District 10’s meeting was called to order on November 17 by District Coordinator Doug Smith at The Prowler in Humboldt. 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, Ron, Jean Jess, Cori, Mark and Deb all being present and Larry, Dean and Scott being excused. We welcomed new member Lisa and guests Randy Hoffman, Doug Schilling and Jodi Ryder. We also had a small presentation from Doug and Jodi who represented AFLAC.

Sexy-tary’s report: Jean read the minutes from the October meeting. Jess Tepner made a motion to accept, Harlan Thompson seconded, motion carried with Dave Janssen abstaining.

Treasurer’s Report: Sheila gave the report with Doug’s assistance. We had spent the money from the Toy Run but a deposit had been made after the toy purchasing from donations made by Coldwell Banker, C and S Bank, Gary Nelson and Slider. Checks were written for postage to DL and Membership to the MRF. Dave Janssen made a motion to accept, Lenny Winkler seconded; motion carried.

Membership Report: Deb indicated there were 37 members present and three guests for a total of 40 people.

Events: Cheryl brought up where we were going to have the December 8 dinner run. It was decided to have it at Tony’s in Farnhamville. Christmas party is on December 15 at the Roman Inn in Fort Dodge. Everyone make sure they bring munchies. It was also discussed when we were going to set up the Christmas display at Lights at Kennedy and it was decided we would do it on Saturday December 1 at 1:00. We need all the help we can get and then everyone needs to get out there and vote for our display.

Legislative: Mark reported that the DOT had taken steps to improve the safety factor in riding motorcycles by requiring new riders to have a training course, training for officers and education of the public.

MRF: Jess reported that ABATE of Iowa wants everyone to understand how very wrong the National Traffic Safety Board is being by using our tax money to lobby against us and we ALL need to get busy and write our congressman in Washington and let them know how we feel. He also brought up the Dimes for DC campaign which help, through our donations, will send our PAC officers to Washington without using as much of our PAC fund.

Webmaster: Doug indicated that with Scott being off work he had been working very hard on our website.

Share the Road: Doug reminded every one of the Share the Road presentation we would be having on Thursday December 6 at 8:00 AM at Fort Dodge Senior High and that the more people we have the better.

Assistant’s Report: DL relayed that the state office had requested we change the day of our meeting in November 15, 2008 because that would be the same weekend as STEAM so it will now need to be on November 8, 2008. Which means that since most of the officers would be attending STEAM there were going to have to be members that would step up and take care of the float decorating and showing up for the Humboldt parade. He also indicated the following members were ahead in the membership drive for the hotel room, Doug in first, Dean in second and Mark and Lori were tied for third. He also reminded everyone again to please, please email him at dlpeterson@trvnet.net or Doug at dksprog@frontiernet.net if you are reading this in the freeway flyer and not getting the district mail please email us with their correct email addresses so we can update our email list. DL still has T-shirt order forms for those wanting our district T-shirts.

Old Business: Lights at Kennedy display opens December 15-23 at Kennedy Park. Winner of dollars for our favorite charity is by popular vote being cast after you drive through the display…a Five dollar donation is requested to drive through. Don’t forget to vote.

New Business: Doug said that if you wanted to get reimbursed for purchases made for the district you need to have a receipt and get it to Sheila. He also reported the following from the State Meeting; Lobby Day is March 12, 2008, please plan to attend, Rider Education fees are going up to cover the costs of fuel, insurance and etc, Lobby Day is set for March 12, 2008 room 116 again at 7 a.m. We need to have a good turn out to stop any momentum gained by the NTSB, The Safety Forum is set for March 14, 2008 at the Sheraton Hotel in DSM, IA, Meeting of the Minds will be in Colorado Sept 25-27, 2008 and we have a new editor of the Freeway Flyer, Edith Hodgell of Pocahontas, IA. He then brought up that other districts were donating ten percent of the money raised at their events to either PAC, Share the Road or Riders Education to help fund these programs. Jess Tepner made a motion to donate ten percent of the proceeds from our events, excluding the Toy Run event, alternating with the three programs. Ben Nomann seconded the motion; motion carried. Doug also brought up that Trailer World of Fort Dodge had donated a mini Chopper to do with as we please for next year’s Toy Run. We discussed selling a limited number of raffle tickets to win the Chopper, possibly a grill from Shoppers Supply and maybe a gift certificate to Hy Vee or Fareway. It would mean using money from the Toy Run account to print up raffle tickets, possibly buy the grill and gift certificate and print up flyers about the raffle. It was decided Doug would find out how much it would costs to put everything together and we would vote on it next meeting.

Announcements: Cheryl, DL and Doug wanted to thank everyone who showed up to help buy the toys and sort the toys. They also wanted to thank Two Rivers Transportation for letting us use their garage to decorate the float for the parade. Their generosity was greatly appreciated.

George made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Jerry seconded the motion; motion carried with Jeremy abstaining.

Doug thanked Dennis from The Prowler for hosting our meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Hoover

D-10’s Sexy-tary