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www .gatoralley.net abate of florida inc gator chap alley t e r volume 27 august 2010 issue 12 frank we are so proud of you you get the atta-boy of the year love ya dedicated to freedom of the road · let those who ride decide a b merican rotherhood ikers a t gainst iming otalitarian oward e nactments ducation[close]
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abate of florida inc gator alley chapter publication deadline the deadline for all submissions is at the chapter meeting or if submitting by e-mail no later than the 6:00pm the tuesday following the meeting all members are asked to submit anything they have that would be of interest to their fellow members such as articles gator alley chapter meeting august 22nd 2010 vfw · 11am gator alley board of directors meeting august 12th 2010 vfw · 7:00pm goals purpose to fight for the freedom of the road and the freedom of choice for the motorcycle riders of florida to become a powerful and viable political force in florida by encouraging riders to register to vote and to communicate with their legislators to promote safe riding habits and to promote driver awareness without infringing on the rights of the individual to work toward educating our legislators on motorcycle issues so they are able to make the right decisions regarding florida s motorcycle riders to publish a newsletter to keep members of abate of florida inc informed the views expressed in this newsletter are not necessarily those of abate of florida inc nor those of gator alley chapter this publication allows members the freedom of expression of their own beliefs and opinions abate of florida inc and gator alley chapter accepts no responsibility for the comments or opinions contained in this publication disclaimer identification statement this publication is the monthly newsletter of abate of florida inc gator alley chapter p.o box 10395 naples fl 34101 page 2 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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www .gatoralley.net 2010 2011 board of directors executive board president vice president secretary treasurer roger janes phil teach depuy ethel labin scarlett leeper president@gatoralley.net rgr.jns@gmail.com vicepresident@gatoralley.net secretary@gatoralley.net treasurer@gatoralley.net 239.776.1108 239.370.0029 239.597.7768 239.784.9661 elected board sgt at arms legislative state delegate #1 state delegate #2 state delegate alt #1 state delegate alt #2 membership newsletter editor public relations products quartermaster special events safety director jim hashman darrin brooks fred corr marie ratcliff paul evans rusty crans denise russo laurajo smith karen guerra debi west jon rambo reinbold heidi yahl john frizz stevens sgtatarms@gatoralley.net legislative@gatoralley.net statedelegate1@gatoralley.net statedelegate2@gatoralley.net altstatedelegate1@gatoralley.net altstatedelegate2@gatoralley.net membership@gatoralley.net newsletter@gatoralley.net laurajosmith50@aol.com publicrelations@gatoralley.net products@gatoralley.net quartermaster@gatoralley.net specialevents@gatoralley.net saftey@gatoralley.net 239.292.9769 239.398.7145 239.348.7119 239.564.4953 239.961.1414 239.821.1943 239.596.3925 239.404.7006 239.435.0314 239.289.1004 239.229.2764 239.455.5767 239.776.9690 appointed officials ad executive chaplain chapter historians nora mucha jerry mason lynn corr ruth kalvin election chair newsletter asst sgt at arms asst sunshine chairperson webmaster safety assistant margo dugan dave lockdown rich sunshine@gatoralley.net webmaster@gatoralley.net 239.404.1279 239.285.4011 margo dugan scarlett leeper advertising@gatoralley.net chaplin@gatoralley.net historian1@gatoralley.net historian2@gatoralley.net sunshine@gatoralley.net treasurer@gatoralley.net 239.348.7119 239.280.8004 239.404.1279 239.784.9661 239.253.8692 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter page 3[close]
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abate of florida inc gator alley chapter presidents report i don t have a lot to talk about but just want the chapter to know what has been going on in my three weeks of being your president for those of you who could not make the meeting we had an issue on our preservation run we did not have the proper waiver forms so i made the decision to handwrite them at the time i thought it would be best to have them this way then none at all as i said in my very first report i may be the head of the chapter but i don t know everything later in the day i got a call from the state abate office on sat afternoon that was a no no so as of sat afternoon of the event i had spoke to boots and it was handled we have learned from this mistake and we will move on i have accepted cathy leblanc s resignation letter she has stepped down from membership because of personal reason s i have a lot of respect for you thank you d down from membership bec b hi cathy the 5 star was a blast i had my daughter katy with me and she rode through the rain like a trooper i asked her if she wanted to stop and put on the rain suit no dad we ll