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June 2008

Volume 24, Issue 6

MAY IS MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS MONTH ... BUT NOT FOR SUV DRIVERS 1. "Noble man killed when motorcycle strikes SUV [OK] � 2.�Motorcyclist injured in crash [CA] 3. "Collinsville man dies in accident [OK] ... 4.�Motorcyclist strikes SUV, is killed [MD] ... 5. "Man hospitalized after motorcycle/car [SUV] crash [OH] ...."6. "Motorcycle, SUV collide [CA] 7.�Man Sought in Macon Hit-and-Run [GA] ... 8. "Motorcyclist Hurt In Crash [with SUV] (CT." 9. "Portland motorcycle cop struck by SUV, hurt [OR] 10. "Motorcyclist killed in accident [OH] ...." 11. "Motorcyclist injured in crash with SUV in Windham [MA]." 12. "Motorcyclist, injured in funeral-procession crash, dies [MO] 13. "Brighton husband, wife die in Macoupin County motorcycle crash [IL] 14. "One killed, another hurt in scooter, motorcycle accidents [ID] 15. "Man remembers friend killed in hit and run [NM] 16. "Biker Dies in Collision with SUV [IL] 17. "Motorcyclist injured in accident [PA] ... 18. "Motorcyclist injured in West Bridgewater crash [MA] ... 19. "Motorcyclist collides with trailer on I-80 [UT] ...." 20. "An accident involving an SUV and a motorcycle in New Oxford resulted in minor injuries. [PA]" 21. "Motorcyclist killed by motor home [CA] ... 22. "Wolcott motorcyclist killed [CT] 23. "Motorcycle vs. SUV [OK] 24. "SUV driver charged in motorcycle accident [SC] ... Highway Patrol said the SUV driver was pulling out of a private driveway near Postal Way when he collided with a man on his motorcycle." 25. "Motorcyclist Hurt in Accident [HI] 26. "Motorcyclist killed in hit & run crash in Albuquerque [NM] ... ATTENTION AMERICAN MOTORCYCLISTS If you are not a member of a motorcyclists' rights organization (MRO) ... I have just given you 26 reasons to join. If you belong to a state MRO (SMRO) ... and do little more than show up for parties and show off your patches ... I have just given you 26 reasons to get informed and involved. If you are a leader of a local SMRO chapter where bikers have been (or will be) maimed or killed by negli-gent, care-less, distracted or impaired cagers ... I have just given you 26 reasons to shift your resources away from the next charity poker run and towards the support of downed riders and their families. If you are the leader of a state or national MRO ... I have just given you 26 reasons to stop playing patty-cake with the nannycrats, and start getting aggressive about MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS policies, pro-grams and ploys focusing ALL motorists' attention on CRASH PREVENTION. Speaking strictly for myself and no other individuals or organizations, Bruce Arnold [email protected] Author and Publisher, LdrLongDistanceRider.com Co-Moderator, Bruce-n-Ray's Biker Forum Mile Eater Gold Member, Iron Butt Association Sustaining Member, Motorcycle Riders Foundation 2007 Chairman's Circle, American Motorcyclist Association

TENNESSEE MOTORCYCLIST Contacts Corporate Level Phone: (615) 262-1119 Corporate Director Brooklyn Tom 865-354-8813 [email protected] Asst. Corp. Director Dean Lucas 931-761-8038 Corporate Secretary Bette Stewart Corporate Treasurer Accepting Resumes Legislative Accepting Resumes Safety & Education Accepting Resumes Membership Sarge 931-528-5795 Newspaper Jeanna Bradley 931-796-4312 [email protected] Products Accepting Resumes Activities Accepting Resumes

Deadline for submissions will be the 10th of the month for the next month�s publication, unless prior arrangements are made. Articles submitted after this date will be held for the next month, with the exception of time sensitive material. We welcome your opinions, comments, complaints, and suggestions. Articles and photos pertaining to all things motorcycle are welcome. Photos must include credits. All submissions must include the authors contact info for verification purposes only, and will not be published without permission. Articles may be edited for content, clarity, grammar and spelling. All ad copy must be sent to 437 Wildcat Hollow Rd Hohenwald TN 38462 or emailed to editor @cmtabate.com. All ad payments should be sent to the main office at CMT/ABATE, INC. P.O. Box 160223 Nashville, TN 3 7 2 1 6 - 0 2 2 3 include what ad and for how long paid.

