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Old May 11, 2010 | 07:34 PM
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Wednesdays are fine. Tuesdays might be even better than Wednesdays. Thursdays are track-prep or travel days. Two road-races at NJMP and Hyperfest at Summit Point those weekends.

The 7-9 times work fine. 8-10 PM would be OK too.

Dates could be moved forward one to five weeks, but no more and not backwards.
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Old May 11, 2010 | 07:36 PM
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Tuesdays 8PM EST ( 5pm PST) would be awesome..I can be home by then ........
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Old May 11, 2010 | 09:08 PM
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I've already come to terms with missing the first session on account of being out of town that week.
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Old May 11, 2010 | 11:09 PM
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Huh?
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Old May 12, 2010 | 05:47 AM
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The time and dates are set.

Part of the problem I suspect with getting people to sign up, has been MM's flexibility in training dates. People go and sign up then someone comes along and says I'll sign up but I can't do those dates can we do these dates instead? While people that have already paid are like WTF?

Jeff should have always had fixed dates, these are the dates and that's that.
This is how every single training course I've ever taken does it. The worse case is they don't have enough people and they offer a rescheduled date or a rebate. Students decision.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 10:23 AM
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I've never moved the dates around before.
It's just that the enrollment for this session is small enough to merit asking, at least.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by wcs
The time and dates are set.

Part of the problem I suspect with getting people to sign up, has been MM's flexibility in training dates. People go and sign up then someone comes along and says I'll sign up but I can't do those dates can we do these dates instead? While people that have already paid are like WTF?

Jeff should have always had fixed dates, these are the dates and that's that.
This is how every single training course I've ever taken does it. The worse case is they don't have enough people and they offer a rescheduled date or a rebate. Students decision.

WOW.......you could have just said that Wednesday was the only time that works for you......

Instead of looking like a complete ***...........

Or are you just an ***?........
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Old May 12, 2010 | 12:56 PM
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Now now. Being the *** is my job. I will not have my authority on the subject usurped.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:42 PM
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Ya...Kane told me I was being a " grumpy old man"
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Old May 12, 2010 | 08:49 PM
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Name calling .....
I should expect as much .....
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I can do 8:00 pm est if that lets you get home in time ... but I need Wednesdays
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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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Honestly, Wednesdays are best for me as well.
Plus, WCS gets preference because he signed up first.
I think he paid during the last Ice Age, actually.
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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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Have a good one...I Just got home about 20 min ago....so Wed won't work for me....

I will try and get Jeff to video or something....or set up a quick Q and A session......


I talked to you after I missed the last one last year...but money talks...and I didn't pay
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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:09 PM
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I am talking with UTI.

Failing that, I've always wanted to do a DVD of this stuff, but it is too overwhelming to present the material, collect the media and then produce/edit a package.
Maybe once I get caught-up with everything else...
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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:10 PM
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Just record it and send me the raw data...I`m not picky

You can even leave in all the pictures...and the bad jokes if there are any
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Old May 12, 2010 | 09:20 PM
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I'll be running Adobe Captivate during the session, so everything will be recorded as it goes out.
Maybe I can edit that into something useful.

So much of the sessions are based on conversation - everyone gets different questions and looks for understanding in different ways, so after I outline a concept, a lot of how it gets detailed grows out of a dialog.
That's why it takes 4 2-hour sessions.
All of the other seminars ran WAAAAAAY over. There is a LOT to cover.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 03:54 AM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
I'll be running Adobe Captivate during the session, so everything will be recorded as it goes out.
Maybe I can edit that into something useful.

So much of the sessions are based on conversation - everyone gets different questions and looks for understanding in different ways, so after I outline a concept, a lot of how it gets detailed grows out of a dialog.
That's why it takes 4 2-hour sessions.
All of the other seminars ran WAAAAAAY over. There is a LOT to cover.
It would be cool to make a subbed version for the non english speaking folks.. a bit pointless though since there's no ATR available for non USA ecus to my understanding.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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My only concern with the video is it will, almost certainly, get pirated, quoted and YouToobed the second it goes out.
With such a small market, the profitability of such a venture would immediately go down the tubes.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 04:55 PM
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People who pirate stuff wouldn't have bought it anyway. I think that's been demonstrated in more than one study (that the RIAA and MPAA do their best to suppress or refute through shill studies). Those who pirate it wouldn't pay you even if was only a dollar.

