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General Cortina => General Chat => Topic started by: BigNorm on February 08, 2012, 12:09:18 PM
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reading from elsewhere on the net it seems the cortina nationals to be held later on this year have been suspended/cancelled.
it appears thru a few narrow-minded people that something simple has turned complicated and worst of all political.
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Nooooooooo!! My wife has been trying to talk me into going, think she may have succeeded. Now this has thrown a spanner in the works.oh well
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no reason why u still cant sneak away for the weekend
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i stand corrected, apparantly its still going ahead but with a change in the committee organising the whole thing. the website is down at the mo so there is nothing current nor an indication of where to find the required info.
shit is hitting the fan over the whole affair and there is talk of a boycott etc etc. not sure if i'd book and pay for anything at this stage until details can be confirmed.
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To quote my wife " Sound a bit hickledee pickledee" .I'm a last minute kind of Guy anyway. Guess will just, see how it pans out.
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yeah its turning into a shit fight
glad i stayed outta it
owell everyone should just go to the ford forum nationals at heathcote raceway
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this from elsewhere on the net:
Hi All
_*YES YES YES
THE NATS ARE ALL GO I REPEAT ALL GO
*_
Just received entrant number 141
I do not intent going into who said what but it was decided that the Cortina Mark One Owners Club of Vic would take over the running of the Nats from the sub committee
It should be noted that this was done at a General Meeting of the club, and the motion moved by a non Member of the Sub Committee
It was carried by a vote of 36 to 5
The next day the Committee was banned from the Cortina Mk1 Forum and there fore unable to reply to posts denergrating the Comittee
The Nats site was shut down, the Cortina Mark Owners Club site shut down
So its been very difficult to communicate the news
BUT I REPEAT IT IS DEFINATELY ON
There will be a mail out to all entrants confirming this
_IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE 141 ENTRANTS BUT SOME ARE BRINGING 2 OR 3 CARS SO AT PRESENT THERE ARE ABOUT 160 CARS COMING
Phil Mollison_
Treasurer
Cortina Mark Owners Club
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G'day Guys,
My name is Tim Tracey am I am the President of the Cortina Mk1 Owners Club. I would like to say that the 1st Cortina Nationals is definitely still going ahead and organisation is well under way, with only the finer details to be finalised. There are details on Facebook (2012 Cortina Nationals) and at the moment you can ask questions and get information there. The sabotage of our club website and the closing of the Nationals website has been disappointing, to say the least. The rubbish that is being said on other forums, (that we have been banned from) is exactly that, rubbish and due to our banning from the sight we can't tell the whole story. The truth will prevail and the both sides of the story will be heard and then everyone can make an informed decision on what went down and where to go from here. Thanks for your time and I would ask that people refrain from making comments with out all the facts.
Thanks again.
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Facebook? I thought Facebook was for teenage girls and sexual predators :mrgreen:
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owell everyone should just go to the ford forum nationals at heathcote raceway
Hay pcman, I've typed in the search box and i carnt find any thing on the Ford forums about this, could you please direct me.
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If we still had a website we could still get info to interested people. Due to the vindictive people on another site, both the Cortina Mk1 Owners Club and the Nationals website were shutdown. Facebook is a short term fix to still have a contact point for the Nationals. Grow up people, this is getting serious.
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.... Grow up people, this is getting serious.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCrWgkNRilE
Don't shay what you're about to shay...
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who's for banning tils for directing us to a celine dion clip without even as much as a warning?
not sure yet if its more disturbing, that u did it? or that u even knew about it in the first place?
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tracey; i respect your comments but we're not idiots. correct me if i'm wrong. u mention vindictive ppl on another site. didnt u just tell the vindicitive owner of that site that they werent welcome? they're ideas are no longer welcome? and that everything they have done so far is appreciated but no longer neccessary?
u tell your boss he's an asshole, no more job. you tell your landlord he can stick it; no more house. you piss off your web host.......well suck me dry and call me dusty, no more website or forum. were u expecting a reacharound?
i'm really sorry but thru pure politics, manipulative behaviour, and a desire for unwarranted credit u'r club and its bullshit have destroyed an event which could've been something special and reshaped how the cortina community interact in the future.
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Haha, I found Celine extremely funny
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Well said Norm!
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I would like to know the full story, the following link does not explain much of what actually happened.
http://www.cortina-mk1.com/pdf/Statement_nats.pdf
We also offer webhosting for cortina owners, clubs, enthusiasts, events, etc, mostly for free because i havent got around to finishing the billing system, its only been 6 yrs now...lol
Anyone interested message me or CortinaD......who is CortinaD....a myth... a legend...or has he been :beamup maybe he got the :axe cause that seems to be the norm for people in power.
