Updates on the MAP/MRO meeting held last Sunday, August 17...

Hi guys!

So far, almost everything that has been mentioned in the meeting has already been mentioned by don...

(See the discussion here:
http://www.motorcyclephilippines.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136607&page=10)

About Astek's question, yes MAP will be re-activated but, for now, the idea is to keep MAP's core a small group so that when we get summoned by anybody for a dialogue, we are not disorganized and we can make sure that we share the same views when they talk to us...

Now, MRO will become MAP's membership secretariat... Sine in the previous meetings, we have made MAP the top of the umbrella for this movement and every individual/group who wants to be part of it will sign up under MRO... Everything that MAP decides on will be dependent on the talks held by the MRO general assembly... This way, we can help organize this movement and we get the word out faster... MAP will be the governing body while the MRO will be the force in which it stands for...

For now, the people who will represent MAP will be announced on the third meeting to be held either on Friday evening or on Saturday morning...

Regarding the Technical Working Group, I was told to form a small group of experienced individuals who have mechanical/engineering experience or a small political background to make sure all bases are covered properly... The purpose of this group is to make sure that the workshop comes up with a fair outline that does not think about bikers alone... We have to think about everybody who uses the streets as well...

Another goal will be to find our own legal representation as what don mentioned... We will wait for about a week to see if there are any biker lawyers who are willing to support us given the circumstances... If we do not get one from the community, we will then look into other sources of legal representation...

Now, everybody who has signed up in this thread (including part 1) will become the pioneer members of MRO that will be lead by MAP of course...

The By-Laws of the MRO is now under process and will be submitted to the SEC by next week for formal registration... We will also be updating the SEC registration for MAP at the same time with a new list of directors...

For MRO, we are thinking of getting representatives from each municipality to stand as the satellite for that particular area... His responsibilities will be to accept formal membership applications (either individual or by group/club) which will be consolidated whenever we have a meeting, relay vital information to the area he is representing, distribute the necessary materials needed in the movements that we are partaking, relay to the other directors and the MAP core group the ideas or suggestions by the people from each area and to report the events that needs attention especially if it concerns every biker's rights...

By doing this, we believe that organization will be our key to success... The more organized we are, the better we can do to fight for our rights without discrediting the rights of other people...

Now, looking at this thread makes me quite proud to see the concern and interest of the people who have listed their names... It is now up to each and everyone to show their commitment to the group when the time calls for us to make our moves...

Thank you and good day to all!

We will prevail!!!