[Jim Spencer]

This thread is largely (with some very good exceptions) embarrassing to our sport

The dramatic lack of knowledge about how are sport works is quite simply sad - why don't some of you ask before typing on a thread that's been read by thousands of people?

it's not hard to get your head around, nor is it hard to figure out how to change it - The instructions on how to do it are written in the handbook!

The entire association officials list is in your Handbook, you can easily find out what people do for a living.. I work for MAN Trucks, the Chairman is retired, the Secretary works with pressure washers, the EB chairman works in an engineering business, the 1/12 chairman works for Lotus etc, etc

Ordinary racers, doing ordinary jobs who'll go and find out how the world actually works, so we can all race in as fair and as reasonably safe as possible environment.

If the passion illustrated on here was turned into actually getting something done then you might, just might, turn round the situation where healthy clubs are disappearing because people won't run them, good people are leaving the sport because of the flak they get on forums like this.

There's a lot of people on here who need to have a good hard THINK - make 100% certain you understand why before savaging your keyboard.
Then, make 100% certain you're actually prepared to DO what you say you want done.
Then Do It.

These last little bits currently separate most of you from the Club and the Association officials - some of your think are corrupt (!), stupid and just out to make life complicated...
But
That's why I'm sitting here typing as the Association Treasurer (though my predecessor wasn't crap - I just wanted it done a different way) so I got up and said so - just as you're doing. - and then did it.

Our sport relies on people doing just that - get off your backside and find out how things are done, then offer to do it better/right.
Then try and spread that knowledge to others by answering their questions as best you can - and never, ever stop learning while you do it.

And when you don't know STFU until you've found out, as it'll stop you making a complete idiot of yourself..