Monthly Archives: March 2018

March Minutes

March 2018 Monthly Meeting Minutes
The meeting was held in the “Man Cave” at Don and Betty Garriety’s  home,  on March 18, 2018.
We enjoyed a great lunch of barbecue sandwiches with all the delicious pitch in fixings.
Joe Hochderffer called the meeting to order at 3:20pm and thanked the gracious host for providing a great meeting place.  Joe recognized new members and welcomed back some of the old familiar faces.
Business discussed:

  • April meeting to be held at Mike Williams home 4/14/18 at 12:00 to 4:00.                                                                                                                
  • Our club needs meeting hosts for May, June and November.                                                                                  
  • Joe presented a flyer on TCLOCS and safety awareness, reminding members of seeing and being seen.      
  • Rally events were mentioned and can be found listed on the website.                                                                                                                                                                                                          
  • Greg Sickmeier talked about IRMA and the generous contributions that went toward the 33rd Historical marker featuring Floyd “Pop” Dreyer.  The dedication is April 21, 2018 at 3:00pm at Dreyer Honda.  Thank you Greg for keeping us informed about the Memorial planned for Mr. Dreyer.                                       
  • Wayne and Peggy Garrison have reserved the weekend of 5/11-13/18 at Paynetown for camping.  Please let them know if you plan on reserving a space for the weekend.                                                               
  • Wayne talked about the BMW Nationals held in Des Moines, Iowa on 7/12-14/18.  Please contact Wayne if you plan on attending and need tent space.  Please volunteer if you plan to attend the Nationals.        
  • RA Rally is 7/19/18 .  Kathy Zak asked the members if anyone who is attending the RA, would they be interested in camping together.  Please contact Kathy if you are interested.

Joe asked for members to reconsider hosting the empty meeting months of May, June or November and provided a tid-bit about “Pop”.  Joe thanked our hosts for their generosity and adjourned the meeting at 3:48.
36 club members were in attendance.
Respectfully submitted,
Kelly Hochderffer

2018 Euro rally information

 

March 2018

Dear Rally Goers,

The BMW Motorcycle Club of Nashville’s 20th annual European Riders Rally is already looking great! The weekend of May 17-20 will be here before we know it, and we’ve been working to make sure this Rally remains an all time favorite.

First head to the log cabin and pick up your registration packets.  Don’t forget, the first 180 registered receive a free Rally Towel along with all the other goodies.  Here you’ll have the opportunity to participate in the 50/50 drawing and purchase goodies like caps, tumblers, even last year’s t-shirts.

The AG building will be a buzz of activity.  Information booths including SkyMed, Dunlop Tires and the Burkesville Trailhead Project will be set up giving you the opportunity to learn all about their services.  Seminars, yoga, movies and popcorn, door prizes, even Bingo are all scheduled to take place in temperature-controlled comfort.

The Pavilion is Rally Central through the whole weekend. The drink station will be set up with complementary coffee, tea, lemonade and hot chocolate daily.   Donuts and fruit will be available in the mornings on a first come first served basis. We’ll also meet here with the group ride leaders for information and instructions before setting out on guided rides (more information coming soon). It’s the place to be for lunches Friday and Saturday and the best Rally dinner Saturday evening, including your choice of grilled chicken or steak, tossed salad, and baked potato (and did somebody say cobbler?).  After dinner we’ll have awards and grand prize drawings, then the band Route 40 will perform.  Our host town of Burkesville will offer a breakfast courtesy of the area churches Sunday morning.

Set up your tent on the flat, spacious camping areas all around the city parkland, or park your RV in one of the plentiful spaces with electrical hookups.  There are also bathrooms and showers, and we’ll place plenty of port-a-potties around for everyone’s comfort and convenience. All you non-campers should be making hotel or cabin arrangements.  You’ll find links on our website to assist you.

We’ve added a Daily Schedule link on the website to help you all make plans for your time at the Rally.  Visit www.bmwmcon.org to learn more and register.  Don’t forget to register before April 29 to lock in special pricing and to guarantee a t-shirt with your Full Rally Pass.

Looking forward to seeing you at European Riders Rally, because “We Love to Ride.”

Cindy Duncanson and Rod McDonald

Rally Chairs

Club Photo Tag Game 2018

Subject: Club Photo Tag Game 2018

(This message send thru club website)

This is an official announcement of the return of the club Photo Tag game. We will officially run April 1 to Oct 31.   However; for the months of April and May, let’s ignore the 2 week reset rule (Rule #6 below).

We’ll run the same way as past few years. The rules are posted with a link below. As few rules as possible, but with a few guidelines to go with them. As in the past, it’s always been for fun and a good time had by all. Hopefully some fun for you. Remember, it is run as unmanaged as possible; if you post a tag, it’s yours, you own it and have to manage it until someone else takes it. Good luck, and remember; it’s a game, have fun. 

For the first tag, we’ll start with one I did as the last Winder Tag.  I’ll re-send it the 30th or 31st, it’ll also on the web page I’ll list below.   Also note that we send the Photo Tag emails on the Yahoo list.  It’s better to let Yahoo deal with the file management and storage.

