March Meeting Notes

2006/ November Meeting

Meeting called to order at 7 pm by Chapter Director, Barbara Hotel.

Introductions: Name and what's been happening since last meeting.

Guests: Bev Haygood. She and her husband may be relocating to another state. In the meantime, we'll enjoy her participation with us.

Old Business:

1) Logo - tabled until after the holidays.

2) Ride Calendar - Third Saturday of each month (April-October). Sharon Spivey volunteered to get on S.W. Idaho 2007 calendar and pay $10 fee.

3) Christmas Potluck Dinner - Shannon and Daveita volunteered their homes. Toss of a coin and party will be held at Shannon Leichliter's home in Boise. Date is 12/18 at 7 pm (no meeting in December). $10 gift exchange, Please RSVP Shannon at 342-7222 by 12/15.

4) Barbara Hotel will continue as Chapter Director for 2007. Shannon Leichliter and Virginia Williams will be Associate Directors.

New Business:

1) Service Directory - Member List for Idaho received 11/14/06. The e-mail directory is up and running and available on the WOW web site. Check it out.

2) Cumulative Mileage - Congratulations to Shannon Leichliter for 10,000 miles ridden and listed in the latest WOW magazine. Further explanation by Shannon regarding cumulative mileage (different than the mileage contest). It's not too late to get your cumulative miles mailed in. Form available on WOW web site.

3) New chrome plating shop open in Fruitland...Treasure Valley Chrome Plating, 201 SW 2nd Street, 405-9071, 405-5467 or 452-2455) Hours are 9-5 Monday-Friday.

4) Pony Express Ride 2007 benefit for breast cancer, 9/17-9/22 in the heart of Gold Country, Lake Francis RV Resort, Dobbins, CA. Each rider is committed to raising and submit in advance a minimum of $1,000 as an individual or commit to raise $1,500 in partnership with another rider.

Next meeting will be Monday, January 15, 2007 at Idaho Pizza, Meridian.

Meeting adjourned at 7:35 pm.

Barbara Hotel, Chapter Director

(208) 455-5669/(208) 860-0890

October Meeting

Attendees: Julie Hunt, Betty DeLappe, Sharon Spivey, Gin Williams, Barbara Hotel

Guests: Martin Hunt, Beverly Haygood

Meeting called to order at 7 pm by Gin Williams, Associate Director

Old Business:

(1) No September meeting/minutes.

(2) Reminder: Emergency information safely tucked inside your saddlebag or tour box (not in purse or wallet).

(3) Motorcycle service contact info is listed in August notes on our wed site.

(4) Logo design in limbo - suggestions? It was decided to duplicate the WOW patch. Gin will coordinate w/Shannon to finalize and send in for approval.

New Business:

(1) Nominations for Chapter Director. Motion by Sharon, seconded by Julie to have Barbara continue as CD thru 2007.

(2) National Bylaws state chapters will do one ride per month and one meeting per month. Each are to be held on separate days of the month. It was decided to have a day ride on the third Saturday of each month. The meetings will continue on the third Monday of each month.

(3) There will be a potluck dinner on 12/18 (tentatively) instead of a meeting. Shannon has offered to host. If anyone would like to host, please notify Barbara.

(4) Shannon will again host the Donnelly Overnighter third weekend in July, 2007.

(5) Barbara will contact Birds Of Prey regarding sponsorship for 2007. New possibilities?

(6) Mileage Contest ends 10/31/06. Fill out your end mileage form (can be found in Sept/Oct issue) and send to WOW headquarters. Must be postmarked by 11/15/06. If you have questions or need April's start date form, please contact Barbara.

(7) The MSF web site has a great 12-minute group riding video.

Next Meeting: 11/20/06 at 7 pm, Idaho Pizza.

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 pm.

Personal note from Barbara.....

Thanks for well-wishes after my motorcycle/vehicle collision on 9/17. Surgery on 9/20 successful on my left arm. In another hard cast for 6 weeks for possible tendon repair.

Any correction and/or additions to these minutes will be recorded at the next meeting.

Barbara Hotel, Chapter Director

August Meeting

Attendees: Daveita Gilbertson, Shannon & Greg Leichliter, Julie Hunt, Sharon Spivey, Betty DeLapp, Barbara Hotel. No guests or new members this month.

Meeting called to order at 7 pm by Chapter Director, Barbara Hotel

Old Business:

Chapter Logo - on hold until Gin Williams returns.

