Well... the club has an e-mail address....

SRQATV@atvflorida.com

Thanks to Bones and ATVFLORIDA.com!

OK

Why dosen't someone else set a date? I have told them that it wasn't enough notice. When someone else is ready to set this up call Gil at 941-925-0376. Let us all know when the first meeting is.

da_mtg_man;

2 weeks notice wasn't enough either. They had this date open for us so I said let's do it. I doubt we would ever find a date that would make everyone happy.

What IS important is to get the club set up, elect officers, and get a by-laws comm. in place.

BTW Vista.... Is that a new article or the one that is a few months old?

OK Kevin

Saturday March 27th at Noon and Suzuki of Sarasota has once again promised us a BBQ. I hope all interested people will attend. I also hope I don't have to try to switch this date!

4583 Clark Rd
Sarasota FL 34233
941-925-0376

Hompage: http://www.classiccycle.net/classic_!_001.htm

Directions: http://www.classiccycle.net/classic_!_002.htm

My number 941-587-0819

Hey

I just this moment got back from being in the woods for 5 days. Ya... I bathed.

We will get a date from SS tomorrow. They couldn't tell me the other day.

I'll check today. See what they came up with.

Maybe so Vista. But I agree with Kevin. All we have seen lately is the same 4 of us posting. Seems odd.

Sorry

I'm working on another date.

I think 2 weeks is plenty of notice. When you get back call Frank and set up a new date if you like.

Trying to set up a date that works with everyone? That will never happen. But I would have thought that the people that were so gung-ho about this could have made it or at least wait to go riding until Saturday afternoon.

Well, since the two guys that wanted this club the most and were the logical choices for officers of the club won't be there and there dosen't seem to be much interest I have contacted Frank and canceled. Too bad because I don't feel that I will be able to ask him again.

If anyone wants to give this a try in the future I have the by-laws and information from NOHVCC about how to start a club. Yours for the asking.

This should help to illustrate why so little happens when it comes to getting new OHV use areas and why the City of Northport, for example, won't have any problem closing ride areas. Three reasons; governent agencies that really can't be bothered. Bad press from stupid, useless deaths and injuries because of a lack of common sense. Lack of support for clubs that can create the needed momentum to change the perception the public has of us.

I was in Croom this past weekend and watched two idiot hot-rods DRAG RACE down the main road by day use area #2. A child was walking across the road and they went on each side of the kid at full throttle. We can all shake our heads as we see areas get closed and wonder why. Will Croom be next? If they had hit the kid it certianly would have given the state the upper hand to start that process.

Good luck!

I'm bringing my son. I think this should be a family affair.

Well this topic has gotten quiet. Is anyone coming? We would like to know before we buy a bunch of meat!

RSVP please

Heres the scoop!

Sarasota Cycles wants us to have our first meeting at Noon on Saturday the 20th. They are going to set us up with tables and chairs. But it gets better. They are going to put on a BBQ for us too!

I will bring several copies of the by-laws because we need more than one set of eyes to look at them.

We will hold nominations and elections for officers. We will name a couple of committees and ask for people to help.

See you all then!

As pointed out... I have the by-laws. We shall wait.

Meeting will be March 20th Saturday.
Time TBA (but I will know by this afternoon).

For directions go to www.classiccycle.net and click on MAP.

OK Folks!

We have a sponsor for our ATV club. Suzuki of Sarasota has opened its doors to us. We may have our meetings there whenever we want.

They are at 4583 Clark Road wich is a couple miles west of I-75. Great location. Directions are at www.classiccycle.net

Tomorrow I will set a date for our first meeting.

Time to get this rolling!

OK it was just a thought. Let me know how your meeting went. I work Thursday morning 8am to Friday morning 8 am so I can't make it.

I have an idea!

Let's have our first meeting Saturday 2-28-04 1200 noon at Croom. We could meet in the picnic area of Day use area #2. Lots of parking there. We can meet for an hour and talk and eat lunch. Real informal... We can elect some officers so we can really get this started.

It's a Saturday so there shouldn't be scheduling problems like there are during the week. We can get some riding in and kick this off the right way.

I will set up the outline for what needs to be covered in our first meeting and we will set the date THEN for our next meeting. I will have time to talk to the sponsor I have in mind so maybe we can meet there for our second meeting.

Some things to think about for the first meeting.

1. Name for the club
2. What YOU can offer the club. Would you be willing to be an officer? Would you be willing to head a committee such as a Ride Planning Committee, Public Relations Committee, Etc.?
Do you have a special talent or resource such as being a lawyer (we will need to set up a non-profit corporation)?

Sorry to have been so quiet but I had the flu or whatever it is and it put me in bed for about a week.

Who wants to meet at Croom? If we get at least 15 people we can get started!

Please respond.

Thanks

Hey Vista

Welcome. Thanks for the offer for the website. I imagine we will take you up on it. We first have to have our preliminary meeting and decide on a club name.

ATTN: ALL
By-laws are ready!
I have an idea for a sponsor and meeting place. I-75 at the Clark Rd exit.
I have received the NOHVCC's (pronounced NOVAC) "Club Start-up Kit". It is well done and totally applies to the start up of our club. http://www.nohvcc.org/flash/index1.htm

Please keep Carlie Brucia and her parents in your prayers.

I'm not doing anything on a weekend this time of year except ride. During the week is fine. There are enough months when it is so hot I don't want to ride. Then weekends are fine. But for right now.. week days only.

Kevin and I met briefly today. I currently have a copy of the by-laws you mention. There are some typos and things that need to be added and other things that need to be removed. I am working on them. It will be way more easy to get the by-laws where they should be BEFORE we adopt them then it will be AFTER we adopt them.

Anyone find a meeting place yet?

As far as SMASR for a club name ...  I think it is a good suggestion but one of the topics for the first meeting needs to be the name for the new club. Everyone that plans to attend the first meeting bring a few name suggestions and we will look at them all together.

I think any and all of it is great. Give me a couple of days though. I want to see if we can get two things:

1. Some direction from FTR in reference to a meeting place. Maybe they have or use one.
2. A person from FTR to attend our first meeting.

Also I have the use of a large meeting room. Only problem is that the location sucks. It is on US 41 in Sarasota. Right by Sarasota Memorial Hospital. Hard to get to from the interstate although as a one shot deal who cares I guess. We don't have to use it all the time, maybe just for the first meeting. Hey, what about one of the motel/hotels near an intersate exit? Don't they often have meeting rooms that you can rent and sometimes use for free? I'll check in to all these possibilities in the Sarasota area and let you know by Thursday. A couple of you check out the motel meeting room situation around SR 64 and I-75. That OK with everyone?

BTW... rainy weekends suck!

OK with me. Let's get together for a full meeting of everyone that is interested. Call me and we will figure it out.

Mudd

You might want to think about starting one in your area. If you want to I can send you information as I get it in reference to setting up a club.