I agree that a successful registry must be advertised, and available to everyone, and not just POCA members to get traction.
It would be great if POCA officially reached out here to talk up their new registry project, and on the email mailing list, and on the major Facebook pages to try and get maximum participation from owners.
Additionally, incorporating the Bill Van Ed’s registry, and making a deal with ProvaMo to archive and incorporate that information is a key to obtaining “critical mass” on this activity.
Just as an aside, what do people think a registry is worth? How do you value it?
Let’s take ProvaMo, for example….. Let’s guess ProvaMo has info on 5000 cars*… and let’s guess that the owner has put 800 hours a year into development of the registry over 15 years (probably longer).
(* The registry page says over 5000 cars are tracked…)
To the owner it would seem quite valuable.
Additionally, it has a winning formula (which is how it got so many people to contribute… to get access, you have to contribute).
I agree that to maintain maximum value of the cars, a comprehensive registry is a key element.