This was passed to us, read it, discuss, throw ir away or make it the
latest team.net topic of discussion
BTW, I have NO IDEA who this guy is .... apparently a road racer that
follows the politics of SCCA
Jim Rohn
> Subject: THE DRUMMER LIVES !!
>
> Some ten years ago, I felt that the Club was in
> deep trouble and that it's leadership was in need of
> some member input - to help put it back on the proper
> course. Because of my fear of retribution from the
> Club's powers that be, I chose to organize my
> campaign from behind a "nom de plume" - thus "The
> Drummer" was born.
> Happily, many of the things I - and apparently many
> other members - were concerned about were addressed
> and the Club since then has been much more
> member-sensitive and oriented towards Club Racing,
> which has always been our heart and soul. Enterprises
> has become a consistant money-maker and it looks as
> though Pro Racing has stopped bleeding red ink,
> although last year is rumored to be pretty awful.
> The problem today which prompts me to take up pen
> in hand once again lies at the Board and CEO level.
> That is why the Drummer is once again raising a voice.
> I feel the very future of the Club is at stake - and
> all because of the way the new CEO
> selection was handled.
> The crux of the matter is simple - STEVE JOHNSON
> HAS TO GO !!!
> It seems the directorate has already hired this man
> so the issue now becomes how do we extricate ourselves
> from this situation before he can destroy our Club.
> We
> already know a number of incredible facts.
> Steve Johnson is not and never has been an SCCA
> member. Didn't we learn anything from the Steve Petty
> fiasco? Or the Buddy Perkins debacle (he lasted about
> six months as SCCA Exec. Director, I think.). He has
> no experience or understanding of road racing, rally
> or solo.
> Even more amazing, he has no experience as a CEO or
> running anything significant, much less a Club like
> ours.
> As hard as it is to believe, his only motorsports
> experience consists of barely two years with NHRA in a
> middle management position. Before that, he
> apparently was selling hardware. I also hear he has
> had seven jobs in the last ten years, not exactly
> the kind of stable track record we should be looking
> for.
> We all know how small the motorsports community
> really is. I am also hearing (pardon the pun) a
> drumbeat of reaction from the NHRA community that this
> guy is a loser they were about to fire anyway and we
> took a problem off their hands. Are castoffs from
> other sanctioning bodies now the standard for our
> leadership?
> Ordinarily, I'd give the guy a chance but this
> stinks so badly that I can't take the risk. There are
> some very specific questions which need to be asked of
> the entire directorate. I'm now asking them of each
> director and I hope you will take every chance to do
> exactly the same thing. THIS IS A SCANDAL AND THE
> MEMBERSHIP DESERVES TO KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT
> AND HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CORRECT IT.
> Here are some of my questions for our directors -
> the custodians of our Club!
> Is it true Johnson had ethical problems with a
> previous employer?
> Is it true the Board is providing him a contract
> valued at over $300,000 for the first year alone?
> Is it true he gets a guaranteed bonus in the first
> year without any requirements for performance?
> Is it true he is being given $75,000 to move from
> Dallas to Denver? - if so, this is more than most of
> us make in a year!
> Given what the people in NHRA are saying about this
> guy, what kinds of reference checks were run on him
> and what did they say, specifically, about his
> performance at NHRA?
> And can it possibly be true - if only part of the
> above questions were true (and they all are!) - that
> the directors have spent much more than $100,000 in
> this process, only to come up with this guy?
> If I can get some answers to these questions you can
> be assured I'll be publishing the results very
> publicly so the Board shouldn't get any ideas about
> stonewalling on this. And those that are responsible
> for this travesty better start looking for ways out of
> this contract and then for their own exits.
> If even half of what is being rumored is true, the
> entire Board (except those that voted against hiring
> Johnson) should be impeached or recalled. Those up
> for election this fall should prepare for an onslaught
> from their opponents as this scandal is indefensible!
> Reproduction of my questions is encouraged and
> desired in all regional publications, message boards,
> etc. Unless a lot of pressure is brought to bear on
> the directorate from the membership, they'll just try
> and sweep this under the rug - as has been past
> practise - and hope it will go away. It won't until
> we have a full disclosure to the membership.
> Remember, its our Club and if the Directors are
> unable to recognize their fiduciary duty, then we have
> to help them see it.
>
> The Drummer
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