EH-Pioneer Chapter meeting minutes

The meeting was brought to order by Director Phil Ward at 1:30 PM.

The Treasurer's Report was read by Phil as Randy Schwandt was not present at the meeting. It was filed.

There was discussion about the 2005 Rally, 6-10July. We are locked in to the LeSueur County Fair Grounds at LeCenter, MN for this years Rally. Chuck Barsness will start to work on the brochure. Sandy Robinson has been contacted about getting the mailing list updated. Tim Breidenbach has started working on drafts for printing t-shirt and maybe a patch. There was discussion about flags, pennants, and handlebar pennants. A raffle was discussed. Chuck also indicated that he had talked with Ken Bretz at the Bike Show and that Ken was starting to think about the Poker Run route.

Nominations were made for Officers for the 2005-2006 term.
- Rick "Waz" Wawrzyniak was nominated for Asst. Director.
- Mark "Felix" Mattson was nominated for Treasurer.
- Voting will take place at the March 20th Meeting.

There was discussion about moving the Web Site. Bob Gerhart talked about the issues we are having with our current site and the plans for the new site. He talked about having a "general" site and a "Members only" site.
There was discussion about the proposal by Steve Herbst for having an E-H Rally Calendar made. The general consensus of the group was that it was a good idea but too costly and that we shouldn't tie up our Pioneer Chapter funds in something like this. One other main concern was the experience we had with the Rally Picture Brochure that we made after the first Rally and the hard time we had in moving that inventory. Once the calendar year has gone by, we could have a lot of calendars in inventory that are out dated with little to no interest in anyone purchasing them.
Members should be aware that the Pioneer Chapter owns a set of tools that can be checked out and used to work on their bikes.
Mark (Felix) Mattson indicated that he had several OEM air filters and that he would sell them for $10 including shipping.
John Jones reported that he and Jamie Jones were at Phoenix and got all the parts they felt they needed. They still can get parts from Swift if have to. John indicated he is still using the 99 parts prices except for custom made parts. John also indicated he bought out all the remaining McCarthy cams. He said his web site will be www.JohnsSuperx.com

The meeting was adjourned at 2:50 PM. The next meeting will be March 20^th,1 PM at a place to be determined.