If ones think Pronto's content is poor, ones take their best pen and help making it better. I'm not used to defend the MT (I do want to stay neutral in all those political b0ll0x) but I do think Pronto is what we make with it.

poor members' participation = poor Pronto. that's it.

I may be wrong again, but I do believe in what I write and my opinion is not influenced by any of all the conflicts which hurt that club...