To All, It has been standard SVRA POLICY that-ALL- corner workers, Tech.,
& T&S people are invited to all welcome parties. This has been the case
for several of the most recent years. Gatherings that require an extra
ticket be purchased for crew, over crew etc. by the driver & or the
general public are not closed to anyone, especially corner workers.
Without the thoughtful hand in the air from all drivers the weekend can be
very unrewarding for certain. I have always been proud of the SVRA
drivers groups for the thanks they show all the workers in total!
In the Spirit of the Sport! Bob Williams
On Thu, 7 Oct 1999 S800Racer@aol.com wrote:
> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 12:49:54 EDT
> From: S800Racer@aol.com
> To: psr@mnw.net, DonJQueen@aol.com
> Cc: vintage-race@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: corner workers
>
>
> In a message dated 10/6/99 10:18:51 PM, psr@mnw.net writes:
>
> <<What ideas are out there, in this largely quiet group of vintage racers,
> which will motivate the workers to come to our events in numbers large
> enough to make them safe in that respect?>>
>
> This subject came up during some conversations during the Summit Point
> weekend and I was taken aback to learn that corner workers are not routinely
> invited to the track parties. That seems like such an absurd and elitest
> (sp?) attitude. I may not be able to do anyhting about the track parties,
> but I can certainly see that they are invited to any party that our Group
> puts on.
> As the Group rep for SVRA's Group 1 (even though I have been officially
> told by SVRA that there is no such thing as a Group rep anymore), I have been
> successful in organizing some casual parties for the Group to socialize and
> get to know each other. I am going to make it one of my goals for next
> season to try to do something for the workers at each event. I can't think
> of any racers in our group that would not agree with this idea. I would
> encourage other Groups to think about some form or worker appreciation as
> well.
> Just because the sanctioning body and the event organizers don't treat
> workers right does not mean we can't take it upon ourselves to show them that
> we appreciate what they do.
>
> Doug Meis.
>
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