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My letter to Jim Tuckerman &Trevor Gill of MNZ which is fairly self explanatory and informs readers on changes.
Gentlemen, I am disappointed that you view Silver Bullet as competition. You have rescinded your permission to reprint the CEO`s Newsletter and smacked my hand for posting your Press Release?? providing information on the NZ MX des Nations team. [May I respectfully suggest you retitle your `press releases`.]
You wrote - "All electronic media is competition to MNZ's Website.
We are all trying to be the site people visit first and supply as much information as we can so they don't go elsewhere. "
You also wrote - "Please do not re-post either Trevor's CEO newsletters or news which you have not received as releases on Silver Bullet and instead provide your readers with a link for these items to the MNZ Site"
I have had extreme difficulty in establishing the reason for the mindset that has prompted your stance and after considerable consideration regard it as at best, insular and self-defeating to the purpose of MNZ. Your existence is to administer and promote motorcycle sport on account of your shareholders, your members. It is not to create an Empire.
It is laudable that Trevor has had the initiative to produce a weekly newsletter and active motorcyclists will still read it on the MNZ site, as they should as it is very interesting and informative. But those who are on the fringe may not.
Is that good for MNZ and it`s shareholders? Motorcycle sport NEEDS every bit of publicity it can get, because it doesn't get a hell of a lot. News creates enthusiasm and the sport needs as much of that as it can get also.
Silver Bullet is only about enthusiasm. It is run by enthusiasts with very little evidence that profit is a factor. Enthusiasm is self-perpetuating, as without enthusiasm in the sport, new MNZ members will not be generated and existing members will drift away.
I had been prepared to `hold hands` with MNZ and be pro-active in that area, for the good of the sport and that is as it should be. But you have decided to `pull your hand away` now and be a competitor to Silver Bullet.
You had been getting extra exposure, for no cost to your shareholders. Surely you have taken your eyes of the big picture. The parallel is for an importer to restrain me from providing news/information on their marque. Not likely is it?
An analogy of the situation is that, if you were motorcycle dealers you would be searching for ways to eliminate your opposition, rather than searching for ways to enlarge the market.
I have no financial connection with, nor am I employed by Silver Bullet and the opinions and views expressed are my own, as a corespondent.
I will not reproduce editorial from MNZ`s website but I will re-produce facts, such as the makeup of the MX des Nations Team, as you do not hold a mortgage on factual information.
