Washington District News Letter
REGION “I” APRIL 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE
Page
District Director – Garry and Maxine Alexander
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Assistant District Director – Bob and Becky Minor
2
Assistant District Director – Jesse and Eva Valentine
3
Treasurer – Mike White
4
Rider Educator – Dennis and Terry Black
5
Membership Enhancement – Jim and June Dutton
6
Motorist Awareness – Vic Parr
7
Leadership/Membership Training – Roy and Pearl McKenzie
8
Ambassadors – West – Pete and Lynda Goetz
9
WebMaster – Ted Moore
10
WA Chapter Gatherings
11
WA District Staff
12
Region I Staff
13
Upcoming Events
14
Good of the Order
15
Flyers
16
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DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Gold Wing Road Riders Association
We welcome all riders, no matter what make or model
you ride!
Hi all. It’s April Fools Day – April 1st, ho! Ho! Ho!
This year is going by really fast so make your plans early. Get your registration in for the rally in
Cashmere, Washington. It’s going to be a big event. We’ve got a lot of vendors coming. Pinstrippers
and more.
Don’t forget the brown bag in Spokane. That’s their money maker event, so let’s support them.
We have all chapter directors filled in our district except Chapter “A”. Just to let you know that we’re
planning on moving Chapter “A’s” meeting place as soon as we can find a place in Renton, Washington.
If you have any suggestions, please feel free to call Bob Minor, Jesse Valentine or Garry Alexander. We
need everybody’s help on this. Thank you.
Let’s make sure that we have Membership Enhancement Coordinators in all chapters. Take a look at
your chapter and see who we can get to be Couple of the Year for your chapter.
Upcoming events:
April 23rd – WA “N” Brown Bag Auction in Spokane, WA
April 29th – WA “X” and WA “P” Flea Market
Have a great April. Support the chapters and let’s go riding and be safe.
Garry and Maxine Alexander
WA District Directors
[email protected]
253-677-7812
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ASSISTANT DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Call for Help
Hi All, I hope you are having a great start to April. By
now you should be starting to prep your bike for the
upcoming riding season, which is just around the
corner. Let’s get your T-clocs out and make sure you are ready to ride. I myself am
looking to get some time to ride. My poor bike did not see much at all in 2016,
just too busy doing other things.
Did my title catch your attention? I hope it did and read on to see what it is about. 2016 seen a number
of officers stepping down for different reasons, that has made serving you the members harder to do
and not show the extra stress. If you read both the Insight News and Wing World our leader Anita put
out a great article calling for help from all members. If you have not read it, please take the time to do
so. It really speaks to Region I in all our Districts.
Do you remember all the fun you have had in the past years? That did not happen by chance, it took lots
of work by all the team members to make it happen. If you have seen in 2016 that
the Fun was not like years past, that is because of the lack of support. Do you wish
to see the fun back in your Chapters, District and Region? You are the one that can
make that happen, this is why the call for help is out there. Let’s follow the words of
our great leader Anita and not wait to be asked to help, but ask what you can do to
help.
Let’s get the FUN back in 2017.
Bob Minor
Region I MEC & WA Asst. DD
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ASSISTANT DISTRICT DIRECTORS
Jesse and Eva Valentine
In 1999 Eva and I went to a mall show in Olympia. At that time we owned a 1985 1200 and we
thought we had covered a million miles. We at that time had covered 5000 miles. Back to the
mall show, we met Rick n Jan Sparks and they were the Directors of Wa I in Olympia. At that
time Wa I had 100 members on their Run List. Eva and I joined chapter Wa I and the fun began.
We had never been so busy in our lives. One chapter event after another that first year and we
did 12,000 miles and we had a lot of new friends. We went to our chapter meetings and we did
learn some things .We learned that not every member has the potential for leadership and not
every member wants that role, also we found that we have many members that think they can not
be a chapter director. The reason I know this is that Eva and I did just what I'm talking about. We
got the opportunity to become Wa I Directors and at first I thought we bit off too much and we
are in big trouble, then we remembered that we had all our members to help us and that is how
we did our jobs. It has been how we have been so successful. The membership in all chapters has
so much knowledge to help the chapter Directors.
This is all leading to the current need for members to think about becoming a Director for their
chapters. I also found that in the Directors handbook there are a lot of guidelines and that's what
they are Guidelines and that what they are you use them to keep your chapter on the right track.