run through it soon i am so proud of her thank you to all 5 chapters as with all events we have our small snags but we adapt and overcome we just roll with it just like the marine s not saying we are like them but i look up to them and all our military a great appreciation for all they do so until i see you out somewhere please be careful and stay dry thunderstorms are popping up all the time now that summer is here isn t it funny how we complain about the cold in the winter and heat in the summer we did have a lot of cold spells cant wait until summer i guess were not happy unless were bitchin then complain its too hot or raining oh well later lets have some fun vice presidents report hey everyone i hope everyone had a great july first of all i would like to thank denise membership frizz safety and nora advertising for stepping up and filling those board positions i am confident that the job they do will far exceed our expectations if you were not with us on the preservation run wow you missed a great day of riding the weather was perfect and the turnout was great i know when i was back in town i rode almost 300 miles that day i would like to thank tina loy s parents for sponsoring the first stop when you arrived there was food beverages and a lot of good old fashion hospitality also kudos to denise for bringing back this ride around the lake and pulling it off alright al i ht as i promised th song of the month is back check out the box called teach s name that song good i d the f luck remember i need the name of the song and the artist emailed to me vicepresident@gatoralley.net if you think you have won make sure you attend the general membership meeting that month remember life s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a pristine well-preserved body but rather to skid in sideways totally used up and worn out shouting holy sht what a ride i guess that is it for now remember i know you are thankful for someone make sure you let them know if anyone has any questions information or comments that you would like me to bring to the board meeting just email me be good ride safe and have fun teach page 4 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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abate of florida inc gator alley chapter secretary s report 07/25/10 general membership meeting minutes meeting called to order at 11:02 pm by roger stand for the pledge of allegiance moment of silence roger asked darrin to introduce our speaker paul crespo republican candidate of us congress district 25 he is a 12 retired marine corps officer paul gave his family history this is his first time running for office he gave his website paulcrespo.com he would like to get to know us and we to know him he answered questions from the membership roger introduced tammy big karl from estero river chapter tammy introduced her bod and members they will be meeting on the 3rd sunday at 10:00 am starting in september preservation run regarding waivers did not have the forms needed so roger made the decision to hand write them which is a no-no was then in contact with state and talked to boots e-mails sent out regarding the waivers roger had a sit down with all involved and got it worked out it s over and no more discussion is needed we have three positions open safety membership ad executive cathy had to step down for personal reasons roger has accepted her resignation nominations will be under new business vice president-teach he thanked everyone who elected him to vice president he thanked the members for making gator alley what it is today he recognize our guest miguel ameigerias friend of paul crespo asked all new members and old one s who haven t been here for a while to be recognized he will continue the song of the month he reminded everyone of the silent auction still have bike tickets for sale secretary-ethel frizz made motion seconded by mark to accept the minutes as printed in the newsletter treasure-scarlet gave account balance she has written some checks today lynn asked about mash bash expenses all have been paid discussion on paying storage in advance it was tabled till next meeting sgt at arms-jim has sign up sheets for security for 5-star ted will be helping with security the start will be at saltwater cowboys someone will be at the vfw to redirect legislative-darrin david rivera guest speaker will not be here due to family emergency primary elections tuesday august 24th very important collier county commissioner district 2 has four people running and collier county commissioner district 4 has two people running at the state and federal level please see darrin s report in newsletter state delegate-fred at the seminar got to talk with members from other chapters and learned more on how things are run at the state level any member is welcome to go sit in on a state meeting safety director open membership-denise we have 528 members she had three new members sign up on the preservation run and some renewals membership cards were passed out she gave out anniversary and recruiter pins newsletter-laurajo she thanked everyone for their support and thanked crabby