Important news from SEG America

The Segway Enthusiasts Group of America is undergoing a significant transformation.

As you know, volunteer organizations rely on consistent stewardship and activity in order to prosper. While both our membership and general interest has continued to grow throughout the years, the volunteer effort has not. In fact this year we did not receive enough nominations for the SEG America Executive Board to remain in compliance with our bylaws. Simply put, we no longer have the volunteer resources necessary to maintain and grow SEG America.

Because of this, the current entity of SEG America will officially retire on August 31, 2007. There is a silver lining, however. Segway Inc. believes in this community and would like to continue nurturing it in a new way. It sees an opportunity working with and for Segway enthusiasts and hopes to come up with practical and creative ways to grow membership and involvement.

We expect this transition to take some time and we hope you will support their efforts and continue your involvement. We believe our group and its founding objectives will be well served under a more consistent and motivated stewardship via Segway Inc., a company that has always supported our efforts and is now ready to take them to the next level. Your SEG America membership will be one of the starting points for the launch of this new effort.

What will happen to SEG America’s assets? Remaining assets will be reallocated within the Segway Enthusiast community.

It has been our honor as the Executive Board of SEG America to serve this organization over the last three years. We have made many friends, and we have all had some good times. We thank you all for that.

For more news about the SEG America transition, stay tuned to Segway Inc.’s “The Last Mile” blog at http://www.segway.com/blog. We encourage all of you to continue to glide with pride, be good and responsible Segway citizens, find opportunities to glide with your friends, and continue a long and successful life in the Segway community.

Karl Ian Sagal, Fred Kaplan, Stan Dobrowski, Will Hopper

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