We as a current Director need to find members that think they want to help and help them find
their way to help. When we as current Directors leave our post we need to step back into the
membership and assume the role of a member with a helping hand when the new Director asks
for our help but never tell them this is how it was done in the past. We should ask them how are
you going to handle this and can I help. That is only if we see a serious problem with what they
are trying. We all have to make our own mistakes unless it will harm someone or lead to legal
repercussions.
What I am trying to get to here is that we have a lot of members that think they can not do the
Directors job. We need to let them know we need their help. They can do the job and we need
their help.
Jesse & Eva Valentine [email protected]
Wa Z Dir
Wa Assistant Dir
We are in it for Friends Fun and knowledge (Safety First)
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DISTRICT TREASURER
Mike White
FROM THE WASHINGTON DISTRICT TREASURER AND 2017
DISTRICT RALLY COORDINATOR
Hi everybody. Not much happening in the world of finances. So, I will
talk about the rally. Details are coming together. Garry, Jim Dutton,
Jesse Valentine and I went to Cashmere Friday, the 18th. We met with
the fairgrounds folks and got some details worked out. We then went
downtown to talk to the Chamber of Commerce and the city. We even
went to Wenatchee to visit with the espresso vendor we will have at the
rally. Good coffee. She and her husband are both bikers. She rides a Kawasaki and he rides a
sportster.
Jim has been hard at work trying to get vendors. He has a few and is looking for more. He also
has a food vendor and a kettle corn vendor.
As of today, we have 28 people that have pre-registered. Registering early helps us all. You get
a cheaper price and we know how much food we have to order. You can get a flyer on line at the
District Web Site or you can get one from your Chapter Director. Or send me an email, phone
call, or text and I would be happy to send you one.
That’s about it for now. Have a safe ride and a good day.
Mike and Bijou White
GWRRA WASHINGTON DISTRICT TREASURER/REGION I ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
360.340.2588 Cell
360.275.0461 Home
[email protected]/[email protected]
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Rider Educator
The 2017 Washington District Rider Education Workshop is in the Books. My
biggest stress of the year is over, now onto the Rider Courses. Before that I
would like to thank all of the Washington District Staff: Gary Alexander, Bob
& Becky Minor, Jesse Valentine, Jim and June Dutton, Roy McKenzie, Mike
and Bijou White, Vic Parr and Ted Moore for all of their help in preparing the food, setting up, cleaning
up and tearing everything down. There is no way I could have done it without all of your help.
I would also like to thank all of the Trainers that helped make it a success: Guest Speakers Dale Gray,
Ken Smith WA-O and Dave Shafer WA-B. Trainers Patrick Frampton, Ian McAlpine, Roy McKenzie, Mike
Briggs, Jim Dutton, Bob Minor, Terri Black, Mindy Greenwood, Bruce Thayer, Bob & Dawna Hitch, Ted &
Debbi Moore, Vic Parr and Chuck Caldera. Without their knowledge, experience, training and help we
would not have had a reason to attend, except to eat the great food and to socialize.
If you are like me, you have had your Motorcycle parked since October. Some of you have taken
advantage of the spotty good weather or braved the elements, as you usually do, and rode in the rain
anyways. Our riding skills have slightly diminished and need a tune up. Go out and sit on your bike and
reacquaint yourself with all of the dials and buttons. We should be able to do most, if not all, of the
functions without looking down at them. We become a distracted rider when we have to take our eyes
off the road to find out how to switch the radio to Sirus/XM. Also, we have a tendency to turn in the
direction that we look. Which could cause major issues. Ride safely to the nearest parking lot and start
practicing. Starts and stops. Are your head and eyes up looking for hazards? Or are you looking on the
ground to make sure you missed an object? When you came to a complete stop, did you check both
mirrors? Are you in 1st gear? Is your left foot on the ground and the right foot on the brake (Trikes, skip
the left foot on the ground)? If not practice it over and over, until you start doing it again by habit. How
are your swerving and “U” turn skills? Emergency Stop? Did you remember to straighten your handle
bars and pause a second before you started to brake? Where were you looking? Did you check your
mirrors again? This and much much more is ready for you at a ARC/TRC class coming soon to a location
near you. Talk to your Chapter Educator for full details. They have the full class date schedule and the
required form that I need to set you up for a class. Ask them if you qualify for the Recertification ARC or
TRC Class.
