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It is around 1:30 as I sit here in my air-conditioned hotel room. Too hot to go out. I was able to squeeze in a few very thankful people in here last night. But I am leaving shortly due to the extreme heat. I think we need to put a vote to the members to see when they would prefer a rally.
Anyone remember Lima, Ohio rally?
The powers that be could include a card in the magazine so members could fill in a poll vote as to move the rally date forward/back or leave as is.
Maybe the date for the rally should be adjusted to the location? If it is in the deep south maybe more springish or fallish. If way up north then in mid summer.
Camp Gears is the future core of the MOA, its our only strong point grasping the " youth market share." WE can NOT afford to limit their rally involvement by having an event during thier school year.
There is also a " break even " point that WE have to obtain to have a successful rally or the MOA will be finacially bleeding regardless how intellegent our stewards have been or will be with the already declined membership.
Statdawg drank too much Kool aid in this heat. IMO its not as hot as 126 F on a road in Africa, so a little heat in Pennsylvania can be tolerant to see family.
They want a rice rocket, ride around with no helmet and no gear.
I did 200+ miles in the cage today between Massachusetts and southern NH -- Logan Airport tied the record of 103 and it was pertneer 100 everywhere I went.
I saw a lot of cruisers -- not a single rider had more than a T shirt, and in NH, not one had a helmet. Contrast that with all the sports bike riders I saw -- only one was riding in a T shirt, and every last one of the rest were ATGATT with mesh jackets and full face helmets.
Pretty impressive -- you might need to change your stereotype, at least for southern New England. Peer pressure works.
But yeah, there weren't many Camp Gears kids in Voni's pictures and not a single one was smiling.
Come down to Georgia and you'll change your mind. No stereotype. I call em like I see em....
And what kind of bikes did you them on? Rice rockets? Did you see one rider on a BMW that you could tell wasn't an old fart like us...
this post is an open letter to the moa board.
By placing the rally in the middle of the hottest part of the year, statistically we are bound to get uncomfortably warm weather. If comfortable weather is a priority (it sure is for me), it only makes sense to hold the rally earlier or later in the year.
As many have pointed out, there are numerous criteria that factor in to when and where the national is held. Some have mentioned that teachers and students are locked in to taking summer time off. For many years i worked in a national park. Because we were at the height of the visitor season then, we could not take leave during july or august. Everyone has personal criteria to satisfy. If attending the rally is a high enough priority, most people can find a way.
September weather is usually much more moderate, but is the start of hurricane season along the gulf coast and eastern seaboard. It's all a gamble. What's not a gamble is that the temperatures are likely to be more pleasant in june or september.
I challenge the board to formally poll the membership to determine if an early or later rally date would be worth trying. Some years ago i recall they tried a mid-week rally. The concept didn't go over too well, but i don't fault the moa for at least giving it a try.
Can we start by polling the membership to at least see if an earlier/later date would be popular enough to try? I'll start the ball rolling by proposing a national rally date in the first half of september.
And what percentages of the membership are teachers? No I say we don't cater to kids and teachers. Cater to the majority.