Chapter Meeting March 8, 2007

The meeting was called to order at 19:02 by Director Mike Meade

 

Mike lost his voice and it was hard to hear, I apologize for the short notes.

 

New members were introduced.

 

Dave Preston took the floor.  Busy weekend is planned at Harley-Davidson of Seattle.

     Friday is a Dirt Bike Rally in Thurston County.  There is a law before the State that will limit any off road bike that can be heard from inside a house.  This could mean events like the All Harley Drag Racing at S.I.R. could be canceled.

     Sam Adams from the Everett Hawks contacted Dave Preston and asked if he had heard of the Everett Hawks.  Dave did a little explaining to Sam.  For those that don’t know, in the past two years (the two years the Hawks played at the Everett Event Center) it has been our GNW-HOG group that provides 10 – 20 Harleys for part of their opening ceremonies.  We would ride our bikes onto the field forming a large ‘V’ with the headlights pointing inward.  The EEC lights would be dimmed and the Hawks would be introduced as they ran onto the field, highlighted by our head lights.  Great fun and we were rewarded with free tickets to the events.

     Saturday Harley-Davidson of Seattle is having a Black and Orange show.  Come see the new bikes for this year.

     Sunday at Harley-Davidson of Seattle will be the Bikini contest to pick this year’s contestant.

     Sunday at the other Harley-Davidson of Seattle store in Lynnwood is the Rides of March, where you could win T-Shirts, Towels, Oil Change for you Harley, Harley rental, etc.  Both events are happening at the same time, your pick.

     Dave was interviewed by the Journal; you can read the article the weekly Journal, the one that comes free in your mailbox every week.

     March 10 – 17 is USED BIKE SALE WEEK at Harley-Davidson of Seattle.  New bikes are becoming harder to get due to the strike at Harley-Davidson.  The strike is over and production will soon resume to normal.

 

     August 14th will be Harley-Davidson of Seattle at the Everett Aquasox.  Harley-Davidson of Seattle will provide a display of Harley-Davidson’s.  I didn’t hear if there would be other bikes displayed or not.  But I heard something about free tickets, I think.  Better check with Dave Preston about the tickets.

 

Brady brought up that he had received an e-mail from the Mount Baker HOG chapter.  They want to put together a multi chapter picnic the end of July.  More information to follow.

 

TW5 next meeting is Friday 3/9/07.  All designs for the T-shirt must be in by Friday, winning design to be chosen at the meeting.

 

Membership – 75 new members + 14 to be processed for a total of 784 members.

 

Webmaster – Must check the calendar to insure all dates and days match.

 

Editor – Printer will print and mail HOG CALL next week.  The mailing went form over 800 to fewer than 20.  We can save trees if we try.

 

LOH – Pathways ride is the next ride after the Bunny Run.  It was decided the Bunny Ride will arrive at Housing Hope at 11:00 which means we will be leaving Harley-Davidson of Seattle around 10.  Staging will start when you arrive at HD0fS.  After run lunch will be at Ellensick, which is opening on Sunday just for GNW-HOG.  So we will have the run of the pub.  If you don’t drink beer they brew their own root-beer.  To clear up any miss understanding, the chapter will not be picking up any portion of your lunch tab.

 

Cathleen has taken the task to create a quilt from the batch of T-shirts a past members surviving wife dropped off at the dealership.  She would like to ask help from any quilters out there to help assemble it.  Tickets will be sold at $5.00 each for a fund raiser with proceeds going to gnw-hog.  The drawing will be at this years Christmas party.  The question was ask if you need to be present to win and the answer was NO.  You don’t have to be present at the Christmas party to win.

 

Safety and Head Road Captain – Check out the Safety Page on the web site, there is a lot of tips and suggestions there.

     Gerbing Ride is Saturday March 17th leaving Harley-Davidson of Seattle promptly at 08:15 to catch the 9am ferry.

     Bunny Ride April 1st Sunday.  Largest ride put on by gnw-hog.  When  you enter the parking lot, between 9am and 10am you will be staged in a group to help eliminate any confusion.

     Prince & Princes ride – Will be a practice session rather than a ride.  The would be a good time to try your skills with the cones.

     Road Captains introduced.

     There is a rumor that the price for the State Safety class may be going up around July.  National HOG will reimburse you $50.00 if you send in the paper work within 30 days of taking the class.

 

Historian – Looking for 2001 & 2002 HOG CALLS, if you have the paper copy David would like a copy of them for the chapter.

 

50/50 was $50.00.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 20:05 by Director Mike Meade