Where did this come from? Have I just not got the new SportsCar yet or what?
Anyone from National care to comment maybe? Besides, if its about saving
money, as long as its done right, why is it a bad idea. Granted, I don't
think the Birmingham or Topeka would be tops on my list, but somebody must
know something we don't yet. Can't wait to find out...
Thanks,
Mike King
Buccaneer Region
on 5/22/01 6:40 AM, Dave Randall at rrdave99@hotmail.com wrote:
> If you do, get a load of this. The upper management
> at SCCA wants to move the HQ from Denver, and they
> think the leading candidate is Birmingham, AL. The
> second candidate is Topeka, KS.
>
> Why is Birmingham bad? Well, if the HQ goes there
> I'm told most of the Staff will quit. What will
> SCCA be like without Howard, Tasha, Jim, Sven
> Patc, if they all decide they can't stand to live
> in Birmingham? Management apparently thinks they
> can easily replace all these people. You and I
> know better. Some of them might be willing to
> tolerate Topeka. But I hear Birmingham gets a
> resounding NO WAY.
>
> Those who want to move (it's mostly about $$$ and
> the cost of office space) also want to try to have
> an SCCA managed race track and Solo site in the
> same community as the HQ, and to have both the
> Solo II Nationals and the Runoffs held there. If
> you live west of the Rockies, won't it be fun to
> tow an extra 500-900 miles to go the the National
> Championships? Boy, I'm thrilled... :-(
>
> Write the Directors at
>
> Board of Directors
> Sports Car Club of America
> 9033 East Easter Place
> Englewood, CO 80112
>
> or go to www.scca.org and find the link which lets
> you send email to the Directors. Paper letters
> carry more weight than email, so fire up your
> printer and invest a stamp. Do it now, the decision
> is being made extremely soon. Hopefully it is not
> too late. You may also want to write to
>
> Steve Johnson, President
> Sports Car Club of America
> 9033 East Easter Place
> Englewood, CO 80112
>
> and tell him this is a bad idea. Write now.
>
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