Litte, big issues (and still no PR)

How do you ask for volunteers to hold positions in your clubs, disseminate information as you get it, and hope like hell everyone trusts each other and plays nicely?

Small Issue #1. Suggestions.
If I don't get back to you right away, it's not because the suggestion wasn't a good one. I currently spend over an hour a day checking OHV related emails/posts/phone calls. I do suggest before making a suggestion to check around all the forums you can think of as you may be able to apply your idea to a pre-existing one. If you don't find one, ask if there is something like that in place. "xalexjx" did just that and I appreciate it immensely. Teamwork gets us further, faster.

Small Issue #2. Leadership.
Club presidents, this comes from your members; we need you more than you know. We need your enthusiasm. We need your ideas. We need your help making your club the best club in the Northeast. If nobody is talking, talk. If nobody is working, work. YOU are the leader of a club. Yeah, I know it's work and we're all supposed to be in this for fun, but it's like going to a dance with no DJ. You may eventually get canned, but you'll get at least a few people dancing to at least a few songs. At least you tried.

Big Issue #1. Public property.
We all know if it's a public road we schedule it and run it. While the NETMaP idea seems to be gaining ground (please spread the word about it), we haven't really used it yet. I urge the members of both Associations to be patient with it before throwing it out the window and giving alternatives. I realize there are other ways we could do it and would be happy to change things as needed, but we haven't done anything with it to know what tweaks need to be made. If it fails miserably, we start over. If it works at Gutter, we can try to apply it elsewhere. But we need to buy into it and work to make it happen.

Big Issue #2. Private property.
We need to answer this and answer this now;

• Is it okay to contact a landowner if the landowner has already been knowingly contacted by an OHV representative?
  

This is the single biggest problem we have (Okay, not single biggest. Volunteers, complacency, and apathy are up there as well). This question pits member against member, club against club, and association against association. Think about your answer from all sides; initial contact person, landowner, and subsequent contact person.

It better be pretty damn good wheeling if you're willing to risk friendships, reputations, and respect by undermining another man's...another club's...another associations hard work. Get with your club and region representatives before you pick up the phone.

Essentially, we're all in the same club. Let's start acting like it before it's too late.