There is a lot to remember, re-learn and to practice before we can get our skills back up to the level we
had them at before the end of last year. But, it will pay off in the end by giving us more time to ride in
the future. If we cannot ride safely and pay attention to what is around us, ready to react to whatever
the other motorist throw at us or Mother Nature does, we will surely shorten our riding enjoyment.
“Cover anything you want to use later in Life”
Dennis & Terri Black, District Rider Education
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Membership Enhancement
Program
FUN
Remember we have Chapter Gatherings not Meetings. As you know GWRRA is not a motorcycle
club and we don’t follow any Robert’s Rules of Order, in theory our Gathering start as soon as any two
members show up. As you know and as any new member will soon find out our Gatherings are both fun
and informative. If you are not having fun in your Chapter Gathering then you won’t have members
there to any of the informative information.
Mix it up, variety is the spice of life: you don’t have use the same old agenda month after
month. Get some speakers that everyone might be interested in hearing, they don’t have to motorcycle
related. You can get an idea by visiting other chapters, if you like something then steal it. Mix up the
seating, rearrange the furniture if you can, don’t let the Officers sit at the same officers table. Have
Officers sit with Members, New Members or guest that they don’t know very well, start a conversation
and get to know the person.
Recognize members for their exceptional activities they did or a bad situation that they handled
well, not just for the things they did wrong. Remember the Gathering is a place to have FUN and visit
with our friends that we haven’t seen for a while, check out the new bling and find out about where the
ride is going to. In other words have FUN. Leave the dry mundane chapter business matters for the team
meetings, that’s what they are for. A good gauge to measure how your Gathering went is to see how
many members linger afterwards.
Jim & June Dutton
200004/200004-01
WA District MEC
Participate and have FUN
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MOTORIST AWARENESS
A BIKER’S OUTLOOK – OR RATHER- LOOK-OUT
I received the following statement in an e-mail from a fellow
Gold Wing rider describing his daily adventure while riding the
highways in sunny California and I quote:
“I got introduced to three different California drivers that never looked in their rearview mirrors, turned
their heads, or just always bully their space into a new lane. Sad to
say, they were near misses for me and it required evasive actions to
get out of their way. I laid on my horn at the time to their total
disregard. Maybe I ought to get one of those train whistles that are
so loud they hurt ears. Then again, I wonder if I had a HD with noisy
pipes, I wondered if the loud horn would have made a difference?
The first driver came onto the highway from an entry ramp, looked
at me while I was blowing my horn, had that DUH look on their face,
and a kind of a puzzled look like "where did I come from?". The two other drivers were just bound and
determined to take over my lane with no regard to the fact that I was occupying the lane. They did not
look, nor did they turn their heads, or make any effort to check to see if the lane was clear. Then, they
just changed lanes. Surprise, here I am! I guess my bright yellow bike is not very visible to California
drivers. Maybe they are blinded by their bright California sun?”
The associated photo shows a possible outcome – not what actually happened to my friend. Does this
remind you of any of your close calls? Good thing we are aware of other’s apparent blindness.
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Leadership/Membership Training
Roy and Pearl McKenzie
Ride safe, have fun
Roy McKenzie
District Trainer
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GREETINGS FROM YOUR DISTRICT
AMBASSADORS WEST
Pete and Lynda Goetz
So Long
I've sung this song, but I'll sing it again
Of the people I've met and the places I've seen
Some of the troubles that bothered my mind
And a lot of good people that I've left behind, singing
So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
So long, it's been good to know ya
What a long time since I've been home
And I've gotta be driftin' along
We have finally decided to pack up and move to South Carolina to be with family. There are some
grandsons that might need us and a son that says he does. In the meantime, we are reminded of these
Arlo Guthrie words - we are going to miss the people we have met and a lot of good people left behind,
especially our GWRRA family. We have enjoyed being a part of an organization that stresses FUN and
strives for friendship. Oh sure, misunderstandings and oversights have cropped up, but by the end of the
day most things have resolved themselves.
We are still packing up boxes - in fact, we are surrounded by some in our office while we write this page.
If we are lucky, we will learn to live with half of what are in the boxes and have a giant yard sale in South
Carolina!
Thank you for your continuing friendship - we may be using our Gold Book to meet some new GWRRA
members in South Carolina, but our memories with everyone in Region I cannot be replaced.
Your Friends,
Pete & Lynda Goetz
WA District Ambassadors
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District Webmaster
Helpful web sites…
Tip on a helpful site.