for new ad from the san carlos country club she will be doing meet our members new and old the form will be page 6 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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www .gatoralley.net 07/25/10 general membership meeting minutes cont d in newsletter she will doing who s bike is this and song of the month there will be motorcycle tips also reports are due on tuesday special events-heidi 5-star july 31st mda september 5th birthday party september 25th and memorial run october 17th fun run to the blue monkey then to iron rhino p.r karen nothing right now but important to get all the information for the flyer s so we can get the ball rolling products-debi she has preservation bandanna s and 5-star pins for sale quartermaster-rambo will have the storage inventory by next meeting sunshine report-margo on vacation cards and notes were sent out see her report in newsletter webmaster-lockdown nothing new with gator alley s website right now the abate of florida inc website www.abateflorida.com now has a link to abate of fl s facebook bikerornot.com and bikerspost.com sites old business preservation run 50 bikes 53 hands sold best hand went to jim altenbury worst hand to debi west the gift certificates were donated by the black eyed pig castaway s we had two people from key west on the run a thank you to rick tina for using their family s home for the final stop thank you for tom curro for the back-up truck trailer and his donation of gas ruth memorial run october 17th meet at the publix parking lot at santa barbara radio road at 11:00 am will be riding out to everglades national park ride will end at 2:00 will then go out to iron horse south brads if you have a name to ad to the list get with ruth birthday party flyer will be in newsletter 5-star 31st state meeting in december and thunder alley there will be more info at next meeting new business mash bash 2011 the chair persons are jim kalvin bill ratcliff heidi yahl run and gobble lynn crabby would like to chair this run nominations are opened for safety director frizz has accepted membership denise she has accepted ad executive nora has accepted good of the order roger thanked frank for assisting teach last term roger asked frank to please stand up and be recognized frank got a standing ovation cadillac his computer has a virus someone hacked into it and e-mails were sent out hope no one got an e-mail if so please don t open the computer is down right now but should be up and running soon sport bike riders have been invited to put on a show after next months meeting he has invited them to sit in on our meeting gator alley has purchased a collier memorial brick it s a 4x8 brick and we will get three lines line 1 will read abate of florida inc line 2 gator alley chapter line 3 thank you cindy cindy s tiki time bike nite on wednesday s august 4th 1 year anniversary and manitulators will be playing august 28th will be tiki cindy s summer golf scramble 9 am shot gun 239-872-5197 for info when doing a run she would like to be a stop she thanked everyone for there support rambo vfw would like us to volunteer one sunday a month to cook breakfast and will split 50/50 heidi talked about the young man who lost his hand from an alligator bite he s doing well but needs help our members came though with donations t-shirt winner patty schellkopt and 50/50 winner was gap motion to adjourn by frizz seconded by rambo at 12:52 pm respectfully submitted thanks ethel page 7 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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abate of florida inc gator alley chapter st arms report hello to everyone well july has been a busy month starting with the leadership seminar in deland i learned a lot at the seminars and got the chance to talk to several sgt.at arms from other chapters and learn from thier experiences i also got the chance to attend other seminars which allowed me to learn what is required from some of the other board positions i highly recommend the seminar to anyone wanting to learn more about abate and the jobs in which the board members are the board members are required to do i would like to take a minute to thank teach for stepping into the position of sgt.at arms during the preservation run with this being a new board we will need everyones help,suggestions and support currently i am still looking for a few people to fill the positions of assistant sgt.at arms through out the year we will also be needing individuals to fill some road captain positions so if you feel you could help in either of these positions please let me know i would like to thank frank vetter for stepping up and volunteering for one of the sgt at arms positions remember this is your chapter and everyone needs to step up and help when they can.with that in mind we will soon be passing around sign up sheets for help at thunder alley on october 9,2010 so keep that date open as it should be a lot of fun until we meet again ride safe jim hashman gator alley sgt.of arms board and appointed officials new membership membership denise russo john frizz stevens