MAP/MRO - The time has come to converge!!!

Good evening fellow brothers...

First of all, I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to those who have signed up and shown up in our meetings diligently and with out question. You support is greatly appreciated and acknowledged as each time, it drives us to continue fighting for our rights.

Moving on, MRO will be holding another meeting this weekend to update everyone on the current progress of the MAP/MRO technical working group that will attend the LTO's workshop on September 10

For now, there are no solid dates on the meeting but, it will be held in UP, at our original meeting place, the parking lot of the College for Human Kinetics or the UP Swimming Pool.

Possible schedules will be to have the meeting on Friday evening at exactly 7:00PM or on Saturday morning at exactly 8:00AM. This will be announced on or before Thursday.

The topics will include:

Current status of the Technical Working Group
Possible addition to the TWG depending on how the application is presented
Announcement of meetings with other groups who wish to hear the status of the fight against the AO
Other missions that we are also looking into
Membership guidelines
Assigning of satellite officers for different sectors
Plans for a general assembly of all those interested in joining MAP/MRO

Basically, everybody in this thread who signed up will be considered as the pioneers of this group and will be listed as Rights Sergeants to be lead by the selected interim officers, otherwise known as Freedom Lieutenants.

The interim officers that will lead the group will also be announced on the next meeting and will be given their roles and responsibilities that will help the group carry out its mission on protecting the rights of riders while taking the rights of others in consideration.

The officers will be divided into these responsibilities:

Information gathering
Information dissemination
Membership committee
Public affairs
Research and Development
Programs committee

We will then have the group officially induct the interim officers on the first General Assembly tentatively scheduled on September 7, in Marilaque. They will be the standing officers until the 2nd general assembly to be held within the first quarter of next year. During that time, we will elect a new set of officers for the group. Everything that the group upholds will be the basis of MAP's missions and goals. Basically, MAP will become the representing body for the MRO.

As explained previously, we decided to keep MAP's revival as a small core group so that we will be assured that we are on the same page and set upon the same goals. The people in this core group has been carefully selected from the community and has dedicated their own personal time to work on the issues that surrounds our general populous. In time, as more people dedicate themselves in supporting MAP's missions, we will slowly add more people into the MAP. They would of course have to initially show support to the group by signing up and becoming members of the MRO. Special inductions into MAP will be given to past members and officers after a public group announcement is made.

It may sound complicated but, this way, we can be sure that the integrity, vision and credibility that the previous officers and members of the MAP worked hard to achieve is kept intact and protected.

With the blessing of the founders,directors, past officers and past members of the MAP, we hereby pledge to continue the legacy that the Motorcycle Advocates of the Philippines have bestowed upon us. On behalf of the Motorcycle Rights Organization, Thank you for showing us the way.

We will prevail!!!