Saint Ome (a title bestowed by past president Kennedy)
You should learn to spread it thicker if you want people to believe you!!!!
Bob Anderson and I missed you at the rally......
Just for the record. the USCA grew in numbers and money more in my term than in the last 10 years.
I had no idea who won the election when I resigned. I did not resign as a member only as president. However you can buy my membership from me if you can afford it????? I can always post here with the other 1200 non-usca members on this site.
Ask the state of Ill. who is the CEO of the USCA.
As for today you mr. Ome and I hold the same position in the USCA
Dead weight, and ledgons in our own minds.
We are both arm-chair quarter-backs on the presidency of the USCA,
but I carried the ball once.
YIC John W. Kennedy (first elected president in the USCA History)
Boy o boy! It is truly amazing what a very simple offer to help the USCA can bring down the very wrath of the gods without even trying. Here I am, at my own expense, offering to give away the books of training and safety that took me countless dedicated hours to write and hours for my wife to type, plus the help of many others who assisted me in this project. And to distribute these at no cost to those who would join the USCA which could be used as an incententive to new members. And at no risk to the USCA. The new members would not get the CDs if they did not want them. And what happens?
Well, some guy who appears to have his own political adgenda for whatever reason threatens the USCA with all kinds of nasty doings to take the USCA to the some kind of Jurisdiction in Illinois for some alledged and unspecified crime which he will not specify. Well - if he had any guts at all he would want to make things happen. He would first of all say exactly and precisely what it was that we were doing wrong in the first place, and then he would provide a solution so that we would not be in that trap. That is what a person who had the good of the USCA would do. But is that what was done? No. Quite the opposite.
When the USCA was created it was to have fun and enjoy at the grass roots level, while at the top there was to be some rules to guide the overall structure along. It worked wery well for many years. In fact, there was a time we grew at over 1000 percent in a single year, a feat that is yet unmatched today. And when the USCA went completely insolvent and totally belly up, I, with Ed Johnson, and Terry Strassenburgh and Bryce Lee from Canada put the entire USCA back together as a fully functioning unit from absolutely nothing within just a six month period beginning without even a base of membership records and a zero bank account. So lets quit with the patting ourselves on the back saying how smart and how brave and how good we were in recent years, and just focus on how much disruption we have seen recently and lets get back to work.
Now, here is a chance for the USCA to overcome all or at least most of the very negative garbage that has been seen the past few years. We have a clean slate with new officers. Let us act as if we have some common sense. Let us go forward and see what the real problems are and solve them and or resolve them. Let us have a can do attitude and not a cannot do attitude. If you canna say or do anything positive, then get out of the way and step aside and let others who can step forward go ahead. There is much to do, and I like where most all of the current BOD are coming from.
Give them them the tools to allow them to do their job. And if their is a problem with the e-vote, then get that fixed - because that is here and it is going to stay. Colby, if that is your responsibity, get it fixed and quit the whinning and the threatening. Just do it. You sure do not look very good at this point in time. If you have a problem, spell it out so we can understand it and take action and correct it. As it is your threats are meaningless as they are so vacuous.
What is it you are against? Are you against my giving my manuals that I wrote to others I do not know who can possibly use them and therefore not get themselves killed? Just what is your problem?
Hal Kendall, Co Founder, USCA, Past President USCA.
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I would like to suggest that a new section be established here at sidecar.com for this type of 'discussion' so the site is not clogged up with it as it is now.
There are only so many categories here to post under at this time and to fill up ones that may really help a sidecarist with his or her questions is not a good thing.
Thanks for your consideration.
I really hope this can be done without having a board meeting. wHEW.
You still don't get it. What did YOU do to make the bank account increase? Wait, I think I know...nothing! The wheels were turning when you walked in the door.
And John if you had carried the ball, you'd still be President. You dropped the ball and even your legions of supporters, you know, the ones with the signs at Bean Blossom, were too ashamed to re-elect you.
Please, just let Joyce and the folks who are in office run the show. You couldn't do it so let them have a chance.
"Ask the state of Ill. who is the CEO of the USCA." - John Kennedy
The title is "Registered Agent". If Al Roach has himself listed as CEO he's committed a fraud. This is just a further example of your lack of clear understanding of the way business works.
Holy Cow! I'm new to USCA (not new to riding by a long shot) and this thread can only make me wonder what have I gotten in to. I sure met some very nice and kind hearted folks at the rally in Stevenson. At least they didn't seem like people who would be feuding and infighting to the detremtent of their club. Reminds me of what has been going on in the Washington UMCI for the last five or so years. That group has lost their innocence and the days of large rallies and spontaneous fun seem to have faded into history. At least for now....
Tom,
I know what you mean but don't forget...Those neat folks you met at Stevenson are sidecarists and the USCA is the club many of them belong to. Those folks and yourself ARE the USCA. This club has been around for a lot of years and is still the premier sidecar club in America. For most it is about fun and sidecars. As you know The USCA offers a nice bi-monthly newsletter and ,yes, there will be another fun National Rally somewhere in thsi country in 2006.In addition to that this site will be a place for us all to ask questions, joke around and enjoy one another's company. In addition to all of that this 'mini series' that is in progress may or may not continue but if it does at least we can wonder who will do what next. sTAY TUNED ..SAME PLACE SAME STATION 🙂
What more could a person ask for?
