ABATE of Indiana Inc. Board of Directors Meeting
April 16, 2005 --- Lawrence County Recreational Park

Executive Director Jay Jackson opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance at 11:10 am. Those present were: Region 00 -Teresa & Ray Bodle; Region 01- Al Putman and Ken “Omar” Boyer; Region 02 - Doug Kreag; Region 03 - Roger Mitchell; Region 04 - Steve Madary; Region 06 - Bob Sipes; Region 07 - Dennis Tyger and Bill Schoentrup; Region 08 - Terry Penn; Region 09 - Tom Buchanan; Region 10 - Lenny Stancombe; Region 11 - James Hignite; Region 12 - Dave Hawkins; Region 13 - Eugene Abbott; ABATE Legal Services/Ad Com - Rodney V. Taylor; Bob Dillon-Lawrence County Recreation Park; De Dillon – State Office; Kim Tyger- State Office; Tina McCormack – State Office; Chuc Hunter – ABATE LINC; Debbie Archer – ABATE Products; Herb Archer – LCRP; Willy Holloway – guest; Mark Fleming - back stage security & Jamie- guest, Gary Williams- MSD; Mike Meyers – MSD. (Region 05 was absent)

ITEM #1: Review of financials: Jay explained current financials and asked for questions concerning the Jan/End of Year 04 reports. No questions had been received by the state office.

(Motion 1)

ITEM #2: Minutes were approved via email to all directors.

ITEM #3: Jay advised that there have been no changes at Freedom Hall. The Boogie Bike Raffle release has been obtained.

ITEM #4: Jay stated that the loggers have started on the property. Hanna Xcavating will be working on road improvements. New trails are being cut for dirt bike and quad trails. REMC will be out in a few weeks to put up lights/power on the hill toward the bottoms.

ITEM #5: Chuc Hunter discussed SB 218 and thanked those that came out to the State House concerning this bill. SB 218, a bill that allows for mitigation of damages if a seatbelt is not worn, is in conference committee. A Phone Tree Panel (Advisory) was distributed to all directors.

Jay Jackson discussed HB 1315, a bill to title ATV/OHV motorcycles.

Jay Jackson, Kim Tyger, Gary Williams, James Hignite, Terry Eads (LINC rep. From Bloomington), and Chuc Hunter will be going to Washington DC on Monday to lobby Congress. Jeff Hennie, VP of Government Relations for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation, will be joining us.

ITEM #6: Jay highlighted the MSD News brief. May is Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month. Press kits are available from Tina at the State Office.

ABATE of Indiana is now conducting the motorcycle license examinations that were previously offered by the BMV. A schedule of test dates and locations has been distributed to the BMV to be placed in the license branches. The schedule is also on our website. Discussion followed.

ITEM #7: Debbie Archer displayed a flag that will be available for regions/counties to sell. They will need to be paid for when ordered and you need to order a minimum of 50. Debbie will have flags available for sale at the Boogie that will not have regions on them.

ITEM #8: Ad Com met in March with Don Dekoker to further discuss use/acquisition of the property adjacent to LCRP for the Boogie. They are still working on this issue. Discussion followed.

Nominations for the seat on Ad Com at the last BOD meeting were Gary Williams, Dennis Tyger, and Mike Seiler. Willy Holloway was nominated at this meeting by Tom Buchanan and seconded by Roger Mitchell. Willy accepted the nomination. Mike Seiler could not be present for the elections. Nominations were closed. The nominees gave a brief presentation. Q & A followed. Ballots were distributed to the directors. Results of the vote were: Willy Holloway – 3; Gary Williams – 4; Dennis Tyger – 6.

(Motion 2)

Jay stated that Ad Com will meet in the next few weeks. They were not able to meet today because of Gino’s work schedule (tax time).

ITEM #9: Teresa Bodle addressed the board on behalf of the laptop committee. She stated that one of the laptops they had looked into is now obsolete. The new version is comparable in attributes and price. She has put all required forms on a disc in excel format to be added to the laptops or personal computers. Marc has this information.

Discussion followed.

James Hignite stated that the Meeting of the Minds committee met to discuss our hosting of the event in 2006. Duties were assigned to committee members. The event will be held at the Ramada Inn in Lebanon. The committee will not meet again until after this year’s Meeting of the Minds.

Jay attended the Life Savers conference as a guest speaker concerning motorcycle safety. He stated that Dr. Runge of NHTSA made some derogatory comments toward motorcyclists. Discussion followed.

Jay reported that the calendar committee has been talking with Malene Grenat of Hot Shots Photography. She is interested in putting together a calendar and is willing to work with ABATE on this project. The committee will continue to research cost, financing etc. and report back to the board of directors.

American Income Life has agreed to offer the Accidental Death & Dismemberment policy to ABATE members. Information will coming in the mail in the next few weeks. Discussion followed.

Bob Sipes reported on the progress of the Memorial Committee. They have been talking with families of fallen brothers. The general consensus is to present a flag of some sort to the family. The committee will research this further and report back to the board.

ITEM #10: A local company has been commissioned to replace the awning at the state office as it is beyond repair.

Monkey addressed the board concerning the Patriot Act and encouraged members to be mindful of federal issues and to support the Motorcycle Riders Foundation.

Jay has met with the Indiana Driver’s Education Association to discuss adding motorcycle related information into the driver’s education programs. A meeting has been scheduled for May 6 th to continue talks on this issue.

Jay has also spoken with Marion County Prosecutor, Carl Brizzi (a rider), who has assured us that motorcyclists will indeed be heard and fairly represented.

(Motion #3)

Respectfully submitted,

Kim Tyger

MOTIONS

#1 Motion to approve the end of the year 2004 and January 2005 financials was made by James Hignite and seconded by Steve Madary. Region 10 voted no. Motion carried 11 yes, 1 no. (Region 5 absent)

#2 A motion to close nominations for the advisory committee was made by Bob Sipes and seconded by Dave Hawkins. Motion carried 11 yes, 1 no (Region 10).

#3 Motion to adjourn the board of directors meeting was made by James Hignite and seconded by Roger Mitchell. Vote unanimous. Motion carried.