Thank you!

[Jared]

Last November when Trip asked me my thoughts and feelings about VBA, I wasn't quite sure what his reasoning was, but I expressed my love for the motorcycle industry and in particular for Kawasaki and the friendships I’ve developed during my time with VBA.

When Trip explained his plans to step down as President and expressed his desire to have me as his successor, I was as surprised as many of you and humbled at the same time. After much consideration, I’m honored to accept this appointment as the President of VBA and am very excited about what its future holds for all of us. I think VBA will continue to get better and better on account of its excellent membership and momentum.

There will be several changes over the next 6 months and I appreciate everyone’s enthusiasm and cooperation. Please feel free to message me with your suggestions and hopes for VBA. There will be a learning curve involved in this change and I hope to be approachable during that time.

Trip has started something truly remarkable with this group and will always be known as the Founder. Thanks, Trip, for all your hard work over the past few years. And thanks to all of the members for your messages, phones calls and kind support.

[glwilson]

Congratulations again Jared. You were a fitting choice to follow Trip as President.

[Netnorske]

Jared...the kind words are well deserved. After our chat today, I was even more convinced Trip made the right decision. Good luck with things as they move forward...you have a great group here and it can only get better!

[rickyboy]

Once again Jared, congrats !! You'll do a fine job.

[waterman]

Suggestions?

El President picks up the bar tab for all the regional leaders.

Sorry, couldn't help myself Jared. Well, we go from a well aged President (Trip) to one of the younger members for leadership:hmm:. Sometimes youth can be invigorating to an organization with new and fresh ideas. I am sure that you will do well Jared and look forward to the next step in VBA. :cheers: Just make sure you don't do anything that will make me call your mother.:lmao:

[fish]

Jared is picking up the bar tab for the regional leaders?? Hey Norm we're going to the national:lol:

Congrats Jared

[Rasta]

Congratulations Jared!

[Netnorske]

Jared is picking up the bar tab for the regional leaders?? Hey Norm we're going to the national:lol:

Congrats Jared

Jared is a tea-totaler, so he can afford it....:cheers:!

[crazygene49]

Cangratulations Jared, you deserve it.

[coacha]

Congrats Jared. I'm sure you will do a fine job.

[redjay]

Congratulations Jared.

[audiogooroo]

Congrats Jared! I believe Trip made a good choice.

[jandreu]

Very wise decision in my mind. While I do not know but one member personally I feel a sort of kinship with everyone here and I'm sure you will keep the spirit alive.

Now get ready for all the BS.:yep: You know we don't take to change and meddling in our affairs very kindly.:ohno:

The best decision you can make will be to hold the 2015 National Rally in Hawaii.:tup:

[cnc]

Jared is picking up the bar tab for the regional leaders?? Hey Norm we're going to the national:lol:

Congrats Jared

I don't drink any more, but for a cause like this I won't drink any less.:tehe:
Congrats on your appointment Jared, I'm sure you will do well.

[usranger74]

Congrats Jared.:tup::tup::tup:

[Cajunrider]

Jared,

When you visited New Orleans a couple or 3 years ago, you passed within 4 miles of my home if you traveled on US 90 from Lafayette to the Big Easy or 35 miles if you traveled I-10 East to New Orleans. The sad thing is you were that close and we didn't meet up. That would have been fun. Congratulations and wishing you the best as the VBA Chief. Ride safely.

[Jared]

Jared,

When you visited New Orleans a couple or 3 years ago, you passed within 4 miles of my home if you traveled on US 90 from Lafayette to the Big Easy or 35 miles if you traveled I-10 East to New Orleans. The sad thing is you were that close and we didn't meet up. That would have been fun. Congratulations and wishing you the best as the VBA Chief. Ride safely.

How about next summer I'll meet you half way in Estes!? :)

[elvis]

Jared, you have earned this position! Once again congrats and best of luck with your new role as the head of VBA.

[Griz]

Congratulations Jared!

[madcow]

a huge congatulations from the aussie contingent jarrod, we may not post often but we are always lurking around reading ... looking forward to which direction we will travel from here. ONWARDS AND UPWARDS.

