Good for you, Charles!
The info you got about NO linkage is, IMHO, a key factor in how important
this matter is to the membership. That is, without that connection it truly
does become somewhat less important. Other economic and personnel factors
may thus weigh more heavily, which is fine.
My original post still holds true -- *IF* it is important to you [the
generic member, not necessarily Charles], enough that you want to weigh in
with an opinion, you want to do that NOW. It would seem you are not going to
get the usual member notification timeline.
But if it is not an issue with you, then simply treat it like we all do 98%
of the other things that ARE recorded in FasTrack ... ignore it and move on.
--Rocky
-----Original Message-----
From: Charles R. Schultz <n2pua4@peoplepc.com>
To: Team.Net <autox@autox.team.net>
Cc: W2W <wheeltowheel@wheeltowheel.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 8:06 PM
Subject: Steve Johnson (Was: Re: SCCA's New Home? Speak now!)
>I just got off the phone with Steve Johnson. Boy, was I surprised!
>
>He called because I Wrote a Letter(TM) this morning asking about the HQ
>move rumor.
>
>We talked for about 20 minutes about the situation (and his vision of
>the club as a whole,) and the most important thing I think I got out of
>the conversation was that there will be _no_ linkage between wherever HQ
>is and wherever our national events are held, be it Runoffs or Nats.
>
>He said those contracts are made after receiving bids from interested
>parties, based on the merits of the overall proposals. One or the other
>will be going out to bid, soon (I think he said Runoffs) for the next 3
>years, for example.
>
>In this day and age of faxes and email, it probably doesn't matter to
>99% of the members where they send their checks or where SportsCar
>magazine comes from.
>
>I'd hate to lose any key staffers in such a move, but if a move saves
>the club literally millions(!) of dollars over the next few years, those
>dollars could then improve member services, be used to recruit new
>members, and help avoid dues increases (which SJ agrees are already
>plenty high enough,) a short-term loss of a staff member or three may be
>worth it. I don't think they make a lot of money, anyway, so any of
>them could be lost to "better" offers with no notice, with or without a
>move.
>
>It's still too bad that this had to come out as a (well-founded) rumor
>rather than being discussed ahead of time, but I guess I can forgive the
>staff, too, for not wanting to hear 60,000 different opinions on the
>subject, followed by 60,000 rebuttals, ad infinitum. I got the
>impression that SJ has been talking to lots of folks at the events he
>attends to get a grassroots feeling about all sorts of issues, including
>this one, so the study hasn't been done in a complete vacuum.
>
>Finally, I guess the BoD is elected by us to represent our interests
>(I've never paid a lot of attention to the structure of the club, to be
>honest.) They will have the available information, and will make an
>informed decision. SJ seems confident they will make a good decision.
>I hope he's right.
>
>I'm surprised there's so little bandwidth being used up by this
>subject. Maybe that's an indication that it's not as big an issue as "I
>Stock" is.
>
>Chuck
>
>P.S. The stories are true. This guy really does speak to the members.
>He even answers his email!
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