Luciano bailey
As we move forward thinking of the future let us not forget the athletes who already need to been taken care of. Josh Weir an athlete who's potential is yet to be seen sits unsure of his future because the organizations who in his name have raised more than enough to help have left him hanging. I cannot tell you how disappointing this is. Regardless of any problems Josh may have encountered the Major Taylor organizations and the Velodrome org in Indianapolis have dropped the ball. So before we get on to new work, new projects, new talent, let us finish the work at hand. Although he is no longer a junior Team Major Taylor and BIKE both have used this young man as there poster child and now that there help is critically needed he is on his own. My interests on this subject may seem to bias African- American athletes but as one of the longest term Major Taylor legacy supporters changing the face of American cycling is more than a fundraising slogan for me it lives and breaths. I have no doubts that with the huge economic base of OBRA that raising monies for Junior programs is a no brainer what and who is served by these funds is another issue. How active will anyone be in developing concrete inner city programs to rival teams such as Major Motion who's result to dollars spent ratio is the only acceptable example I've seen in the last decade. So I apologize if I seem indifferent to who will be effected by such a fund but hundreds of thousands of dollars has already been spent on inner city cycling in Portland and unlike Major Motion we have no reigning Nationals Champs. In the end as much as a participation pat on the back is great nothing speaks greater of works done then the medals.
----- Original Message -----
From: Candi Murray
To: 'John Benenate'
Cc: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] new donation program and the concept of afoundation in the NW
John
Read previous notes OBRA has been a 501c(3) for 5 years.
C
-----Original Message-----
From: John Benenate [mailto:jfbenenate@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2006 10:47 AM
To: cmurray@obra.org; 'Salvatore Collura'; mike.murray@obra.org; 'Ed
Garfield'; 'Clark Ritchie'; 'BRAD ROSS'; obra@list.obra.org; 'Meg Mautner'
Subject: new donation program and the concept of a foundation in the NW
Yes, Bravo! Look at the benevolent power of the Oregon
Peloton! See!
One can imagine the effect of even part of such fiscal
particapation deposited annually into a tax free
interest bearing account administered by a pantheon of
luminaries such as those listed in the addresses
above.
With an administered fundraising and talent
development strategy, kapow!
In a decade's time every approved talent development
project, on every team in the OBRA peloton could
receive some kind of scholarship for it's efforts from
the central Development Foundation.
That foundation could pay for it's own admnistrative
staff. With so much benevolence happening, the
Foundation could win a 501c3 for OBRA, and OBRA's
operation and ALL the administrators salaries could be
funded as that administrative response built donor
base, sought grants, and organized an ongoing
corporate sponsorship pipeline.
OBRA would be America's leader yet again. This time,
for establishing it's own Foundation (like the JCDF)
to fund the rigors of talent development in the North
West.
You don't win unless you attack. Attack! Allez!!
Warm Regards,
John Benenate
Directeur Sportif
Cyclisme Racing Programs
b.i.k.e.
503-484-7838
--- Candi Murray > wrote:
> Remember that we added a donation line to the
> membership application? Well
> as of today, 2 days after the application went live
> we have had 65 renew for
> 2007. 45 of them have given a donation, 6 of of them
> have been $50 or more.
> Wow.
>
>
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