T. Kenji Sugahara
Before this escalates any further into a Portland vs. Eugene debate-
There's no doubt about it, the southern valley (and south) has a great
crew of people.
Sal, Mike, Jim, Orion, Galen, Brian, Eric, Richard to name just a few
folks who do really great things for racing. I for one will do
anything and everything to help continue to support races all over
Oregon.
Here's what we are looking for help with:
1. Mike will be unable to host the truck at his place starting in
May. (he needs time to help take care of a family member)
2. Thus, we need someone to host the truck.
3. In addition to hosting the truck, we need that individual to check
the truck in and out for inventory purposes (to make sure items are
not lost). This person would be paid to do these duties.
4. We are looking for additional officials to help out with the
Eugene Roubaix. (Which is an AWESOME race by the way... despite my
DNF'ing it last year). Having Eugene officials help keep costs down
for promoters.
So far the folks who have stepped up are:
Chief Ref: Luciano
Chief Judge: Stacia Hood
Officials:
Galen Mittermann
Brian Vollmer-Buhl
We need an additional person for the morning or a full day person.
Remember, Sal can't do everything- he's got a full time job too. (his
current project is hilarious)
So... if anyone else can help, it would be fantastic.
Thanks!
On Apr 18, 2008, at 12:32 PM, Eric Kytola wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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
>
> 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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T. Kenji Sugahara
Executive Director
Oregon Bicycle Racing Association
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