ABATE of Indiana Inc. Board of Directors Meeting
September 18, 2004 --- Freedom Hall, Ft. Wayne, IN

Executive Director Jay Jackson opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance at 12:15 pm. Those present were: Region 00- Teresa and Ray Bodle, Susie Beaty; Region 01-Al Putman; Region 03-Roger “Twister” Mitchell; Region 04-Steve Madary; Region 06-Bob Sipes; Region 07-, Dennis Tyger; Region 08-Jim and Vicki Boyd; Region10- Lenny Stancombe; Region 11-Carol Poe, James Hignite: Region 12-Dave Hawkins; Chuc Hunter- LINC; Bill McKinley – Tour program, Kim Tyger. Jay Jackson - State Office, Cindy Kain – Freedom Hall Bingo. Andrea Maetschke – Region 09, Rico Riley- Region 07, and Rod Taylor-ABATE Legal arrived later. (Regions 02, 05, and 13 were absent)

ITEM #1 - Review of Boogie financials. Jay explained that the financials from the Boogie have been broken down more than in the past. Membership money is no longer being grouped in with Boogie income but with membership income. Questions followed. Financials will be discussed further and voted on at the next board meeting. Previous financials have been approved via fax.

ITEM #2 - Review of Minutes. No questions were posed concerning the minutes from the June BOD meeting.

(Motion 1)

ITEM #3 – Cindy Kain talked about Freedom Hall's clean up projects. She stated her next item to tackle is painting the building inside. This will need to be done during the week as they have Bingo on the weekends. She would appreciate some volunteers. Having Opry nights is still something they are working on. Cindy offered to give tours to those that had never been here.

ITEM #4 – Jay gave the MSD News Brief. He discussed the increase in fees for next year. Jay has been contacted by a doctor from Riley Hospital to provide information concerning children on bikes. The doctor had been contacted by a parent with concerns. Jay would appreciate any suggestions and input on this. We will start Dirt Bike classes at LCRP in October. Kim Tyger will be administering this program. MSD classes are full but we still recommend walk-ons.

ITEM #5 – Chuc Hunter gave the LINC report. He talked about being registered to vote and making informed decisions concerning the candidates. Chuc mentioned AMA Justice for all concerning local issues.

Chuc encouraged all members to contact him on issues in their community.

Jay talked about helmet issues and the anticipated legislation concerning helmets for children on skateboards and bicycles. He believes that with the increase in motorcycle related fatalities, we can expect MC helmets to be discussed.

ITEM #6 - Jay discussed a bid from a timber contractor to harvest the underbrush at LCRP for an extended period of time. For now we are discussing a contract to cover four harvests. Included in this, we should be able to get a permanent bridge for Ray's crossing. Jay passed the proposal around to the board. Discussion followed. The state office will be looking at other bids as well.

Jay discussed the Region 10 event at LCRP. In the near future we will put together a contract for anyone using the property for an event.

A picture of the Dekoker property was passed around. This property is possibly coming up for sale and the family would like to give LCRP first option to buy. Discussion followed concerning time line, cost, and use of property.

(Motion 2)

Jay discussed a legal issue concerning the Dreyer Motorsports site and zoning. We are incurring some of the cost for this since Dreyer put up the monies to construct the training sight.

Rod Taylor, Putt, and Jay talked about a situation in Region 01 where a few individuals were hiring themselves out as ABATE Security. They have been sent a letter from Rod informing them that they cannot represent themselves as such. Other similar issues were discussed.

Rod Taylor continues to work on the Madison County incident from last year.

Putt talked about the Calendar issue for 2005. At this time we will not be producing a calendar for 05 due to the findings of the calendar committee. The BOD would like to revisit the project for 2006. Putt volunteered to remain on the committee and get started now on looking into options.

Jay stated that we are waiting to hear from the May Agency on the AD&D life insurance. We will follow-up with that at the state office and report back at the November board meeting.

Twister stated that we had allowed advertising in the HMC for Valpo Fest and it is in competition with a Region 3 event.

Jay discussed the Boogie and payouts, structured guidelines, and the possibility of contracting out work next year. The expenses were high for many of the jobs at the Boogie. If you have suggestions on how to improve on expenses for future years, please submit them to the State Office. Jay reminded everyone that law enforcement have always been at the Boogie.

Jay found a video on the net with footage from the Boogie. It is not authorized or sanctioned by ABATE of Indiana Inc.

Entertainment for next years Boogie was discussed. Being that it will be the 25 th , we need to bring in a large name band. We are working on submitting offers already.

ITEM #7 - Marc is still looking into electronic communications for directors. Dave Hawkins, Boots, Twister, and Teresa Bodle volunteered to work on a committee to assist him.

Marc has found a service to create a new web design. Some updates to the site will include, on line shopping for ABATE Products; the directors will be able to make changes and additions from their PC.

The MOTM is September 23-25 in St. Louis. Jay asked to board to decide and motion on what we pledge to the Motorcycle Riders Foundation.

The board agreed to pledge $.50 per member.

(Motion 3)

ABATE of Indiana Inc. will hold the MOTM in 2006 at the Ramada Inn, Lebanon.

ABATE of Indiana Officer's/Workers party is October 9, 2004.

Fall Seminar is November 20 th . A representative from the AMA will be there. Each region will have 2 rooms paid for by the State Office.

Jay stated that ABATE cannot raise monies to benefit members.

The state charity for next year will be MDA. We need to decide if we want to continue with them for 2006, interview other charities, or reconsider the charities that presented to us last year. Rico stated that at the BOD in November, he will motion to change charities for 2006.

The board discussed charitable contributions. If your region or county is planning to hold an event to raise money for Christmas, you need to be giving the money to a charitable organization to administer. For this year ONLY, we will issue checks payable to the store that the county will be purchasing toys/food from. We recommend that the programs should be administered by another organization.

(Motion 4)

Ad Com has missed a few meetings due to scheduling. They are working to fix this situation.

Sanction dates need to be turned in at the November BOD meeting.

ITEM #8 - A Region 10 member has offered us slag from limestone that we can use at LCRP. Jay will follow up on this.

Bill McKinley talked about the Tour program. He is asking for suggestions for stops for next year from each region. Please send directions with your recommended stop.

ITEM #9 – (Motion 5)

Respectfully Submitted,

Kim Tyger

MOTIONS

#1 – Motion made by Teresa Bodle and seconded by Twister to approve the June BOD minutes. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.

#2 – Motion was made by Lenny and seconded by Teresa Bodle to let Don Dekoker know we are interested in further acquisition of property. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.

#3 – Motion was made by Steve Madary and seconded by Rico Riley to pledge $.50 per member to Motorcycle Riders Foundation. Region 03 abstained. All others were in favor. Motion carried.

#4 – Motion was made by Putt and seconded by Twister to make checks payable to the store where counties are buying toys/food and putting what it is for in the memo for Christmas events. Region 7 abstained. All others were in favor. Motion carried.

#5 – Motion to adjourn was made by Twister and seconded by Lenny. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.