Charter Contacts Meeting times

Buffalo River Jeanna Bradley 931-796-4312 [email protected]

Call for Details

Dickson Hum-phreys Hickman

Bobby Rich 931 296 2560 www.abateofmiddletenn.org

3rd Sun.@ 1 VFW Dickson

Harpeth River Tony Davis 615-952-3311 2nd Tues@7 Country Café Hwy 100 Fairview

Iron Mules Donna Riddle 615 838 4134 3rd Sun@ 2 Roadhouse Bar & Grill Mt. Pleasant Music City Wendall Baldwin 615 838 1490 1st Sun@ 2 Just One More Bar & Grill Madison

Nashville Wally Baez 615-977-1248 3rd Tues@ 7 Bikini Beach Antioch Pk Nashville

Northeast Tom Kyner 423-272-4834 [email protected] 1st Mon@ 6 Ralph's Bar and Grill 2764 E Stone Dr Kingsport

Northwest Mary See 731 334 8857 1st Sat @5:30 E & J Midway Dyersburg

Robertson County Marlin Rood 615-390-6754 [email protected] 1st Tues@ 7 El Alteno Springfield Smith Wilson Bullit 615-758-8267 1st Sun @ 2 Rest Stop Tavern & Grill Lebanon Sumner Mark Davis 615-859-3333

[email protected] 3rd Thurs@ 7 Sputnik�s Hendersonville www.sumnerabate.com

Tennessee Valley Mark Moore 423-570-0250 [email protected] 3rd Sun@ 2 Mac�s Pub Brainerd Rd Chattanooga E TN Steelhorse Riders

Richard Popabear Perry 865 216 9407 [email protected]

Call for Details

Upper Cumberland Ron Erwin 931 879 3899 1st Sun call for details Volunteer Jimmy Witherspoon 731-235-0150 1st Sat @ 6 White City Sharon Warren County Randy Williams 931-815-2224

[email protected] 2nd Tues call for details

Wheels of Thunder Bob Celmer 901 465 7381 www.cmtabate-wheelsofthunder.com

1st Thurs @ 7 Hooter�s 2653 Mt Moriah Rd Memphis

Chaplain Pastor Ron Baptiste 615-384-9010 NCOM Steven Lundwall (615) 491-6768 [email protected] MRF Dean Lucas 931-761-8038 Webmaster Bob Celmer [email protected] At Large / Sgt at Arms Johann Forbus 615-390-5645

The opinions expressed in this publi-cation do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of CMT/ABATE or the Tennessee Motorcyclist. CMT/ABATE,INC INC. and the Ten-nessee Motorcyclist reserve the right to refuse or edit any article, photo, letter, or advertisement they decide is not in the best interest of the organi-zation and it�s members. Readers : Although CMT/ABATE supports it�s advertisers, it does not guarantee the service of those advertisers. Please use the same discretion you would with any business. If in doubt, con-tact the Better Business Bureau. All typos are purely for entertainment purposes.


