[NMCycling] food for thought

[Brandi Hibner via Bike-racers]

It is my opinion that meetings should be held monthly. They usually run
about an hour, but maybe should be closer to 2. I also feel that the
ability to respond to email discussions within a few hours is important.
There are some other responsibilities that some of us have. I spend a few
hours a month on license upgrades. Al handles permits. I also call in for a
USAC monthly conference call. The Treasurer and Secretary spend time on
those duties as well.

Hope that helps.

Brandi
On Jan 28, 2016 3:49 PM, "Dennis Chavez" <dengchavez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Brandi,
>
> Could you expand on the general level of time commitment one would have to
> make to be on the NMBRA board? Also, what does "meet regularly" mean
> (daily, weekly, monthly)?
>
> Regards,
>
> DC
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Brandi Hibner via Bike-racers <
> bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not going to go into an in-depth discussion here, but I do want you
>> to know that I will be giving out the details for the annual meeting as
>> soon as I can finalize the location. What NMBRA needs right now is a board
>> consisting of members from all aspects of the sport, who have time to meet
>> regularly. I would love to have:
>>
>> Race directors from road, mtb and cross who aren't officials
>> Racers who don't promote races and aren't officials
>> Intermediate racers, and of course
>> Officials
>>
>> On the board so that all aspects of the sport can be represented and so
>> they can start to understand where the others are coming from. Or, if
>> that's too many people to hope to commit to the time required, maybe an
>> advisory committee comprised of those people.
>>
>> If you want change, you need to come to the meeting and run for a
>> position. And raise your voice there, where it does the most good.
>>
>> I do agree with some of your points. Pleases come be part of the solution.
>>
>> Brandi Hibner
>> NMBRA Board Member at Large
>> On Jan 28, 2016 2:23 PM, "biobiker--- via Bike-racers" <
>> bike-racers at mailman.swcp.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It's that time of the year when everybody is starting planning the "next
>>> season", either on the road or on a MTB, or on both, for the lucky talented
>>> ones...yes I am talking about you Damian Calvert.
>>>
>>> When I came to NM and started riding and racing there was a useful web
>>> site, there were a couple more races, we had our "end of the season party"
>>> with the jersey ceremony. I don't know who was in charge, sorry about my
>>> fragile memory, but I think it was pretty good for a State with not a huge
>>> cycling community.
>>>
>>> Two years ago, or so, we had NMBRA was born. Recently I saw that there
>>> are a lot of "vacant spots" on the NMBRA board, so I have started wondering
>>> what is the function of the association but also why we need so many people
>>> in such a small State.
>>> My very superficial impression is that NMBRA activity in the State is
>>> mainly about officials and taking care of the "series jersey". I personally
>>> don't care a lot about the series, the points and the jersey, especially if
>>> we received it in the middle of the following season. In my opinion, the
>>> all point of the jersey was the party where they were delivered at the end
>>> of the season: a good occasion to meet the people you had been riding with
>>> the all year not wearing a cycling bib and to listen to them telling you
>>> "you will see...next season I am gonna crash the Gila"...
>>>
>>> I know that criticizing is very easy, but in my view a Bike Race
>>> Association should help developing a "racing scene" around the state, and
>>> given the constantly decreasing number of races I don't think the one in NM
>>> has done a good job. I came across this article that might be a good
>>> starting point for a new discussion about how we might try to make racing
>>> in NM interesting again.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://us11.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b10eca767f8d8b2917ad0ab26&id=a5a3614531&e=c72a5dda34
>>>
>>> We are definitely not in New England, we definitely cannot afford a full
>>> time person to deal with the association but there are some interesting
>>> points.
>>>
>>> I think we have some great terrain for road and MTB racing, we have some
>>> great talent around, but it is unfortunate that we don't have room to
>>> develop it. Besides the enormous effort of some very passionate race
>>> directors, that every year promote their races with a lot of effort, and
>>> who I deeply thank to allow me to race my silly bike in my Lycra bibs, when
>>> I talk with other riders or people into cycling, even with potential race
>>> promoters, they always tell me that "there is no support to our ideas" and,
>>> most depressing, there is the spread sensation that in a couple of years we
>>> will not have any races in NM.
>>>
>>> If I sound bitter, or over-criticizing, or too arrogant, or any nice
>>> attribute you want to give me, you might be absolutely right, it is just
>>> that I like to ride and race my bike and it would be very unfortunate if I
>>> were not able to do it in a place that I have learned to like quite a lot.
>>>
>>> Fortunato Ferrara
>>>
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