Minutes, August club meeting

Date:		August 28, 2004

Subject:	Minutes, August club meeting

AUGUST MEETING MINUTES

Meeting was called to order @ 1:10 pm.

New members who have never attended a meeting before were introduced.
Members were, Bob Lahn, Bob Sparks, and Don Rochester.  There were a total
of 12 members present for this meeting.

Minutes from last meeting: none available.

Treasurers Report: No current account balance available, Ray read the
balance from the June meeting; we had a balance of $1,463.31. Ray thinks
there should be a balance of around $1,500.00.

New Business:

Ray asked if there was anyone present that was going to make the September
6-day ride, Sept 10th through 16th. Don Brubaker said he was.

Ray asked if we wanted to hold a meeting in Los Banos every month, and
forgo trying to have a meeting at our events. There was a motion placed on
the floor and was seconded, a show of hands for yes & no. Yes was the
majority, the motion carried.

It was suggested we hold the meeting on the last Saturday of every month.
A motion was put on the floor and seconded, the motion carried. All
meetings will be held on the last Saturday of each month. Our next meeting
will be at the Wool Growers, 609 H Street, Los Banos Ca. Phone
1-209-826-4593. On September 25th, 2004.

Ray asked if we were ready and willing to sponsor a ride Inn in 2005, he
asked for a show of hands of those in favor & those apposed. The opposed
carried. So we will not sponsor a Ride Inn in 2005.

Ray reminded everyone that we have elections coming up in about 3 months,
and wants everyone to start thinking about taking a position on the board.
He asked for a show of hands from those that would be willing to hold a
position on the board. There were no hands raised.

Ray asked for volunteers to sponsor an event in 2005, He asked each person
to choose which month they would like to have. They can contact him later
with this information. This also pertains to the members that weren't
present at the meeting.  (See "What's New" on the web page for host signup
- editor).

Ray reminded everyone they should make an effort to be more friendly and
make all new members as welcome as possible. This makes new members feel
more at ease and more like they are welcome as new members. Kind of like
the new kid on the block.

Bryce Eichholz showed off his new polo shirt with the clubs new "down
sized and up graded" logo. He asked for a show of hands of those that
liked it and those apposed. The majority liked it. So we will start
ordering them as our stock of tee shirts drops.

Ray asked if anyone had any questions on anything we covered so far, there
were none. So he asked if anyone had anything they would like to bring up
and talk about, there were none. He asked for a motion to close the
meeting, a motion was made and was seconded, the motion carried.

Ray closed the meeting @1:48 pm.

Written by and approved by, Uncle Ray Walls