Issue: # 4.0November/2011

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ORBA Hosts Desert Racing Roundtable at the SEMA Show.

  

The Off-Road Business Association (ORBA) and the SEMA show partnered to bring the Desert Racing community together for a roundtable discussion on November 2, 2011. The roundtable panel was attended by leadership of Best in the Desert (BITD), Valley Off-Road Racing (VORRA), Ultra4 Racing (KOH), Southern Nevada Off-Road Enthusiasts (SNORE), Mad Media (Mint 400), High Desert Racing Association (HDRA), Mojave Off Road Enthusiasts (MORE), International Side X Side Association (ISA), US Desert Racing (USDR), and American Motorcyclist Association District 37 (AMA D 37).

 

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ORBA Displays 20,000 Letters Against Base Expansion at the SEMA Show.

  

 

 With help from a number of OHV activists, the Draft EIS for the 29 Palms base expansion generated 23,000 letters against base expansion. 20,000 of those letters came from an extensive campaign on the popular website Pirate4x4.com. Now those 20,000 letters, nearly 200 pounds, are being used as an educational tool. 
 
Tread Lightly,and ORBA form partnership.        
 
The Off-Road business Association and Tread Lightly have entered into a strategic alliance.

 

The purpose of this important alliance is to insure access to heathly public lands and waters for the enjoyment of responsible recreation. This concept is of paramount importance to both organizations.

 

Combining our efforts will bring a positive message towards furthering our goal of keeping public lands open to responsible recreation. Tread Lightly! is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote responsible outdoor recreation through ethics education and stewardship programs. Business should consider looking into the advertising guidelines they present on their web site.

 

The ORBA Report

 

Fred has travelled to a number of meeting this month working on a variety of issues for Off Road Businesses. Here are a couple of the important items, Of course the SEMA show was in full swing with meetings surrounding the week long adventure all things Automobile in Las Vegas. Fred and Jeff are busy this month organizing a continued working agreement among Off-road racing promoters, identifying a strategic plan for Johnson Valley with the CMRC, and long-term work with the BLM SRP sub Committee.

The New Year will bring even more pressure regarding the 29 palms base expansion and potential solutions for the loss of California OHMVR funds. ORBA hopes to capitalize on its relationship with Tread Lightly in the new year as well with a focus on educational projects.

 

Lake Tahoe Basin Management Collaborative Meeting

October 18-19, 2011

 

The Lake Tahoe Management Unit is a very unique forest within region 5 of California. It was created from 4 other districts to specifically manage the lake basin and the water quality in the lake. With the population growth in the nearby population centers (Sacramento-Reno) the management of recreation has become extremely important. The question is how to manage recreation and water quality?

 

Fred Wiley the President/CEO of ORBA was invited to participate in the collaborative process that will be used to facilitate the management of the basin. To explain the collaborative process is in a sense simple, the process and all objectives are managed by the participants. The ability to accomplish goals is in the control of the stakeholders.

 

The first two-day session was spent identifying the purpose and needs of managing the area. After the individual posturing was over the process began moving towards the real issue. Consensus was the key word of the meeting, and the goal was simple. The basin can be managed in such a way that accommodates all users, providing a meaningful experience.

 

This is the beginning of a long range planning process, but we now know who the important stakeholders are. I believe that this can be successful. I have seen this process work well in several other areas such as Bridgeport, Inyo, Hope Valley, Rabbit Ears Pass. We will be engaged in this area in help insure a positive outcome for motorized recreation.

 

Desert Renewable Energy Resource Counsel (DRECP)

 

Octobers DRECP meeting focused on reviewing areas in rural area of San Bernardino County. The one-day field trip took a close look at recreation corridors, transmission line connectivity and disturbed land areas. The field trip provides a better review of how areas relate to each other, much better than maps.

 

The other parts of the monthly meeting covered reports from the counties, federal agencies and the Governors office. These are progress reports on the elements that will make up the process of permitting renewable energy projects in the California Desert. It is ORBA's position that Off-Highway recreation cannot be displaced by these projects. They must provide meaningful motorized recreation without loss of OHV access.

 

 

Off-Road Business Association Attends North American Motorized Recreation Council Annual Meeting in Las Vegas

 On October 31, 2011, Jeff Knoll represented ORBA at the North American Motorized Recreation Council (NAMRC) meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. OHV advocate leadership from across the United States and Baja, Mexico attended the daylong roundtable and shared ideas, issues, and potential solutions to the daily attack on OHV users across the country.  
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White House Rural Council Group Letter to President Obama

As representatives of national motorized recreation organizations we write to comment on the establishment of the White House Rural Council (Council) and to draw your attention to the positive economic impact off-highway vehicle (OHV) recreation has on rural economies. Specifically, we are encouraged that when you established the Council you recognized the important role the federal government has to play in expanding "...outdoor recreational activities on public lands," and that the Council's mission includes identifying and facilitating opportunities associated with outdoor recreation. We look forward to working with the Council to explore opportunities to bolster rural economies by expanding OHV recreation areas, and request a meeting with Council Chairman, Secretary Vilsack or his designees to discuss how we can best work together to ensure that OHV access continues to be an economic lifeline for many distressed rural economies.

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ORBA is a national non-profit trade association of motorized off-road related businesses formed to promote and preserve off-road recreation. ORBA proactively protects recreation access and opportunities by ensuring that America's families are not arbitrarily denied the right to responsibly recreate. ORBA provides leadership in addressing land use issues by advancing policies that conserve the environment while at the same time providing off-road recreation opportunities.

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Don Emde is best known for a motorcycle racing career that includes winning the prestigious Daytona road race in 1972, an event that his father had also won back in 1948. In 1990 he and his wife started their own publishing company which is a full family affair, with daughter Jen working as Editor and Emde's son Jeff managing advertising for Parts Magazine. Through the years Don has served on numerous Boards of Directors including the Motorcycle Heritage Foundation and the Motorcycle Industry Council. For recreation the Emde family often heads to their favorite camping spot in Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area to ride dirtbikes or drive UTVs.

 


Crowd Funding HR 2930

 

 

 

 HR 2930 set to help entrepreneurs generate funding though Crowd Funding. ORBA employs this same method to share costs for Legal Council and Lobbying purposes with our like minded partners in OHV activism. please click on the picture to watch the video.

Can crowd funding help your Business?
"Crowdfunding" | #WeCantWait to Pass the Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act | H.R. 2930

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Obama Banks on Disappointed Environmentalists Returning in 2012
By Kate Andersen Brower
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Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- From alternative fuels to clean air, President Barack Obama's record is a disappointment to environmentalists, who helped get him elected and now are threatening to sit out his re-election bid in 2012.

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