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MASTERLINK FEBRUARY 2011
Chapter Reports East Valley Chapter Howdy Arizona! We are enjoying the nice winter weather, as most of you are. We had a good meeting in December, with a pot luck afterwards... man, can our gals and guys cook. Then some of us from the chapter took a ride to Greasewood Flats. Great day for a ride, we ended up out all afternoon. East Valley made a showing at the little girls funeral in Tucson Thursday, along with a few hundred bikes from all over. No problems with the Phelps protesters, it was a huge turnout of people there to pay respects AND protect the family. As we move into the new year, I want to remind all of you to be careful riding... too many car driver pay no attention while on the road. Too many of us are getting hit, we need to watch our backs. Have a great 2011..... Rick Henry East Valley Chapter
High Country Chapter Hello brothers and sisters I am writing this report as of January 15th, 2011, my final day to turn this article in. So, here is my report! So, here I am, sitting here writing this report, thanking God and my brothers and sisters and everyone else that showed their support! It was all about our Barbie doll and our support for our brother Billy! I want to thank everyone who showed up and supported our brother Billy. It made me HONORED to be an ABATE and a MMA member!!! I was so pleased, as I am sure Billy was, of the beautiful job that Kristen and Carol
(our former secretary) did! I was also proud to see how many friends she has! I would like too say to Billy WE ARE HERE FOR YOU! Also here was our new State Chairman Eric Hampton. Congratulations my brother ! CHICKNBONE H.C.C.Coordinator
Mohave Chapter The first meeting of the year was great. We had several newer members present, we were glad to see them. We are planning an event in May to remember "Coyote" details are being worked out. We will finalize location and event at our next meeting. We will be attending the Sweet Heart Run in Lake Havasu on Januray 29th. This event is put on by our business sponser Desert Lightning. The weather is always great and the event has outgrown the Local Chuy's and is ending up at the Hampton Inn in Lake Havasu City. I want to extend a big thanks to Cathiez Leathers in Bullhead City for the outstanding support and help during the gun raffle. They truly make this a fun and enjoyable time for everyone. Our Next meeting is on February 13th at 12 noon at the VFW in Golden Valley Rodney Rich Coordinator Mohave County Chapter
Phoenix/Shadow Mountain Chapter Happy New Year! Welcome new officers! What a great meeting we had for the first one of the year! We had some new faces at this months meeting and hopefully we will see more of you at February 13ths meeting. Don’t forget there will be an after meeting ride we are heading north, details to follow! We are expecting great weather so grab the one you love and go for an afternoon
ride in the beautiful Arizona desert. There were just a handful of us that rode to Greasewood Flats after January meeting, what a great day it was for a short ride.
are posted there, browse through the albums add pic’s if you have them!
It is never too early for this reminder “Too Broke for Sturgis” is the weekend of July 22-24, 2011 at Mormon Lake, Arizona. Sign-up sheets will be available for security, registration, safety, and the bike show which Phoenix-Shadow Mountain chapter is responsible for. This is the 20th anniversary of “Too Broke” and you know it will be a good one. If you have never made it to “Too Broke” mark it on your calendars this year will be a party you won’t want to miss!!
Casey Yates Communication Officer Phoenix-Shadow Mountain ABATE
Our new safety officer Mike Falcone reminded everyone to check the air in your tires and check your tires for wear and tear. PAC report by Tim O’Reilly. Tim advised “Motorcycle Day at the Dome” date is February 22, 2011 at the state capitol. The hours are 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. This is being sponsored by ACMC, MMA, and ABATE. Tim advised there will be a Defender Program and passed around a sign-up sheet for volunteers he can call when he needs help with the call-to-action. The more volunteers we have the more calls can be made more quickly.
Until next month, Ride on…
Southern Arizona Chapter I hope you all had a very happy holiday season and enjoyed your Christmas and New Year. For the most part it’s been pretty quiet in the Chapter, no meeting in December, except Dawn had a White Elephant party at the Wildcat House. It was the second annual and a dozen or folks turned up with some strange, and some very nice gifts to exchange. She reports the party was a lot of fun. Thanks for taking your time to get this party together Dawn. We have scheduled our first road cleaning party (I guess you can call it that) on February 19th. Ron will lead the group from Wilmot and I-10 at 9 a.m. and we’ll get started at Buddy’s Bar about 10 for the cleanup. Rich will have lunch for the crew and remember, the more the merrier and the quicker we get done. Please put the date on your calendar.
Eric Hampton- Phoenix-Shadow Mountain Board Rep announced he was named chairman at the State Board of Directors meeting held January 2, 2011. He gave a report to the membership of what happened at the board meeting.
Motorcycle Day at the Dome is going to be February 22nd. That’s where we all get together with our Arizona congressional folks and have lunch on the Capitol lawn. It’s an important time to get together with your representatives and senator to discuss whatever you want to discuss. Of course, we want to push our motorcycle rights but you’ll find the congressmen and women very willing to discuss what’s going on in your area. One important thing is to personally write your representatives and senator and invite them to lunch – on you! We should show up no later than 10 am and you will be getting emails from our MDATD leaders on where to park. This event grows every year and we want it to get even better in 2011.
Next chapter meeting will be February 13, 2011.
See you at the next meeting and remember to
Another reminder, the meeting reminders will now be on the Wednesday BEFORE the meeting. Watch your email for upcoming events and reminders. Check out our FACEBOOK – Phoenix-Shadow Mountain ABATE Chapter, all events and more
Ride Hard Rich Montgomery, Secretary
Coordinator Jimmy Page discussed that Phoenix-Shadow Mountain Chapter was not a sustaining member of the MRF. Margie Ferrucci made a motion for Phoenix-Shadow Mountain pay $100 to become a sustaining member of the MRF. This was voted on and our chapter is becoming a member of the MRF. If you are a screen printer or know of someone who is we will be taking formal bids for our chapter t-shirts.
Yavapai Chapter NO REPORT