saftey saftey ad executive ad executive nora mucha thank for stepping up and helping our chapter also still need 2 more positions filled safety assistant assistant st at arms page 8 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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abate of florida inc gator alley chapter legislative report w we were glad to welcome paul crespo candidate for us congressional district 25 i also w would like to thank paul for joining gator alley as a member of abate of florida inc i a happy to report that one of our own gator alley members kyle jameson is running for am se seat 4 east naples fire commissioner please check him out to learn more about him and w what he wants to bring to the job it is exciting to see more gator alley chapter members ru running for positions of leadership within our community · primary elections are tuesday august 24th · early voting begins monday august 9th and goes to august 21st · in this area we have many primary races that will decide who goes to the general e elections in nov 2nd · collier county commissioner district 2 has four people running · collier county commissioner district 4 has 2 people running fred coyle lavigne kirkpatrick who has come out to visit gator alley · 3 school board seats open plus many other more local seats at the federal and state level us senate he · marco rubio has spoken to abate state meeting twice · us congressional districts s · david rivera rep dist 112 supports abate avid · paul crespo came to our meeting in july and joined as a member aul governor vernor · bill mccollum spoke to abate state meeting ll · rick scott unable to get a response from his campaign campaign ck mp · state attorney general tate see below e for the general elections there will be some constitutional amendments that i wiilll be talking more about as it g gets e constitutional a e onstitutiona amendments that will be talking more about itut a t a allkin kn ut t t ge closer some have been thrown out by the courts so the picture iis stil muddied at thiis time ser y the cou t so the picture s s ill he courts ourt u he icture still cture d at this t me h hi time candidates for candidates for state attorney general are as follows a attorney general are as follows these are highlights from s series in from the news service florida highlights from series in from the news service florida g h e dan gerber d priorities if elected consumer protection i think th bread and the butter of an ag is to look o n f elected consumer protection thin the bread d the b t ele ed consume protectio think h brea le d on me otec er hin ead butter out for floridians and make sure they are pr tected gelber saiid e they are pr hey protected gelbe said rot t gelber d whether the attorney general should be an activist well i think an ag iit s not liike a jjudge gelber sa ether general ener era well think well hink ag t s not like judge g u said i ve never heard a prosecuto described as activist or not i think an ag should be aggress in terms of protecting prosecutor should aggressive n terms protectin e rosecutor ecut nk an k hou uld ggress ressive e consumers wrongdoing is wrongdoing no matter what nsumers wrongdoing is o gdoin ing on the a zona immigration law gelber said he does not support the arizona proposal but does expe arizona not support the arizona proposal expect the arizo a immigration o o support ppor zona prop s opos a proposall by rep william snyder r-stuart will gain traction the problem iis i thiink iit invites mischief he sa the problem s think t invites m think invites mischief said proposal by rep roposal a rep the problem oble h nvi meaning it opens the door to possible racial profiling anin aning t opens ing pen ns on the lawsuit florida joined against the obama health care plan ii would recede from the suit gelber e plan would reced lan o d ece ede ed gelb said d dave aronberg d priorities if elected dave aronberg did come out to speak to our april state delegates meeting in tallahassee he sponsored our stiffer penalties bill last session and he is a life member of abate of florida inc with the gator alley chapter he has been very pro-biker his entire time in the florida legislature my main priority as attorney general would be to return the office to where it was under bob butterworth where it focused on safety and consumer protection aronberg told the news service i want to de-politicize the office the office would no longer be used as a political campaign machine for the ag s next campaign page 10 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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www .gatoralley.net whether the attorney general should be an activist oh yes i think the office should be active and go after deceptive and illegal trade practices aronberg said i think the ag should be tough and should be the people s lawyer i think it should be about good public policy rather than political grandstanding the attorney general shouldn t be leading by press conference on the arizona immigration law immigration is a federal matter and although i understand why states are frustrated