ABATE of Indiana Inc. Board of Directors Meeting
October 18, 2008 --- Lawrence County Recreational Park, Springville, IN

Executive Director Jay Jackson called the meeting to order at 12:10pm. Those present were: Region 00-Teresa and Ray Bodle, Region 01-Al Putman, Karey Putman, and Mike Jurek, Region 02-Dave Frost, Region 04-Chuc Hunter and Jan Johns, Region 05-Josef Adams, Region 06-Dave Polanco, Region 07-Dennis Tyger, Region 08-Terry Penn, Region 09-Jason Cissel and Mo Kintner, Region 10-Lenny Stancombe, Region 11-Kenny Casey, Region 12-Dave Hawkins, Region 13-Aaron Meyer and Mike Meyer (Skip Willis and Amanda Fields arrived a few minutes late), Ad Com-Gino Johnson, state office-Tina McCormack, Kim Tyger, and Edie Seiler, ImPAC-Mike Seiler, Operations Director-Gary Williams, Sr. Region 03 was absent. Everyone rose for the Pledge of Allegiance.

ITEM 1: ISU was on the agenda to speak. This was an error. They will be speaking at the Fall Seminar. ISU/The Underwood agency will now be our preferred insurance company.

ITEM 2: Tina asked if all directors had received a copy of the questions that were presented to her concerning March-April financials. She reviewed the questions and the answers.

(Motion 1)

Financials for July-August were distributed. Tina highlighted areas of the dashboard, aging summary, Boogie and the other reports. Gino addressed the dashboard.

ITEM 3: Dennis stated that Ad Com had met prior to the Board meeting. They discussed the financials, 2008 State Charity, Fall Seminar, MSD, ABATE Day at the State House, retention of members over five years and 30 year life members. He asked that the Board convene in executive session after the meeting. The Advisory Committee will be working on retention and bring their recommendations to the Board.

ITEM 4: The Motorcycle Safety Coordinators meeting will be Sunday, November 23rd after the Fall Seminar. The coordinators are encouraged to come on Saturday.

DOE and MSD are working on putting together a form of scooter training for 2009. A consideration at this time is to include a couple of scooters within the BRC courses. They are looking into acquiring the scooters. Discussion followed.

ITEM 5: Issues to be addressed during the 2009 legislative session include: the definition of a motorcycle/scooter/moped, registration of those vehicles, doing away with the motorcycle only license and the temporary motorcycle learner’s permit. BMV will also be looking at driver education and restrictions on young drivers. Senator Ron Alting has suggested legislation concerning scooters that will require licensure and registration. His concerns came about after the moped/school bus fatality in Cass County. Jay is trying to reach the Senator now to discuss his plan. Representative Scott Pelath is receptive to discussion concerning Right of Way legislation. Other fatalities were discussed.

The board agreed that we will need a large showing at ABATE Day at the State House to address our issues. We are working with the State House on a date. Jay recommended that we work with other groups such as the sportbike riders to join us.

Mike Meyer discussed that on the national level, the house passed Health Insurance Restriction Location Act providing that insurance companies have to inform you up front if you will not be covered for certain activities such as motorcycle riding. NHTSA wants to propose new labeling standards for DOT stickers on helmets. Mike will be available at Fall Seminar. Please have LINC reps see him so that he can get their information.

Mike Meyer and Gary Williams thanked everyone for coming out on the Ride with the Governor. There was a good turn out. Approximately $7500 was raised for the Indiana National Guard Relief Fund.

Gary Williams attended the $10,000 Bingo night. Attendance was down but revenue was up. Across the state, gaming is seeing a decline in revenue. The roof at Freedom Hall was discussed. Gary has an individual that is going to Ft Wayne with him to address the needed repairs.

ITEM 6: Marc intends to distribute the Lap tops and printers for the directors at the Fall Seminar.

The tugs and tanker were on display for the directors to look at. Jay stated that we will need to have regions/individuals volunteer to maintain all of the equipment and various projects throughout the property. Discussion followed. Williams and Rick Toy compiled some GPS coordinates for the off road trails. They found a bunch of trash in the woods left over from the Boogie. That will be cleaned up however it is important to stress to our members to pick up after themselves. A full time care taker for LCRP was discussed.

Teresa Bodle said that she will be sending out the by-laws/policy to the new board members.

Dave Frost brought up changing the timeline for choosing the state charity. Discussion followed.

(Motion 2)

Jay stated that the Meeting of the Minds was a good conference. He would like for the board to consider trying to get back up to $1/member donation to the MRF. They are experiencing hard times. Most states have about 2% of their members as MRF members. ABATE of Indiana has less than one percent. Discussion followed.

Moto GP pictures were shared with the board. Jay discussed Motorcycles on Meridian, gear check, parking, and rider recovery. During the event there were fewer arrests in Speedway than on a non-event weekend. The only motorcycle fatality that weekend was a 65 year old man on a moped in Gary. Speedway Town Council realized that there is no need to revisit the ordinances they had discussed earlier concerning motorcycles. Jay will be attending meetings with IMS to review this year’s event and plan for 2009.

ITEM 7: American Income Life has increased the ADD benefit to $2500 at no cost to the member.

The current employee handbook needs to be abandoned and a new one constructed.

(Motion 3)

Boogie entertainment was discussed. The board agreed to follow the current pattern and possibly consider increasing the budget for the 30th anniversary.

Joe Adams asked the board if the organization might be interested in putting collection boxes at BMVs to recycle old license plates. Jay stated that he would check with the BMV to see if they would be agreeable to allowing us to do this. Discussion followed.

Chuc Hunter introduced the 2009 Region Director Jan Johns and stated that Region 04 had Think Pink shirts to sell to raise money for breast cancer awareness.

Teresa Bodle asked directors to bring items to the Fall Seminar for the silent auction.

The drawings for the 2008 State Charity Ride Prizes were conducted. Ron and Kay Hurst won the Sportster. Joe and Debbie Adams won the gaming table. Jay drew a third recipient in the event that one is needed, Mike and Mel Whitesell.

The board dismissed into executive session.

Respectfully submitted,

Kim Tyger

MOTIONS

Motion 1: Motion to accept the May and June financials was made by Kenny Casey and seconded by Joe Adams. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.

Motion 2: Motion to determine the following year’s state charity recipient at the October Board of Directors meeting from this point forward was made by Dave Frost and seconded by Teresa Bodle. Vote was unanimous. Motion carried.

Motion 3: Motion to abandon the current employee handbook was made by Kenny Casey and seconded by Terry Penn. Region 10 vote no. All others present voted yes. Motion carried.