Teagan's Ride - Daveita, Shannon, Betty, Gin and Barbara left Caldwell at 1:30 pm for John Day, OR. Spent the night at Dreamer's Lodge. Guest, Kristina Reedy rode by herself from Mt. Home and arrived later at dinnertime. Met the five ladies from Teagan's Ride at 7 am on Tuesday, 8/1. Escorted to Birds of Prey in Caldwell. A lunch was served and a check for $1212 was presented by Tamy Murkel. She spent most of two months receiving donations and raffles for this worthy cause. Later that day several of us escorted the ladies to High Desert HD in Boise for some shopping and dinner at the Golden Corral. On Wednesday, 8/2 a continental breakfast was provided by High Desert and our gracious hostess was Stephanie Rockrohr. Teresa Gustin had the day off work and joined us. Good to see Teresa again! Kristina escorted the ladies to Fairfield - good-byes and a safe ride to Sturgis..end of their cross-country journey from New Hampshire in support of Cerebral Palsy.

From left to right: Sheryl Montague, Ellen Comeau, Nancy Comeau (grandmother of Teagan), Wynne Blackey, Chris Riess.

Donnelly Overniter, 7/22 & 7/23. Shannon, Sharon and Gin left Birds of Prey and stopped at Mann Creek Cafe for lunch. Betty met them there (after zooming thru Weiser, not seeing them at the Sinclair gas stop...she was at Maverick!). Much chuckles about that at the lunch table. Shannon's parents were most gracious opening their house up to a bunch of frolicking ladies! Boating, swimming, relaxing, eating, sleeping, eating and great fun was had by all. We've been invited back next year....thanks, Shannon for putting together a great weekend.

WOW Board of Trustees - Voting for (4) new national trustees due 8/31. In the July/August '06 magazine, selections are on page 11. Make your selection (4) only, cut, fold and mail to National Headquarters.

Emergency Info - Each rider has been asked to have, on their motorcycle, an emergency information sheet. In case of emergency, the group needs to have contacts. A manila folder, properly marked 'Emergency Contacts' or Ziploc bag taped either to inside of saddlebag or placed in tour box. Do not carry this emergency information in your wallet or purse.

Cheat Sheet - If you or a visiting WOW member is stranded in the field, here's a list of motorcycle service contacts. Julie and Daveita have volunteered to pick up strandees and/or take care of mechanical emergency, respectively. Might be beneficial to carry this list along with your emergency information.

Boise/Garden Valley

Carl's Cycle - Honda/Suzuki/Kawasaki

Service Dept. (208) 853-5550

Curtis, Shane, Tom, Jon

Happy Trails Dual Sport Accessories

Tim Bernard, Owner

(208) 377-8771

High Desert Harley-Davidson

(208) 338-5599

Chad, Service Mgr./Peggy, Gen. Mgr.

Big Twin BMW/Ducati

(208) 3360367

Meridian

Snake River Yamaha

(208) 888-6565 (closed Mondays)

Nampa/Caldwell

Canyon Honda

(208) 468-0775

Michael's Powersports (Yamaha)

(208) 459-1811

Birds of Prey Harley-Davidson

(208) 455-8049 or 1-866-455-8049 (toll free)

Terry Shirley, Service Mgr./Kurt Russell, Gen. Mgr.

Crow's American M/C Repair (Harley-Davidson)

(208) 453-2899

David Crow, Owner

Nyssa, OR

Gail's Custom Cycle

(541) 372-5498

Private Parties

Floyd Hadley - (208) 376-1317

Julie Hunt (Id Gem member) - (208) 286-9279 or (208) 340-5303

Star, ID (truck/trailer available)

Roger & Daveita Gilbertson (Id Gem members) - (208) 888-4887 - home

(208) 371-8408 - Daveita cell - (208) 409-3693 - Roger cell

Meridian, ID

Barbara Hotel (Id Gem member) - (208) 455-5669/(208) 860-0890

Caldwell, ID (car/trailer available)

Upcoming Events

Blood Drive, 8/28, 2-7 pm at the VFW Hall, Boise

Street Vibrations, 9/20-9/24, Reno, NV

Meeting adjourned at 8 pm. Thank you all for coming.

Barbara Hotel, Chapter Director

Idaho Gems Chapter of WOW

July Meeting

Meeting notes: Idaho Gems chapter of WOW

Meeting Date: 7/17/2006 7:00PM
Meeting Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
Attended: Jessie Cone, Daveita Gilbertson, Shannon Leichliter, Jocelyn Nash, Crystal Spivey, Curtis Spivey, Sharon Spivey

Absent: Based on national records, we now have 32 registered members. Therefore, 28 were absent.

Meeting commenced at 7:00 PM with a welcome to Jessi and Jocelyn. After brief introductions, there was an explanation of the WOW organization to help our visitors understand our mission.

The sign-in sheet was filled out.

After a brief explanation of the logo problems, the discussion was tabled. It was felt that Gin and Barbara needed to be included in the discussion.