There will always be a very strong vocal minority, a few who will always put personal agendas before the good of any association. The vast majority are fun loving guys and gals who just want to meet and greet other of like persuasion. Just glance over the bi-monthly Sidecarist which has come out without fail since the late 1970s. Only a few issues missed.
The intent when I and my cofounders, Ed Johnson and Terry Strassenburg started the USA was to form an organization to provide a safe environment to train those who wanted to pilot sidecars safely and to protect the rights of sidecarists and to provide a venue to enjoy sidecaring together as we were the outcasts and were rebuffed by the American Motorcycliclist Association and the Motorcycle Safety Foundation and virtually no one wanted to know us.
Over the years we have had some marvellous rallies, up over 350 sidecarists at an event, and well over 2000 active sidecarists at our peak. Now, while sidecaring is not as popular and numbers are down a little we are still the number one sidecar group. At the grass roots level it is still have fun, kick tires and enjoy. Alas, at the upper levels it is the task to rule. And with ruling sometimes the pressure pinches and sometimes there are some squalls. But you the member have requested that you want to know what is going on and be privy to the squabbles, which are present in every family and every company and organization, and that you do not want for us to carry on our business behind closed doors and in secret.
So be very careful what it is that you wish for - whether a smiling face that carries a dagger in a clenched hand that you cannot see, or an open and frank discussusion that you are invited to attend or not to attend if you are offended by frank discussion. By the way, there has never been any hint of fiscal irrisponsibility in the USCA since its creation but many biker associations cannot make that same claim!
For our part, I will apologise for the somewhat boorish behavior expresssed by some of the USCA BOD and former BOD members, and trust that those who are being obstructionists will see how unpleasant this is for all the membership. Hopefully, they will put aside their individual agendas and at least, for the time being, turn their attention to what is best to get the USCA off and running as the best sidecar group in the USA. There is no limit to what we as a group can achieve just as soon as we can put the "I" last and put the "USCA" first, and forget who should get the glory. Unfortunately, it seems too many are still concerned with who got what glory and when. Well, the good is oft interred with the bones.
We have been given a fresh start. Let's make the most of it - for the good of the members.
Hal Kendall, Co-Founder, USCA.
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Hal
I want the board meetings conducted in the proper business manner. Not a running vote that can be carriered on for days. No one called a board meeting, no one brought any motions to the floor. Ask your self how Al Olme gave Jay the 05 national rally with out a board vote, how Jay ran ads for his business for a year in the sidecarist and had the banner on the web site with out paying for them.
I will make you all happy, you included Claude, who runns his mouth but refuses to run for an office. I here by resign as Vice president,with only 130 odd people bothering to vote, it is very apearent that most of the membership doesn't give a shit, and it is not worth the agervation to work with so many two faced people.
My fondest wish is that you all get exactly what you deserve.
Colby M Cousineau
And I bet you'll be happier too Colby. Best wishes with the racing. Tony showed up after a sort of a vacation detour to some island.
'Ol mouth runnin' Claude 🙂
Colby: What we do not want is an obstructionist who just cannot see the forrest for the trees, or is it the other way around. No matter, it becomes extremely destructive in the long run no matter how well intentended to keep bickering over petty details of little consequence. Still, have fun, enjoy, wish you well in your endeavors. And for goodness sake, try to lighten up a bit. Life will taste all the sweeter.
Hal Kendall, Co-Founder, USCA
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Last March I posted the following in message #6733
"I need to add, or rather clarify something about Jay's advertisement on the original website. Jay's ad was on a cycling banner that was designed to show six or seven separate ads. Each time you clicked on a new message or page it would show the next photo ad. Alongside of it was something to the effect of "Click here to help sponsor our new site" or something similar. I don't remember the exact words. When anyone clicked there it would open a blank email message addressed to me with "Advertising" in the subject line. In the time I was webmaster I received four requests for information. Three from Adult Dating Services that I felt were inappropriate for a family site and the fourth from a Canadian Installer who only wanted to pay to have his name added to the list of Installers. His information was added at no charge, just as we didn't charge anyone else. Jay's ad repeated because there were no other ads to cycle through. If you want to blame someone for that ad appearing on each page, blame me! I had hoped it would encourage others to offer their own ads."
Once again, I ran the ad, no one else did and no one else told me to run it.
Mike, I have told you privately and will say it again publicly. If not for your volunteerism we wouldn't even have this web site. Thank you! The advertising thing was not your fault and it has been resolved to most of the previous Board's satisfaction. Some will just not let it go. We really appreciate all you have done.Hope you have a check book handy to renew your membership, we need members like you.
Holy Cow, Tom!!!
What always makes this fun is that the majority of the people that get into these arguments are really a very few of the people involved in the USCA. Count the individual names on this thread and you will see.
Most of the membership doesn't give one big hoot about what happens here. So don't take it seriously.....I just got on this thread and I'm laughing MAO. It's really entertaining.
The USCA is a fun group. The funnest I have ever been associated with and I have been around a long time. Stick with us.
This is just a sidebar.. a fire that is going out. I know, it doesn't look like it, but it is.
Another Tom
I'd vote for that. How about calling it "P******g in the Wind?
