Date Posted:13:57:26 12/03/06 Sun Author:Mike Popham Author Host/IP: 12-192-31-201.cell1net.net / 12.192.31.201 Subject: NMMA needs to change this winter before its too late.
The NMMA has nothing to offer anymore under the present structure and costs too much for no more than there is.
In the 2006 Rule Book under #1200.5 Rule Adoption Procedure, Rule #1200.5(h)allows for immediate balloting of the Board members by the President "if such emergency is deemed necessary to the interest and welfare of the Assn." to change things now, instead of the rule proposal system which will take to long.
1.Lower the dues by giving the PitStop to only the people that want it.
2.Also lower dues by dropping the insurance on tracks/drivers. (Keep NMMA Insured) Pat told me that it cost $41 per driver for insurance. Get rid of it. Let the tracks/drivers take care of their own. No more tracks than there are, there sure isn't a "quanity" discount. There are hundreds if not thousands of tracks doing it on their own now anyway.
3.Change the structure of the NMMA so that it sanctions events, not tracks. Find a major sponsor. If a driver wants to get points for the year-end purse then they join, if not, they don't. No one is going to join until there is a reason. Points mean very little when there is less than 100 "fulltime" drivers in any class and less than 400 total "fulltime" in the NMMA. Thats using the '06 car count. It will be even less in '07.
4. The Board needs to do what it knows needs to be done. Literally throw out the rule book and start over. The Board has been saying that the rule book needs changed for over 15 years now and still hasn't done anything about it. Rules and Classes just keep getting added.
Open class- if you got the $$ to blow then bring it on. 600cc max
NW and Restricted- Spec what you can tech. Stock cam gear,compression,bore/stroke and electrics.
If you want to save the NMMA then it needs to change now. If you want to keep it a "mom and pop" organization like it was up until about 20-25 years ago when the majority of cars were no longer being home built, then leave it alone and don't forget to turn off the lights.
