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members to participate in these two decisions. So, with that in mind,  I plan to put these items up for a vote at the September meeting. This gives everyone a month and a half to make arrangements to be at that meeting.

       The website is still there. How often do you look at it? I know that there is not much change on the main site. This is due to the fact that  there isn’t a real daily interactive aspect to it. A lot of websites have material that is changed or updated once a day or more. Our main site is one that requires very little direct maintenance. This is good, since it is entirely free to us. The bulletin board area, though, does change frequently. Lately, it has seen a massive decline in activity. I understand that it is summer time, and no one wants to be inside sitting in front of a computer, but take a few minutes every day or two and check in. Heck– even if you just post something off topic in the lounge area, just let everyone know you are still breathing. Now, I am not suggesting that our club should become web based. Not at all. I am simply urging you to use technology to maintain a higher quality of life. Communication is key to this.

       In closing, something has really been eating at me this year. That something is the general complacency, or lack of enthusiasm, that has festered itself among motorized recreationalists nationwide. This is the single biggest threat to our sport today. It is not one that will just go away. As the anti access groups such as Sierra Club, the Wilderness Society, and Earth First continue to grow stronger, we just keep hanging our heads like the bunch of beaten dogs that we are and walk away.  Are we just a bunch of mangy animals? Afraid to stand up for our rights? To busy to bother ourselves with the other side of the wheeling coin?  The side that commands us to stand up and be heard. I sure hope we are better than that. We must do our part  as individuals to make sure that government officials know that we are constituents too. Not only should you and I speak out for what we want, but we must also get every other person involved in our sport to do the same. The Green groups are doing this. They have been for YEARS!  Del Albright wrote a column that I will put in this newsletter to further emphasize this point. Please read it, and understand that this cannot be ignored any longer, as doing so is to pack up our toys and go home.
   

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