When my wife and I agreed to help the other guy start and build a chapter we agreed to stay a minimum of one year. That was plenty for us, with that chapter. I recruited over 100 Vulcan riders in the Cincinnati, Dayton area, we had a few rides, and at various times, all of those invited showed up and rode with us. I had no idea at the time why none of them came back for a second ride until the prez of the chapter decided to quit during the Spring. It turns out he had been canvassing those invites to join, and offering a "special" rate if they joined on a ride. We figure of the 100 or so people he collected from about 20 or so. He then pocketed that money, and when pressed for a financial statement he bailed out of the chapter and left us wondering where the monies went. He was also treasurer. I don't think the VRA allows that now, mainly because of that and another deal out in Iowa that was similar.
When election came around I was voted prez, and a motion was made(by my wife) to dissolve the chapter bylaws and start over. John Featherlin, then the VRA national prez faught us tooth and nail, said our election was a sham because we only had 5 members in attendance. 5 is all we had left after Joe Ryan(the previous prez) ran the others off with unreasonable demands for attendance and dues, that he himself failed miserably on. As acting prez he attended only 4 of 12 meetings his whole year, and went on 4 of 6 rides
And then the prez of the Ky chapter started advertising on Craigslist in our area recruiting members and national said they could if they wanted to. We were done at that point. Featherline was told to kiss my ass, and hope some day yet to allow him to do so.
