8 February 2005
Regular Membership Meeting Notes
Meeting called to order at 1830. Officers in attendance were:
Vice President, Stephen Reed
Treasurer, Mike Haro
Mike Burton was tasked to perform duties of Secretary.
Minutes reviewed and approved at 1835.
Old Business:
Charter Review: Read, not discussed
Section C – members duties and laws. There is a paragraph discussing the conduct of ORA members harming the reputation of the ORA. Pastor Rordy makes a motion to remove the statement from the Charter. Motion approved – paragraph removed
Point of order – do we have an entry in the charter to decide what happens to Treasury Funds if the ORA is dissolved? Per Charter, all Funds will be donated to a majority vote charity.
Go to the Web Site and print and sign the Charter acknowledgement letter. Bring it to the next meeting. Per legal, all members need to be aware of the Charter and bylaws by signing the letter.
T-Shirts are here for folks that pre-paid. Used as incentive to get those who paid to come to meetings. If they don’t show up, we’re going to offer them up to the next member with funds. Steve will put out another final e-mail to give them a final chance to pick up their shirts. Motion to sell unclaimed shirts seconded and approved by membership.
Mike Haro has the patches so pick them up.
Steve Reed has some safety stickers for affixing to helmets with instructions for “Good Samaritans”
Spring tune-up. Skills Tune Up? Great initiative. Brush up on the rusty skills over the winter. We have access to the range. Steve Reed was voluntold! Leverage a Spring Safety Down Day. Need to get the young Airman out of the office to partake on the safety day ride. (PENDING – not discussed)
Action for Gunny Smith and Dwight – need to advertise next meeting (11 Jan) in the Air Pulse, CC Access Channel, Roll Call, etc). Develop a permanent advertisement for the ORA for the Commanders Access Channel. Pastor Rordy stressed our message: “What are we about? Safety, Skills Training, and equipment!” Somebody suggested putting cards on motorcycles on the base. (PENDING neither Gunny nor Dwight were present)
Steve will put up a poster outside the STRATCOM cafeteria and on his bulletin board. Enlist the help of Audrey Terry to pull the names of all the unit motorcycle safety officers. (still in work) No poster yet
Let’s do a Spring ERC and Fall ERC. The chief instructor for Nebraska’s MSF program will speak to this at the Feb meeting.
New members were introduced.
TSgt Lindsey, 55 AMX motorcycle rep was in attendance. Stated the he had heard some rumors about the club and decided to check us out. At the conclusion of the meeting he stated that the rumors that he had heard were false, and he was excited about what we were doing. He will ask us to talk at their next safety day.
Mike Haro gave the Treasurer’s report. Currently there is $583.21 in the account
Reports from committees
Fund Raising: Not present
We still need about 20 letters to local vendors to solicit more donations for fund raising initiatives. (PENDING)
Membership Committee (Scott Spicer)
2 new members
Mentorship Committee: (Carl and Bob Lake) Not present
No report
Public Relations: Not present
No report
Ride Committee: Not Present
Social Committee (Barry Wilkinson) Not present
Barry gave an update on the yellow ribbon run. He also stated that one of the sections of the run would be through Offutt, destination parking lot #30 (East and downhill from Bldg 500) with a brief speech by the Wing Commader. Motion was made, seconded and approved that the ORA sponsor a refreshment booth in the parking lot, selling soda, water and hot dogs. Yellow Ribbon run is tentatively scheduled for 21 May. (awaiting update)
Dave Halen, chief MSF instructor talked about the MSF and RidersEdge programs. He offered any help he could provide, including formal and informal talks.
Motion was made that the ORA sponsor/support a fund-raising poker run for the 55 AMX Sq. Motion was seconded, voted and approved. Time/date TBD
Due to the heavy snow, attendance was down this month. No 50/50 was held, not t-shirts were sold.
Meeting was adjourned at 1945 hrs
Respectfully submitted,
Stephen D. Reed, Vice President
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Shawn Qualley, President
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