[AMC-List] Charity AMX is moving

[Nick ALFANO <71amx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This is one of the main reasons I hesitate to get
involved in an effort like this.  One person
starts/donates a car for a cause.  Others decide what
the cause should be.  The car changes hands from one
person/group to another without a clearly defined
project plan and management structure.  Now the people
involved are fighting over how it should be handled. 
No matter who was going to do what to the car, there
should have been a detailed project plan in which who
ever had the car at a stage in the project, knew what
needed to be done and that they agreed to own certain
action items.  

Now the car is in primer and not painted.  Who knows
all the details of how the car was stored in primer,
what is under it and so on.  Every body shop I have
ever dealt with will tell you the same thing.  They
refuse to paint someone else body and primer work. 
Why didn't Zion paint it?  Now the car is going to
John W. (nothing against you John at all) when Tom
Benvie has said publicly that he will finish all or
most of the work by the end of the year on a car that
started out as his.  Who owns the title to this car? 
If this car was truly a hobby car being created for
the good of some charity organization, then there
should be an appointed steering committee that decides
the fate of the vehicle and who does what to it not an
individual (nothing against you Frank just in
general).  The charity(s) identified should have had
some knowledge of this as well.  Every project I have
ever been on is designed this way and done so for a
reason.  There is a client who has a need, a project
team that fulfills that need, a project manager that
oversees the time-line/milestones and project team,
and a steering committee to make the high level
decisions.  Without this structure, most project will
fail as this one has so far.

Just my $.02

Nick Alfano
Alfano Performance
Kenosha, WI. 53142
262-308-1302
262-942-8271 after 6pm central and weekends

Frank,
Based on what appeared to be about a 99.9% approval
for getting the car 
back
to Tom Benvie ASAP, to finish for the BJ auction in
Scottsdale this 
coming
January, you seem to have made an almost unilateral
decision to do the
opposite.?.  I'm sure you've had dialogue with Mr.
Benvie about this in 
the
last couple of days, so I'm anxious (as I'm sure
others are) to hear 
his
comments (from him).  If he is on-board with this
latest news, then I 
guess
all is good.

Todd (preparing for the deep-freeze) Jesme

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2006 1:23 PM
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Subject: [AMC-List] Charity AMX is moving!

Thanks to the aide of list members, the Charity AMX is
moving! John 
Widiker
will be taking over "on-site coordinator" duties while
the car as at 
his
shop in Auburn Hills, MI. He's going to look over the
car and finish it 
if
he feels he can. I'm reserving saying more than that
until he sees the 
car
and determines exactly what is needed. Jack Barncord
is planning on 
picking
up the car and transporting to John. I'm reimbursing
him for expenses 
from
the funds I still have reserved for the car. John may
be asking the 
list for
help later.

I want to take this opportunity to thank Dave DeLabio
for seeing that 
the
body work got done to the car. It's in primer and
ready for paint, will 
need
just a little block sanding and touch-up before color
is sprayed on. 
There
was a bit more body work than anticipated, and it took
longer than 
expected,
but everything has turned out for the best. Zion Auto
Body did a great 
job! 

With any luck this car will get completed over the
winter and be 
auctioned
early in 2007! 

--
Frank Swygert
Publisher, "American Motors Cars" 
Magazine (AMC)
For all AMC enthusiasts
http://farna.home.att.net/AIM.html
(free download available!)


Alfano Performance
Kenosha, WI. 53142
262-308-1302
262-942-8271 after 6pm central and weekends
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