CANDIDATES from page 11
Randy Van de Loo
Hello. My name is Randy Van de Loo (last name is 3 words with no "R" in it and it is NOT my fault). I have only been an SCCA member for the last 5 years. However, I have spent my life racing, in one form or fashion, since I was 15. I am now 47. I have several occupations, some of them even help pay the bills. I am employed full time as a consultant to the Information Technology Industry as a Systems Architect and Analyst, where I design large scale computer software and hardware solutions for corporate America - yes, it’s true, I am a Geek. In addition to my work as a Systems person, I have also successfully functioned as a manager and coordinator of multi-million dollar projects for some of the largest corporations in the area. Now for the real meat and potatoes - I am also a racecar chassis fabricator, pit-boss (CrewChief) and driver. Lately I have been working with the Grand Sport Racing World Challenge Corvette team, as well as some of the local racers here in LOL. During 1998 and 1999 I campaigned the White #7 American Sedan Camaro, which I named "Trix" but was affectionately known to the corner workers as "Shiny White". If you know this car, you know that I like to pay attention to the details. I am currently campaigning the #7 ITC Honda, which I named "Gotcha", while I build my own World Challenge Corvette. So, what do I bring to the table as a candidate for the BOD? I have worked with many different sanctioning bodies over the years to help establish rules and operational guidelines, which, I believe, brought them to a higher level. I will tell you right now, I am not a politician. Like our
sometimes boisterous Governor, I will not break my tail trying to be politically correct. Instead, I will break my tail to make sure that what we do as an organization makes sense. I have written literally dozens of letters to the SCCA in an attempt to help make the American Sedan class safer, more fair and less expensive. Some of those letters actually worked. Some didn’t. Nonetheless, I tried and kept trying. Which is what I will do for LOL if I am elected to the board.
Past and present affiliations with: NHRA, NASCAR, DirtSouth, IMCA, Wissota, Stars, HavaTampa, NCCC and SCCA
With Regards, I am... Randy Van de Loo
Member #FR238404-01 randy@winning.com
Rob Woolston
VOTE, verb: To choose the lesser of two evils.
I first met LOL in 1985. I’ve been a corner worker since that time, including being chief of F&C for four years. As a corner worker, I have worked at events all over North America (still do). I am now in my third year as a steward, the first two years of which were spent in the stewards’ training program.
The stewards’ training program makes you work all of the specialties, so I have some idea of who does what and how it all fits together at a race. I have picked pylons at autocross events and even lurched around an autocross course a couple of times. With and without my car. I worked one Ojibwe rally, making a mental note to take a scanner or radio next time because, at 11 p.m. in
the middle of a forest with no cars coming past, you tend to wonder what is going on and why the local mosquitoes are so friendly. So far I’ve avoided the rallycross events because my teenage son will promptly say "Dad, can I borrow your car?".
When the call went out for candidates for the board, they asked for people with financial and/or management skills. Those two skills are the criteria I’ve used when voting for past candidates for the board, so I do consider them to be important. Unfortunately, my financial skills consist of balancing my cheque book and trying to convince my son to spend less of my money. My managerial skills aren’t the greatest, either. At work I’m a computer programmer who tried management once and decided that it wasn’t for me. Managing computer programmers is like herding cats.
So I ignored the first call for candidates. Then came a piteous cry from the Personnel Committee that they were desperately in need of candidates. It being before the first cup of coffee in the morning, I foolishly agreed to put my name on the list of candidates.
I don’t feel that I have any unique skills to bring to the board. I do see that a first year on the board would be spent learning how it all works. Issues that I see include the perennial shortage of workers and people willing to be chiefs, the security of knowing when and where the road racing programme will take place and the need to make sure that all of our events are financially viable.
Rob Woolston
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