Under old business, the following events were reviewed by those that attended:

WOW National Ride-in - no attendance
All-club Tuesday dinner ride sponsored by BVR. Jessie and Jocelyn are BVR member and part of the Lady BVR group. Their group has 50 women riders. The ride was extremely fun and enjoyable. All are welcome. I really enjoyed the ride. Check out their web site: http://www.boisevalleyriders.com/
HOG Rodeo - Hot and poorly attended. But those that went had a great time. (At least I did.)
IMC Campout - no attendance
Dave Emry's funeral - Great motorcycle attendance, 106 bikes. If you didn't know Dave, you really missed out on a great friendship.
Week Day rides - wasn't one this week.
BMW National Rally - fabulous. Sharon did the Chills and Thrills with the local police officers. She highly recommends this event. There will be another Chills and Thrills in September for the general public. Sharon will keep us informed when she has the dates.

New Business:

There was a brief discussion on safety. It was pointed out that each WOW magazine has an article on safety from varying perspectives. The latest version was "Stupid Hurts".
The cumulative mileage award and annual mileage contest were reviewed.
Barbara Hotel has here name in the WOW magazine as a recruiter and as recruiting 5 new members. Way to go, Barbara!
There is a voting form in the latest WOW magazine (July/August). There are several meet the candidate articles. Be sure you review the articles and vote before the end of August.
We discussed the meeting location. Here are the pros and cons we came up with for meeting at individual's homes. Pros: more inviting and friendly (relaxed), get better acquainted, could potluck or just have dessert, more quiet (environment would be more in our control). Cons: less consistent, would have to work harder to make sure everyone knew where we were meeting, more confusing when inviting new people, new people would feel less comfortable going to someone's home. There were two new people at the meeting last night. They felt going to a private home would have been a deterrent rather than a positive. The discussion lead us to the conclusion that a year of meeting at Idaho Pizza would add consistency while we are in the forming stage. Then perhaps next year we could start meeting at homes and make sure that we offer to pick new people up that we have invited to a meeting. Meeting attendance was not great. We might want to poll the rest of the group by email and see what everyone else thinks.

Coming events:

CMA Dinner ride - July 18th - Westy's at 6:30 PM
National Ride-to-Work day - July 19th - http://www.ridetowork.org
BVR BBQ Municipal Park - July 22nd
IDAHO GEMS Donnelly campout - July 22nd-23rd - The route was set. Meeting at BOP in Caldwell at 9:30 AM. Leaving at 10:00 AM. No Freeway driving. Back roads to Hwy 30 to Sand Hollow to Hwy 52 to Hwy 95 to Hwy 55. If you need to meet us somewhere in route, please contact me at 342-7222 and make arrangements. The first gas spot will be Weiser. Depending on the time, the plan is to eat lunch at Mann Creek. The next gas spot will be New Meadows. We may stop at Cambridge or Mesa just to stretch and visit. We will stop in McCall to enjoy the sights. The cabin in Donnelly is on lake Cascade. Bring your swimming suit and towel. Based on the weather we won't want to spend too much time in McCall when we could be refreshing ourselves in lake Cascade. I will be collecting donations for Breakfast at the cabin. No time has been set for our return. We will be returning via Hwy 55, gassing at Cascade and Horseshoe Bend. I need a headcount, so please let me know if you are going to make it. Please come, even if you can just make it for part of the ride. Let the fun begin!
IHOG Riders in the Sky - July 23rd
POW/MIA Rodeo - Pocatello - July 27th-30th
Ride for Rescue Mission - July 30th
Teagan's Ride - July 31st-August 1st
Pack the Track - August 10th
Brandon Titus Memorial Ride - August 19th
MDA/ALS Rally - August 20th

Shannon Leichliter
368-5715 wk
342-7222 hm

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June Meeting Notes

Meeting called to order by Barbara Hotel at 7 pm, 6/19/06.

