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Chapter Minutes

• Motion to accept made by Tanya, seconded by Steve, and passed by oral vote.

• *Todd informed us that our donation to the Morris memorial can't be given out of our gambling account.
• *Our check for Parkers Prairie first responders was never cashed.  Tanya will check on this as she has some contact info and will update us next month.
• Motion to accept treasurer’s report made by Tanya, seconded by Trini, and passed by oral vote. 

• ~MRF has received the Champions Award in recognition for efforts in motorcycle safety.
• ~There will be a congressional hearing on November 10th in regards to the manufacturer repairs vs. aftermarket non manufacturer repairs and service.

• ~We have ABATE U bike raffle tickets for sale now.  $100 each
• ~North East District Director, Matt Collins, is in the hospital.
• ~January 2006 BOD meeting will be at the Best Western in Morris on January 21st.
• ~March 8th is Biker day at the capitol.
• ~Trip to Washington DC is still to be determined, February date is likely.
• ~Blizzard Bash is set for February 25th.

• ~Morris Memorial is completed and there will be a dedication on Monday in front of the Armory.

• ~Officer nominations to begin next month.

• ~First responder donations~ we have very few 5013C #'s.  We want to give $300 to $500 each one we choose.  Motion made by Mark to select first responders in January, seconded by Trini, and passed by oral vote.
• ~Sturges has no information yet on mini bikes for our annual mini bike raffle.
• ~Jim made a motion that since we can't donate to the Morris memorial from gambling account then we should take the $200 out of our general account, seconded by Steve, and passed by oral vote.

• ~We are up for renewal with the MRF ($100).  Jim made a motion to renew with the MRF at $100, seconded by Bugs, and passed by oral vote.

• ~Charlie informed us that our domain name renewal is up at a cost of $15.98 which he already paid along with our hosting renewal at a cost of $197.03 which has not been paid.  Deano made a motion to reimburse Charlie the $15.98 he has already paid, seconded by Tanya, and passed by oral vote.
• ~Bugs has questioned if Revy has paid us for working at Rumble to Revys.  The answer is NO.  Boyd continues to call Revy but Revy continues to avoid him.