Scooters of Bellingham

Good turn out for the meeting today, and a few faces we haven’t seen in a while.

Dorcie collected dues to add to the rally kitty, and an unexpected, generous check was presented to the club from the S.O.S. (Scooters of Skagit) club by Sheila and Coll, which will go towards rally expenses.

The Hamster Run VI Rally theme tittle was discussed and “Pirates of the Chuckanut” / “Hex of the Hamster” was approved for our rally July 29-31, 2011.

Assigned duties to date for the Rally are; Jeff R., and Tom (food committee), Sheila and Coll (rally pack sales), Todd F (ride planning). Dorcie is the Rally Chair this year and may contact you for duty, as it takes help from everyone to pull off a successful rally.

Mid month rides kick off in March – Rob B. is planning, announcing and leading the first ride of the season – look for his email for date and time.

Sandy will plan and lead the April mid month ride / Jeff W. will be backup if needed.

A two-stroke class will take place on a Sunday evening in March (date TBA) and we have room for one more, if interested contact me directly (tomsobvespa@gmail.com).

Spring cleaning – save items for our annual S.O.B. yard sale, which will be the first weekend in June 25% of funds raised will be donated to a local charity. The club members will nominate a charity of their choice and we’ll have a vote to choose a recipient of the donated funds at our club meeting in April.

Thanks to those who attended the meeting, and lets hope for some warmer riding weather.

Tom Smith – club secretary

Thanks to all who attended – good turnout!

The members voted (secret ballot) and Orin is the new fifth officer – congrats!

Dorcie collected the 2011 season dues, if you missed out, catch her to ante-up.

Our year-end bank balance is in good shape, and we will have a club yard sale the first Saturday in June to raise funds for the rally. Save your items – details TBA.

A few ideas for our Hamster Run 6 rally logo were discussed, no final decision was made for the Pirate theme this year. If you have art, and/or a slogan idea please submit it to the club.

Jeff Roddick picked the t-shirt color, which will be black.

Dorcie will be the Rally Chair this year.

Jeff Roddick will be the food committee chair, all food and beverage planning go through him.

Want to know the interest level for any more scoot maintenance class’s before working with Sooty and planning, if you have interest please contact me (tomsobvespa@gmail) .

We will change things up a bit for the rally, and have the obstacle coarse and bonfire on Friday evening, to free up time for the Saturday rides, BBQ and raffle.

Our club’s first (Mid-Month) ride will kick off in March, and Rob Bunnett will be planning and organizing our first one of the season. Rob will announce the date, time, route and lead the ride.

The Capital City SC rally in Victoria, B.C. is in mid-May, Todd Fuller reserved rooms, if interested in one please contact him (tfuller@fullerbd.com).

respectfully submitted,
Tom Smith – club secretary