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The Biker Church Outreach Center Founder: Pastor Ron

Chaplain�s Corner: �PURE HEART� Have you ever wondered why it is that some prayers are answered and some are not? Why some minis-ters walk in the power of God and some just walk? Why is it that some Christians appear to have it all together and some just can�t seem to get it right? Some have the plastic Jesus on the dash of their car with all the religious bumper stickers, still having wrecks, flat tires and break downs. Some of us Chris-tians use the bible as a �good luck charm� like a rabbit�s foot, but that wasn�t too lucky for the rabbit! Could it be that �God looks on the content of the heart?� In the book of II Kings we read about Elisha was serving the prophet Elijah for many years and when it came time for Elijah to on to be with the Lord, Elisha asked for a �double portion of the anointing.� Because of his faithfulness (pure heart) to his man of God, he received double the power that Elijah had. Now that Elisha was the prophet of the land he too had a servant named Gehazi. The day came when a woman came to Elisha for help because her son lay dying, Elisha sent Gehazi with Elisha�s staff to lie upon the boy. Gehazi did as Elisha has re-quested but nothing happened the boy was still sick. Then Elisha came and healed the boy through the power of God, so why didn�t Gehazi heal him through that same power, he had the same staff, he was sent by the man of God. Later on we read that Elisha had also healed a captain named Naaman of lep-rosy, and the captain want to give Elisha a lot of money but Elisha refused. Later on Gehazi went after the captain and told him that Elisha had changed his mind, so Gehazi received that money. When Elisha knew what Gehazi had done, Elisha pronounced that same leprosy on Gehazi. Gehazi had a chance at a double portion of the anointing but ended up with leprosy because of the content of his heart. It�s like some Christians today that sit their family bible on the coffee table but never open it, go to church every Sunday but never apply it to their lives. You can talk like a Christian, look like a Christian, go to church and carry your bible every where you go, but if you don�t have it in your heart your just �a tinkling sym-bol and sounding brass.� You just make a lot of noise but with no results. If you want God�s best then you must have a �Pure Heart,� not just on Sunday but every day of the week. If you work the word of God, then the word of God will work for you. So until next time, �Keep your kickstand up and your face in the wind.� To be found faithful, Pastor Ron Pastor Ron; Covenant Confirmers Ministries Inc. www.covenantconfirmers.org Founder of the Tennessee Biker Medical Clinic www.tennesseebikermedicalclinic.org Tennessee Confederation of Clubs State Chap-lain www.tenncoc.com Tennessee CMT/ABATE State Chaplain www.cmtabate.com

Legislative Resume I am Scott McColpin and I am a mem-ber of the TN Valley Charter. I have done lobbying over the last seven years with Wayne, Pierce and Mike Hays. I lobbied this past year with Brooklyn Tom after Mike Hays passed away. I am herby officially putting in my resume for Legislative Chair. Scott McColpin I worked this year lobbying with Scott and I believe he would do a good job as Legislative Chair I thereby recommend him for the posi-tion. Brooklyn Tom State Director.

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Directors Cut Well the riding season is well under way. I have attended the swap meet in Nashville and the Liberty Rally as well as several charter meetings. I will be attending a photo opportunity to promote safety. I am glad to see that charters are attending each others events and working together. I have to tell you that it fills me with pride to see this. We after all are a community with distinctive customs, beliefs and code of behavior. These are all things that attracted me long ago and while they may not be as obvious today, they are still worthwhile to pass on. This is something us old school riders need to do. Our organization, I am happy to report, is doing well both in members and money but we still have a lot to do. We need to be better organized and improve communication. I have some ideas for this I will propose at the next BOD so why not attend the second Sunday in June. Our Helmet choice bill was put behind the budget and probably will die there. I as well as many of you are past tired of our issue being ignored by the house. How do we change this? There is only one way and that is we must pick some House races and help the people we like get elected and the ones we don't to retire. Our Issue is a hard sell and our cause is not for the lazy or the impatient. Freedom however is worth the time, struggle and effort to secure it. We need to build our organization to the point as we did in Florida where the house will HAVE TO LISTEN. We will not succeed by pussyfooting around or hop-ing those in power will see it our way. We need to lobby, lobby and lobby. We need to keep up the pres-sure and we need to show we will not quit or be defeated. Whether it takes one year or ten makes no dif-ference, in the end we will be FREE!!! Well I hope to see you at one of our events in the upcoming months. What can you do, talk about CMT/ABATE, sign up a member, support our events and have fun!!! Brooklyn Tom State Director

