ABATE of Michigan President ~ Gary Kopta

Hello everyone.

The weather is changing and I see many regions taking their fall color tour rides. It's nice to see the region members still doing things together after a busy year. 

We had the raffle drawing last week and congratulations to the winners. It only took $10.00 to win $10,000.00. That was a pretty good investment. Thanks to everyone that bought and sold tickets. This is our biggest fundraiser and the proceeds all go to our lobbyist. If we don't have our lobbyist we will be wearing helmets within a year and the insurance industry would be rolling over us like they did back in 2019. 

We will be having a Board meeting shortly to find out how we did with the raffle and we will be deciding what type of raffle we are having for next year. We will also be discussing new bylaws for members to vote on at the seminar. It looks like we are going to have some drastic moves financially. So please show up to vote at the seminar. Show up Friday night for the breakout sessions, Saturday will be more sessions and don't forget about the wild west theme. It should be fun.

The election may be over by the time you read this. Hopefully you got out and voted. If you didn't vote you don't get to bitch.

At the end of September some of us attended the MRF's Meeting of the Minds in Milwaukee. Once again it was a good time with plenty of information. It's always fun to see the people you only see couple times a year and learn something to maybe better your organization. There were over 400 people in attendance. If you get a chance you should attend one. Next year is in Rapid City South Dakota so it should be a nice ride and alot of fun. I'm looking forward to it for sure.

The MRF (Motorcycle Riders Foundation) is an outstanding organization. We fight for motorcycle rights on the national level. Face it if DC passes a nationwide helmet law or any law affecting motorcyclists then there is nothing ABATE of Michigan can do about it. It's only $40.00 a year so it's really not that expensive to join considering what we do. Just like us, at ABATE, we at the MRF need members. There is strength in numbers so please join.

Thanks again for listening and thanks for being a member.