it is a federal matter that the feds need to address he said on the lawsuit florida joined against the obama health care plan aronberg said there was nothing more political than the state s participation in the lawsuit florida has joined against the obama health care plan i will end the state s participation in that lawsuit he said jeff kottkamp r priorities if elected one would be to carry on gen [bill mccollum s lawsuit to undo obamacare kottkamp said two will be obviously dealing with the aftermath of the oil spill and three would be challenging the epa s imposition of water quality standards that would cause us to more than double our property taxes and those are things that don t happen every year so those are things that would have to be immediate priorities whether the attorney general should be an activist i think that job one of government and job one of the attorney general is to keep the people safe he said it s working with law enforcement working with a statewide view a statewide plan of attack against crime so we re not inefficiently using resources and we re all on the same page when we re going to get rid of pill mills or how we re going to attack cyber crime on the arizona immigration law kottkamp said he supports republican rep will snyder s proposal to craft an arizona-style immigration bill but he noted florida is a very different place than the southwestern state and his approach would be to sue the federal government to recoup costs the state incurs to secure our borders i think that anybody that s critical of arizona doesn t understand arizona he said they don t understand that this very violent drug war has spilled over their borders and innocent people innocent law enforcement officers are being killed and people are afraid to walk on their streets holly benson r priorities if elected carrying on the lawsuit attacking federal health care reform and a lot of people believe because of my experience with health care and as a lawyer that i m the best qualified benson said beyond that is the economy so i d like to use my lawyers to figure out how to reduce the red tape that is stifling entrepreneurs across the state whether the attorney general should be an activist i believe that the most important thing all the lawyers can do well all of state government can do is get our economy back on track i believe the best way you can use your lawyers is to figure out how do you peel back regulation on the arizona immigration law benson said the question she gets most frequently on the campaign trail is whether she supports an arizona-style immigration proposal in florida she does support similar leg slation in flori does legislation florida oe legi and believes it will gain traction in the legislature because most of the people she speaks to on the ca trail ple she speaks t on the campaign t e h eaks say they want a similar law they are frustrated the federal government hasn t bothered to enforce the law she said and beyond that fllor law he said and beyond t a f aw e a d eyon that florida ond has a lot of legal immigrants and they come here because they fled oppressive regimes and they believe the united ive regimes and they believe the unit v e an e e ieve h e states is a nation of laws so if we re not willing to uphold the first law that lets people in how are they supposed to ts people in how are they supposed ple h pl h suppo d upp believe in any other law so i believe that we have to enforce our immigration [laws ion [laws o aws ws on the lawsuit florida joined against the obama health care plan well first it s unconstitutional benson well first it s unconstitutiional bens ell t s unconstit onal constitu al n said it violates the commerce clause and it violates the tenth amendment but equally iimportant it s going to ent ut equally mportant it s going t t qual mportant s ally tant ng wreck our health care system pam bondi r has not responded to an interview request darrin brooks legislative abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter page 11[close]
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abate of florida inc hello everyone gator alley chapter august membership report for anyone who hasn t heard i m once again membership trustee thanks to everyone at the meeting who voted for me again just a reminder if any of your info has changed make sure you get it to me by email regular mail or call me make sure you get your renewal to me also remember after 30 days your time starts over we have 526 member as of this report new members for july 2010 welcome to gator alley new life members kyle jameson new annual members ken sessions thomas hill paul crespo polk threlkeld jason lynn raleigh patricia schellkopt len egdish stephen schellkopt vincent tormey john erhardt scott denney renewals thank you for your continued support joyce zywan rodney schillingburg david brumagin tom orban lori torres margaret waterbury rick sjolander harry bond michael sizer bob bacon stacy schillingburg jerry break july 2010 expirations jeanne kelly eric sooley bill bodnar charlene cline roger pawlowski john walford jodi draffen marie ratcliff cindy wauhop