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- La Crosse, WI
I am Austin Lee and am running for the MWC BoD position of Vice President.
A Little About Myself
A MWC member from the frozen Cheeseland of Wisconsin. I have been a member of since 2008.
I am a 26 year old High school Technology Education teacher that has earned a 2-yr Technical Diploma in Automotive Transportation from Western Tech College in La Crosse WI. Currently and a 4 year bachelors from the University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie WI, in the Technology Education Major.
I got married in April of this year to Rebecca who is fast becoming a jeep-nut like me. We currently reside in the small town of Star Prairie Wisconsin.
Heeps... I mean Jeeps...
I bought my Cherokee in 2008 when I traded my 93 Ranger in at the Dealership I was working at. I have been hooked ever since; I joined in June of 2008 and shortly after met Kim, Tyler, and several others at WF 09. My 99 Cherokee is my daily driver and is always in good running condition, lest the cosmetic surfaces.
Qualifications
In my 6 years of schooling, 3 have been years in which I held executive positions in clubs/organizations. I was both the Vice President and then the President of Western Tech's Automotive club where I managed about 60 members and an annual budget of about $8,000. In my time at UW-Stout, I was elected president of the Resident Hall Association in which I managed an executive board of 7 members, ran Association board meetings worked with the Hall committees for 10 Residence Halls, utilized and maintained an annual budget of $75,000 and also developed events and fundraisers to maintain and sustain that budget. I have also advised several after-school clubs in my two years of teaching which has given me a lot of insight into how to attract attention to what you’re doing and gain support from the community as well as members from the populace.
I am an outgoing and friendly guy that participates in MWC events and discussions whenever possible. Since June of 2008, I have been at WinterFests 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. I have also participated in a handful of other non-sponsored events with some of the more local members to my area. I also started and maintain the FaceBook MWC Page on my own accord, until recently.
As a BoD of the MWC I will strive to maintain the positive outlook of our chapter as well as its reputation for being a hearty group of individuals that fights for their OHV rights. I feel that although we have ‘hot-pockets’ of activity, we could experiment with various methods to reach out to our out-lying regions to support those members we have there and to promote new member growth.
Being a resident of Wisconsin, in the past several years we have lost several OHV areas. I would like to work towards holding events throughout the MWC at the remaining OHV areas to raise awareness of the fragility of these lands. What we have created at Redbird, I feel, could be done at numerous other parks in areas that may be at risk for closings. I have been keeping up with the going-ons of the OHV situation in Northern WI and am all for it (you can find my name on the sponsorship page for that organization).
As those who know me have learned, I am a fun, easy going guy that has a passion for Jeeps and off-roading. Those with questions, please ask them and I will answer them as honestly as I can in the remaining time before elections begin!
A Little About Myself
A MWC member from the frozen Cheeseland of Wisconsin. I have been a member of since 2008.
I am a 26 year old High school Technology Education teacher that has earned a 2-yr Technical Diploma in Automotive Transportation from Western Tech College in La Crosse WI. Currently and a 4 year bachelors from the University of Wisconsin - Stout, Menomonie WI, in the Technology Education Major.
I got married in April of this year to Rebecca who is fast becoming a jeep-nut like me. We currently reside in the small town of Star Prairie Wisconsin.
Heeps... I mean Jeeps...
I bought my Cherokee in 2008 when I traded my 93 Ranger in at the Dealership I was working at. I have been hooked ever since; I joined in June of 2008 and shortly after met Kim, Tyler, and several others at WF 09. My 99 Cherokee is my daily driver and is always in good running condition, lest the cosmetic surfaces.
Qualifications
In my 6 years of schooling, 3 have been years in which I held executive positions in clubs/organizations. I was both the Vice President and then the President of Western Tech's Automotive club where I managed about 60 members and an annual budget of about $8,000. In my time at UW-Stout, I was elected president of the Resident Hall Association in which I managed an executive board of 7 members, ran Association board meetings worked with the Hall committees for 10 Residence Halls, utilized and maintained an annual budget of $75,000 and also developed events and fundraisers to maintain and sustain that budget. I have also advised several after-school clubs in my two years of teaching which has given me a lot of insight into how to attract attention to what you’re doing and gain support from the community as well as members from the populace.
I am an outgoing and friendly guy that participates in MWC events and discussions whenever possible. Since June of 2008, I have been at WinterFests 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013. I have also participated in a handful of other non-sponsored events with some of the more local members to my area. I also started and maintain the FaceBook MWC Page on my own accord, until recently.
As a BoD of the MWC I will strive to maintain the positive outlook of our chapter as well as its reputation for being a hearty group of individuals that fights for their OHV rights. I feel that although we have ‘hot-pockets’ of activity, we could experiment with various methods to reach out to our out-lying regions to support those members we have there and to promote new member growth.
Being a resident of Wisconsin, in the past several years we have lost several OHV areas. I would like to work towards holding events throughout the MWC at the remaining OHV areas to raise awareness of the fragility of these lands. What we have created at Redbird, I feel, could be done at numerous other parks in areas that may be at risk for closings. I have been keeping up with the going-ons of the OHV situation in Northern WI and am all for it (you can find my name on the sponsorship page for that organization).
As those who know me have learned, I am a fun, easy going guy that has a passion for Jeeps and off-roading. Those with questions, please ask them and I will answer them as honestly as I can in the remaining time before elections begin!