Arlington ABATE Meeting Minutes
15 Sep 19
Meeting Opened at 1210 at VFW Post 6111. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation.
Officers present: Rick Boland, Doni Evans, Laurie Streeb, Nay-Nay Cummings, Byrrd Gutierrez.
Minutes accepted as read.
Treasurer’s report accepted as read.
Membership: 78 members plus two new members,
Legislative: MRF reports 100 co-sponsors for anti-profiling legislation. Sons of Liberty run from Tarrant County courthouse to Parker County courthouse in support of anti-profiling legislation.
Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM) has been introduced in the Senate.
At the Meeting of the Minds Rick was able to attend a health seminar that included a motorcycle simulator that could be used educationally.
Skee was presented the Thomas Paine Award and George Guffee received the Young Activist Award.
No Security or Products reports.
Chapter Rep: The next state meeting will be 02 November in Denton. State officers to be elected. State Coordinator, Secretary and Legislative Officer positions to be filled.
Discussion about reducing the size of the state ABATE back patch from ten inches to five inches. Doni will take the discussion to the state.
Old business: Chapter officer nominations are closed. Vote to be held at the November chapter meeting.
Mid-South Mile is next weekend in Shreveport, La. Texoma needs three tables for our Basket. 225 tickets have been pre-sold for the banquet.
Teddy Bears may have CUB (Community Unity Bear) stickers for tracking purposes. We will ride to a fire station after the November meeting to deliver them.
Home Defense raffle tickets are still available.
Bikers Ball to be held at VFW Post 6111, we need to set a date.
National VFW has a new Rule prohibiting 1% colors in VFW Posts.
Raffle ads have been removed from our website.
New business: The death/insurance hard sell issue has come up again. Aggressively trying to sell additional products. Rick has the regional manager’s phone number.
Discussion regarding the possibility of setting up an ABATE coffee table at the kick off point for the Veteran’s Day Parade.
Due to work schedules/staffing issues the decision was to not attempt it.
Open floor: Coats For Kids Run is 24 November starting from Denton Cycle Center. Dale has more info.
Meeting closed at 12:50.
15 Sep 19
Meeting Opened at 1210 at VFW Post 6111. Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation.
Officers present: Rick Boland, Doni Evans, Laurie Streeb, Nay-Nay Cummings, Byrrd Gutierrez.
Minutes accepted as read.
Treasurer’s report accepted as read.
Membership: 78 members plus two new members,
Legislative: MRF reports 100 co-sponsors for anti-profiling legislation. Sons of Liberty run from Tarrant County courthouse to Parker County courthouse in support of anti-profiling legislation.
Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act (RPM) has been introduced in the Senate.
At the Meeting of the Minds Rick was able to attend a health seminar that included a motorcycle simulator that could be used educationally.
Skee was presented the Thomas Paine Award and George Guffee received the Young Activist Award.
No Security or Products reports.
Chapter Rep: The next state meeting will be 02 November in Denton. State officers to be elected. State Coordinator, Secretary and Legislative Officer positions to be filled.
Discussion about reducing the size of the state ABATE back patch from ten inches to five inches. Doni will take the discussion to the state.
Old business: Chapter officer nominations are closed. Vote to be held at the November chapter meeting.
Mid-South Mile is next weekend in Shreveport, La. Texoma needs three tables for our Basket. 225 tickets have been pre-sold for the banquet.
Teddy Bears may have CUB (Community Unity Bear) stickers for tracking purposes. We will ride to a fire station after the November meeting to deliver them.
Home Defense raffle tickets are still available.
Bikers Ball to be held at VFW Post 6111, we need to set a date.
National VFW has a new Rule prohibiting 1% colors in VFW Posts.
Raffle ads have been removed from our website.
New business: The death/insurance hard sell issue has come up again. Aggressively trying to sell additional products. Rick has the regional manager’s phone number.
Discussion regarding the possibility of setting up an ABATE coffee table at the kick off point for the Veteran’s Day Parade.
Due to work schedules/staffing issues the decision was to not attempt it.
Open floor: Coats For Kids Run is 24 November starting from Denton Cycle Center. Dale has more info.
Meeting closed at 12:50.
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