2006 OMRA Meeting Minutes
(from Secretary, James Harris)
OMRA
Minutes 5-4-06
Membership
1. Over 70 class Billy will donate 1st and 2nd place trophies for end of the year trophies
2. the 70 class does not have to pay for a competition card
New location
1. Keith Geinty will check out new location
Treasure report
1. attorney fee $5000+ for Hussy legal action
2. $400 transferred into our account from online (don’t have exact $ but 21 new members and $300 from the last races)
3. OMRA needs to look into a way to recover the ODF funds that we spent toward our attorney fees (Tom talk to Barrett)
4. Check on the money we have gotten from the sponsors for this year who has paid and who has not (hand deliver the letter for donations with our tax letter)
Marketing
1. countertop display - put them in smaller shops get them out
2. Ed will get the map with location of area reps.
a. Tom will work on hoodriver
b. Greg will take care of Tillamook
Newsletter and Website
1. Website is up and running, be careful of spam viruses. Tom is taking care of them in all ways to help eliminate them, just be careful what is open
2. Keith Gienty was nominated as the marketing /newsletter editor and OMRA editor (committee chairman)
3. Tom and Keith are starting now to work together and will make the transition as soon as possible.
4. OMRA Sponsors get a place to advertise in the newsletter
5. letter will be ready in 15 days
6.
Tom: We need to get Keith and Greg on contact lists and email
lists
Legislative and Land use
1. BLM Cascade submitted OHV damage and wants input on what to do with it
2.
ODF Wants input on the
3.
Blue Ribbon (Tom will get in touch of Blue Ribbon and get a letter from them
regarding the
4. Some work party this weekend for Tillamook with Kelly foster adopt a trail 9.3 mile trail repair.
5. Trail work parties are posted with little or no notice and is hard to be able to help because they have been on event weekends. The work parties need to be on a set weekend of the month
6.
Make trail work parties and
all information regarding the work days and how to find out the information in a
newsletter article
7.
Tom will add Dan, Ed and
James to work party email list (Kelly Foster)
8.
Post on the website to get members added to Kelly Foster's list
for work parties
9.
D.M.V. issue regarding EPA legality for creating a dirtbike
conversion to a dualsport (seems like a problem in certain counties or regions)
10.
Newsletter article for our
annual benefit poker run so we can get more money to build up our legislative
funds We need to get on the ball to
get that day going and keep it rolling.
11. All
need to collect sponsors for the field day, all members need to participate and
get in going
12. Flyer
for the field day. Tom taking care of pushing the field day- Tom first assignment to make
assignments for all officers to take care of different responsibilities
Kids field day
1. parents riding with children
2. youth certification for ages to start riding (Joe and Julie teach the class)
Competition report
1.
Watch the supercross in
2. Timber mountain
3.
a. Scott working with NMA for the next GP
b. Work on the Pits
c. Work with sponsors and creating a standard for the pits
d. Confusion with the NMA 40 experts short, long mixing with OMRA
e. GP XC combo went good, mixed review
4. WORCS race is coming up - the conversion chart is on the website - the difference in classes for instance between AA and Pro we will go off of time
5. Enforce the standard for Pit Row - the club takes control, not OMRA - add ribbons and signs
6. Ed read the rules out of the OMRA rule book regarding the gas row
7. OMRA may need to buy a radar gun for clubs. Tom will look into(ORBIT.COM)
8. punish people on a equal level for speeding etc in pit row
9. Create a new long endurance challenge such as 12 hr, 24 hr etc get a proposal for the new series. Those interested need to create a proposal for OMRA to approve
10. Dualsport
a.