bruce heaton helen sooley august 2010 expirations kevin hysler jeanna money melvin yehnert james boylan pam leibinger donna napier susan boylan lucy loy richard robinson gene darst kim mcqueary christine strobel glen greeman caren mikesh dale williams 1-year jack arnold bruce heaton lori torres harry bond jeanne kelly john walford july anniversarys jerry break tom orban david brumagin rodney schillingburg charlene cline stacy shillingburg 2-year robert weathebee 3-year helen sooley eric sooley cindy wauhop scarlett leeper 4-year bob bacon 6-year marie ratcliff 7-year jodi draffen 8-year tom hoffman 10-year burt saunders 13-year cyndi ballard sam ballard ronda beck richard reynolds 20-year joyce zywan 22-year gary markley recruiters laurajo smith i am going to start including recruiters in my report as of 7/2010 after signing up 5 new members in a calendar year you receive a recruiter pin very nice pin so lets everone sign up 5 new members the following are only pins i have given out if i missed you please let me know thanks past recruiters dennis parsons darrin brooks don korff mark kirkum russ ueeck frizz stevens denise russo scott&deb pignatiello lockdown rich rusty crans paul evans bob miller page 12 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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www .gatoralley.net state meetings august 14th putnam gator alley october 2 hillsborough december 11 motor cycle tor or 1 the first motorcycle was created by gottlieb daimler in 1885 thomas edison in 1881 michel and eugene werner in 1897 leonardo da vinci in 1503 via tri page 13 2 what kind of motorcycle did arnold schwarzenegger ride in the movie terminator 2 kawasaki ninja honda valkyrie harley-davidson fat boy ducati monster 3 honda s first true motorcycle was built in 1950 what was it called helix elsinore monkey dream answers at the august chapter meeting mee abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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abate of florida inc gator alley chapter july sunshine report from seattle washington kelly crans a get well card for her fractured rib while going down a slide with her baby boy robbie ah the aches and pains a mother must endure for the entertainment of her child she has healed up and was able to go on an awesome family cruise to alaska so i am sure she will have lots of beautiful pictures and stories to share with us all patty bennett and daughter nicole a thinking of you ecard for her emergency trip to the er that would require futher testing and possible treatment gator alley hopes that nicole is healthy and well by now and mom can relax without worry maryjo pletcher wife of fly a get well card for her hip replacement we hope that her surgery and rehab therapy went well and she can get back to the business of keeping fly in line sharon michaels wife of bigbill a sympathy card for the passing of bigbill who was a newer member to the group but was really enjoying the interactions and participation of all of our meetings and events we didn t get a good chance to know this man but his heart was in the right place when he found friends in gator alley we hope that he has found peace now that he is an angel and can watch over us all sheila bear estero river bod member sympathy card for the loss of her husband known as bear who had a long battle with cancer our hearts go out to her the family and estero river chapter rick loy our beloved former bod member a get well card for road rash received after going down on the bike to miss a dog in the road luckily damage was minor to both rider and bike but it is always a reminder of how quickly things can happen and your rider skills are as important as breathing air glad that you are ok rick to outside family members of the bod for the family of roger janes he lost his uncle and a card was sent to his family in indiana for the family of michele ueeck her grandmother is dealing with cancer and will be undergoing surgery and treatment in august on a special note from your sunshine chair you all know i would rather stick needles in my eye than miss my brad and kailyn time a meeting or an event with my favorite adopted family but this visit out west lets me come home happy and well to do the best i can for all of you i come from good italian-irish stock which makes me strong but i am blessed to have you as my melting pot of family to make my life so far away from home worthwhile i love you with all of my heart and my family out west loves you all for watching out for me and for that i thank you respectfully submitted by margo dugan sunshine chairperson page 14 abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter[close]
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www .gatoralley.net h s ac te name that song see you at the august chapter meeting and the eagle will fly and there s gonna be hell win $25 who s bike is this every month we ll see how well you know our member s bikes see you at the chapter meeting with your answer who s bike is this abate of fla inc · gator alley chapter page 15[close]
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