[schoeney]

Congrats Jared

[Idaho]

Trip has big boots to fill and you will do a great job. Look on the bright side, your first official post had an error so that pressure if off. HA :tehe:


You will succeed Trip as President of a great organization. Just don't listen to too many of those guys with ironing boards and foreign motorcycles. :lol: Kawasaki Now and Forever!!!! :tup:

[Loafer]

Jared thanks for accepting the position, and I wish you much success!

[cnc]

How about next summer I'll meet you half way in Estes!? :)
Ah Mr President, isn't the the big shindig this summer?:tehe:

[Todd]

Yes! Congrats to Jared.

He is a great choice and will continue to take VBA in a positive direction.

[landman]

did you say something about changes coming !!!.anyway,good luck jared and thanks for
your willingness to take on such a big task.

[duneseven]

Congrats! Jared

[Top Cat]

Who is this Jared person you guys are congratulating?
I have been on this site since 2007 and can't recall him.
Is he a new member?

[Jared]

Who is this Jared person you guys are congratulating?
I have been on this site since 2007 and can't recall him.
Is he a new member?

Don't you remember that hobo who slept on your couch last summer... that was him!!

[Top Cat]

Don't you remember that hobo who slept on your couch last summer... that was him!!

Wow, really, he is our new President?
We could be in serious trouble :wtf:

:D Seriously, Congratulations again my friend. I think you will do a great job :yep:

[trosco]

Ok Jared, I would like congratulate you for being Trip's Predecessor. Cause that would be a remarkable accomplishment! But because, although I have invented time travel, I am not sharing it with the public yet, you will not be able to go back to when Trip was thinking about creating KawNow and beat him to the punch. Which would be the only way you could precede him at VBA. I will however offer my heartfelt congratulation to you as his successor.

[cactusjack]

Ok Jared, I would like congratulate you for being Trip's Predecessor. Cause that would be a remarkable accomplishment! But because, although I have invented time travel, I am not sharing it with the public yet, you will not be able to go back to when Trip was thinking about creating KawNow and beat him to the punch. Which would be the only way you could precede him at VBA. I will however offer my heartfelt congratulation to you as his successor.

Thanks Ross, I didn't want to be the one to point this out. :D

Jared, you are Trip's successor.

[Todd]

Ok Jared, I would like congratulate you for being Trip's Predecessor. Cause that would be a remarkable accomplishment! But because, although I have invented time travel, I am not sharing it with the public yet, you will not be able to go back to when Trip was thinking about creating KawNow and beat him to the punch. Which would be the only way you could precede him at VBA. I will however offer my heartfelt congratulation to you as his successor.


:tup::tup: I knew what he was talking about...the boy had a computer virus and his spell check/grammar check wasn't working. Unless he is secretly Marty McFly?????

[Jared]

Ok Jared, I would like congratulate you for being Trip's Predecessor. Cause that would be a remarkable accomplishment! But because, although I have invented time travel, I am not sharing it with the public yet, you will not be able to go back to when Trip was thinking about creating KawNow and beat him to the punch. Which would be the only way you could precede him at VBA. I will however offer my heartfelt congratulation to you as his successor.

:ohno::ohno: :shrug:

I said there’d be a learning curve.

[Top Cat]

:ohno::ohno: :shrug:

I said there’d be a learning curve.

:lmao: Yes he did. I read it. :yep:

[cnc]

:lmao: Yes he did. I read it. :yep:
Youngsters, what ya gonna do. No Tim I didn't mean you.:tehe:

[elvis]

:ohno::ohno: :shrug:

I said there’d be a learning curve.

Jared, in my mind, that was just lapsus linguae. But it shows you who or what you'd be dealing with and I'm certain that you're well aware of it and going to keep the boards on even an keel.

[cactusjack]

Don't you remember that hobo who slept on your couch last summer... that was him!!

You spent the night at TC's house? Does he really eat the little kids who walk across his lawn? :D

[Top Cat]

You spent the night at TC's house? Does he really eat the little kids who walk across his lawn? :D

Of course not. That is just the personality I project on here. In the real world I'm the happiest go lucky, easy going, compassionate , give the shirt off my back guy you could ever meet :lmao: I couldn't even type that with a straight face.

[BC RED VAQ]

Jared,
I think you wil make a great leader and you have my congrads on the new position. Best of luck to you both.

[elvis]

Hey TC, why is 13 Colorado not happening?