Attendees: Barbara Hotel, Shannon Leichliter, Katie Leichliter, Gin Williams, Betty DeLapp, Julie Hunt, Sharon Spivey, Kristie Browning, Daveita Gilbertson.
Introduction of Visitors: Martin Hunt and Curtis Spivey.
New Members: Julie Hunt, Daveita Gilbertson
Teagan's Ride: Arrive Mitchell, OR 7/31. Volunteers will ride to John Day (overniter) and escort to BOP Caldwell and High Desert, Boise, Tuesday, 8/1.
July 29 Overnight rescheduled for 7/22 (conflict w/Teagan's Ride). McCall/Donnelly will be the destination.
Our Logo...Still awaiting approval from WOW Board of Trustees. We will continue to wear present embroidered items.
Bike Rodeo, Saturday, 7/15 in Emmett. Lots of activities planned. Contact Bette Walker-Pfinster.
MDA/ALS Rally, Sunday, 8/20. Meet at Idaho Center, 8 am. Contact Bette Walker-Pfinster.
WOW Ride-In, Athens, GA. 2007, Springfield, MO.
Promote Idaho Gems...flyers, brochures....get the word out.
Our Web Page: www.idahogems.org
Idaho Traffic Signal Law. Effective 7/1/06, m/c's will be able to proceed through intersections as soon as it's safe when traffic signals don't recognize their present. Traffic light sensors are calibrated to detect motorcycles, leaving riders waiting endlessly for a green light.
Vicki Ploegsma, WOW Board of Trustee Treasurer. Was to be in the Boise area 6/21. (Side note: No word from Vicki, 6/22.)
Ride for the Red, Saturday, 6/24. Birds of Prey, Caldwell.
Iron Pirates Biker Up 1st Annual Beach Bash Pig Spit BBQ, Saturday, 6/24. Registration 9 am, ride 10 am. Victor's Hogs & Horns, Caldwell.
Intermountain HOG Chapter general meeting 6/23. Early because of State Rally.
Lack of attendance at meetings....members that signed up as charter members during the first meeting in January seem to be missing at our meetings?? We have two members that are able to make the meetings; one from Ontario, OR and the other from Star. Where's the rest of the local members? Mondays not compatible? Location? Input from the group and suggestions for future meetings? Get involved. Meetings are one hour and an agenda is provided.
During-the-Week Rides: Spontaneous rides during the week for lunch....Jordan Valley, Juntura, Mann Creek Cafe (Weiser) are just a few that we have visited. Please join us during the week!
Sunday Ride, 6/25: Idaho Gem members and guests. Meet at Chevron Station, Exit 57 at 1 PM. Ride to Pine Cafe, Anderson Dam Resort. Davieta & Roger Gilbertson will be the destination guides.

Barbara Hotel

Chapter Director

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May Meeting Notes

Meeting called to order by Gin Williams, Associate Director at 7 pm, Idaho Pizza, Meridian.

Attendees: Gin Williams, Barbara Hotel, Shannon/Greg Leichliter, Betty DeLapp, Bette Walker-Pfinster, Valerie/Jerry Baldwin, Teresa Gustin, Kathy Miller, Julie Hunt (new)

Guest Speaker: Ron Kelly, STAR Instructor and Past Safety Officer for Intermountain HOG Chapter. Subject is SAFETY, now that riding season is upon us.:

1--Riding Gear - Comfortable, not too tight fitting, leathers preferred. Helmet: Protection from bugs and debris from the road/vehicles. False claim re: impairs vision/sound.

2--Pre-Check Motorcycle before riding (hand controls, cables, chain and belt, turn signals and headlight (do not run headlight on high beam...illegal in the State of Idaho).

3--Rain Gear - Carry with you at all times. Weather changes rapidly on the road.

4--First Aid Kit - They are inexpensive and take up little room in your saddlebags.

5--Ride at Your Skill Level - Do not try to keep up with experienced riders.

6--Take Advanced Skills Course - One-day class. Need minimum of (12) riders.

7--Check the weather before you head out on a ride. If raining, slow down! Take cover.

8--Watch where you are going. Eyes straight ahead. Do not gaze the countryside. Look 20 seconds ahead (down the road) to avoid potential hazards.

9--Riding in a Group - Lead person rides to the left, group staggers behind (2-second rule distance between riders). When passing, lead rider must be sure all riders are past the vehicle being passed before changing lanes.

10--Hand Signals - Use along with turn signals. Know hand signals when riding in a group.

11--Single File - When riding a curvy road, passing other vehicles, or when passing/or being passed by a 18-wheeler (wind danger).

12--Packing/Passenger - Balance your load if going on a long trip. Don't overload. Know your passenger. He/she should be familiar with riding a motorcycle. Hands on the driver's hips, that way he/she moves w/you. They must keep their feet on pegs at all times.

Old Business:

Teagan's Ride: Tentatively scheduled for 7/29 or 7/30. Ride/escort ladies from New Hampshire (Cerebral Palsy cross-country ride) from John Day, OR to Birds of Prey Harley Shop in Caldwell.

Shannon's 100-mile putt: Prelude to CMA ride. Great weather.

WOW Logo: Trademarked. Must have Board of Trustees approval before Shannon can do embroidery. Barbara e-mailed Cris Baldwin, Chapter Coordinator, Trustee. Awaiting approval.

Cumulative Mileage Contest explained. Individual Mileage Contest explained. Forms handed out to attendees. Let's get Idaho on the map!!

Elko Jamboree, June 16-18. Not going as a group. Rooms available at Red Lion.

Day Rides: Please contact Barbara Hotel if you are available to ride during the week.

Meeting adjourned at 8 pm. Next meeting June 19.

Reported by Barbara Hotel, Chapter Director

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