Robertson Meeting began at 7:00pm May 6th with 31 present. Pine called meeting to order and lead us with the pledge. Pas-tor Ron led us in prayer. Marlin asked for officer reports. Chaplain: Pastor Ron reminded everyone of the Annual Motorcycle Rally that will be held at the church on June 7th and if anyone would like to help the church out on this event please contact him. Products: Ruth announced that she has huggers on order and Cindy Warren will be screening them for the char-ter. Activities: Lyn not present Myrt gave a brief update on the New Orleans trip. Legislative: Preacher had nothing new at this time, just reminded all of the charter of Liberty Rally this week-end. Asst. Director: Roland gave a brief update on security for the STR event. Director: Marlin announced that Harley Drags at Union Hill on May 15-16-17 Hog Rock June 12-13-14. STR Aug 22-23-24. Myrt announced that the charter now has ad-vanced STR tickets for sale $20.00 advanced ticket price and $25.00 at the gate. A special thanks to American Color (Clarence Bush) for the donation of the tickets for Southern Thunder. 0/50 won by new member John West and donated his part back to the charter. See everyone next month. Vicky


Letter To The Editor This is being written to thank the hard working Legislative Chairs we have had the opportunity to have in recent years. Our members, especially our newer members know about the helmet modification bill CMT/ABATE works on yearly. Published in our Newsletter Directors Cut of Feb. 2008, were the Federal initiatives that CMT/ABATE supported and the Motorcycle Riders Foundation took on and won. Unknown to many of our members are the accomplishments of our past CMT/ABATE Legislative Chairmen; Wayne Schaub, John Pierce and Mike Hayes. These hard working individual�s accomplishments brought our organization great attention on the Hill. I am apologizing if I omit anything in the list below. In the year 2003 under Wayne�s wing CMT fought for the right to treat a traffic light that did not change to green for a motorcycle as a 4 way stop and proceed. The helmet bill had hope, but it was extended into the following year. In 2004, Wayne fought for a bill and won. It was a bill that allowed the use of DOT approved brake lights that flash before going steady red when applied. We got the May Awareness Proclamation. Sadly our helmet bill was defeated, but overall 2004 was a good year. 2005 brought the change of Chairmanship to John and it was a very busy and successful year. A bill that tried to overturn the flashing brake light was promptly stomped and never made committee. They tried again in 2006, and we had the same suc-cessful results. The kid bill that would not allow children 12 or younger ride was killed pre-committee and a proclamation that May was motorcycle safety awareness month was passed adding the word �safety� to the language. 16 members were invited onto the Senate floor during Legislative Day and re-ceived a standing ovation for the work. 2005 also was the year that handlebars more than 15� above the seat was fought for and won allowing ape hangers on motorcycles. A bill that punishes a driver that fails to stop at the scene of an accident with a felony was lobbied for and passed along with another bill that added points to a driver license that cannot be removed causing injury or death. Another was the Due Care Bill that amended TN Code to require all drivers that it is their responsibility to take care not to destroy, injure or kill while driving. It put the responsibility on the driver. Helmets: Since 2005 you can ride in a parade under 30 mph without a helmet. Another bill that passed was the bicycle helmet bill. TN is now the only state that allows the use of a bicycle helmet that has holes no larger than 1 ½� to be worn instead of a DOT approved helmet. Our helmet modification bill was passed by the Senate and made it to Finance Committee for 5 meetings only to be rolled into 2006 when they reconvened. In 2005 a bill was passed that, if you are eligible, you can now display one of over 20 military/memorial type licensee plates on your bike that only cars and trucks had before. Including the Purple Heart and the Medal of Honor that are free of charge. Those tags became available to us this year. 2005 CMT/ABATE under John Pierce as our Legislative Chair won the only MRF State Legislative Award given out that year. It was a mighty year for our organization. In 2006 it was a bit quieter than the first year of Congress. Another May proclamation was approved and we started working on the helmet bill again with much discussion and testimony in committee. Although it was never killed by vote, it died in because the State Congress adjourned for the year. In 2007 Mike Hayes took over the Legislative Chair and again the Senate passed the helmet modification bill. Mike took us into committees only to see the helmet bill rolled to the following year 2008. For safety, wheelies are now prohibited warranting a reck-less driving citation. Lobbied for and won anew law gives a right of way violator a fine of $500 for killing and $250 for injuring another motorist along with loss of license. The May proclamation was once again swiftly approved and CMT/ABATE won one of 8 MRF achievement awards in 2007. Ours was for defeat-ing the under 12 Kid Bill once more.

"Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against any-thing that does not deserve rebelling against." Thomas Carlyle


Coming Events 6-14 Fun Run U/C 6-21 Sumner Run to Bug 6-28 B/R Summer Bash 7-12 Sm/W Memorial Poker Run 7-13 Fun Run U/C 7-18-20 B/R River Rally 7-20 TN V. Leg Run 8-17 U/C Fun Run 9-13-14 Sm/W Multi Charter Rodeo 9-28 TN V Teddy Bear Run 10-4 Bikers For Boobs 10-26 D/H Toy Run 21st 11-2 Toy Run Chili Sm/W 11-9 Toy Run S/W 12-6 Sumner Gallatin Cares Run 12-14 Sm/W Needy Family Run

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HELP THE KIDS BACA (BIKERS AGAINST CHILD ABUSE ) CAPITAL REGION, A INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFIT BIKE GROUP AND GAITS TO SUCCESS A THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER IN KILN, MISSISSIPPI WILL SPONSOR A FUND RAISER SATURDAY JUNE 14, 2008, FROM NOON-TIL. THERE WILL BE MUSIC BY CRAZY MATT, 50/50 TICKETS, CHICKEN DROP, CHARITY AUCTION, AND BEST SHOW BIKE COM-PETITION ($5.00 ENTRY FEE). THE FUND RAISER WILL ALSO FEATURE A $10.00 A PLATE BARBECUE DINNER - CHICKEN, RIBS, BAKED BEANS, AND COLE SLAW. SO COME ON OUT WITH YOU FRIENDS AND OTHER PEOPLE FROM YOUR OR-GANIZATION AND SUPPORT YOUR FELLOW HORSE GROUP, OR FELLOW BIKE GROUP. FOR A FULL DAY OF FUN AND MEET OTHER PEOPLE FOR FRIENDSHIP . FOR MORE INFORMATION CON-TACT: Jennifer achee 228.697.1799 email [email protected] Nadine brown 228.467.4586 Email [email protected]


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Ron opened the meeting and Chuck Willis led us in the pledge of allegiance. We waived the reading of last months minutes. Dean gave the treasurer�s report. Lee gave the activities report. The Liberty rally is next weekend, May 9-11. Be there! Charter Touring Sheets are available today. Our first charter ride is scheduled for Saturday-July 14th. We plan to ride to sponsors in the Pickett County area to get the touring sheets signed. STR will be August 22-24 in Adams, TN. Legislative� The helmet bill is still in Finance. We very well may have to start over next year. New Business� We will have membership forms at the liberty rally. Next months meeting will be BikerOma�s Roadhouse on June 1st, July 6th meeting will be at Obed Hideaway in Crossville. These meetings are at 12:00 Noon. August 3rd meeting will be at Scooters and Hooters at 1:00p.m. Meeting adjourned! Until next month-Ride Safe and Free!-Lynn (Angeldoll)