Brian Townsennd will ride the
b. Ed proposes we should have an application, they need to be a member, a sponsor and a member recommend them, have a sponsor already, a significant race and other than one of our series, biography, photo, pre-event and post event article, promote OMRA, right to use photos, have our sticker on the bike, list us as a sponsor
c. Voted on the proposal of Ed - all passed
Referee
1. create official OMRA help at the races
2. Careful of who is wearing the vest and having educated people to answer the questions from people at the races
3. ISDE member disqualified for pre-riding the course
OMRA Official officers day to get
together: a date and time
put on the table. Tom will set it up for mid summer - Sounds fantastic to me
Club Report
1. Volunteers for the Heppner race
2. Tom and Keith will be there for the sign ups
3. Keith company donated 2 laser printers
5. $10 gate type fee at the Heppner race. Marty needs to email to Tom so he can post it
New Regional reps
OMRA
Minutes 4-5-06
Review of minutes, 450 members, Minutes approved
Introductions Tom, Ron Rice, Greg
, Brian , Gary Anderson, Ellis, Dial Johnson, Billy, Joe, Gunny, Barrett, Dan,
James, and Presidento Ed
ODF volunteer work day 3rd
weekend of April on the same day as the
Barrett's miles 345 will
reimburse $.40 mile
Rock creek letter to move staging
area
Big Farmer letter sent out on the
6th of April
Membership 450
Got Vest and Hats good response
from people at the race
Gained more members from NMA
during the first race
Balance $8034.35
Legislative $5660.03
Pay pal money not at this time but a list of all that have paid
Bill for $1110.26 for event calendars, printer, and cable, brochures
*Cascade 150 Dualsport ride will
support and give money from the event this summer for the legislative fund
-Application on line going great
-We are up to 450 members the first race of XC was not that great, but the first
GP was great for sign ups
-renew letter growing increase
need to make sure that it takes place to prompt James and Greg O’Dell will hit
up this letter.
-Area represents: we can’t
reach all of the state. More publicity face to face people with the shops have
-Offer something for the new help
- hats, a plaque some kind of recognition, a free membership, a T-shirt
-Request from a club
-A guy in
-Formalize a deal with shops that offer a discount for OMRA
-Beaverton Honda offers
10%. Get other things like a contingency for the races such as
Suzuki. Something taking off of the event entry from the races by being OMRA
member
-Create new sponsors other than
trophies and want to advertise cross trade for that sponsorship such as a banner
for the 2006 sponsor and have all the names on it. Create one banner for
each sponsor and or one big one and to top it off auction of the banners at the
end of the year. Dan will email our business sponsor program out to all.
-Gunny will take care of contingency
-Tom promote Beaverton Honda, and GiJoe, Over the Bars gang on the web
-James renewal
letter
-Greg new
membership at dealers
-Tom and Ed (Ed
will have someone sort the database) will get the mailing for all shops
-All letters go
to everyone *Tom before sent out
Web and News Letter:
Tom wants articles
James will send an article from the first races
Brian ATV article
Letters to dealership will help bring out the awareness of the ATV race
Ed's Article
Marty will get one for their club
James an article for renewal letter and letter for dealership
Children youth article promote training and field training on the web site
Joe will do an article for kids field day for the newsletter
Barrett will do an ODF article
-Volunteer work parties for the ODF
-Zoning of an area near Astoria
where locals go out and use for a good time gaining public input from the locals
about the rezone of the area
-BLM issue for the
-Blue Ribbon backed the issue
-We should continue to support,
but be careful about which group we join in
-Get the petition from Blue
Ribbon instead of Friends of
-Research on the originations
before we send out the petitions. We should support groups, but be careful how
we approach the subject.
-Groups may be using us as a
spring board
-Hold off before we send off
petition before we get more info on Friends of Rudio mountain.
-Statewide program: get something
together to create a network or a way to communicate with other groups who have
shared issues to represent a support group to help out issue state wide (forest
use etc) such as MRA, ORC. Join memberships and join each others group.
-Get someone to create a list of
these kinds of groups to help build a relationship with all of these other
support groups
*Action Plan for this program
-Ed would like to volunteer
-Billy will create a list - a
road map of the people to contact
Create a committee (Tom, Ed,
Billy, Barrett???)
NOHVCC Conference Report
-Set of three 2 man team who
maintains trails for the whole state that sub out the whole state for
trail maintenance non-profit org. (new program like Idaho)
- State park commissions: a
position is open, Tom would like to try and get into the position. They
direct how to get the funds allocated, a governor appointed position.
-Sample from other states
literature
-Many subjects such Track grants,
insurance, alternative funding, develop OHV park managing OHV tool, how to
protect funds, build trail system from scratch
OHV rule: final closed unless
posted as open
Other states have a difficult time
and or pay to ride limited areas
Need to create an Off highway
vehicle manual for the state and can get paid by the state.
Get sound levels down off road
Program that is a unique way
of creating a original letter for petitions etc.
Have a meeting at a different
place in the state as an extra meeting
-New licensing restriction for
bikes converted into street legal. Off-road bikes don’t have a manufacturer
stamp to comply with EPA standards follow California. Need to show documentation
from owners manual that illustrates the motorcycle meets the EPA Standards in
the exhaust in order to get the bike licensed.
