District 10’s meeting was called to order on February 16 at Front and Center in Barnum by District Coordinator Doug Smith. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and we had a moment of silence to honor our lost brothers and sisters. Roll call of officers was taken with Doug, DL, Cheryl, Larry, Deb, Sheila, Mark, Cori, Jess and Jean all being present. Ron, Dean and Scott were excused. We welcomed guests Carol Johnson, Wayne Rapple and Norm Carlson.

Sexy-tary’s report: Jean read the minutes from the January meeting. Larry Raner made a motion to accept and Brittany Ray seconded; motion carried.

Treasurer’s report: Sheila indicated four checks had been written from the general fund; McCubbin Trophy, Print Shop Plus, DKS Computers and one for our taxes. There had been a deposit to the Downed Biker Fund and no activity on the Toy Run Fund. Terry Christopher made a motion to accept and Jess Tepner seconded; motion carried

Membership report: Deb reported 48 members present and 3 guests

Events: Cheryl thanked everyone for showing up for the meeting, chili feed and auction. The next meeting is on March 15 at the Spare Time Lanes in Jefferson with the bowling tournament to follow. We had 19 members present at the last dinner run at the Roman Inn in Fort Dodge. Our next dinner run is March 1 at Vinnies in Dakota City at 4:30. It was decided to have the April 5^th dinner run at Ikes in Pocahontas.

Legislative: Mark again reminded everyone of Lobby Day on March 12 at the state building in Des Moines and Motorcycle Safety Forum on March 14 at the Sheraton. There are two bills in the house presently, one for a helmet law for anyone under 18. The other bill would charge people an extra $5.00 per year on their motorcycle license renewal if they wear a helmet and $10.00 a year if they don’t wear a helmet.

MRF: Jess indicated we thought we possibly had an ally with regards to helmet laws in the Secretary of the United States DOT since she is an avid motorcyclist but now not so sure since she recently had a motorcycle accident where she ran into the back of her husband’s bike and is now swearing up and down she would be dead if it hadn’t been for the fact that she was wearing a helmet. Jess also reminded everyone of Heartland Steam at the end of April in South Dakota. Linda Janssen made a motion to pay for two rooms at Heartland Steam, Brittany Ray seconded; motion carried. Jess also indicated for those of you interested you can check out the bands that are playing at the rally this year at www.abateiowafreedomrally.com

Share the Road: DL indicated 4 presentations had been given at Fort Dodge Senior High on February 14. With Don Ashenfelter, Wayne Lussman, DL Peterson, Doug Smith and Larry Raner present, with Don doing two of the presentations. The next STR presentations are Wednesday May 7 at 8:00 at Fort Dodge Senior High and Saturday May 31 at 8:00 at St Edmond High School and at 10:00 the same day at SE Webster in Burnside.

Webmaster: Doug said Scott had been doing an excellent job of keeping our website up to date and making changes when it was requested

Assistant’s report: DL reminded everyone it was $5.00 for all you can eat at the chili feed and the standings of the membership contest is as follows; Doug Smith has earned 41 abate bucks, Dean Summers 14 and Ron Hoover has 8. He also indicated that there were a lot more people who had signed people up but those were the top three at present.

Old Business: Raffle for the mini chopper starts in March. The newsletter will be coming out in the next week or two.

New Business: The Rip Rapple patches are done and you can get them from Sheila for $8.00 a piece.

Announcements: Remember the meeting and bowling tournament at Spare Time Lanes in Jefferson with the public being welcome. Kat wanted everyone to know The Silver Dollar in Blairsburg has a Sunday brunch from 9:00am to 2:00pm every Sunday. Sheila indicated she had four more calendars left to sell and are now gone.

Kat Barrick made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Brittany Ray seconded; motion carried with Jerry Dahl, Lenny Winkler and Dave Janssen abstaining.

Doug thanked Front and Center for hosting our meeting and Chili Feed and Auction. Doug also wanted to Thank the membership for attending. He also wanted to thank Curt Carlson for volunteering to be our auctioneer. He did a wonderful job again.

Respectfully submitted

Jean Hoover

District 10’s Sexy-tary