G Magnus
Wow...I think the context of the message was....hey there is a truck with equipment to support the many races in the Eugene area....where is it gonna go? Who in the area is gonna take on the responsibility of maintaining the truck and equipment? Eugene is being "singled out" because next the metro area there are more races around there than any where else in the state and thus OBRA has provided equipment to try and support these events versus the promoter having to drive to Portland to get equipment and drive back...or if they are lucky have someone that is willing to drive all the equipment down to them....I am sure as racing continues to grow OBRA will continue to get more equipment and place it in other busy racing cities in the state....please when someone is asked to take some responsbility for that...don't feel singled out...
There was no personal attack on anyone or area that I read in the email just an attempt to find someone(s) to take on the responsibility of helping racing in Eugene continue to be awesome....so come on everyone chill out and use ur energy to finding a place to keep valuble resources in other areas.
~Gregg
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:32:45 -0700From: Eric.Kytola@kingrs.comTo: rideon1@hotmail.com; theshucker01@yahoo.com; cmurray@obra.org; obra@list.obra.orgSubject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Racing in Eugene
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 baileySent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:58 AMTo: Jason Shucker; cmurray@obra.org; obra@list.obra.orgSubject: 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 -0700From: theshucker01@yahoo.comTo: cmurray@obra.org; obra@list.obra.orgSubject: 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.orgSent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:22:51 AMSubject: [OBRA Chat] Racing in EugeneAs an organization we have tried to do things to incentize racing in theEugene area. It has been successful because there are weekly races there andsome established weekend events.We had officials training in order to have the races be self supported. Wesent the yellow obra truck down with equipment to make race productioneasier.But now we have some upcoming events that we cannot get local officials toattend. Bringing already overworked officials from the Portland area is ahuge mileage expense for race organizers. We have no one that will takeresponsibility for the OBRA truck and equipment in the area so now we willhave to bring that back up to Portland.As an organization we need people to step forward so that we can continuethese programs in the Eugene area. We need local Eugene people to stepforward. 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_______________________________________________OBRA mailing listobra@list.obra.orghttp://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obraUnsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
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