[cnc]

Well He did give the watch off his wrist at last years regional, so maybe part of that statement is true.:hmm:

[danimal2]

Was on the road for work all day yesterday and just saw this. Congrats on the appointment Jared. :tup:

I'm toasting now.............:cheers:

[Chili]

Congrats Jared!

[Kawhead]

I said there’d be a learning curve.The more I get around, the more I find that some folkses learnin' curves is long mudder........

Just as lengths of various appendages and things folks have differs from folk to folk. Some folks is got different learning curves.
For example, if you will,,,http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-cool18.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php) (For dramatic effect, he takes a long drag on his cigarette, exhales a cloud of smoke and takes a audible gulp of whiskey from his glass. His ice cubes clink as he sits his glass on the desk. His steely blue eyes gaze toward the ceiling.) SOME FOLKS is got the switch-back learning curve, curves, some got the average learning curve. SOME got them relentless nerve racking, migraine inducing, incessant long sweeping ass learnin' curves that eventually abut the shoreline and disappear into US Territorial Waters!!!!! :wtf:
Where it either drowns, or scary chit eats it. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-violent084.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)



Oh yeah!
Congratulations Jarad! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-bounce017.gif (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php)

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[lar]

Congratulations Jared, I'm sure you will be a great leader.

[Bdog]

Jared...thanks for stepping up to the plate. You've got big shoulders and will do a superb job as "The Big Guy". I'm looking forward to the future on VBA and am excited to see what changes may happen....Bdog

[lonewolf]

Congrats Jared !!!

[chainsaw]

What they all said.

[Idaho]

Maybe Jared will finally start giving away all of those free Nomads that Trip teased us with.

[Jared]

Maybe Jared will finally start giving away all of those free Nomads that Trip teased us with.

Oh man, were going to have to increase our membership fees.

[Kawhead]

Congratulations Jared, I'm sure you will be a great leader.http://http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOmuQMUWwo00LNRkP5PTUDW6Updxwd7 qOcPrBjbueEdBL26jaEhttp://http://www.google.com/imgres?q=road+warrior+images&hl=en&safe=off&client=opera&hs=DkO&sa=X&channel=suggest&biw=1883&bih=996&tbm=isch&tbnid=N1iMSvjcgY_DQM:&imgrefurl=http://drafthouse.com/movies/the_road_warrior_1982/&docid=7L9Ht3gLFBjGGM&imgurl=http://cf.drafthouse.com/_uploads/galleries/22074/road-warrior-2.jpg&w=900&h=507&ei=8i9LUdLxNKjJ0QGqmIFQ&zoom=1&ved=1t:3588,r:31,s:0,i:185&iact=rc&dur=637&page=1&tbnh=168&tbnw=299&start=0&ndsp=39&tx=184&ty=66http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSOmuQMUWwo00LNRkP5PTUDW6Updxwd7 qOcPrBjbueEdBL26jaEhttp://http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDd1FFeEi0NgKMzDQHkmh50usgTESuh 0kigpz0IYwmsIAW8HpE

[Kawhead]

Congratulations Jared, I'm sure you will be a great leader.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSDd1FFeEi0NgKMzDQHkmh50usgTESuh 0kigpz0IYwmsIAW8HpE :D:D:D

[blowndodge]

This place is starting to resemble a war zone!!! I wonder who'll come up with a victory?:tehe::lmao:

[manban9888]

I think VICTORY Jared VICTORY is a VICTORY great choice VICTORY and VICTORY will VICTORY take the VICTORY VBA to its VICTORY potential. Oh crap I hope that victory tourettes isn't VICTORY contagious :D

[Kawhead]

Don't make something out of it that it ain't BD. All thats done here is I presented one of my all time favorite movie shots and one of my favorite childhood action figures.:yep::shrug:

[Kawhead]

I love victory. It smells like napalm. It smells real good in the morning. That gasoline burning along with bacon and eggs frying with fresh ground coffee brewing. Smells good. Serial just don't do it. Gotta be breakfast like your mom use to do it.

Thats love.http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/love-smileys/love_heart_g.gif (http://www.4smileys.com) Lordd forgive me but I do miss it so!http://www.4smileys.com/smileys/cool-smileys/smiley-with-glasses39.gif (http://www.4smileys.com)

[haygrrr]

Congratulations Jared! From what I've read here, you'll be a great leader!

[mrtelefoneman1]

Congratulations Jared.