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January 2015 minutes

Thanks to Galen Reinholt for taking these minutes; sorry for the late posting.

Club Meeting Minutes: January 24, 2015

Jay Beery opened meeting by thanking Margie for hosting the meeting

Board of Directors:

The names of the BOD nominees were given to the membership to vote on to fill the three open positions on the board as of April 1, 2015. The nominees are:

  1. Jay Beery
  2. Joe Hochderffer
  3. Lina Rifai

 

Jay asked if any other members present would like to be included on election ballet. No takers

Club membership voted all three nominees in with their terms beginning April 1, 2015.

Next, Jay informed everyone present that the Board of Directors voted Margie Ledgerwood to become President of the Club with Wayne as the Vice President beginning April 1st.

Wayne & the club discussed the following: mileage with the club

The will be a high mileage rider plaque at the dealership. Our highest mileage rider’s name will be added each year.

Ring binder at dealership that club members can put children appropriate motorcycle related photos in. A member suggested asking dealer if we could install a video display in lieu of the 3 ring binder to attract people to the area to check out the club more easily than a binder. Club will follow up.

Dealership has rented booth at Indy motorcycle show for the club. Club members needed for volunteering to staff the booth. Contact Wayne if interested.

Club members were reminded to check website for upcoming rallies and events.

Banquet: Up to 42 attendees. Club committed to 60 so please consider.

2015 Monthly meetings: Hosts were found for all monthly meetings, except for October.

Send Doug Johnson email regarding the month you’ve chose to host so Doug can get it on the website.

Reminder regarding monthly rides on the 3rd Saturday of every month during riding season leaving from Shapiros.

Minutes prepared by: Galen Reinholt, acting Secretary, for Bob Conley

Monthly Meeting Minutes, September 2014

The meeting was held at the home of Harold Patterson.  Approximately 40 members were in attendance.  Great food was served and attendees thoroughly enjoyed the company and great weather.  Several stayed late into the evening to enjoy a nice bond-fire under a starry sky.

After Dinner, Vice President Jay Beery opened the meeting at 5:50 PM.  There was discussion about the consideration of amending the Bylaws of the Club.  The consideration of proposed amendments had been announced at the August 2014 meeting as well as the club web site in accordance with Section X of the bylaws which specifies the process for amending the document.

The Secretary gave a brief description of the changes and the reason for the changes.  Member Greg Miller voiced his objection to deleting the Honorary and Lifetime classes of membership.  He stated that these classes had been rarely used to honor service to the club by long standing members.  The Treasurer addressed the group advising that the CPA retained by the club to assist with the application to become approved as a non-profit social organization recommended suspension of these types of memberships.  The reason for the recommendation was that members of a non-profit organization should not receive a financial benefit and that these forms of membership create the appearance of financial gain as no dues are assessed to these classes of membership.

The Secretary stated that some members of the Board of Directors were disappointed that these traditional membership classes were going to be discontinued.  He stated that the Board could consider appropriate alternatives in the future.

Therisia Shearer moved that the proposed amendments be adopted and the motion was seconded.  Under discussion, Greg Miller stated he would have to oppose the motion due to the deletion of the Honorary and Lifetime membership classes.

The vote was taken.  The motion was approved by a margin of 31 to 1. This meets the quorum and majority requirements set forth in Article X of the Bylaws.  The vote included seven proxies submitted to the President.

Vice President Beery thanked the host and the meeting was adjourned by motion at 6:15 PM.

Note: The revised bylaws will be posted on the web-site.

Bob Conley, Secretary

Meeting Minutes, August 2014

The August 2014 Monthly meeting of the BMW Motorcycle Club of Indianapolis was held at Falcone PowerSports on April 23rd.  The meeting was held in conjunction with the annual Club Swap Meet.

Employees of the Dealer were guests of the club for a light lunch.

Vice President Jay Beery called the meeting to order at approximately 1:00 PM.  General announcements were made pertaining to upcoming events including the Paynetown Campout, September 19-12, and the September 27th monthly meeting to be held at the home of Harold Patterson, near Stilesville.

Secretary Bob Conley announced that proposed amendments to the Bylaws will be submitted to the membership for vote at the next monthly meeting.  The proposed amendments were recommended by a CPA retained by the club in order to accurately describe the non-profit status of our club. The proposal will be announced posted on the club web site. If the required quorum is not present at the upcoming meeting the vote will be tabled till the first meeting of the membership when a quorum is present. (twenty voting members)

Following the announcements, the meeting was adjourned by Vice President Beery.

Respectfully submitted,

Bob Conley, Secretary