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Our friends at ORBA have some great news to share.
- On Tuesday January 2, 2018, the Superior Court for the County of Sacramento issued its final decision on the Ocotillo Wells State Vehicle Recreation Area (OWSVRA) litigation and found in favor of California State Parks and the Off Highway Vehicle Intervenors. This is a HUGE WIN for the OHV Community and means OHV use at OWSVRA can continue without interruption or change.
The Intervenor group was led by Ecologic Partners and their attorney David Hubbard. Ecologic Partners is a consortium of Off Highway Organizations owned by Off Road Business Association (ORBA), District 37 American Motorcycle Association Competition, and American Sand Association (ASA). Tierra Del Sol Jeep Club of San Diego also played a key role in this effort.
On behalf of ORBA, we are very excited about this decision and will keep forging ahead in keeping access open to all OHV use.
Fred WileyPresident/CEOOff Road Business Associationfwiley@orba.biz
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Video from meeting archived on Facebook from our LIVE stream
Brent Galloway: WindRock – state of park activities
DBBB Mountain Springs Rd Update:
New dialogues about the Blackwater Watershed.
Uwharrie National Forest update: updates by Flint Holbrook and Ray Stanley
Beasley Knob OHV
Tennessee Commissioner’s Council on Greenways and Trails
NFS Region 8 Southern Region Recreations Resource Advisory committee
South Carolina Recreation Trail Program
GA Recreation Trail Program Ken Sutz GA RTP committee
Adventure Off Road Park:
Big Creek Rocks LLC Uwharrie NC
Busted Knuckle Off-Road Park, Stevenson AL
Coalmount TN Southern Gulf Off Road Park:
Golden Mountain Park – Sparta Tn
Al Sweeney: Master Trainer Regional training projected schedule
Charity Contributions
UNF Interpretive Trail System Project
“
As our Jeep was a-jeeping
Crawling rock and slinging mud,
As our wheels were a-wheeling
And singing Thud-Thud-Thud.
As our Wrangler was a-wrangling
And our Air bags were a-sway,
We thought how awesome it would be
If our Jeep were Santa’s Sleigh.
So we called to the North Pole
From our direct line.
We spoke to Santa’s Engineer
And told him what we had in mind!
Genius! He exclaimed
Let me run it by the Big Man!
Santa loved the idea.
He thought it was grand!
The Elves began building
With fenders and grill,
Adding BFG Tires
TERAFLEX Skid plates and
all the RUGGED-RIDGE Frills.
It was Red and It was shiny
And it had HIGH BEAM-OFF ROAD lights.
The Jeep had a 13 inch lift kit
And it looked like it could take flight.
But how would this Jeep Sleigh
Lift up in the sky?
It is unbeatable on ground
But how can it fly?
Christmas Eve came too soon
And it still couldn’t fly.
Santa’s Elves and Engineer
Had big tears in their eyes.
When what to their wondering
Eyes did appear...
But Santa with his toy bag
And all his TOMS’s 4x4 jeep gear.
He climbed into his Sleigh
And said “Step aside!”
The Jeep began flying
”Let the Big Man Ride!”
As he locked in his WARN lockers
And flew out of sight.
Merry Christmas to all
Echoed all through the night.
Merry Christmas to all, and
to all a good night!
”
This past Saturday during our Annual Meeting we conducted elections for four BOD positions due for turnover under the SFWDA leadership bylaws.
We were fortunate to have three well qualified candidates express interest. After the formal voting process we have appointed each of these newly elected representatives to an Assistant Position for this first 2 year period, at which time they will each assume the Directors role of each respective position.
Those three positions were each filled with existing SFWDA members, while some are new and and some have been around for decades, they all have a deep passion and commitment to supporting the core mission of SFWDA; COnservation * Education * Recreation.
If you get a chance please take a moment to Thanks and Congratulate these folks. They have taken a leap forward and a rewarding commitment to support a regional non-profit off road stewardship organization. Their efforts and actions over the next 2-4 years will have a direct impact in our community.
WoHoooo....
We're off and running now for sure, 1,000 strong! THANK YOU SFWDA members and friends. We're delighted to have each and every one of you as part of our stewardship family. #sfwda
While you may already know about or are a member of our original Facebook Group, this is different. The idea is the we will use this new page for events and promotions while our Group stays more interactive among our fellow members. Think of our new page more like a website and our group page more like a forum from yesterday. You should find anything published from SFWDA direct on both pages but more in-depth conversations and discussions will remain on our group page. Thanks for keeping up and remember Facebook is just one way to follow us. We also publish all important content to our website's Message Board and our other Social Media channels ie; Twitter, and Instagram. And of course you'll find all our latest videos on our YouTube channel as well.
Thanks to everyone who came out and joined us for our 2017 Annual Meeting. Photos and Minutes from our meeting today will be coming in soon and for now here's a snapshot from the floor. Visit our Message Board for the Complete Slide-Show in PDF Format to download here.
Tune in here to watch our 2017 Annual SFWDA Meeting broadcast LIVE from the DoubleTree Hotel & Resort in Oak Ridge, TN.
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No Facebook Account Required
If you can't join us in Oak Ridge for our Annual Meeting then you can watch online in your own home easier than ever before!
Over the past few years, technology has evolved considerably and so has our outreach within the Association's membership. In the past, we managed a live audio and video feed available to anyone through a program by Citrix called GoToWebinar. While this still works and is widely used in business we wanted to provide more to our members.
With Social Media options more diverse than ever we carefully considered which channel outlet to best connect with our members. According to all our reports, Facebook is one place where almost all of our audience frequents. Now, for the first time, we have decided to go LIVE on Facebook to broadcast our meeting. We hope to make getting involved more accessible for everyone.
Please visit our Facebook Page or our website on Saturday morning. From 8AM - 12 PM EST Noon, you will be able to listen and watch our meeting LIVE from the conference room at the DoubleTree Hotel & Resort in Oak Ridge, TN. https://www.facebook.com/SFWDA.org/
Live Stream begins at 8 AM Saturday Morning
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