MAG Policies - Overview

Fundamentals

Individual responsibility and freedom are the principles underlying MAG's policies. Legislation should not be introduced or allowed to stand without the use of comprehensive publicly available supporting evidence.  
The options of user education and other alternatives to legislation should be examined more frequently. Motorcycling should be encouraged both as a form of transport and recreation.

Prioritisation

It is very important to note that the issues covered by policies within this document are not given equal priority when resources are being allocated. Overall decisions as to which issues our efforts are most productively spent on are made by the NC and on a day to day basis by the NEC.  MAG's policy on an issue does not change if MAG is not actively working on it. The policy only changes when the NC agrees to change it.

To be credible and effective MAG's policies need to be consistent and the changing of a policy is not something to be taken lightly.  It is very important to remember that when we suffer a setback on an issue our policy does not change.

Some of the more controversial policies are inactive because MAG feels that further effort on them could damage work in other areas.  It would be highly inconsistent and dishonest to drop such policies but a decision has to be taken by the NC before devoting resources to these areas again.

Procedure

Every calendar year a version of the policy handbook is produced which contains the NEC recommended and the NC approved policy documents at that time.  Draft changes to the handbook are submitted to the NEC which may give its recommendation and then to the NC which changes the policy to NC approved.  The NEC can direct further investigation into an issue before policy is set but a draft policy can be adopted by the NC without NEC recommendation.