Updates - Cavite ride/meeting report...

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The UP meeting wasn't very special... Just a few discussions about some stuff that we are doing on September 10 and the people we need to meet before that.

We wanted to talk more about the agenda's on hand but, since there was only a few people who were able to make the meeting, we decided to just hold off on it till the next meeting when more people attend...

At about 11:00 AM, me and don_pangan decided to ride towards Macapagal to meet Astek for the Cavite meeting...

We arrived in Blue Wave Macapagal at about 12:00NN and rested and cooled off before the long and hot ride into Cavite... We left at about 12:30...

By 1:10, we were already at Petron, Imus, Cavite... We waited for our escort, Jeon before we headed of to the meeting place of the Cavite Federation of Riders... At about 1:20, Jeon arrived and we left at about 1:30... We got to the Caviteños hangout at about 1:50... Upon arrival, we had a quick lunch and prepared for the discussion...

After a few introductions, the mic was turned over to me so we started the discussion... We started right off the AO point by point like we always did in all our meetings... A lot of stuff was clarified especially the general purpose of the September 10 workshop... We then hit on the different sections of the AO and focused mainly on the modifications part where we used an actual bike to pinpoint each area...

As per the discussion, we made it a point thet the MAP and MRO's position is not do discuss the regulations to be set for all bikes, instead, we discussed the better alternative to the cause...

Only a few lines are needed to address the main goals of the organization...

We are not for regulation... We are for re-education...

That is the main goal that we intend to push for the workshop... Although some parts of the modification issues are firmly attached to the law since 1964, we are going to bring the rest of the topics into a di-regulation cause and introduce the re-education bit...

We also talked about the future of the MRO and it's goals to introduce a general information board where every rider can find answers to their questions via an online library that MCP and the MRO are working hard on making... With the guidance of MR. Jake Swann, the MAP and MRO aims to create an extensive education program that will span the whole country via the MCP site and by hosting seminars and symposiums with the help of businesses related to motorcycles and the manufacturers themselves...

A massive campaign program shall be presented and this will take the entire community to make it work and make it effective... With hard work and perseverance, we shall make it happen and we will prevail...

After the last parto of the talk where we talked about the membership program being prepared by the MRO, we then passed the mic back to the host for some last pointers... Before the meeting adjourned, Astek gave some anti-apprehension pointers to our brothers...

I believe that the meeting was satisfactory and everybody left with a better understanding of the law and the situations surrounding us... The most important thing is that we left Cavite with smiles on our faces and smiles on the faces of the people we had a discussion with...

With great pleasure and gratitude, the MAP and MRO wish to thank the club presidents of Cavite and our hosts for inviting us and taking the time to listen to us... And again, whenever you need our support or help, you know who to call...

Mabuhay po kayong lahat!!!

Pictures of the meeting can be found here:

http://www.motorcyclephilippines.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136607&page=13