Dear NOHVA Members,

 

I am in the process of scheduling a meeting to plan for a "possible" Fall Jamboree.  Our tentative dates for this event is October 8th and 9th or maybe October 29th or 30th, 2005. 

 

The reason I say this is a "possible" jamboree is because there a few details that need to be worked out for the event first.  The first of those details involve volunteers.  We barely had enough to get by with the spring event.  Historically, fewer people volunteer for the fall jamboree.  In order to keep from burning out the people who volunteer for EACH and EVERY event and to help get people signed in reasonably fast, we need more volunteers. 

 

If we do not have adequate volunteers, we cannot hold the event. 

 

I have set a cut off date of September 1st, 2005 as the final date of decision for the fall jamboree.  If we cannot get enough volunteers to run the tent and work the events by this date, we will not hold the fall jamboree.   To see a list of positions open for the jamboree, visit http://www.nohva.com/jambovol.htm  to volunteer, contact us. 
 

In addition to needing volunteer help, we need input as to the operation of the drag races on Sunday.  There were some problems at the spring event with class organization, which was my fault, and we also had problems with demanding individuals harassing the volunteers running the drags.  Please keep in mind that we had a shortage of volunteers last spring to run the drags.  I had the classes confused from what was published in the newsletter and from what was on the board at the drags.  I had no idea that there was a mix-up at the time and the unfortunate unknowing volunteers at the drags caught hell over it. 

 

It takes about three to six months of planning to pull the jamborees off, and if people are unhappy with how they are run, then we could certainly use some help.  If you are one of the unhappy ones, are you willing to help plan and run the event? 

 

Hence, I am putting together a drag race planning meeting.  This meeting will be held sometime the end of July or early in August.  We need to determine a location for the meeting that works for people who want to attend.  There will be only one meeting for now.  Tentative sites include but are not limited to York, Grand Island, Lincoln, Genoa or Columbus on or about August 2nd.  Please forward me a suggestion for a location and date at that would work best for you if you would like to attend.     

 

Before I close, I would like to comment on the amount of time and effort the people have worked the Jamborees in the past.  The people who worked at the last jamboree volunteered at lot of time and their own money to make it happen.   You see them in the sign up tent, checking arm bands, putting us signs, watering the trails, running the events and picking ups trash.   I'd like to name them all, but there are so many involved I would leave someone out!  If we have another jamboree, please THANK them. 

 

Running the jamborees, along with writing the newsletters, managing trails, trying to raise money to keep things running, communicating with riders, land managers and law enforcement involved with the three areas we are involved with, managing funds, managing the web sites, keeping our insurance up-to-date and trying to not get sued, working on a new Forest Service travel plan, working on new places to ride and arguing with non-members about why they should support NOHVA, is truly a VERY thankless job.  I do not know how much more I can handle this job and we need more people involved! 

 

At the jamborees, every year we hear more complaints from the non-members about NOHVA (you mean I have to PAY to race in the drags?).  They have no idea what we've done over the years at Headworks, Halsey and other locations, and most riders seem care less.   Unlike most other states, we get no support for trails from the state.  We get no support from the manufacturers, and only a handful of FAITHFUL ATV and dirtbike retailers/dealers in Nebraska   support us.   For the care free riders who use the areas we are involved with, if our involvement diminishes or if our organization folds, these areas will eventually close unless in the most unlikely event that someone comes along and volunteers to help out.   

 

Our jamborees are some of the largest in the nation, and undoubtedly the most civil and family oriented.  Along with voluntary memberships, the jamborees help pay the expenses involved with keeping the existing Nebraska public areas we now ride open. 

 

 

Thanks!

Dan Nitzel, Business Manager and Co-Founder
Nebraska Off Highway Vehicle Association
2231 W. 10th Street
Grand Island, NE  68803
308-381-2143
www.nohva.com
www.halseytrails.com
www.nmtf.net
www.hookusup.com

 

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