Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. CCS boss Kevin Elliott said he wonders if Central Motorcycle Roadracing Association (CMRA) club members had the opportunity to vote on their club dropping its CCS affiliation. Asked for his response to Texas-based CMRA’s announcement that it planned on dropping its CCS affiliation at the end of the 2003 season, Elliott said, “We wish them the best of luck on their future endeavors. “We feel we provided all services and everything promised under our sanction agreement. We saved them a huge amount of money on their insurance. We provided staff uniforms, printed their rulebooks, did their license renewal mailers and included the CMRA in all activities as all CCS regions.” Elliott added that the total amount of contingencies available to racers in the CMRA/CCS South Central region tripled from what it was before CMRA affiliated with CCS. “My only regret is that I don’t know if they did a membership vote. I believe they only did a Board of Directors vote,” Elliott said June 28 at Virginia International Raceway. Elliott said that he learned of CMRA’s intention to end its affiliation with CCS by reading it on Roadracingworld.com. See related post: 06/25/03 CMRA To Drop CCS Affiliation More, from readers: FIRST PERSON/OPINION Via e-mail As far as Mr. Elliot’s ponderings to the membership’s wants and desires, it was not put to a general vote. We (the CMRA) elect BOD (board of director) positions the same as we (Americans) elect congress, house and presidential candidates. By electing the people we deem best suited for the position we also entrust them to make decisions on our behalf that best suit us as a club or citizen. Does Mr. Elliot have a direct say in his taxes, local and national laws or his country’s foreign policy? No. He entrusts those decisions to others the same as the CMRA’s membership does to our elected BOD. You would have to be brain dead and not paying attention for the last year to not know this was a action being discussed and appraised by the BOD and membership at large. The fact that this action may have been a surprise to Mr. Elliot is a example of the reasoning behind the decision. He (CCS) knew of our dissatisfaction with the services being rendered for quite awhile and has done nothing but give lip service to remediate it. Thank you Emmett Dibble Rosharon, Texas I just wanted to reply to Kevin Elliot’s recent comments regarding the CMRA. This split has been widely and loudly discussed on our website’s bulletin board for over 3 months. In fact, I believe the discussion came from the membership, and not the BOD. I think I speak for most of the members when I say we have confidence in our BOD, and that this was not a sudden move, or ill-advised. I think the real issue, is why did the CCS not stage a National race in the CMRA area? WERA, in its attempt to save their franchise in the state, has held one each of the years it was involved in the Texas area (one year was in Louisiana). When we signed on board with CCS, I for one was very excited about the deal. We saw the potential for greatness CCS had, with its TV connections, to break a national series into the mainstream, and challenge the AMA monopoly. I for one, feel disappointed by the results of the last three years. Mr. Elliot talks about the services he provided, but he doesn’t seem to understand that all this was being taken care of by the CMRA long before he came on the scene. I for one, have STILL not gotten my rulebook. I don’t think a mailing service is what we paid over $20K for, anyway. As a member of one of the largest racing clubs in the U.S., I feel confident that racing will continue on the grand scale that it always has in Texas (no, I don’t live there), producing more National and World Champions along the way. I don’t think any of us have any ill will towards Mr. Elliot, or CCS; our association has been a good one, but now is the time to move on. Thanks for your time, you have a great magazine and website! Steve Creech CMRA #550 Minden, Louisiana