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Consider a Donation to the ISSA Club
Challenge; Our Future Depends on Support
by Dave Carmichael
Co-chair, ISSA Emergency Funding/Legislation Committee
The ISSA Club Challenge is now entering its sixth year. This
program was the brainchild of past Region 8 Director Ron
Kingsbury. The program has been a lifesaver for the ISSA in
helping to pay for our lobbyists. We know that each year we come
to you with numerous requests for support or funding, but this is
what keeps it all afloat. Each year you have responded to meet our
needs.
If your club has already donated toward the 2009-10 Club
Challenge, the ISSA sincerely thanks you. If your club has not yet
made the commitment or possibly has never made the
commitment, please consider one.
While attending recent ISSA board meetings, we have heard
many of the same complaints of the past: not enough groomers, old
groomers, not enough money, etc. We seriously understand the
frustrations that many of you feel. The only way to solve all of
these problems is with more funding, and the only way to secure
more permanent funding is through legislation. We CANNOT get
legislation passed without our lobbyists. PERIOD! Like it or not,
that is how it works.
We can succeed in this endeavor only by working together. In
the last two years, the dollars donated to the ISSA Club Challenge
have continued to diminish. We know that you have many places to
spend your dollars, but where can your dollar get you more bang
for your buck?
During next year’s legislative session (January 2011), we will
begin our legislative push for gas tax refund and a registration
increase. This effort will not be a walk in the park, but it is the only
way toward more permanent funding. It will be a long, hard-fought
struggle with literally hundreds of us being deeply involved. There
will be numerous trips to the State Capitol, dozens of meetings,
many long days and short nights and, hopefully at the end, a little
light at the end of the tunnel.
We will be calling on all of you for your support. We’ll be
asking you to contact your legislators, then asking you to do it
again and again. We’ll ask you to drum up support among your
friends and to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Those are
some of the things that make this the greatest snowmobile
association in the nation!!
If each one of the 60-plus Iowa snowmobile clubs would
donate just $200 annually to the Club Challenge, it would generate
enough funding to pay for nearly 65 percent of our lobbyist costs.
The loyal few have too long been carrying the weight of many.
Please discuss this situation with your club(s) and members and
make the decision to help ISSA help you, today and in the future.
Challenge; Our Future Depends on Support
by Dave Carmichael
Co-chair, ISSA Emergency Funding/Legislation Committee
The ISSA Club Challenge is now entering its sixth year. This
program was the brainchild of past Region 8 Director Ron
Kingsbury. The program has been a lifesaver for the ISSA in
helping to pay for our lobbyists. We know that each year we come
to you with numerous requests for support or funding, but this is
what keeps it all afloat. Each year you have responded to meet our
needs.
If your club has already donated toward the 2009-10 Club
Challenge, the ISSA sincerely thanks you. If your club has not yet
made the commitment or possibly has never made the
commitment, please consider one.
While attending recent ISSA board meetings, we have heard
many of the same complaints of the past: not enough groomers, old
groomers, not enough money, etc. We seriously understand the
frustrations that many of you feel. The only way to solve all of
these problems is with more funding, and the only way to secure
more permanent funding is through legislation. We CANNOT get
legislation passed without our lobbyists. PERIOD! Like it or not,
that is how it works.
We can succeed in this endeavor only by working together. In
the last two years, the dollars donated to the ISSA Club Challenge
have continued to diminish. We know that you have many places to
spend your dollars, but where can your dollar get you more bang
for your buck?
During next year’s legislative session (January 2011), we will
begin our legislative push for gas tax refund and a registration
increase. This effort will not be a walk in the park, but it is the only
way toward more permanent funding. It will be a long, hard-fought
struggle with literally hundreds of us being deeply involved. There
will be numerous trips to the State Capitol, dozens of meetings,
many long days and short nights and, hopefully at the end, a little
light at the end of the tunnel.
We will be calling on all of you for your support. We’ll be
asking you to contact your legislators, then asking you to do it
again and again. We’ll ask you to drum up support among your
friends and to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Those are
some of the things that make this the greatest snowmobile
association in the nation!!
If each one of the 60-plus Iowa snowmobile clubs would
donate just $200 annually to the Club Challenge, it would generate
enough funding to pay for nearly 65 percent of our lobbyist costs.
The loyal few have too long been carrying the weight of many.
Please discuss this situation with your club(s) and members and
make the decision to help ISSA help you, today and in the future.