BRCA AGM Attendance

[Yardeeee]

Hey guys and girls,

Ok... I understand I am not a BRCA official in any shape or form, but what I am is a racer who is concerned about his sport/hobby as I am sure many of you are too. We all have the right to voice our opinions on matters, potential rule changes, things we are unhappy about, heck, we can even choose who the officials are, but the vast majority of us don't take this opportunity to contribute to the level of success and enjoyment we all have at national and regional events.

As those who attend nationals will be aware, we have a majorly popular section in 1/10 off road, nationals are over subscribed, the level of organisation at these events is great... and yet despite all this, when reading in the latest BRCA circuit chatter, I noticed something which I knew myself as I attended the AGM last year, but when seen in black and white it's pretty shocking and dissapointing. Only 1/12 circuit had a lower turnout of people attend their section AGM in 06. Here are some figures taken from the circuit chatter:

Number of members in attendance per section AGM-
1/10 TC: 69
1/8 RallyX: 53
1/10 IC circuit: 34
1/12 Oval: 24 (!)
1/10 off road: 15

The full list can be found in circuit chatter page 6 so I won't bother copying it all, but it's depressing reading isn't it? I'm proud to be a member of our section, we have a great standard of racing every national, well organised, good tracks. But what that list says is that, people who race 1/12 round an OVAL are more interested in their section success than us!

I've attended the AGM for the past 4 years and yes it can be pretty boring but there is a definite need for more racers to attend, when rule change issues come up, attention turns to the drivers, you don't just have to sit there listening, you can take part in the discussion (it gets heated sometime and gets really entertaining!) and make a difference. Like I say, I know I have no official right to tell you all to come, but I just think that us racers should take more interest in what is happening, plenty of people complain about the rules in public forums but they're never there to support a rule change or make their feelings official. Come along to the AGM next time, heck even if it's just to give me someone extra to talk to, its no fun sitting with all the oldies you know!

If you work, or have commitments, fine, don't force yourself, but if you're free on the date of the next one come along:

Thistley High School,
Stoke on Trent,
Sunday Oct 28th 2007.

Cheers,
Yardy