Monday, January 29, 2007

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Friday, January 26, 2007

Meet-up at Jimmy D's in Belfair

Our next meet-up will be Sunday, February 4 at 10:00 AM.

This is simply an opportunity to get together for coffee and/or breakfast, and get to know each other a little better before we plunge into the riding season ahead.

We haven't planned a ride for this event because there are numerous safety issues to address (weather, road conditions, waivers, etc.) prior to conducting official rides, but most of us will let the weather determine how we get there and back.

Our past meet-ups have been very small groups, but this one could see around twenty participants...so we will check with Jimmy D's to ensure their ability to accomodate our group at that time. If there is a problem, we will post the addional information right here, so check back often.

This event is definitely on. We are on their schedule as of Friday, so see you there!

Until then, stay safe.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

We are official

As soon as STAR International approves.

We held our first official meeting, signed our charter, and we are officially planning our Spring Break-out event to get the riding season going for Chapter 403.

Pete Inman will serve as our Chapter President.
Doug Mountjoy will serve as our Chapter Vice-President.
Richard Huff will serve as our Chapter Secretary.
Greg Sandstrom will serve as our Sergeant At Arms.
John Galle will serve as our STAR Vet Representative.

We still have some positions to fill before we are fully staffed, but we are over the hump, and it should be slightly down hill from here on.

We had 48 attendees for our inaugral meeting, and many from other Chapters showed up to be a part of Chapter 403's creation. I am really looking forward to this coming summer.

We should have a date for the meet-up at Jimmy D's in Belfair any day now, and I will get it posted here as soon as we do.

Stay safe, and keep checking in for updates.

Saturday, January 6, 2007

Update

Our meet-up at the Chimacum Café was a two hour coffee and breakfast get together that went very well for the three duffers that attended. Pete Inman (of course), Doug Mountjoy, and Richard Huff enjoyed the food and hospitality of the well known eating establishment, and equally enjoyed the company and conversation.

We talked about holding the next meet-up at Jimmy D’s in Belfair, but we haven’t selected a date for that one yet. Since our Charter Meeting will be held on January 20th, we will probably push the next meet-up out past that date. Our initial purpose for meet-ups was to mingle with potential members of the Star Touring and Riding Association, and allow them to get a feel for the organization before we convene the Charter Meeting for Bremerton Chapter 403. We will continue to do this in the future, but the opportunity to come in as a charter member of Chapter 403 will only happen once (January 20th), so we have been trying to include as many interested riders as possible.

This coming summer promises to be filled with rides and events for Chapter 403 (we are unofficially planning our little hearts out), and the primary goal is to have a wonderful time…safely.

Much more to come… until then, stay safe.