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Subject: Re: new CEO at SCCA, an opinion ...
From: rohns@doitnow.com (Jim & Marilyn Rohn)
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 18:35:28 -0700
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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