GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES for June 2021
Attending: Jamie Picou (President), Henning Carlsen (Treasurer), Dave Burroughs (Web Guy and Acting Secretary), Ed Caughell, Brenda Carlsen, Pat Barnes, Pete Barnes, Cliff Davis, Al Holtsberry, Mike Allen.
Special Note…. The meeting notice sent out to the membership indicated -as it has always in the past- "eat at 7pm, meet at 8:pm". This was not the way it turned out however. We arrived in the usual manner expecting to eat that "wonderful" Flying 'J' Denny's food then go on with the traditional meeting after eating. When we arrived, Denny's had forgotten that we were to have our monthly meeting that night despite being reminded twice. They had not planned for it and were grossly understaffed that evening as a result: just the manager and one cook. The nine members who had showed up -when realizing that they must wait at least a half an hour to be served- decided to do the meeting first, then eat. This turned out to be an inconvenience to anyone arriving just for the meeting at 8pm. Apologies to Ed Caughell.
Jamie Picou called the Beemer’s Monthly General Meeting to order at 7:33 PM. The last meeting was in February 2020 so we all decided that minutes from that meeting would be rather meaningless. There was no reading of those minutes.
Treasurer's Report:
The Treasurer (Henning Carlsen), freshly back from vacation in Georgia presented a summary of moneys taken in and checks written during the years of 2020 and 2021. The club is still solvent. For more details contact Henning.
Al motioned that all the members who paid during 2020 should by considered paid up until the next renewal time in January 2022. At that time the dues for the full year 2022 are due. All agreed.
Henning indicated that he has also paid the annual MOA (BMW Motorcyclist Owner's Association) yearly dues, the RA (BMW Rider's Association) yearly dues and the AMA (American Motorcyclist Association) yearly dues.
Membership Report:
Membership Board Member (Steve Wolf). There was no membership report as the Membership Board member was not present. In the future, if any member needs a home address, phone number, or email address from the Secure Membership list contact Steve Wolf or Dave Burroughs. This list is for members only. The list is password protected for the use of the Membership Board person (Steve) and the Web Administer (Dave). The information is available to all members through them.
New Business:
We have a new member :Mike Allen. Mike has expressed the desire to be the next President of the club. We discussed this with Jamie -current President- who was very interest in being relieved of the position for his own personal reasons. Jamie has served in that position for many years faithfully through thick and thin doing a really great job. Jamie has no problem with relinquishing the position.
Pat Barns, then, nominated Mike Allen for the position of president of the Buckeye Beemers. It was seconded, but in the confusion I did not hear by whom. All members present agreed.
Congratulations Mike you are our new President.
Mike proceeded to speak on how he can bring new younger members into the club. We really need some younger riders.
He focused on outlining the structure of the club, board members, events and how a possible membership drive could be done. He currently runs Motohio BMW of Ohio and has access to new BMW owners. As an example he suggested that "we could offer a free membership for each BMW sold".
Old Business:
We have been having Sunday morning breakfasts again. These started three Sundays ago and now are ongoing a Denny's at The Flying 'J' at I71 an Route 36/37, come between 8:30 an 9:00AM Sunday’s.
Activities
June 13 - 16 Star (BMW RIDERS, Sports Touring Assoc. Rendezvous - bmwra.org
M.O.A. National rally- June 24 - 27 - https://rally.bmwmoa.org/
Wingdings Springfield MO. June 29 - July 3
https://www.lightningcustoms.com/events/wing-ding-rally/
BMW HERITAGE EVENT AT THE AMA HALL OF FAME
When:Saturday, Jul 10, 2021 - Sunday, Jul 11, 2021All Day
Location:AMA Hall of Fame Museum13515 Yarmouth Dr, Pickerington, OH 43147Pickerington, Ohio 43147
BROUGHT TO YOU BY MOTOHIO EUROPEAN MOTORBIKES
This BMW Heritage Event and BMW R 18 Demo Rides will take place at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in Pickerington, OH. Centrally located and easily accessible off of interstate I-70, the beautiful campus is home to the AMA corporate headquarters featuring a two-story museum with ample paved parking and a long winding driveway surrounded by a heavily wooded lot.
On-site entertainment will include free access to the Hall of Fame Museum which celebrates the men and women who have been recognized by the AMA for their contribution to motorcycling in America. The museum features both a collection of permanent historic motorcycles as well as constantly changing themed exhibits.
Live music, food trucks, one craft beer for after your demo ride and raffle prizes!
The R18 demo ride route will pit stop at Motohio for light refreshments and to showcase the newly renovated Heritage showroom.
Arrive Early to schedule your Demo Ride between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM
Use the link just below for BMW Heritage Event as well
AMA Vintage days - July 23rd - 25th - https://americanmotorcyclist.com
MSTA FALL COLORS Lewisburg WVA Sep. 30 - Oct. 2 2021
BMW RA RALLY Waynesville NC. August 12 - 15 2021 https://bmwra.org/
https://smokymountaineventcenter.org/
MSTA FLYBY - Marietta Ohio August 23 - 29 2021 https://reg.planetreg.com/flybyweek2021
Motion made to adjourn. Meeting was adjourned at 8:06PM.
So that was our first Beemer's monthly meeting since the pandemic.
Keep on 'BEEMIN'.