2018 Photo Tag Game Rules – http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2018/tags/rules.html
2018 Photo Tag starting list – http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2018/tags/tag1.html
More Photo Tag information and history – http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/tags.html

Andy Clark
Indianapolis, IN
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2010 BMW K1300GT “FEBUTT”
1992 BMW K75
ABATE, AMA, BMWMOA, IBA, MSTA
BMW Motorcycle Club
of Indianapolis

 

Photo Tag Rules:

2018 Photo Tag contest
(April 1 to Oct 31)
Coordinated by Andy Clark

Description:

A riding game of tag using photos of your bike in a mystery location with an interesting sight to see, good place to ride, or good food to eat. The purpose is to have fun, discover new places and promote friendship and fellowship within the Club. 

The Process:

Assume the Photo Tag is already started by ‘Fred’ posting a photo of his bike at a covered bridge. ‘Jimmy’ then rides to “tag” the current location of the same covered bridge. Jimmy rides his bike to the covered bridge and takes a photo with his bike positioned so it and the bridge are visible in as similar manner to Fred’s photo. He submits the photo to the club email list thus “claiming” that tag. Jimmy now rides to another location of his choosing, say outside his favorite restaurant. He positions his bike and takes a photo. He then submits it to the Club yahoo list with a tasty nugget of information to provide a clue but does not tell the actual location. The next day Susie says, “I know where that’s at!” and heads off to the restaurant. She grabs a photo with her bike positioned similarly to Jimmy’s and submits it to the list being the first to claim that tag. Now Susie sets off in search of another interesting feature, landmark or location to set the new Tag by submitting a photo of her bike at that spot within about a day. And so on. 

Rules:

1. It’s a game, have fun!
2. A legit Tag is a newly taken photo of your bike at a location within the
      confines of the state of Indiana submitted to the group’s email list.
3. The first person to “Tag” the current location moves it to a new location.
4. To make the new “Tag” take a photo of your bike in a new location and submit it to the list.
      It will now be the new Tag. (If more than 24 hours go by without posting a Tag photo
      at a new location, it will revert to the prior Tag and will be someone else’s to grab.)
5. Another person must grab the Tag and move it to a new location. You can’t move your own Tag.
6. If a location turns out to be so disdainful that no one tags it after two weeks, then the Tag
      will revert to its prior location and be eligible for someone else to grab.

Guidelines:

Keep in mind the following when you make a new tag:

    .  Landmark, historical marker, good restaurant, interesting road-side attraction, good
       motorcycle road.
    .  It should be safely accessible to the general public (without paying admission).
    .  On or near a paved road not miles down a gravel road (see Dual Sport below for more info)
    .  Don’t tag where it would be dangerous to get off the bike.
    .  It may be somewhat a mystery, but be sure to provide a hint of some kind so people can figure
       it out.
    .  Remember your bike and the landmark must both be visible in the photo.
    .  Photo should be at least 800 x 600 pixels but also not huge like 4000 x 3000.
    .  A ‘tie’ where two people tag the same spot, we will use the first to be posted on the yahoo
       list as the winner.
       (smart phones with cameras have made this possible, make sure you can post with it)
    .  No repeats! If it’s been tagged before during the current running year, it’s out of play. Look
       for something new.
    .  If you accidentally tag something old, and someone new lets you know, admit your public
       humiliation and post a new tag.
    .  Make sure “Photo Tag” is in the subject of your email. (so you can filter them out if needed)
    .  Any disputes can be settled by group therapy, questions go to the tag master, with the
       ultimate adjudicator being our Club President.
    .  This is an unmanaged game for the most part, and for fun. Help out if people are having
       trouble with your tag.
           *If a week goes by and no one has found the tag, the original poster should post up a new
             hint as to the location if it’s not obvious.
    .  If your tag is interesting or unusual, you might want to post some extra info about it AFTER
       it has been found.

Dual Sport

There has only been discussion of adding gravel and dirt roads to the Photo Tag rules. We would
like to share photos of such places. We would like to have some place to post your photos and share
this type of riding with the club, but it cannot be used in this game. Send such pics to the me at
the address below and I’ll start a web page of the photos to share them. 

For this game: Hard surfaces only.

Off road or ‘dual sport’ photos to Andy at bmwpics@abcindy.net with a subject line saying “Off Road Pics”

Location Choice:

We will start fresh every year. Any tag locations used in previous years are again fair game, but no 
repeats allowed during the year.

Game Management

This is going to be as unmanaged as possible. I will however try to keep up with the tags and the photos. 
I’ll do my best to keep up a list but I don’t want to be in the middle and ‘manage’ each individual tag. 
It’ll be up to the person that posted the tag to keep track of that tag as far as timing and making sure 
the person that finds it is correctly.

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2018 Photo Tag Game Rules/Photos/Etc.:
http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2018/tags/

Here are the tags from 2017.
Web Site: http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/2017/tags/tag1.html 

Here are the tags from previous years. 
Web Site: http://www.abcindy.net/indybmw/tags.html
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2018 Photo Tag Photos