But even if that wasn't true, the production costs are very low if you just use your last seminar as the source material. The first two DVD-Rs sold for $50 (say) could cover your costs. Additional sales are gravy.

If you are going to continue seminars, don't do the DVD. If you are done with seminars, it's low-investment residual income.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 05:33 PM
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i would be down to purchase a video for 50.00 I cant do seminar due to my work scheduling, id miss most of it where the video i can watch some now and later.

The video can only give so much as you said before Jeff, you have the benefit of asking questions where the video questions cant be asked, just more researching.
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Old May 13, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by MazdaManiac
My only concern with the video is it will, almost certainly, get pirated, quoted and YouToobed the second it goes out.
Have you considered digital watermarking?
There are watermarks that aren't even visible (so its not blocking the view) and require the watermark software and a key just to see it.
Assign each purchase with a unique serial number so its traceable if it ever gets out.
Just a suggestion... I wouldn't mind purchasing a copy if ever available.
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Old May 19, 2010 | 05:55 AM
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How about bundling your DVD instructional video with the Cobb AP for an extra amount or slap the cost of the dvd ontop of the $550 you already charge... people that want it will still buy it.
I would have bought one from you a long time ago if it came with detailed instructions on how to use the cobb and understand the calibration.
video's are much easier to understand than a wall of text 10 pages long and you can miss stuff in seminars, im sure you can correspond via emails for additional questions not covered in the video.
im in Australia and would love to get in on the seminars but the time diff is to great, a DVD would be perfect for me to study as i don't know much about tuning i can pause and google/rewind as i follow along on the dvd to help me better understand. I cant take 4 days off work to take your seminars.
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Old May 19, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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How about bundling your DVD instructional video with the Cobb AP for an extra amount or slap the cost of the dvd ontop of the $550 you already charge... people that want it will still buy it.
I would have bought one from you a long time ago if it came with detailed instructions on how to use the cobb and understand the calibration.
video's are much easier to understand than a wall of text 10 pages long and you can miss stuff in seminars, im sure you can correspond via emails for additional questions not covered in the video.
im in Australia and would love to get in on the seminars but the time diff is to great, a DVD would be perfect for me to study as i don't know much about tuning i can pause and google/rewind as i follow along on the dvd to help me better understand. I cant take 4 days off work to take your seminars.

Well, the AccessPORT already does come with a video that explains the "wall of text" that are the instructions.
If you read the instructions, there is a link to the video!

You can't go into work late? The seminar would run from 9am - 11 am in Australia.
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Old May 19, 2010 | 02:29 PM
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I'm interested as well not interested more like committed if you let me know whats necessary to finalize and when i expressed interest before but since it involved needing others to proceed i wouldnt just toss out my money and wait for another however many people to need to be present to get it rolling however it seems now there are alternate options. MM feel free to shoot me a pm with any details or proposed methods of tackling this. Now that I am FI i would really like to experiment with tuning and have a better grasp of what is going on and how different aspects effect each other.
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Old May 19, 2010 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by RX8YA
I'm interested as well not interested more like committed if you let me know whats necessary to finalize and when i expressed interest before but since it involved needing others to proceed i wouldnt just toss out my money and wait for another however many people to need to be present to get it rolling however it seems now there are alternate options. MM feel free to shoot me a pm with any details or proposed methods of tackling this. Now that I am FI i would really like to experiment with tuning and have a better grasp of what is going on and how different aspects effect each other.
I'm not sure what you are talking about.

Dates and times are set.

Wednesdays, June 16,23,30 and July 7. 7pm EDT.
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Old May 19, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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I posted about 2 months ago looking for an update and asked a couple questions regarding how many people are necessary to do the webinar because i didnt feel comfortable spending money and just waiting without knowing when we would have enough people or what enough people was i stopped paying attention to the thread when it looked like nobody was going to answer but it seems it has been resurrected this month and like you said there are finalized dates for this to happen i didnt bother to go back and read the two or 3 pages in between.
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