Good evening,

As an update for the 2013 MOA mileage contest, I have 33 club member mileage forms or information regarding starting mileage for 2013. Its not too late to start for those of you who are MOA members. I was hoping to exceed lasts years numbers, and if everyone who did participate last year and is willing to join in again we will. With the new participants I now have will also likely move Indiana up on the participation list of which Indiana was 10th this past year. Its about participation, the miles are for smiles!!!

I am not able to be at breakfast this Saturday, Crew Duty at the airfield and we were out of town last week, so I am asking Wayne, Dennis or Dom to collect any MOA Mileage forms you bring in or send with another member. I will be there the following Saturday to collect forms which is the last Saturday breakfast before the mailing deadline that next Monday.

If you have elected to mail in your own form, I would appreciate an email, text etc with your bike model and starting mileage.

Thank you again for participating

Rick

Good Afternoon,

Well I need to say thank you to the club response on Saturday!!! I collected 29 MOA starting mileage forms at Falcone Motorsports our Indianpolis BMW Dealership. Galen gave me his at the Carmel Triathalon on Sunday AM, so I now have 30!!

I would like to say thanks to Dennis Shelly for making the great little spinner he manufactured and donated to the club. Theresa thanks for bringing the club table banners as well. I also need to say thanks to Margie for making herself available to sign forms when Gene was not able to do so, as did Wayne at the end of our day. We gave away 15 t shirts to some lucky winners thanks to Gene, so please thank him next time you see him at Breakfast or at the showroom. Thank you to the club leadership group, for allowing me to do this, it was a great time. In completing my spreadsheet today with the forms I have, plus the riders who participated last year we have the potential to have 47 in the contest, so if a few more members can see their way to join in or we find a few new club members we could hit 50 or MORE! That would move us up the list of finishing states for participation!

I was expecting to collect some forms yesterday, but what a response. I met some club members I had not met previously as well. . Jim Brown was able to take the opportunity to capture a number of photos of members there to use for the club directory as well.

We also will have gained 2 new members as we met a husband and wife picking up their new to them 2008 K1200LT. I am sure they were not expecting to see the club there in force but he intends to go online and complete his membership.

Per my earlier notes, while the contest mileage started yesterday you have until May 13th to have your MOA mileage form witnessed and signed and postmarked to the MOA. Dom, Dennis and Wayne are assisting me in collecting forms at our Club Breakfast at Shapiros until May 11th. If you decide to mail in your own form I would appreciate your dropping me a note with your bike or bikes information and starting odometer reading as I will provide a recap to the club.

Again my thanks, great turnout and great start,

Rick

Good Morning!!!!!

Tomorrow is the start of the BMWMOA Mileage Contest, a fun, no cost participation event that occurs each year. I hope you will consider coming down to Falcone Motorsports tomorrow for some coffee and cookies and the chance to win a t shirt when you get your MOA Starting mileage registration form witnessed and signed. Something different this year. 11 AM to 3 PM- I will be there, along with a few membership committee members. In 2009 we had 23 club members complete the process and received their participation pins, For 2012 we had 38!

The MOA mileage contest is about fun and participation, Wisconsin was the number one state again in 2012 with 142 riders finishing, Indiana tied for 10th, with North Carolina with 51 riders. I would like to see if we can add a few more club members to the list this year as well as encourage other MOA members to help move Indiana up the list. When you consider that Minnesota was 8th with 57 riders participating I think we can move up on the list. Illinois was 4th with 84!

If you know of other MOA members who are club members or not, please encourage them to join in on the fun this year, invite them to come down to the dealership tomorrow, enjoy some conversation with other riders and perhaps win a t shirt from Falcone.

I am enlisting the help of Dennis, Wayne and Dom to assist me in collecting forms at the breakfast as Shapiro’s as well until May 11th, I will again record eveyones information and mail all of our club forms to the MOA by the mailing deadline of May 13th.