NHRA Leadership question

[Julie Jordan]

Originally Posted by Greg Hill

What needs to happen is for the members to get their voting rights back. The members could then elect a board that could hire the CEO and other top management people and set their salaries. I think a board should be made up of sportsman racers, pro racers, track owners, and maybe sponsors. They should fill a term of two years with a maximum of three terms. Elections could happen every two years along with a convention for the members in a nice part of the country. The organization should be run for the benefit of its members. I think track owners, sponsors, and people who hold a competition liscense and race three or four times a year should be eligible to vote.

According to the 2009 tax returns $4.4 million was collected in membership "dues". At an average of $60, this equates to over 73,000 members. Track owners, sponsors and racers maybe comprise 10% of that? So, if the organization is to be run for the "benefit of its members" then how is it equitable to exclude the largest block of people from voting?