MNZ elections

[Shaun Harris]

Here let's make it easy for people (sorry Sean you still need to be a member)... Voting gets winging rights....

Link http://www.mnz.co.nz/online-voting

my membership payment will be maid in time to vote for Billy!!!!! Not that I race, but still care for our sport and the future riders coming through. The Board has to change!

[scrivy]

The Board has to change!

Yip.

I remember walking into the Palmerston MNZ AGM a few years back, and a board member standing there welcoming members in said to some skanky hag, "Smell that? Smells like shit!" refering to me as I walked in. Not exactly upholding the duties and responsibilities of the MNZ office eh? Maybe I should have protested, or at that time, had a code of conduct slapped at him....
...and they wonder why they don't get respect......

If you don't like doing your job, or are a hinderance to your sport, or don't like your financial members, then throw your leg over a bike, and fuck off.......

Anyway, I'd had a shower about an hour beforehand.....

[Shaun Harris]

Yip.

I remember walking into the Palmerston MNZ AGM a few years back, and a board member standing there welcoming members in said to some skanky hag, "Smell that? Smells like shit!" refering to me as I walked in. Not exactly upholding the duties and responsibilities of the MNZ office eh? Maybe I should have protested, or at that time, had a code of conduct slapped at him....

If you don't like doing your job, or are a hinderance to your sport, or don't like your financial members, then throw your leg over a bike, and fuck off.......

Anyway, I'd had a shower about an hour beforehand.....

It is the 3rd of May already and not even a hint of dates for the NZ Champs yet

What has happened with the sponsorship side of there roll, where has all the money gone?

One of them has called me re comments I have made on here about his roll, but Only one of them. Whilst I thought it was pro active of him to call me I still say he needs gone.

And I also say the king pin behind it all needs to stand up and force there people to act or fuk off







Scriv, you are meat to smell, you are a chair racer

[Shaun Harris]

Responsibillities of the board as per the code from MNZ


Can some one please post link of resposibillities these people have accepted in this roll

[scrivy]

Responsibillities of the board as per the code from MNZ


Can some one please post link of resposibillities these people have accepted in this roll

This here is what their rolls are all about.

[Shaun Harris]

This here is what their rolls are all about.

I do not want to post the link I think it is, as what I am reading believing to be there position description is clearly NOT being done, maybe I have looked at the wrong dept, and soory also do not if it is a volintree roll, you accepted it, you do it!

[budda]

Bumpity bump,

Have all MNZ members voted for these positions???

If not,Time is running out,Below are some facts that you need to take into consideration,

The statement made that the board do not run the sport is not quite true,Commissioners can only implement changes that are ratified by the board,The commissioners are informed on introduction to "Run the sport as you see fit" but the part they leave out is "When we allow you to",Currently for example with roadracing,The commissioner has no control over sponsorship for the National series,Nor does he/she have ANY control over who is approached,When or how,Also any sponsorship funds collected do not go towards running the series,As the sponsorship committee have first dibs and no organising club can arrange sponsorship with any organisation that will conflict the series sponsors,It basically leaves them hamstrung when trying to fund their rounds,In short,The organising clubs are expected to meet an event protocol,With ZERO funding from the sponsorship committee and without conflicting the series sponsors without knowing who those series sponsors are until as late as November for a series that starts in January,A good example of how this works(Or rather doesn't work) is last year when MCI were offered $50,000 by EN1 to sponsor the NZGP meeting at Ruapuna,BUT had to turn it down due to Castrol being a series sponsor($5,000)?????Over the past 5 years,The sponsorship gained for this series has dropped from 5 distributors and an oil company,To this past series whereby the sponsors were 1 accessory distributor and a board member,Do you see this as progressing the sport as a whole????

The clubs are put at financial risk to run a championship that they are consistently told"Belong to MNZ" and are forced to agree to run to a protocol implemented by the board,Quite simply if MNZ own the championship titles(and they do),Then the board need to take control and ensure the series is run in an orderly manner AND underwrite the series and fund it in a sensible manner OR let an independent committee take it over,This past year as commissioner I was asked in September what my wish list was for NZSBK,My reply was $50,000,To date I have yet to receive a reply,Its my best guess,Seeing as the series has long since finished that I will not be receiving that or any other funding???? TIME FOR A CHANGE,What has been happening over the past 5 years is simply not working,The ONLY reason this past series worked as well as it did,Is because I as commissioner HAD to increase entry fees to cover the extra expense involved due to the lack of funding from the board,Is this how you see moving the sport forward????

