The Great NEQ Trailer Conspiracy

[Brett Dikeman]

http://www.nyaudi.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5&highlight=neq

What a nutjob.  NEQ bought someone a race trailer? :-)

The chapter DOES own a trailer, but you'd be hard pressed to fit a 
mountain bike inside, much less a car.  It contains something like 
30+ helmets for beginner students, a filing cabinet, small genset for 
running the avoidance course lights, cones, signs, two tables, and 
all the office supplies it takes to keep an event going.  Mid-season, 
especially with event shirts and whatnot- it's packed to the gills. 
It's also not exactly hidden in purpose- there's a set of rings along 
the side (ala the A4 DTM cars) and a big NEQ logo on the door.

It's funny how the NEQ operates almost entirely without money from 
the National club, and no dues are collected- and sometimes has money 
left over to make donations to charity.  The chapter puts on 
something like 5-7 DE events every year.  Open-to-public board 
meetings and annual meeting (incidentally, where the treasurer always 
gives a report on the exact status of club finances).  Oh, and 2-4 
newsletters a year to 2,000 people.  Board of directors, 3 officers 
(yep, that includes a treasurer who is a professional accountant), 
all of them volunteers.  Oh, and the NEQ is a registered NPO with the 
IRS, so you can fetch the club's I-990 forms if you're feeling 
exceptionally bored and want to look for this so-called "financial 
mismanagement".

Maybe he'll actually show up at one of the board meetings and 
volunteer his help, instead of taking potshots about how lousy the 
website looks.

Brett
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