District 10's meeting was called to order on August 18 by district coordinator Doug Smith at Big Boyz in Duncombe. The of pledge of allegiance was said and we had a moment of silence to honor lost brothers and sisters. Roll call of officers was taken with Doug, DL, Scott, Jean, Ron, Dean, Cheryl, Cori, Deb, Larry and Shawn all being present and Brian and Pam were unexcused. We welcomed our guests Angie and Ron Barnes from District 7 and new member Ron.
Sexy-tary's Report: Jean read the minutes from the July meeting. Harlan made a motion to accept, Kat seconded and the motion carried.
Treasurer's Report-Doug indicated no report with Pam gone but did note there had been checks written and deposits made as Mary was there with the Bank Statements.
Membership Report: Deb indicated there were 52 members present 4 new members and 4 guests since Mary had brought the twins
Events: Cheryl indicated we needed to come
up with a new place for our September 8 meeting because the Brickyard was
closed. Jess made a motion to have it at Amigos, Shawn seconded; motion carried
with Sue Hill abstaining. Cheryl wanted volunteers to help register people for
the Toy Run on September 15 at the square and quite a few Deb, Mick, Sheila,
Jean and Ron all volunteered along with a couple of people at the front of the
bar whose names I didn't get. Doug is going to have a trailer there to put the
toys in. Kevin will be at Pee Wees for the card drawing at the end of the run.
Cheryl also wanted auction items and everyone to help get donations of items
for the auction at the Toy Run. She was going to talk with Curt Carlson about
being out auctioneer again unless someone knew or wanted someone else. Larry
indicated the prisoners were donating a doll
house again. We discussed our dinner run for September and DL insisted we
have one. Larry made a motion to have it the last weekend in September at the
Family Table in Algona, Kat seconded the motion; motion carried with Jeremy
Hauck abstaining. Harlan made a motion to have the Christmas Party at the Roman
MRF and Legislative; Jess indicated there were 30 bikes that met for the straw poll and they met up with Tommy Thompson group who had over a 100 bikes. He said it was very impressive when they all rode into together Jess also indicated that the Marriott for the Meeting of the Minds is booked solid and he was unsure which hotel was the back up hotel. Please e-mail Doug dksprog@frontiernet.net if you are wanting to go to the MOTM as he needs to turn in a list to the State Office 2 weeks before.
Webmaster: Scott indicated nothing new
Share the Road: Dean indicated that he had no new presentations arranged at this time due to the fact that the person he normally works with in the Driver's education department is out of the country on her honeymoon.
Assistant's Report: DL had nothing and Scott just wanted to thank Larry Raner for organizing the Bikes for Tykes run.
Old Business: nothing
New
Business:
Ballots were passed for the positions in the state office. District 10 elected
the following people: Phil McCormick and Rambo Schilmoeler for Assistant State
Coordinator; Mary Carlson for State Treasurer and Roxie West for Secretary;
Nominations
for positions for our district were as follows:
District Coordinator:
Doug Smith accepted
DL Peterson declined
Buck Boring declined
Assistant Coordinator:
Harlan Thompson/declined
Steve Smith/declined
Jerry Dahl/declined
Ron Hoover/accepted
DL Peterson/accepted
Scott Hill/accepted
Buck Boring/declined
Jerry Dahl/declined
Dean Summers/accepted
Treasurer:
Linda Ricklefs/accepted
Sheila Evans/accepted
Sherry Carlson/ accepted
Sexy-tary
Jean Hoover/accepted
Brittany Ray/accepted
Heather Smith/accepted
Sergeant of Arms
Ron Hoover/accepted Shawn Gardner/accepted
Duane Ricklefs/declined Dave Zimmermann/accepted
Steve Smith/accepted Jerry Dahl/declined
Dean Summers/accepted Bill Gurnett/declined
Larry Raner/accepted Mick Evans/declined
Don Barnes/accepted
Legislative:
Brian Bidleman/accepted
Jess Tepner/declined
Larry Raner/declined
Doyle Carlson/declined
Announcements:
Kat had kindly agreed to do our centerpieces for the Meeting of the Minds. Sue Hill indicated that she had ABATE items from her father Rip Rapple which she wanted to donate to the district It was decided some of it would go to the auction at the Meeting of the Minds and the rest would be auctioned at the Toy Run since Rip was one of the founding fathers of our organization. Doug and Scott agreed to dress up with DL as elves for the Toy Run. It was Jerry Dahl's fiftieth birthday this past week and Brittany Ray's not that old birthday this week.
Becky McCuddin made a motion to adjourn, Jerry Dahl seconded; motion carried with Cheryl Wiley being opposed because she really like Doug's new haircut and wanted him to keep talking so she could watch him.
Doug thanked Big Boyz in Duncombe for hosting our meeting.
Respectfully submitted
Jean Hoover
District 10's Sexy-tary