Date of Meeting: May 29, 2010
Location: VFW
Meeting Called to Order: 6:00 p.m.
OFFICERS PRESENT
President: Mike “Jeppe” Jeppesen
Vice President: Gary Goracke
Secretary: Joni Schmitt (absent this meeting)
Members Present: 39
Guests Present: 0
New Members: 0
Treasurer: Roxanne Hedine
State Representative: Ray Stach (absent this meeting)
Pledge of Allegiance and Moment for Veterans
Master Sgt. Arms: Jeff Beattie
SECRETARY MINUTES (copies passed out and motions read) ~
Additions/Corrections to Minutes:
Motion to Accept: Mary 2nd: Dean Motion Carried
TREASURER MINUTES: Cash Balance $5527.06 Petty Cash $27.71
Additions/Corrections to Minutes:
Motion to Accept: Donna 2nd: Leanne Motion Carried
STATE REPORT: No report (at Way West)
VICE PRESIDENT REPORT:
- Thanks to everyone who helped at the ditch clean up and the wash out.
- Gary has a sign- up sheet, from Penny, seeking help at products booth at the state rally.
- Micky is looking for help to work the booth for membership at Algona.
- A big THANK YOU to Vince for the food provided at the meeting.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: Santa
Apparently, Santa’s submission from FFR did not make the Road Noise this past month. Hmmm? Jeppe is going to look into it.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Education & Training (Bob Jespersen)
No report
Gambling (Ray Stach)
No report
Legislative Chair (Bob Timm)
See State Report
Dial-a-ride (john nelson)
- There is need of 10 road guards for pete’s county market ride, July 10
- Need 4 groups of bikers to go to 8 bars each and pick up old calendars – meet at Hedine’s @ noon on the day of June meeting (June 26).
Buddy bear (LeAnne Chisholm)
Bears on back order
Membership & Retention (Murf)
Keep on asking people – sign ‘em up!
Chapter Products (Patty Froemming & Beth Engstrom)
No report
Website (Glenn Cox)
- Adding new pages with links to accessories.
- There will be a “for Sale” page – members only will be able to post
- Donna paid for the domain name ($25.00)
Ride Captain (Sgt/Arms) (Jeff Beattie)
No Report
Chapter Fund Raisers: Chris Thomas, Murf, Doc, Donna Ogaard, Kris Dronen, Bob Timm
- Much discussion on next year’s FFR Bike Show
- Wednesday, Doc and Chris will meet with the Winery
- Cost to have it at RCC is $630.00
OLD BUSINESS
No Report
NEW BUSINESS
- Shirley made a motion to pay the following bills:
$55.00 for the hospitality room
$25.00 to Donna for website domain name
$200.00 vendor fee for State Rally
The motion was seconded by Ritchie. Motion Carried.
- State letter from Edgar. Broken Spoke will give 10% back to Abate of MN for any camping or trailer parking. There will be a code issued, use the code. If you already made reservations, you may be able to use the code for the deal.
- July meeting: Keep it the last Saturday of the month. Dean made a motion to have the July meeting at Jo Jo’s in Henning. Cindy second. Motion carried.
- August meeting: Don made a motion to have the August meeting in Clitherall at On the Corner. The motion was seconded by Bob. Motion carried.
- September meeting: Mary made motion to have the September meeting at Millers. Ritchie seconded it. Motion carried.
- Dave Olson: Terry Sibert, who has road guarded with us, had back surgery that left him paralyzed from the chest down. There is a Benefit for him on July 10th, from 4:00 – 7:30 p.m., at the Eagles. Don made a motion to donate $100 to the Terry Sibert Benefit. The motion was seconded by Rob. Motion carried.
- Cindy Wolf: Asked FFR to road guard. Please register at the table that says FFR. The ride will only cost you $5 to do the ride. There will be a free will offering breakfast in Eagle Bend on July 4th.
- John Nelson: Looking for any new bars that are biker friendly. Dean asked if there is anything in Sauk Centre and will give names to John.
- Ronald McDonald ride: Jodi is working registration. She will try to get a good camping area for us. There will probably be 20 bikes going from FFR.
- Vince Wogan: Please stay and eat. Free will offering.
Motion to Adjourn: Donna 2nd: Dean Motion Carried
NEXT MEETING:
- Date: June 26, 2010
- Place: Hedine’s
- Time: 6:00 p.m.
Minutes taken by: Kris Dronen and submitted by: Joni Schmitt, Secretary
***Many many thanks to kris for taking minutes so that I could go camping…Sincerely, Joni
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