SUPPORT YOUR
STATE ASSOCIATION
NYSORVA
is the state-level organization working on behalf of clubs and
individual riders statewide (regardless if a member or not) representing
the values of all OHV trail riders.
To start, we encourage you to join
one or more local clubs to improve your access to trails on the
local level. Then also consider how you can support efforts at the state
level.
Naturally there are different levels of
meaning to the word "join" and "member." NYSORVA is
set up to be as flexible and unimposing as possible (limited
bureaucracy) for those participating in its operation. For your purposes
it's whatever you feel most comfortable with:
* Join the NYSORVA OHV Advocacy Database and e-mailing list (no
cost), by following this link.
* Join with a financial contribution, see
the Support page.
But the most important meaning we
associate with "member":
* Join in the actual work that NYSORVA
volunteers do either locally or on the state-level— Your personal
involvement is most valued to the organization in terms of the value of
your time and personal skills.
As to joining with a donation: What we
are doing ("working to improve the environment for OHV recreation
in NYS") is intangible in many ways, in that we don't send a
regular mail newsletter/magazine, patches, membership cards, dealer
discounts— all the club-type stuff. You can imagine then how hard it
is to get donations for the operation of NYSORVA when we don't provide
"stuff" in return for the cash. All we can do is pledge our
devotion to the interests of the riders of the state, and we use the
funds for things like lobbying the Legislature and state agencies,
communications efforts, and research projects like the 20,000-rider
survey we pursued to prove to the state that OHV people are a force to
be reckoned with rather than ignored as we currently are.
So, do what you can with the time and
resources you have to give to the cause knowing it's for a bigger
picture issue than "where will I ride next week."
Be sure to thoroughly review the web
site for more info on what we are doing. And if you can pitch-in in any
way, let us know so that I can facilitate your involvement.
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