Bucster
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Yeah, ban that Tils arsehole!
I couldn't resist lol! The opening was there begging!!! :P
I hate it when people cause trouble and then expect not to have others react. Bite the dog and the dog bites back.
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Wake up, guys! This is getting shearioush! Hehehe
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tracey; i respect your comments but we're not idiots. correct me if i'm wrong. u mention vindictive ppl on another site. didnt u just tell the vindicitive owner of that site that they werent welcome? they're ideas are no longer welcome? and that everything they have done so far is appreciated but no longer neccessary?
u tell your boss he's an asshole, no more job. you tell your landlord he can stick it; no more house. you piss off your web host.......well suck me dry and call me dusty, no more website or forum. were u expecting a reacharound?
i'm really sorry but thru pure politics, manipulative behaviour, and a desire for unwarranted credit u'r club and its bullshit have destroyed an event which could've been something special and reshaped how the cortina community interact in the future.
At no point was Julie told she wasn't welcome, she was actually offered a position to continue helping and declined, all ideas were still welcome and at no point were they told that everything they had done so far was unappreciated, quite the opposite. We understand that the event would not have progressed to where it is already without everyones help and input and they have been thanked and assured that their work is much appreciated.
Clearly uninformed comments have been made " manipulative behaviour, and a desire for unwarranted credit u'r club", none of this is true, manipulative, but not from us and the club has always been the organising body behind this event.
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I dont know the story behind this but its typicall that club politics always stuffs up an event. reason why i am no longer involved with any.
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Hi All,
Yea seems to be the way, i remember the cortina Nationals being cancelled once before a few years back. Club politics too, i assume.
I would like to know whats really going on, as i have a bit of an investment in this event. That being approx $10G in promo stuff, including a shade awning with logos, 2 Cortina's on the build for the show and a campervan to make the journey more comfortable, about $100G total.
Dont like hearing stories that this show aint gunna happen, sometimes i wonder why i bother at all. :banghead:
Bucster
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Hi All, Got some good and bad news regarding my attendance for the nationals, sorry but i will not be attending. I have the word for the transplant shortlist (less than 6mths) after 2 1/2 yrs and i am not allowed to go anywhere. Priorities here people, took me a while to decide but i think i need the transplant rather than freeze my ass off in Vic somewhere lol. So this decision has pulled up plans for merchandise, cars, campervaans etc.
I hope we have a rep there somewhere, anyone interested in represting us as a club let me know, see what we can do for support.
Bucster
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let me know what you want me to do and i will do it
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who's for banning tils for directing us to a celine dion clip without even as much as a warning?
not sure yet if its more disturbing, that u did it? or that u even knew about it in the first place?
I bet he has it on a bookmark for such an occasion
...... were u expecting a reacharound?
are you offering?
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...... were u expecting a reacharound?
are you offering?
You do realise that it would involve him humping your bum were you to accept...
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I was trying so hard to fix my grandads td after the fire so we can enter the show plus all the help from norm and it all gets canceled by bloody politics
Are you sure it wasn't Julia gillard in charge
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...... were u expecting a reacharound?
are you offering?
You do realise that it would involve him humping your bum were you to accept...
it's a 55/45 chance of it being worth it
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I was trying so hard to fix my grandads td after the fire so we can enter the show plus all the help from norm and it all gets canceled by bloody politics
Are you sure it wasn't Julia gillard in charge
justin, i'm led to believe its still on, just on an alternative capacity. i also think that if gillard were in charge there'd be a tax on it.
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justin, i'm led to believe its still on, just on an alternative capacity. i also think that if gillard were in charge there'd be a tax on it.
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Everything I have received says it is still on. At worst I will be driving from Syd to Albury in my Nanna Wagon and picking up some parts on the way including a new tailgate for my Green Wagon, staying in a Motel in Albury and driving back. My wife is having a Girly weekend on the farm, so Albury is looking like a great option. The corro I have received from the organisers of the event is very positive and it looks like it will be a lot of fun. I am a photographer, so I am looking forward to having 200+ corties to shoot in one place!
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Thanks for that cannot wait for that weekend
Any idea when the show and shine will be and where it will be held?
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I've got all the info at home, so will post it here tomorrow
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So who is going to the nationals from melb
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im only 50/50 gonna be at heathcote friday and saturday but will have tow truck loaded with cortina and a trailer loaded with a falcon so its a long trip to drag all that
gonna try to convince a mate to do a day trip sunday but dunno how successful that will be
so i might see yas and i might not
take lots of pics