Smith/Wilson Smith-Wilson meeting of May 4th 2008 called to order at 2:30 by Paul Brown, who also led us in the pledge. All officers were present except the assistant director. There were 9 members in attendance. Secretary's Report- given and approved Treasure's Re-port- given and approved Legislative Report- There was a group discussion over Helmet law, and minor licensing issue law. Names of local legislator's and discussion of each. May is motor-cycle awareness month so all were urged to break out yard signs purchased last year and display. Membership- 4 new members yesterday, signed up at bike show/swap meet! Tommy Jones spoke of Charlie Shoe Show wanting to be an abate sponsor again to gain ad space in paper and have papers readily avail-able for people interested at his store every month. Activities- finalities discussed for this weekends Lib-erty rally games. Tommy Jones put a get together at Cedars of Leb. Nursing Home for gentlemen's club May 12th at noonish. Products- Tommy said we sold one t-shirt yesterday and still have more to sell. Old Business- Excellent turnouts for yesterday�s bike show swap meet. Thanks to all who extended them-selves, we had over 70 sign ins at gate!!!! Discussion of local bike nights, locations and times. New Business- pictures of yesterday�s event passed around. Motion to adjourn by Bullit at 3:30 2nd by Sketter!!!!

Sumner DIRECTOR REPORT Mark led pledge and welcomed eve-ryone to meeting. We missed several people tonight and hope to see them back next month. Good to see Tink out and about!!! Minutes were read and a motion to accept by Steve -2nd by Jeff Chambliss. Mark mentioned Joshua Crowder, Mike Crowder�s son and new member of CMT Sumner Charter was involved in an accident in Panama City during Thunder Beach Rally. He has come out of in-tensive care and hopeful to get back to TN once stable, Mike thanked all for their concern. God Speed to you Joshua!!! Mark gave Jeff 25 tickets for advance STR to sell -$20 ea. Mentioned monthly activities meeting and the need for volunteers to come to form another committee to promote charter membership. SUMNER CHARTER MEETINGS HAVE MOVED TO: VFW in Hendersonville starting in June. TREASURY REPORT Jeff gave treasury report, charter is doing a lot better this month. Jeff mentioned Swap Meets success and made a motion to put seed money in kitty for STR it was 2nd by Kerrie. Unanimous vote � Jeff invited anyone that wanted to help out during the STR to let the charter know. BOD next month June make sure to read if anyone has any comments let Mark know before meeting. ACTIVITIES Tommy Crook told everyone about the monthly activities meeting on the 2ND Thursday each month, for the time being it is held at Tommy�s house. A monthly calendar was also handed out. Told everyone to help out and purchase one of the bandanas and a T-shirt before leaving!!! Hopful to get them sold so we can pur-chase new ones. LIST OF UPCOMING EVENTS Charter Ride � Sunday 18th of May- Breakfast @ Ruby�s leave at 10 �Ruby�s is located on New Shackle Island rd in Hendersonville June 7th Covenant Bike Rally �Springfield June Bug Boogie 6/19 -6/21 � Charter ride on Sat to Cookeville Tink is going to Wakin� the Dragon Kerrie & Jeff is going to Hawg Rock Tommy going to Lynchburg Rally Tink & Jeff going to June Bug Boogie If anyone wants to join us on any of these rides just give us a call. Motion to adjourn


TN Valley Meeting called to order. Pledge said. Membership: Our memberships have increase to around 60 members. Treasury: Treasury report given by Kevin. Products: Charter T-shirts still available. Activities: Legislative Poker Run Sunday July 20th . Route and stops discussed and decided upon. Legislative: Movement noted on HB 1283. Sub-budget meeting set for Monday. Discussion on what could hap-pen. Members are encouraged to get to know the candidates this election season. Local News: Motorcycle Clubs in Chattanooga meets the second Thursday of the month. Next meeting is Thurs-day June 5th. Need someone to represent us since Yog will be out of town that day. Other organizational news: Other organizational news given. Next Meeting: Summer ride series begins. Agreement that for the month of June the day would switch from Sun-day 15th to Saturday the 14th because of Father Day. Options for rides discussed. Decided that Yog would inform members in the charter news paper details of Upper Cumberland�s Charter Fun Run and Carol�s memorial birthday ride for Twanger. Both are set for the same day. Members would be encour-aged to go to which ever ride they wanted. Meeting adjourned Life is a journey, so enjoy the ride and take the long way home Yog

