On your front page

[Amanda]

Hello

I have a request to the RMDRA Executive.

The below statement is not only harmful to the AURS and its efforts in the GAMP process for the last 10 years, but is also inaccurate. I would like to see it taken off of your main page.

Few opposing opinions were heard. No other group, including AURS, had any proposals to make.

The AURS has many trail proposals and we were also ready to show them at the GAMP meeting, but we were left with little time to show it. I myself, did mention it and hold it up for all to see if you will recall.

Your presentation was excellent! And I certainly hope that we are all on the same track. The AURS proposal was modeled after the Clearwater Trail Criteria, and seems to have covered much of the same information the RMDRA covered as well. Lets hope that SRD will accept BOTH of our proposals!

Thank you for your understanding on my request. Looking forward to working with you in the future!

Amanda Morosse
AURS VP.

[dirtyboy]

Amanda,

You are correct that the sentence that you refer to was not what the RMDRA meant to say. I have changed the text on the front page and on the land page as of last night because I don't feel that it is in anyone's interest to publicly bring discredit another OHV organization.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention.

We hope that both of our proposals are successful.

By the way, I heard that you and Cal managed to get through and did well on the 77AM radio talk show regarding GAMP. Nice job.

[Dobi]

By the way, I heard that you and Cal managed to get through and did well on the 77AM radio talk show regarding GAMP. Nice job.

I heard Amanda on QR77 and must say her(our) view was well presented. As I drove along listening I was waiting for some uneducated radical to get on their and complain about having to quit mud bogging and having to carry his trash out!!!

[Amanda]

Thanks for the compliment! It was my first time on the radio, a little nerve racking because you never know what they will ask, but overall it was good!

[thumper-darryl]

I usually try to ignore rants like this, but I decided to clarify a couple of things. The GAMP is only about 3 years old. There has been talk here and there about an access plan ever since the IRP was drafted, but no formal access plan was innitiated until recently. I attended meetings as an AOHVA member (AURS wasn't involved) when ever they came up to discuss an access plan. 3 years ago when SRD decided to put together an access plan I went in as an AURS representative.
Since you have taken from the Clearwater trail initiative, you should throw your support behind the AOHVA(rather than trying to compete), as the AOHVA is heavily involved in the Clearwater plan. I threw my efforts to the AOHVA because they have a vast amount of experience in access plans and land advocasy, where as the AURS is a stewardship group with no experience in access plans. Different groups with different strengths. The AOHVA is best at land advocasy, and the AURS is great at stewardship projects. Why don't people focus their energy on what they do well? And since I was also at the May GAMP meeting, the RMDRA was the ONLY group with a presentation ready to go for the meeting, that was brought to the group for consideration.