Arlington ABATE chapter meeting minutes
16 Aug, 2020
Meeting held at VFW Post 6111.
Meeting opened at 1210 with the Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation.
Officers present: Rick Boland, Laurie Streeb, Dale Knaub Nay NayCummings and Byrrd Gutierrez.
Previous meeting minutes accepted as posted.
Treasurer report accepted as read.
Membership officer reported 2 new lifetime memberships and a total membership of 82.
Legislative issues: MRF article about the Texas Motorcycle Safety Fund being moved from the Department of Public Safety to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation discussed.
The State Officer’s Meeting will be 03 October, to be hosted by the Arlington Chapter.
MRF: Check mrf.org/legislative for the most current updates regarding federal legislation. All eight of the federal motorcycle issues have been attached to a highway bill. MRF suggests supporting several federal bills, including:
The Meeting of the Minds is still scheduled for 24 – 27 September in Indiana.
25 January, 2021 is Legislative Day in Austin. We still need Legislators to carry our bills in Austin.
Possible locations for the State Meeting are Stumpy’s and J. Gilligan’s. Currently waiting for updated information from both locales.
A chapter member has a family member who does food catering and may be able to help. Discussion included possible legal issues related to Covid-19 and food permits. Discussion also included potential sites in Grand Praire and near Ponder.
Motion to fund up to $250.00 for food for the State Meeting. Motion withdrawn after a member offered to cover the food costs.
Chapter representative: State Meeting is scheduled for 03 October at 1:00 p.m. Nominations are open for Asst. State Coordinator, Treasurer, Newsletter, Membership and Independents Representative to the Board. A potential nominee to the Independent Rep. position has been identified in the Kileen area.
The State Party was very successful.
Security: “Everything is good”.
Old business: All current chapter officers are running unopposed.
Chapter Christmas party is still up in the air due to ongoing Corona virus restrictions.
The Mid-South Mile has been cancelled, in part due to interstate Corona virus travel restrictions.
BearPup reported receiving a quote of $345.00 for 60 brown bears with Arlington ABATE T-shirts. She also reported that if we took advantage of a special promotion from this vendor we could get 60 blue bears, with T-shirts, for $275.00. We would have to order them in advance and pick them up in person. Because the chapter has already received some donations to sponsor some of the bears, the motion was amended to use the sponsorship donations, with the chapter picking up the remainder of the bill.
Upon receipt of new information regarding using Stumpy’s in Arlington, the chapter member with a family member who catered food agreed to contact said family member and to get with Rick about the possibility of making this happen. It was decided by the chapter that the State Meeting would be held at Stumpy’s.
New business: The Texoma chapter recently sponsored a “For You Brother Run”, and raised a good bit of money. Discussion concerning the Arlington chapter getting more involved with more local charitable events.
Open floor: A member knows of a 2014 XL1200X for sale. Contact Dale for details.
A large quantity of bottled water was left over for a prior event. Members were invited to take some/all of it. Due to pandemic related issues, local schools will not have working water fountains when they resume in person classes. Discussion started with the idea of donating this water to a local high school evolved into delivering this water the the Arlington Life Shelter. Laurie and BearPup will deliver the water bottle to the ALS after the meeting.
Meeting closed @ 12:55.
Minutes by Byrrd.
16 Aug, 2020
Meeting held at VFW Post 6111.
Meeting opened at 1210 with the Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation.
Officers present: Rick Boland, Laurie Streeb, Dale Knaub Nay NayCummings and Byrrd Gutierrez.
Previous meeting minutes accepted as posted.
Treasurer report accepted as read.
Membership officer reported 2 new lifetime memberships and a total membership of 82.
Legislative issues: MRF article about the Texas Motorcycle Safety Fund being moved from the Department of Public Safety to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation discussed.
The State Officer’s Meeting will be 03 October, to be hosted by the Arlington Chapter.
MRF: Check mrf.org/legislative for the most current updates regarding federal legislation. All eight of the federal motorcycle issues have been attached to a highway bill. MRF suggests supporting several federal bills, including:
The Meeting of the Minds is still scheduled for 24 – 27 September in Indiana.
25 January, 2021 is Legislative Day in Austin. We still need Legislators to carry our bills in Austin.
Possible locations for the State Meeting are Stumpy’s and J. Gilligan’s. Currently waiting for updated information from both locales.
A chapter member has a family member who does food catering and may be able to help. Discussion included possible legal issues related to Covid-19 and food permits. Discussion also included potential sites in Grand Praire and near Ponder.
Motion to fund up to $250.00 for food for the State Meeting. Motion withdrawn after a member offered to cover the food costs.
Chapter representative: State Meeting is scheduled for 03 October at 1:00 p.m. Nominations are open for Asst. State Coordinator, Treasurer, Newsletter, Membership and Independents Representative to the Board. A potential nominee to the Independent Rep. position has been identified in the Kileen area.
The State Party was very successful.
Security: “Everything is good”.
Old business: All current chapter officers are running unopposed.
Chapter Christmas party is still up in the air due to ongoing Corona virus restrictions.
The Mid-South Mile has been cancelled, in part due to interstate Corona virus travel restrictions.
BearPup reported receiving a quote of $345.00 for 60 brown bears with Arlington ABATE T-shirts. She also reported that if we took advantage of a special promotion from this vendor we could get 60 blue bears, with T-shirts, for $275.00. We would have to order them in advance and pick them up in person. Because the chapter has already received some donations to sponsor some of the bears, the motion was amended to use the sponsorship donations, with the chapter picking up the remainder of the bill.
Upon receipt of new information regarding using Stumpy’s in Arlington, the chapter member with a family member who catered food agreed to contact said family member and to get with Rick about the possibility of making this happen. It was decided by the chapter that the State Meeting would be held at Stumpy’s.
New business: The Texoma chapter recently sponsored a “For You Brother Run”, and raised a good bit of money. Discussion concerning the Arlington chapter getting more involved with more local charitable events.
Open floor: A member knows of a 2014 XL1200X for sale. Contact Dale for details.
A large quantity of bottled water was left over for a prior event. Members were invited to take some/all of it. Due to pandemic related issues, local schools will not have working water fountains when they resume in person classes. Discussion started with the idea of donating this water to a local high school evolved into delivering this water the the Arlington Life Shelter. Laurie and BearPup will deliver the water bottle to the ALS after the meeting.
Meeting closed @ 12:55.
Minutes by Byrrd.
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