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Don Stegall for NMPRA President - Platform Summary
Hi Racers. I'm running for the office of President of the NMPRA. I'm about 44 years old, with a wife of 12 years, and a nearly 8 year old son. Until 2000, I had been away from modeling for quite a while. Since coming back into it, I've been educating myself on most aspects of RC and participating in the joys of everything from backyard and park flyers to AMA class racers, and from electric airboats to monster trucks. My pre-teen and teen years were filled with pylon racing exposure. My father Jim Stegall designed, built and sold the Stegall Minnow for Formula 1 racing in several versions from around 1970 to 1977. I started laying up Stegall Minnows when I was about thirteen, and over the next few years I laid up many if not most of the Minnows, as well as the Telford and Violett designed BobCat that we also produced One thing that was true in the 70's is still true today. The NMPRA is made up of an extremely diverse group of people with extremely diverse opinions and goals. The role of President of this organization often does not make a person especially popular from what I have seen and been told. It is difficult to please most people, most of the time, if any of the time. So why would I want the position? Because I believe I can bring a new style of leadership to the organization. The by-laws allow for the president to make executive decisions, but they also allow the President to delegate authority to other officers. If I'm elected, the significant decisions will be made by votes of the District Vice Presidents, not by myself. One thing I have heard from many people is that they want a say in the organization. Complete membership votes will be conducted, so that an accurate representation of the membership's wishes can be obtained. One thing that must be remembered is that the AMA Pylon Racing Contest Board ultimately makes the decisions for all AMA rulebook events. An accurate showing of the membership's wishes goes much further than some phone calls and emails. The District VP's will be heard and they will play a very active and major role in the direction of the organization. Even though I am a relative newcomer to modern racing, I have some opinions on things that need to be done and things that need to remain as they are. These are my opinions, or opinions formed by talking to people about what they want for pylon racing. See the Full Statement page for the opinions and goals. I have a lot of experience leading large diverse groups of people. I believe that I can help pylon in many ways by being the President of the NMPRA. The driving force behind my efforts with the PylonWorld.com web site and the PylonWorld forums over the last year has been to help pylon racing by making it more accessible. I have already been working very hard for pylon racing and I have the energy and the will to continue working as hard as I can for pylon racing. I will not be at every race. But I will keep my finger on the pulse of all aspects of pylon racing. When executive decisions are needed, I will make them with the best knowledge I have been able to obtain from the VP's and the membership. The NMPRA will be your organization, and I will serve for you tirelessly. Thank you for your vote,
Last Updated: 8/01/2002 01:00 |
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