ABATE of Indiana Inc. Board of Directors Meeting
April 21, 2007 --- Lawrence County Recreation Park, Springville, IN

Meeting was called to order at 12:15 by Executive Director Jay Jackson. Those present were: Region 00 – Teresa and Ray Bodle, Region 01 – Al and Karey Putman, Region 02 – Dave Frost, Jeff Willingham, Barb Dodson, and Tammy Brown, Region 03 - Jerry Brown and Jacquie Jones, Region 4 – Chuc Hunter and Greg Lynch, Region 5 – Elmer Brown, Region 06 – David Polanco and Charlie Whelchel, Region 07 – Dennis Tyger, Kenny and Barb Harris, Region 08 – Brian Smiddy, Region 09 – Mo Kintner, Region 11 – Kenny Casey, Region 12 – David Hawkins, Region 13 – Mike Meyer, Ad Com – Gary Williams, State Office – Kim Tyger, Tina McCormack, and Jay Jackson. Everyone rose for the Pledge of Allegiance. Region 10 was absent.

ITEM 1: Financials for January and February were distributed. Tina discussed some changes made to the various categories. Gino Johnson, the ABATE Accountant, has not had the opportunity to review these reports due to tax season. Discussion followed.

(Motion 1)

Jay reminded the board of the various projects (shower house, restroom facilities, motorcycles for MSD, Bingo license) taking place over the next few months and the monies that will be used to complete them. He encouraged Regions and Counties to turn in any monies raised for the organization.

ITEM 2: Roger Robertson will be the caretaker of LCRP for the time being.

Gary Williams discussed the waterless toilets and shower house project. Weather permitting; they will break ground on the facilities next week. The intent is to have all structures in working order in time for the Boogie. Location of the restroom facilities was discussed.

Regions 05, 02, 06, and Charlie Whelchel (special needs co-coordinator for the Boogie) addressed the board concerning shelter house construction. Chuc Hunter addressed the board concerning the Region 04 shelter house.

(Motion 2)
(Motion 3)
(Motion 4)
(Motion 5)

Memorial bricks were discussed. Jay presented a memory photo displaying the memorial, the ABATE logo, and the brick for the board to review as something to give/sell along with the bricks.

ITEM 3: The logo/name of the state charity ride was discussed. Flyers for Region 01’s event were distributed.

(Motion 6)

The organization to receive the proceeds from the 2008 state charity was discussed.

(Motion 7)

ITEM 4: Fort Wayne has adopted a very stringent no-smoking ordinance which will take affect in June. Allen County however has allowed for municipalities to opt out of the no-smoking ordinance which will allow one of our competitors to maintain a smoking facility. At this time, we are not anticipating this to be detrimental.

In order to comply with gaming laws, we will have to surrender a night of gaming to hold the Boogie Bike Raffle. This is something that the board may want to consider in the future.

ITEM 5: Region directors were asked to get their equipment list in to Tina for the Boogie.

Deposits for the Boogie bands have been paid. Feedback on the lineup for this year’s event has been positive.

Odd numbered Regions need to get their bands to Big Mike by June for the day stage.

Dave Hawkins made the request that Boogie attendees be discouraged from bringing glass bottles to the big top/stage area.

Brian Smiddy brought a request for an area for people with special needs to sit near the stage. Jay referred this request to Charlie Whelchel.

ITEM 6: HB 1205, the Right of Way bill, died in committee. Moped legislation in both the House and the Senate were never assigned to a committee. Legislation that would have required motorcyclists to pay an additional ten dollar fee for motorcycle license registrations was quickly addressed by members of the Board of Directors and our lobbyist. The language was removed by the Senate Appropriations Committee.

A piece of national legislation (HR 984) is targeting grassroots lobbying. The MRF is keeping a close eye on this.

ITEM 7: May is Motorcycle Safety and Awareness month. If you have a need for awareness packets please contact the state office. Governor Daniels is expected to film a public service announcement to be released on April 27th at the NHTSA summit.

The numbers for 2006 motorcycle fatalities in Indiana are less than last year. MSD has requested each of the standard uniform crash reports so that they can be reviewed.

NHTSA is looking at developing national standards for motorcycle safety education.

ITEM 8: Dennis Tyger stated that the Advisory Committee met prior to the BOD meeting. Topics of the meeting included the construction of the waterless toilets, Bingo Hall, financials, and the logging company. He told the board members that if they had any concerns that they wanted presented to the Committee to get in contact with him.

ITEM 9: Teresa Bodle addressed the board on behalf of the electronics committee. She discussed a Dell model that was currently being offered at a decent price. Further discussion on the proposed purchase of laptops for the board was tabled until after the Boogie.

Teresa Bodle stated that she will finish up organizing the policies the Board worked on and get them to the members.

ITEM 10: Jay shared with the Board that many of our state school Superintendents, Principals, etc. were at the State House when we were there for Kid’s Day. While our children met with Governor Daniels, the school officials were not as lucky.

The Unchained Ministry has requested to bring “Jumping for Jesus” to the Boogie. The board members agreed that this was not something that they are comfortable with at this time.

The motorcycling community received some poor press in recent months. Prior to the end of the legislative session, the general assembly will be advised that this was primarily anti-motorcycle propaganda.

A letter was presented to the board to recognize members of the organization on five year increments. This is something the office is evaluating. Changing the color of membership cards to recognize the number of years someone has been a member was discussed.

Kenny Casey asked about addressing MSD students about ABATE through a video. Discussion followed.

David Polanco discussed recruiter patches and rockers and the possibility of creating silver/gold rockers for those that recruit a number of new members each year.

Several members have been contacted to organize a history of ABATE.

(Motion 8)

Respectfully submitted,

Kim Tyger

MOTIONS

Motion 1: David Hawkins made the motion to accept the November financials. Al Putman seconded the motion. Region 02 abstained. All others were in favor. Motion carried.

Motion 2: Elmer Brown made the motion for Region 05 to build a 20’ X 60’ shelter. Kenny Casey seconded the motion. Regions 00, 02, 07, 09, and 12 voted no. Regions 01, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 11, and 13 voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion 3: David Polanco made a motion for Region 06 to build a 20’ X 40’ shelter along the road in the Region 06 area 10’ off the road. Chuc Hunter seconded the motion. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.

Motion 4: Dave Frost made the motion for Region 02 to build a 20’ X 40’ shelter in their area with a ceiling in it. Kenny Casey seconded the motion. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.

Motion 5: Jay Jackson made the motion for the future construction of a 20’ X 40’ shelter in the handicap camping area. Chuc Hunter seconded it. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.

Motion 6: Dave Frost made the motion to go with “ABATE of Indiana State Charity Event” as the name of the 2007 state charity event. Al Putman seconded the motion. Region 00 voted no. All others voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion 7: Kenny Casey made the motion to keep Indiana Children’s Wish Fund as the 2008 state charity. Chuc Hunter seconded the motion. Regions 02, 07, and 12 voted no. All others voted yes. Motion carried.

Motion 8: Motion to adjourn was made by Kenny Casey and seconded by Dave Polanco. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.