[bmiddaugh]

Janeen, can you pm me the track reps for 2007 so I can put it on the new njbmx site

[bmiddaugh]

I don’t want to come across as an a-hole but we need to really know when the meeting is. The by-laws state that it is supposed to be the 2nd weekend in january, but if peoples schedules are booked that’s totally understandable. But I’d have to imagine that the sooner we schedule this, the quicker everyone can clear their schedules, and judging by the last few meetings there is a lot of people who will want to attend.
Thanks!

[bmiddaugh]

duh, I didn’t even realize you posted this.
You stepped up when no one else did.
It’s easy to be around in the good times when things are huge and everyone is yah yah yah. When things are small and there is nothing to be gained by what’s going on that’s when you find out who is really there for the right reasons.
We promise, next year, more watching the daughter race and less running around getting everything done.

[bmiddaugh]

Damn, I really do believe that this is a turning point for everything.
And the things going on behind the scenes….are pretty big.

[bmiddaugh]

When 2007 is over, we need to start a magazine.
Your captions rock the g-d house!

[bmiddaugh]

Dave, are you kidding. Post whatever the f you want.
Is it cool, if I use a few for the story?

[bmiddaugh]

Welcome to 2007.
Next up
njbmx.org

[bmiddaugh]

January it will be posted on here and the new NJBMX.org.
This will be a budget meeting as well.

[bmiddaugh]

Guess I should tell people it was
Vinnie Mannino who won for Track Director. He really pushed things in new directions this year for NJ and with bringing back the Iron Man, well that says it all.
Janeen Welsh won for Board Of Directors.
This was just on my part a no brainer, everyone on the board is doing what they can for BMX, but it was Janeen who sucked it up, came on here and kept us all informed about what was going on all year with points, results and everything else.

And I actually want to thank them both for actually taking the award….and not hitting me in the head with ’em!
It’s not gonna get easier next year guys and gals but then again it never does. That’s progression.

[bmiddaugh]

i guess the best thing to say is…
look for the minutes to be posted on the new njbmx.org this january.

[bmiddaugh]

Swimmingly.
we now have a riders committee.
a promotions committee.
and a date for our next meeting.
and we had a great idea brought up that will allow us to have virtually….
unlimited meetings.
But that is news for the new official state site.

[bmiddaugh]

I think the torker thread was one of the most profound threads of the year!
(if ya need a hand posting the pic, email it over, I’ll be glad to help ya)

[bmiddaugh]

I think I have one last thing to add to this.
Les and Linda have the EXACT same gripes we do about the nbl and the direction that the sport has been taken.
So much so that they have taken steps to push promoting the nbl to the back burner.
I will ask this again tomorrow.
But I’ll start right now.
Please let the new guys do what must be done, they…we can be trusted.

But you have to unleash us to get it done.

[bmiddaugh]

So I guess we’re asking if Linda or Les will come down and hang with us tomorrow.
Quite frankly I’m tired of hearing from new people that they have walked up to them and asked to help and they get the cold shoulder.
I’m tired of of Rich and Chris getting bounced back and forth instead of listened to.
I’m tired of hearing things like “I try to think of every reason why an idea won’t work before I try it”.

To achieve something worthwhile you have to never start to shut people out. Good people come, bad people wander in, but you have to never turn off that little place in your heart that says “Give em a chance”. It’s over.

The order of the day for a long time was, this track or that track can’t have all the power.
What power?
It’s all BMX.
Once you lose that spark that says welcome every new person and give them a smile and a chance is it really any fun anymore? Much like the people who have been running things all this time, I too had a distrust of people. Moreso a suspicion, so I figure let’s get to know these people. And ya know what they needed to do the same with me…with us. But it’s over, I’m not leaving, the returning guys aren’t leaving, a new generation is coming up and it’s time to trust them with the sport they love. No one on this board, I don’t believe anyone at these tracks are in it for more than the love of BMX.
The time has come to let the new guys come in. It doesn’t mean goodbye for those who kept things alive, it means it’s time to back off and let the people who grew up with the sport have a hand in running it.
None of us, not me, Ant, Rich, Chris, Pete, Dave (you), Bill, Pete, Craig, Jim, Jeff…and on and on would ever do a damn thing to hurt this sport. But running people in circles, and closing those off who truly love what they are doing is not a positive thing.
I don’t think this post was negative, but things have to change and sometimes, like Dave just said you have to piss people off.

I’ll see everyone tomorrow.
As usual I expect the bullseye to be painted on me.
But this time, if anyone is coming up to
“Shut somebody up.”
It’s not gonna happen.

Everyone finally has what they wanted, a group of motivated people with the best interest of BMX at heart.
Let’s get to work.

Oh and I have found that it is best to give new ideas a shot it can lead to amazing things.

Like BMX.

[bmiddaugh]

yea man!
And it’s from the all time great movie
Shaft.

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