District 10’s meeting was called to order on
November 19, 2011 by District Coordinator Doug Smith at Rustix’s 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, Ron, Mark, Jean, Sheila, Melissa, Theresa, Jess,
Ginny, Barb, Harry, Rhonda and Dean being present. Larry was excused and DL
showed up a little later. Rhonda read our mission statement. We welcomed new
members and guests.
Sexy-tary Report: Jean read the minutes from
the last meeting. Harlan made a motion to accept; Jim Berte seconded; motion
carried
Treasurer’s
Report: Sheila
indicated the following checks had been written from the general fund; one to
Abate of Iowa for inventory of Share the Road shirts and flags and one to
Melissa Morey for “The Bible”. A deposit was made to the Downed Biker Fund. There
was one payment from the Toy Run account for our debit card and a deposit from
the sale of raffle tickets. Barb made a motion to accept; Stumpy seconded;
motion carried
Membership: Theresa indicated we had 41
members and seven guests. Theresa informed us of the supporting business’ who
were expiring and handed out ABATE bucks to members. Jim Berte donated his back
to the district
Events; Melissa indicated we have the
following upcoming events.
Humboldt
Christmas Parade following the meeting and Lights at Kennedy set up November
20, 2011 at 12:00.
December 3 Dinner
Run to
December
17-Meeting at Rides Bar and Grill
in
January 7-Dinner
Run. Dean made
a motion to have it at the Coyote in
Melissa
then indicated that Ron had been approached by Rambo and District 8 about
redoing our Bowling Tournament that was called on account of a tornado (which
everyone thought was very unfair of District 8 to have a tornado come because
they were losing the tournament). It was decided to accept their challenge and
the bowling tournament against District
8 will be at Cherokee Lanes at 6:00 on January 28, 2012.
Melissa
also let everyone know that Lights at
Kennedy would be on the following weekends December 3 and 4, December 11, 12
and 13, December 18, 19 and 20 from 6:00 to 9:30. It cost 5.00 a car load
and she wants everyone to get out and vote for our display. We are display
number 8.
Legislative and
MRF; Jess
reminded everyone to send a post card or write to the Governor of Michigan to
encourage him to sign the bill to rescind the helmet law there. It was also
reported that Wayne Wierson is up for re-election for MRF's membership officer
and all MRF members need to get on the website and vote even though he is not
running against anyone. The position could possibly be eliminated if no one
votes
STR: Dean reported that we will
have 4 share the road presentations at
Webmaster: Ginny reported she would be
getting with Jess to get up to date on working on our district website.
PR and PAC:
Rhonda Dicus is our new PAC officer.
Barb gave out blank thank you cards to all members who were present asking them
to send the thank you cards to someone in their life they were especially
thankful for this holiday season. She also reported Rhonda Dicus had agreed to
take over her PAC officer position. Barb handed out Bronze, Silver and Elite
PAC pins to everyone who had donated enough to earn one. She also indicated
that District 10 had the most PAC money donated to the state this year.
Assistant’s
Report: Ron
wanted to thank everyone in the district who had helped with the toy
separating, the float set up before the parade and the tear down after. He also
reminded everyone we really needed help setting up our Lights at Kennedy
display on November 20, 2011. He brought up that one of the seminars he
attended at STEAM informed people that everyone needs to check their
Uninsured/Underinsured coverage on their insurance policies. One small accident
can lead to huge amounts of medical bills and most people don’t have enough
coverage. DL asked Ron to thank everyone who rode with him at Kat’s funeral. DL
was really impressed with the amount of people who showed up and so was the
Kat’s family. Ron also wanted anyone who had not received a text message about
the meeting today to see him after the meeting so he can get their phone
numbers into his phone. He also wanted people who had kids riding on the float
in the parade to make sure there was a responsible adult with them to keep them
safe. Mark indicated he had received a letter from George Tewald’s brother
telling everyone how much George loved the Dart Tournament and was wondering if
it was at all possible to have the District’s dart tournament named in memory
of George. Mick made a motion to name the tournament in memory of George;
Heather seconded. After discussing it further, JR making a suggestion to name
it after a new person every year. Mick and Heather rescinded their motions; Darrell made a motion make the dart
tournament an In Memory of Tournament and add the names each year of people we
had lost; Stumpy seconded; motion carried.
State Meeting: Doug reported on the
highlights of the state meeting
Old Business: Jim Berte reported on what the
Park Planning Committee had accomplished and if anyone had any suggestions to
email him at gunner8@q.com
New Business; Doug reminded everyone who
needed badges to see him after the meeting so he can get those ordered
DL
reported that District 25 uses money from their general fund to pay for two
kids from current ABATE members in their district to take the Rider’s Ed
course. Everyone’s kids names who want to take the course go into a hat and two
are drawn out. It was discussed and everyone thought it was good idea. The
details for our district will be decided at a later date.
Announcements: Remember Lights at Kennedy set
up November 20 and Rob Schramm’s benefit at 4:00 in
Harlan
approved of Dean’s motion to adjourn; Joe seconded; motion carried with Sue
Hill and Jeremy Hauck abstaining.
Doug
thanked the membership for attending and Chrisann and Rustix in Humboldt for
hosting our meeting.
Respectfully
Submitted
Jean Hoover
D10’s Sexy-tary