Roadrace commissioner,

Why have the current board not appointed a replacement to date when applications closed on the 21st of March,At close of applications there was only 1 interested party,BUT he was unable to complete his application due to the office manager being unavailable to give him some extra information he required before submitting his application,That application was submitted a day late,But it was expected,The only other application was received a week after they closed and to be honest,While I have a hell of a lot of respect for that person,I would have to question why the board would consider an application for such an important and extensive job,From somebody who couldn't even get the application in on time,The original applicant was awarded organiser if the year at last years AGM and has the backing of both myself and Glen Williams,Whats to consider and why has he not been appointed,As I understand it,The board didn't even consider applications until the Monday just gone and have asked the applicants to explain their plans for the sport,All very good,But a month late!!!!! Furthermore they are asking thses applicants for an outline of a job that they don't have a job description for themselves WTF?????,I am already receiving calls from team managers and competitors wanting to know how many rounds there will be next year and when or where they will be,None of which can or will be sorted until the board appoint the commissioner that will be running the sport,No tracks have been booked or clubs approached to date,As there is no one to do so,Who will be running the workshop at AGM????Think back to the application release for this position,Where is the smooth transition?Where is the new commissioner?Not good enough,If you want change to move the organisation forward,Now is the time.If your happy with whats been going on,Do nothing,GlenW and I have a plan going forward that includes convincing Dennis Charlett to apply for the South Island position next year and get everybody on the same page and have pledged to back the commissioner and aid him in moving the sport and organisation forward,We currently have plans in place to introduce a junior roadrace class starting at 8 years of age and we have the personel lined up to implement and run the training etc,Something the current on road board members have threatened us with for a number of years now,But done nothing more than talk about it.

I'm sure there will be those perusing this and other sites ready and waiting with a CoC complaint too

[Billy]

Bumpity bump,

Have all MNZ members voted for these positions???

If not,Time is running out,Below are some facts that you need to take into consideration,

The statement made that the board do not run the sport is not quite true,Commissioners can only implement changes that are ratified by the board,The commissioners are informed on introduction to "Run the sport as you see fit" but the part they leave out is "When we allow you to",Currently for example with roadracing,The commissioner has no control over sponsorship for the National series,Nor does he/she have ANY control over who is approached,When or how,Also any sponsorship funds collected do not go towards running the series,As the sponsorship committee have first dibs and no organising club can arrange sponsorship with any organisation that will conflict the series sponsors,It basically leaves them hamstrung when trying to fund their rounds,In short,The organising clubs are expected to meet an event protocol,With ZERO funding from the sponsorship committee and without conflicting the series sponsors without knowing who those series sponsors are until as late as November for a series that starts in January,A good example of how this works(Or rather doesn't work) is last year when MCI were offered $50,000 by EN1 to sponsor the NZGP meeting at Ruapuna,BUT had to turn it down due to Castrol being a series sponsor($5,000)?????Over the past 5 years,The sponsorship gained for this series has dropped from 5 distributors and an oil company,To this past series whereby the sponsors were 1 accessory distributor and a board member,Do you see this as progressing the sport as a whole????

The clubs are put at financial risk to run a championship that they are consistently told"Belong to MNZ" and are forced to agree to run to a protocol implemented by the board,Quite simply if MNZ own the championship titles(and they do),Then the board need to take control and ensure the series is run in an orderly manner AND underwrite the series and fund it in a sensible manner OR let an independent committee take it over,This past year as commissioner I was asked in September what my wish list was for NZSBK,My reply was $50,000,To date I have yet to receive a reply,Its my best guess,Seeing as the series has long since finished that I will not be receiving that or any other funding???? TIME FOR A CHANGE,What has been happening over the past 5 years is simply not working,The ONLY reason this past series worked as well as it did,Is because I as commissioner HAD to increase entry fees to cover the extra expense involved due to the lack of funding from the board,Is this how you see moving the sport forward????

Roadrace commissioner,

Why have the current board not appointed a replacement to date when applications closed on the 21st of March,At close of applications there was only 1 interested party,BUT he was unable to complete his application due to the office manager being unavailable to give him some extra information he required before submitting his application,That application was submitted a day late,But it was expected,The only other application was received a week after they closed and to be honest,While I have a hell of a lot of respect for that person,I would have to question why the board would consider an application for such an important and extensive job,From somebody who couldn't even get the application in on time,The original applicant was awarded organiser if the year at last years AGM and has the backing of both myself and Glen Williams,Whats to consider and why has he not been appointed,As I understand it,The board didn't even consider applications until the Monday just gone and have asked the applicants to explain their plans for the sport,All very good,But a month late!!!!! Furthermore they are asking thses applicants for an outline of a job that they don't have a job description for themselves WTF?????,I am already receiving calls from team managers and competitors wanting to know how many rounds there will be next year and when or where they will be,None of which can or will be sorted until the board appoint the commissioner that will be running the sport,No tracks have been booked or clubs approached to date,As there is no one to do so,Who will be running the workshop at AGM????Think back to the application release for this position,Where is the smooth transition?Where is the new commissioner?Not good enough,If you want change to move the organisation forward,Now is the time.If your happy with whats been going on,Do nothing,GlenW and I have a plan going forward that includes convincing Dennis Charlett to apply for the South Island position next year and get everybody on the same page and have pledged to back the commissioner and aid him in moving the sport and organisation forward,We currently have plans in place to introduce a junior roadrace class starting at 8 years of age and we have the personel lined up to implement and run the training etc,Something the current on road board members have threatened us with for a number of years now,But done nothing more than talk about it.

Last day for voting today,HAVE YOUR SAY and make a change.