Iron Mules The May 2008 meeting of the Iron Mules Charter was called to order. Mary Anne made a motion to approve min-utes of the April meeting, second by Ron. No oppose or discussion, minutes were approved by unanimous vote. Our June meeting will be changed to June 7th at 2:00 PM due to the BOD meeting on June 8th. Larry Noe made a motion to approve, second by Ron. Approved by unanimous vote. We received a May Is Motorcycle Awareness Month proclamation from Lawrenceburg last Saturday and will re-ceive proclamations from Mt. Pleasant and Spring Hill this week. An article about Motorcycle Awareness Month was put in the Ingram Barge employee newsletter at Kenny B�s request. The Columbia Fire Department has a message on their front sign regarding LOOK TWICE. James Hannah had a heart attack Thursday night. Ron had surgery for a hernia this past Thursday. Please keep them in your prayers. We discussed the Southern Thunder Rally field events and the need for a sponsor. We will have our Charter event on Saturday, July 26th. We discussed vendors, catering, games, sponsors and food. We will charge a $5.00 gate fee per person. The price for the bike events will be $1.00 per event or $5.00 for all six events. We�ll also sell tickets for prize giveaways. Larry, Mary Anne and Kenny will check on BBQ catering and see what our percentage of profit will be. Keith will check on arm bands, frame for Weenie Bite, and beer kegs. We will nail down a location for the event THIS WEEK. The official name for our event will be Iron Mules Kickin� �N- Pickin�. Donna will find a logo for our fliers. We�ll have musicians come in for a pickin�/jam session type setting. ALL musicians are welcome and encouraged to attend. We will locate items needed for our games and check on trophies and give-aways. Donna will contact some of the local grocers to get prices on food. We will decide on food and drink prices at our next meeting. Mary Anne will get our bank account open within the next week. After that is done, Donna will open a post office box in Spring Hill. Larry K. discussed hand signals and riding in group formation. A copy of the hand signal information will be made and handed out to each of our members. June 14 will be the Grand Opening for All That�s Leather & More. They will have a free Poker Run. Donna will send a �thank you� email to Tom DuBois, Glen Casada and Curry Todd, for their support of motorcycle related legislation and sponsorship of HB1283. Our next meeting will be Saturday, June 7, 2:00 pm at the Roadhouse Bar & Grill. Donna Riddle , Iron Mules Charter Director

