Need help from District 5 permit holders

[Zertrider]

Our clubs most important member is being targeted by the CEO of the OFSC for being a voice that the offices in Barrie do not like to hear. Marty provides a place to store groomers, a place to do maintenance on groomers, a place to hold club meetings, a place to store supplies for the club, and provides many of his own supplies to do the work for the whole club to put trails in for our whole area. The clubhouse is on property he owns, so he is as passionate about snowmobiling as anyone in Ontario. And he needs your help

 

Please go and sign this petition in the hopes that Eickmeier reviews what he is doing to snowmobiling in District 5.

Petition · Show support for Martin Timmermans - Canada · Change.org

 

[Zertrider]

I have also just received a message from a club member from the Havelock club that Ryan has also banned their president from any OFSC activities.

These are people who spend time and money without reimbursement to better the sport, unlike CEO Ryan, who just gets paid to sit at the top and play dictator

[Spiderman]

Can you provide some background narrative on this?

 

[Zertrider]

The affected member stood up at the AGM and made a speech, pointing out that the OFSC had made the decision to close trails and sell off groomers without input from members, and AFTER the deadline for making submissions to bring the topic up at the AGM. Options offered to help keep groomers in the fleet, and opportunities for clubs to make suggestions were never considered.

Then that the Toronto snow show, the member wanted to discuss the closures and situation with someone from the head office from Barrie. There was only 1 person there, a female staff member sitting at a table having a sandwich. He sat down and showed a video of an MPP standing up in the HOC and discussing the trail closures and wanted to know why the OFSC was not doing more advocating to the provincial gov't. He is a passionate snowmobiler, who does more for our local trails than anyone, and he wanted to get his point across, and be heard by the head office. Apparently the staff member was thin skinned and complained and he is now banned from anything to do with groomer operations, district meetings, club activites etc...

He supplies the storage for our groomers, a place to work on them, the location for our club meetings, the clubhouse is on his property, stores supplies for the trails, puts in countless unpaid hours organizing our trail system, and being the groomer co-ordinator. Without his participation, this club shuts down. Period.

[T bird]

Marty is a great guy and very passionate about everything he does, not just snowmobiling. I recently heard about his speech at the AGM and I support him 100%…. Without people like this, snowmobiling in southwestern Ontario will be done with. 

[95rxl650]

AWWWWWWWW did some woke liberal supporter get their feelings hurt??

Signed!

Dont know the man, never met the man........but when did speaking up become border line criminal. 

[PISTON LAKE CRUISER]

It would be interesting to know if there was even any actual 1 on 1 discussion between the CEO and the two censured volunteers?

[LuvMyViper]

Signed... I hope this helps.. Thanks for sparing 

[skidooboy]

Signed. I hope the two parties work this out for mutual benefit to both and organized snowmobiling as a whole. Ski

[Strong Farmer]

4 hours ago, 95rxl650 said:

AWWWWWWWW did some woke liberal supporter get their feelings hurt??

Signed!

Dont know the man, never met the man........but when did speaking up become border line criminal. 

No organization likes a squeaky wheel. Seems like they are trying to set an example out of a bad situation. 

[Nutter]

8 hours ago, Spiderman said:

Can you provide some background narrative on this?

 

 

 

X 2 but I'm guessing this is the catalyst ? 

 

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For many years, Martin has been a dedicated and deeply committed volunteer whose passion for organized snowmobiling has had a meaningful impact across our district. In addition to trail staking and sign installation, Martin has historically performed extensive maintenance on our groomers, driven groomers during the season, and provided low-cost storage in a heated garage. His knowledge, time, and willingness to support operations have been invaluable to District 5.

 

 

Not saying this is the case here, but sounds like there are some similarities ? 

 

Waters become real muddy when people are monetarily compensated for anything on a regular basis and still have a vote at the club, district and/or provincial table, even if the compensation is much smaller then fair market value. Over the past few decades I remember many other great incredibly dedicated volunteers, some even past Governors, who bent over backwards providing services for pennies on the dollar, being legally forced to step away as these practices were true conflicts of interest,  which could put the whole organization at risk if left unchecked.  I can still remember a near lynching amongst themselves down in Dist 5 about 15 years ago, that caused a whole family of dedicated volunteers and land owners to walk away, because others within the District felt they were unjustly taking all the pie not just a piece.  Also a lot of that kind of stuff helped fuel District 16 to be shuttered.  

 

 

In saying this I remember Martin quite well, very dedicated volunteer and great guy.  Had many laughs with him back in the day when unwinding after business at AGMs.