Secretary ~ Eric Eads

Another Seminar is in the history books. It was a good time, and I believe we all learned something. There are four ABATE Members who have 50 plus years in ABATE. Three of the four were at the Seminar. Fly, Vince Consiglio, and Jim Rhoades attended. Dentine Toth who couldn’t attend was also honored. Quite a legacy and accomplishment belonging to ABATE for 50 plus years!

    The proposed by-laws all passed. The candidates running for the Board were all elected. Debra Townsend was appointed as a Trustee by the Board. There will be a new products person. I will update that as information becomes available.The website will be updated to show the changes. Region 5’s Members of the Year were left out of the January issue of the Rider. My apologizes to Al and Gail Fowler, Region 5 Members of the year for not being listed earlier.

   The Cash Raffle tickets are now available. Each current ABATE Member will receive a ticket in the mail. You can return the ticket to address listed with your ticket. You are not required to purchase the ticket, but I would encourage you to return it with $10.00 per ticket received. I would also encourage everyone to sell as many tickets as you can. 1st prize is 10K, with a total of 18K in prizes, and 5 chances to win.

   Field Meet tickets are now available available from your RC. Same place as last year. Show up. Have some fun for 3 days!

   The European Union is pushing to expand mandatory safety inspections on motorcycles even though their own study shows inspections do nothing to enhance safety, and maintenance issues are almost never the reason for an accident. Be wary that doesn’t happen in the USA. What happens in Europe has a way of happening here in a few years.

   There are 2 bills in Congress that would do away with California’s waiver to enacted their own air quality standards. HR 2218 and S1072 would have one EPA standard set for the entire country, ending California’s waiver and restoring national consistency.

   Dan Scheuneman became a Life Member. Mike Poage, Robert Lackie, Barry Martin and Paul Hofner donated to Awareness. I have kinda lost count, but I think this is the 15th consecutive year that Mike Poage has donated to Awareness. Harry and Karen Briar made a substantial general donation to ABATE of Michigan. 

The Skeleton Crew M/C renewed their Sustaining Membership for another year.