From: Jon Shoop (shoop19@brick.net)
Date: Sat Jan 21 2006 - 06:08:29 PST
There are new directors now with the MVPA. More new ones will be needed
next election to complete the transfer of the organization from a small,
backroom dealing board into an organization that serves it's members.......
Hopefully an overhaul will begin soon.......very soon.
Give it time.....
Jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "dgrev" <dgrev@iinet.net.au>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Kansas denied ALL armored vehicle registrations, its time
to do something now MVPA
> Frank
>
>> Has anybody talked to the MVPA? If so what is their reply?
>
> After initially fobbing him off (see quote at bottom) they
> then basically told him to get the names of existing people
> with registered armor in Kansas and rub it in with the
> DMV there - basically on a "if these people are registered you
> cannot refuse me" approach.
> Not a really bright suggestion as all that would
> have achieved is to drop the existing registered owners
> right in the middle of this fight.
>
> I found this back in the Ferret postings:
>
> "How can the president of an organization, when asked for the assistance
> and support of that organization, respond by stating that because he
> does not live in the member's state, he can be of “no help”? This same
> response seems to be coming from other MVPA officers when contacted
> about the issue."
>
> I am just waiting for them to trot out the "we are not worried about
> armor, what if they ban jeeps" response. But perhaps they are getting
> a bit tired of having that rubbed in and will just say nothing on
> this forum. Those of you who have been here for many years will
> well remember the last time the MVPA needed to support its members
> and DIDN'T.
> That time it was again about armor (the great Form 6 fight).
>
> Regards
> Doug
>
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