z06meister said:
Congrats on making Autoweek. I am confused on your 60 day vacation though. Autopia is lucky to have you as a resource.
Thanks! David and I spoke in PM's and at one point he asked (politely I might add, we had a nice, respectful discussion and like I said earlier, I am comfortable with the decision. My discussions with David where top-notch and I have more respect for him then previous even)
if I would be willing to volunteer for a 60 day time out. He is in a tough position.
I am slightly confused as well, so perhaps David decided otherwise. Again he asked if I was willing to volunteer vs. that I
was for sure going to. Either ways I am cool, running a business such as this is as tough as it comes to making difficult decisions which may upset some members but will better for the website as a whole (i.e, I'd rather disagree with a decision but still have a forum to visit, vs. not have a forum at all because difficult decisions where not made and lead to further problems).
Thank for all the compliments on the getting the write-up. I honestly did nothing to deserve this and was just as shocked as anybody when I recieved an email from the magazine. I was given the honor of selecting a 'few' other detailers. To my knowledge I was one of three originally selected and was going to be the feature, the other two being Joe Fernandez and Rick Nelson (rickrack). I honestly am not a feature when compared to those two and was glad when the second idea and used layout was given. The article was researched on this forum among others, so I really have you guys to thank for the kind words said in my write ups, and the support and education this forum has given me.
My original list (25 other autopians) was a little large and had several people in same areas. Hell I recommended 3 others in Florida, lol. The list was cut down based on location, I wasn't sure who got cut or what not.
My understanding was the original article was going to have specific write-up articles, myself for washing, Rick for polishing, and Joe for something else. Then I recieved a call from the writer who said there was a last minute change and I woud we would featured along side a Meguiar article (or something like that. I still haven't seen the whole thing).
Anyways while it is cool for those mentioned, so many more people deserved this, I hope that maybe on a small scale it helps people recognize what quality detailing is. You guys rock!
