Posted by: Kever
The NSMBA has come out and said that the DNV was working on this set of regs long before Boogie Nights was rebuilt and the work that was done on that trail over winter has nothing to do with these new stipulations.
I also fail to see how these stipulations will decrease rogue building and unsanctioned trails as builders of those trails generally prefer to remain anonymous, so it would be difficult to pin anything on a rogue builder. It looks like DNV is trying to indemnify themselves as much as possible. The new regs are focused on sanctioned trails anyways as the legalese refers to "permit holder", so unless the unsanctioned builder advertises themself then it seems the DNV is just making life harder for the small group of permitted, independent builders.
As Syncro said it's looking like the DNV is making it damn near impossible for builders to remain independent permit holders. However as SixZeroSixOne said, the NSMBA would need to have their bases covered for trails they manage and this would include insurance. Seems to me the easiest way to get around these new regs and keep building is to have the NSMBA hold the permit and have the lead builders listed on the permit. This way the insurance is in place to cover the builders and the association. I have recently joined the NSMBA's roster of permitted builders and so far it has been very positive. They respect my process and vision for the trails and seem eager to help when they are able to. Independent, NSMBA curious builders, feel free to DM me if you want to chat further about this.
WTF!?!?!
Are you telling me that the NSMBA has known about this set of new regulations for some time? How long?
Last Friday when we met with the new Trail / Habitat co-coordinator for the first time this year.
We had handed in our application for 2022 work at the beginning of year and were told to sit tight and we would have our permits shortly. Then radio silence and only after repeated emails to the DNV were finally able to meet in person only to be handed a new agreement and told to stop work.
We were left standing on our trail with tears in our eyes.
We spent the entire weekend in a email / phone frenzy to all the other independent builders so they would be in the loop as they also had no idea this was on the way.
And this was known about by everyone except us!?!?!
I am speechless....