*blink*. OK. that was completely different. We have a CEO? What the hell
does he do for us? Do we have an E-mail address for him? Hey I wanna get
speedvision to cover some of the bigger events :-)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim & Marilyn Rohn" <rohns@doitnow.com>
To: <autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: new CEO at SCCA, an opinion ...
> 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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