by janicelegere » Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:57 pm
As per this post from Dave Laporte:
"This has been approved by the Board."
I recently returned home from work to read an email from the President to the Executive at 2:30 today. The Tech Coordinator was in the same situation as me. The topic was endurance handicaps.
Before either of us voted, Dave Laporte announced on Facebook that the handicaps of 2% and 4% were “approved by the board.” Pretty tricky, eh?
The email sent to the Executive stated that “The most vocal of the members in agreement with this compromise.”
I know that Dave has not spoken to Kirby, Kevin, or Steve about the matter, and they have all been very vocal on the forum and Facebook recently. So, Mr. President who did you speak to?
It was certainly not a majority of those affected.
In any case, my vote would have been “NO” as I believe the decision should have been to rescind the proposal, remain status quo with the previous handicap data, and only then have a review with Endurance racers and teams at the end of the 2024 season.
I say again - only two of the five Executive members had the time to vote on this before Dave’s post.
Further, the discussion re: Financials. Dave provided the analysis to the Executive with no input from Russell (as outgoing Treasurer) or me, as current Treasurer. Although there was agreement that racer attrition rates threaten the club, I had asked that measures be implemented to prevent us from losing the racers we already have (which is as necessary as attracting new riders).
This VRRA president makes decisions without full disclosure, and gives short shrift to the opinion of executive members who do not fall in line with his views. I have been a member/secretary/treasurer and chair of many boards over the last 40 years, and I have never before encountered this lack of honesty and transparency (the core personal values I aspire to uphold). Therefore, I regret to announce that I am resigning as Treasurer, effective Immediately.
Full disclosure: I was already strongly considering resigning next week. The executive will be voting on a significant safety issue – whether DOCC Invitational riders will be allowed to race without having attended Race School, and, not needing to follow club Tech rules regarding oil-containing belly pans. Being just a track day rider is not preparation for racing, and I believe the club and/or Executive would be liable for any catastrophic event, and that the Insurer would successfully litigate. An accident-injury lawyer would have a field day.
(If this post is deleted by the administrator, I have retained a copy and will send it to others to post.)