Competition Reports
-
-Worker points for the China Hat
-Funky Chicken
-251cc and up for the open class
-Create a chart like our
conversion for the WORCS series and have it posted for the sign up we will score
all OMRA off of time
-101-125 class a 125 riders
-126-200 class (OMRA class 200)
-201-250 (OMRA 250 class)
-251- (OMRA open class)
-go off of times for the results final answer
70 miles
Trophy for those who set out course
4 stroke class
Meet at the pizza place
Referee
Clubs enforce and the effect of a hot pit produce a letter for the club
Safety for the club and the members
A way to enforce and a way to be consistent
OMRA Rules say we have no hot pit
Clubs need to have their people help and enforce the pits
Bring signs
Clubs need to sign a sanction agreement, have it at the calendar meeting (rules etc) Barrett will create a letter for the event holders for the pit.
We are at risk for the hot pit - lacks credibility for OMRA rules.
List of names and area, create a map with names etc for all the areas
OMRA MINUTES FOR MARCH, 2006
OMRA Meeting 3/1/06 Minutes
Attendance: Dan Jordan, Ellis Cookman, Barrett Brown, Billy Toman, Tom Niemela, Ed
Ariniello, Ron Rice, Travis Rice, Marty Clough, Brian Taylor, Ron Paler, Greg Odell, Kelsey Turner
Old Business: Big Farmer, wanting to be a new club in OMRA. Club in Willamina. Ed will send a letter stating welcome on official OMRA letterhead.
Closed issue Mike Bracken will not have to move up to 40 Expert class
WORCS race in Burnt Ridge will not be an OMRA sanctioned event
Scott Autry will not mandatory move up to expert
Junior A&B riders have to compete in more than 2 races to be eligible for year end trophy
Treasure Report: Dinner cost $1841.50
Trophies $ 4935.00
Balance $ 4811.43
Legislative $5657.63
Marketing / Membership: Right now 160 members
Legal Report: Hoosies filed second appeal on Ben smith road project easement because of judgments on $$ against them.
Millican input for badlands March 6th
ODF project calendar meeting was Monday night. Turned out very good!! People were very Happy with the leg work OMRA has been doing. We ended up with about 21 events on the calendar instead of 13. Trailsmen lost 2 events, Brush busters 1 event.
A new club got one event but this will be assessed if they do a bad job with the event they will not get it next year.
If we can do a good job on volunteer work and on the events the ODF may expand the calendar.
Stewardship project for with ODF is a work in progress. Details to be worked out.
Snow mobile project for Millican badlands March 6th. Opportunity for motorcyclist to use trails in the summers?
Barrett went to 8 meeting traveled 345 miles, spent 38 hrs in time for these meetings
We need to reimburse Barrett for his mileage for these meetings. This is okayed by the board. Barrett will submit paperwork with all this info.
Rock creek res. New OHV area purposed. locals got up in arms about this. A local store owner wants to organize a club to head off this opposition. We will send a letter to try and help Stan with this club organization.
Competition report:
New Calendar to be printed with new color. Lots of changes
Team up on race sign ups. If members do not get their card in time for the race we will tell them to sign up again and they will be pre paid for the next year. Card must be presented at time of race day.
Ask Promoters to slip in the OMRA membership forms with their flyers for events.
Get Vest for OMRA officers 12 Yellow vests for fist event
Communication report:
Newsletter out the first of April15, June 1, September1, December 1
New Business:
Secretary position, Julie Barrell resigned her position as secretary during OMRA banquet.
Ed accepted Julie's verbal resignation. Ed asked Tom to send e-mail thanking her for the years of service and asked for any information that she had in regards OMRA that she could return to the organization.
James Harris was nominated as new secretary. All officers voted yes.
Reserved Milwaukie Elks for next years banquet. Room for 300.
Ellis will bring an agenda for the banquet for next year. He will head up a banquet committee for 2006
Calendar for 2007 OTBG got 27 events. This is too many conflicting dates as
voiced by other clubs.
Marty: ORVA organization like Blue Ribbon Coalition. New?? Review should OMRA join?
Reps for areas in Oregon. Dan Hillsboro, Lisa Whitworth Central Oregon.
New riding area Rock Hill Recreation Private organization 700 acres poker runs. If a promoter wants to put on an event he wants $20.00 per person. He also holds his own events.
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OMRA MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY, 2006
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