Eric Kytola
why is Eugene being singled out?
what about Southern Oregon and Bend? are they independently supported by
their own pool of officials?
on a personal level, Sal was a friend of mine and i tried to help Him
and Melanie as much as i could with support. now i don't see anyone as
the "head person in Eugene" (as Shucker put it). it was easier to help
out a friend, cause he was a friend.
it think it's scary to to start an ORBA vs. Eugene debate.
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From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Luciano bailey
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:58 AM
To: Jason Shucker; cmurray@obra.org; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Racing in Eugene
Many of us appreciated Sals efforts down south the problem is no one
person can make any of theses events happen. It takes a committed crew
to provide the type of race staffing OBRA provides, let alone the many
volunteers who step up and give there time. Most officials work races
because they love this sport , who along with OBRA do there best to make
racing affordable for racers and promoters. That said the dilemma here
is real, part of what Candi refers to is having to staff the Eugene
roubaix with Portland officials . I stepped up to Chief this race while
waiting for someone from the area to take it on .It has not happened and
the extra costs to the promoter are totally unesscesary. I would suggest
that those officials in the southern areas take a look at the remaining
eugene races and work together to staff those and save those promoters
the extra funds that could very well go to prize money or team support
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Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 11:36:10 -0700
From: theshucker01@yahoo.com
To: cmurray@obra.org; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Racing in Eugene
It's shame the OBRA board ran off Sal Callura then isn't?
Didn't he keep the OBRA truck down in Eugene last year and handle
finding local officials? Sal has really been the driving force behind
Eugene races the past few years. Putting on great events like the Ice
Breaker Crit, Eugene Celebration, Twillight Crit Series, and a great
State,errrrrr I mean OBRA Championships last year.
Sal has done alot of great things for the Eugene Area, and if
given the chance would have been great for OBRA. Sounds like Eugene
ridres are going to suffer the most though.
Jason
----- Original Message ----
From: Candi Murray
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:22:51 AM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Racing in Eugene
As an organization we have tried to do things to incentize
racing in the
Eugene area. It has been successful because there are weekly
races there and
some established weekend events.
We had officials training in order to have the races be self
supported. We
sent the yellow obra truck down with equipment to make race
production
easier.
But now we have some upcoming events that we cannot get local
officials to
attend. Bringing already overworked officials from the Portland
area is a
huge mileage expense for race organizers. We have no one that
will take
responsibility for the OBRA truck and equipment in the area so
now we will
have to bring that back up to Portland.
As an organization we need people to step forward so that we can
continue
these programs in the Eugene area. We need local Eugene people
to step
forward. OBRA is not a big organiation with a huge staff and a
lot of money.
It is pretty much just all of us riders trying to make our sport
better.
Candi
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