Guy Incognito
08-26-2007, 01:01 AM
It is been a realization of mine, coming back to the forums tonight after being absent for a while, that we seem to have what, feels like to me, a problem that is starting to rise. There happens to be a small core group of volunteers (Trail stewarts, Dirt Bosses, volunteers...ect) that do the majority of the upkeep of what keeps the trails ridable and MORC working. It seems obviuos to me after recent trail poachings,disegaurd of trail rules,unproductive bickering and whining about trail upkeep, along with some recent kinappings of "MORC family members" that these core members of MORC volunteer efforts are strating to loose some of the zest they have for the work they do.
I volunteer as much as i can and least make one trail work session every month, but compared to the efforts of these core members it is miniscule. With out there efforts these trails will go into disarray. I have seen it happen in many other states and with many other great trails. My stomach turns just thinking about it.
So here is my proposal...we have a volunteer appreciation day (if not already started). This would not include the members as myself, even though we are appreciated too I am sure, that put in a handful of hours a month. This would be for the core members. These would include the members that keep this sight running and MORC working, The trail and dirt bosses at Theo that have to put up with the red tape and politcts from others, the ones at LEb that have to deal with vigilante kinappers, the ones at Murphy that put up with trail poachers, and to all the few consistant volunteers that help these people out on the trails every week. So I am calling out everyone that gets to enjoy this forum and trails because of these few with there herculean efforts....MORC or nonMORC
What to do? We first need a plannning committee to arrange the details and of what the day will consist of, and all the date and plans. I know very few of you personally, but i know there are ones out there that can handle this. We need some group with the proper knowledge of these individuals and proper planning skills (calling out anyone in the female persuassion) Then we need cash. I put in $100 donation to this planning...with the traffic this forum sees a $1 donation from half of you would be plenty. Then rest is just details.
The day can be as small as a social gathering of these members having some free consumption of fermented grains and it would be worth while to there morale. Being volunteers, as they are, they will not want this recognition..that is why they are such good volunteers, but we must show them that there are many more of us that care for there efforts then not.
I hope to see this happen, but canot do it without the rest of you acting on it. If you fail to respond to my proposal then the $100 I put up is still the volunteers to use in any way they see worth. I just really have one question to all of you...What does MORC and these magnificient trails REALLY mean to you?
I volunteer as much as i can and least make one trail work session every month, but compared to the efforts of these core members it is miniscule. With out there efforts these trails will go into disarray. I have seen it happen in many other states and with many other great trails. My stomach turns just thinking about it.
So here is my proposal...we have a volunteer appreciation day (if not already started). This would not include the members as myself, even though we are appreciated too I am sure, that put in a handful of hours a month. This would be for the core members. These would include the members that keep this sight running and MORC working, The trail and dirt bosses at Theo that have to put up with the red tape and politcts from others, the ones at LEb that have to deal with vigilante kinappers, the ones at Murphy that put up with trail poachers, and to all the few consistant volunteers that help these people out on the trails every week. So I am calling out everyone that gets to enjoy this forum and trails because of these few with there herculean efforts....MORC or nonMORC
What to do? We first need a plannning committee to arrange the details and of what the day will consist of, and all the date and plans. I know very few of you personally, but i know there are ones out there that can handle this. We need some group with the proper knowledge of these individuals and proper planning skills (calling out anyone in the female persuassion) Then we need cash. I put in $100 donation to this planning...with the traffic this forum sees a $1 donation from half of you would be plenty. Then rest is just details.
The day can be as small as a social gathering of these members having some free consumption of fermented grains and it would be worth while to there morale. Being volunteers, as they are, they will not want this recognition..that is why they are such good volunteers, but we must show them that there are many more of us that care for there efforts then not.
I hope to see this happen, but canot do it without the rest of you acting on it. If you fail to respond to my proposal then the $100 I put up is still the volunteers to use in any way they see worth. I just really have one question to all of you...What does MORC and these magnificient trails REALLY mean to you?