SCCA National Convention

[Ed Funk]

Cool!

[IPRESS]

Congrats Kevin.

[R2 Racing]

Thanks a lot guys! Sitting in the Vegas airport about to head back to frigid Ohio. This has been an incredibly fun and very educational weekend for me, so to also win this award during it too, is a pretty huge honor. Just to see the names of the guys who have previously won this award, is kind of mind blowing. Got to meet an amazing array of people, and really get to know many of the "powers that be" in this club. You really have no realization of the scope of this club, how many people it touches, and just how much it takes to make it run until you come out to something like this.

Plus, after the banquets yesterday, I couldn't miss at blackjack last night - haha!

[Eagle7]

Kevin, did you pick up any rumblings at the convention about the rift between the ITAC and the CRB?

[lateapex911]

Ha ha, the CRB just gave him a huge award! He's not looking for trouble! Can't say as I blame him.

he brings up a point, the clubs a biiiig place. I'm afraid that to them, we, the IT guys, are not on the day to day "get noticed" sector.

I'd love it if somebody from the BoD level could dispute the statement: "Yea, we heard about some issues, but, we can't just change the way the club works* for IT".

*As in, for example, follow Marty's sage advice. Which, by the way, echoes other comments and suggestions in other letters I've read.

[Eagle7]

I'd love it if somebody from the BoD level could dispute the statement: "Yea, we heard about some issues, but, we can't just change the way the club works* for IT".

*As in, for example, follow Marty's sage advice. Which, by the way, echoes other comments and suggestions in other letters I've read.

Got one response so far:
Your points are good. We'll be watching very closely to see if it goes sideways, but the CRB is our official source and we on the BoD need to respect the process.
Thanks for your input and time in the club.
ML

[lateapex911]

That's a funny response, considering "respecting the process" is the issue....

[R2 Racing]

Kevin, did you pick up any rumblings at the convention about the rift between the ITAC and the CRB?

Ha ha, the CRB just gave him a huge award! He's not looking for trouble! Can't say as I blame him.

Damn Jake, you think I'd sell out?!

Saturday morning was the CRB Town Hall meeting, and I did indeed stand up, introduce myself (because up to that point few knew who I was), and asked for (in few words) just a feel on the issues. Honestly, I wanted to just hear their side of it, as I know there's always 2-3 sides to every story. A dialogue occured, and I had several people come up to me afterwards thanking me for doing it. After the Town Hall meeting, I got to privately talk with Bob Dowey (CRB Chairman) a little bit and then later extensively with Jim Drago. I also talked some with BOD members Robin Langlotz and Dick Patullo. Unbelievably informative, and just really, really cool to be able to privately, one-on-one talk with all of these guys over the course of a couple of hours. It's actually quite humbling; these are real people just like you or I who honestly believe they're just trying to do what's best for the club. It's hard to remember that when they're just labeled as "that big, bad CRB!", with no face or personal touch to it; a bad way to form opinions. As for what I was told, I'm debating on wether or not I want to actually make a public write up on that - probably not. In a very brief summary, I'll just say that I don't feel it's a complete diagreement in the theory/method/process, but more an issue with specific things within it. I don't believe the whole thing is dead, and I don't believe the sky is falling. I think egos and feelings were flexed and hurt on both sides of things, both by the CRB and the ITAC, and if given a little time to cool off, the issue could certainly be revisited again. No, the resignation of several ITAC members has not helped, not surprisingly. But even just within the CRB, feelings on the subject are very widely spread. Note: I am not going to quote here what anyone has specifically told me, or really even name who specifically felt in any particular way. This stuff is just all my feeling and opinion!

Anyways, after all of this went on over the course of about 8am-noon on Saturday morning, the CRB were STILL happy to give me the award around 2pm that afternoon!

[Eagle7]

Saturday morning was the CRB Town Hall meeting, and I did indeed stand up, introduce myself (because up to that point few knew who I was), and asked for (in few words) just a feel on the issues. Honestly, I wanted to just hear their side of it, as I know there's always 2-3 sides to every story. A dialogue occured, ...

Note: I am not going to quote here what anyone has specifically told me, or really even name who specifically felt in any particular way. This stuff is just all my feeling and opinion!

Thank you for that . I just wanted to get a sense of whether it was recognized as a hot topic that needs some attention.