TENNESSEE MOTORCYCLIST P a g e VOLUME 24, I SSUE 6

Wheels of Thunder May 1, 2008 Director Bob Celmer called the meeting to order at 7:05 pm. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited fol-lowed by a moment of silence for our fallen brothers and sisters. Treasurer�s Report � Lynn reported we have $1070.92 in the bank. We will be sending $88.40 to the State for mon-ies accrued from the legislative poker run. Minutes �A motion was made to dismiss the reading of last month�s minutes and to accept them as published in the newspaper and posted on the web site. The motion was seconded and approved. Minutes can be found on our web site, www.cmtabate-wheelsofthunder.com, under the meeting date. (Also known as �Motion 1�) Director�s Statement � Bob stated that he has 2 Mike Hays memorial patches left. They can be purchased for $5 if anyone would like to purchase one. $21,000 of the DOT grant which was allocated for Safety and Education was spent on bus signs and an extension has been granted to determine allocation for the remaining $14,000. Also, the safety and education position is open at the state level. There are several positions still open at the State level: They need our help! Please send resumes and volunteer if you can!! Legislative � Scott McColpin is interim chair. Products, Treasurer, Safety and Ed, and Activities. The Newspaper editor could use some extra help too. Brooklyn Tom has prepared a 3 year strategic plan which Bob C. posted to our website. The 4 main areas are: 1. Financial: need a budget and a wish list. 2. Education: this is what we are really about. 3. Legislative: want to have a phone and email tree in place by December. So that we can determine coverage and contact people when we need them to contact their area legislative representatives. Also try to build membership where we do not have representation. 4. Membership/Public Relations/Newsletter: Would like to separate these into three separate positions by June BOD. Want to increase membership by 25%. Split Tennessee into 3 regions (East, Central, and West) and have areas work together to put on events and sup-port each other as well as the other areas. Discussion about making the Bash, Swap Meet and STR state events Email Bob if you are interested in reviewing the proposals in detail. Brooklyn Tom has put together some proposed By-Law updates which Bob C. posted to our website for your view-ing pleasure. Bylaws changes should be read at the next BOD (in June), taken back to charters for discussion and can be voted on at the September BOD. Activities-The Southern Thunder Rally will be held August 22-24. Papa gave the details about our legislative run. There were 18 people involved/participated in the run. Thank you to those of you who worked the stops and participated in the run. We had several members of the Wild Pigs come out and offer their support. Papa reminded the group that our Bash will be September 26 - 28, 2008. A sign up sheet went around for people to volunteer their help. We will continue to discuss at future meetings and will begin to schedule committee meetings in the near future. We will be selling advanced tickets. Malisa will update the flyer as we make decisions about activities. We also discussed other ideas for rides. Some ideas included: A Bug Run, Destination rides, participating in other groups� poker runs, scavenger hunt, and bike night rides. The CMT/ABATE Liberty Rally will be held � May 9-11 at the Jackson County Fairgrounds. Admission is $10 and camping is free. The flyer has been posted to our website. Also, the Motorcycle awareness day is May 10, 2008 from noon � 3 pm at the Bicentennial Mall State Park in front of the Capitol in Nashville. This is the first one. There will be awareness booths. The event is organized by MAFT. Old Business �We should make phone reminders to update expired members. Malisa has agreed to help make some of these calls.


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Most Gracious Thanks to Our Current Boosters

Gold- Dean Lucas exp 5/08

Smith Wilson exp 12/08 Upper Cumberland 5/08

Silver- D/H Charter exp-6/08

Bronze- Jack Rollins exp-10/08

Membership software � for �voice outs� to the members. This added to mass emailing would increase the likelihood that members would receive club information. Now that expenses are under control, the state budget seems to be improving and the need for/request for monthly pledges may become extinct. This month�s Letter- As always the letter is posted to the website so that you can edit and print your own or you are welcome to sign the one Bob C. brought to the meeting. This month�s letter is to Lamar Alexander � In support of US S616 and US HR1076 - A bill to promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational activities or legal transportation activities. This deals with the HIPPA recreational technical act and includes ATV�s, motorcycles, horseback riding, etc� Legislation-There was discussion about blinking tail lights. Federal policy prevents manufacturers from installing them, but there is NO prohibition against an individual, shop, or dealership installing them. Blinking tail lights are legal! The rumor mill says that the sound level may be checked on motor cycles in the near future. New Business �Steven Scheer brought to the table the idea of putting information about ABATE at different dealerships with cards for people to fill out for a one year free membership. This would help us collect contact info and maybe recruit some new members. There were mixed feelings about the idea, and no conclusion was reached. Membership �We had 22 members and 1 guest present at tonight�s meeting. Two members renewed and one new person joined tonight. We sent around the membership list for members to proof and update contact info to ensure better communication. A motion was made to adjourn. It was seconded and approved We�re outta here! It is 8:40PM

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