Have you renewed your vehicle tabs? Have you done this on-line?
A few years ago, I noticed a link on the
Washington Department of Licensing when I
went to renew the tabs for one of my vehicles…
it’s call License eXpress. (see screenshot… some
information has been deleted for my protection.
When you create your account, you’ll see all of
the information.)
Once I created an account and logged in, I was
able add all of my vehicles on this one webpage.
(again, see another screenshot)
From this one webpage, you can easily manage
your vehicle license tabs, and even renew your
driver’s license.
As you can see, it shows tabs that need to be
renewed and when they expire, and offer many
other options.
This is one of the easiest and quickest way to
renew tabs and manage your vehicles.
Things you’ll need to add a vehicle is the current
registration and your driver’s license… both of
which should easily be available.
The Washington DOL site is:
www.dol.wa.gov
Once you create your eXpress account, the site
address is:
www.dol.wa.gov/services/lx
Technology is great but care and common sense needs to be applied…
Safe computing…
Ted Moore
District Webmaster
[email protected]
#113535
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WASHINGTON CHAPTER GATHERINGS
Chapter
A
B
D
E
H
I
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
V
X
Z
Mascot
Apes
Bees
Duck
Eagle
Hound Dog
Cow
Looney
Tunes
Mountain
Lion
Wing Nuts
Orca
Panda
Koala
Road
Runner
Frog
Phoenix
Chickens
Week
4
1
2
3
2
3
2
Day
SAT
SAT
SUN
SAT
TUE
SUN
SAT
Time
8am
8am
8am
8am
6pm
8am
9am
Location
Seattle
Bremerton
Aberdeen
Bellevue
Lynden
Olympia
Kennewick
Contact
Open
Robert & Helen Liddell
Steve & Mary Carey
Ron & Lana Peck
Gilbert & Victoria Gunderson
Ronald & Dianna Hemmi
Mike & Janet Turner
Phone
E-mail
360-275-0461
425-908-7321
360-592-2142
253-686-7029
509-845-1069
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1
SAT
8am
Toppenish
Sherre & Arlie Holden
509-305-1278
[email protected]
3
4
3
2
1
SUN
SAT
SAT
SAT
SAT
8am
8am
1pm
8am
9am
Spokane
Port Orchard
Longview
Puyallup
Walla Walla
Lori Ann & Lewis Robertson
Ken & Tammi Smith
Jerry & Judy Thompson
Rusty & Nancy Boyatt
Jim & Laura Young
360-801-3280
360-440-6357
360-261-0629
253-312-0851
509-337-6562
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1
1
2
TUE
SAT
SAT
6pm
10:30am
6pm
Auburn
Vancouver
Centralia
Joe & Patty Diambri
Mike & Vicki Miller
Jessie & Eva Valentine
253-630-8463
360-666-2569
360-888-0546
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Position
Volunteers Serving
Contact Information
District Directors
Garry and Maxine Alexander
Assistant District Directors – East
and West
Assistant District Directors –East
and West
District Treasurer
District Rider Educators
Assistant District Rider Educators
District Motorist Awareness
Bob and Becky Minor
(253) 677-7812
[email protected]
(360) 633-6027
[email protected]
[email protected]
District Leadership Trainers
Roy and Pearl McKenzie
District Membership
Coordinators
District WEB Master
Jim and June Dutton
District Newsletter Editor
Vic Parr
Vendor Coordinators
Jim Dutton
District Secretary
FUN Coordinator
District Ambassador - West
June Dutton
Bijou White
Pete and Lynda Goetz
District Ambassador - East
OPEN
Jesse and Eva Valentine
Mike and Bijou White
Dennis and Terry Black
OPEN
Vic Parr
Ted Moore
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[email protected]
[email protected]
253-224-6420
[email protected]
253-862-0220
[email protected]
360-551-2236
[email protected]
360-308-0727
[email protected]
253-224-6420
[email protected]
360-551-2236
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
360-225-3482
[email protected]
Region Directors
Don and Sharon Weber
Assistant Region Directors
Mike and Bijou White
Assistant Region Directors
Chuck and Betty Bonnett
Region Rider Educators
Don Eide
Assistant Rider Educator
Terri Black
Region Trainers
Greg Hintz
Region Motorist Awareness
Doug and Donna Deskin
Region Treasurers
Terri Chromy
Region Membership Coordinator
Bob and Becky Minor
Assistant Region MEC
Bill and Nancy Lea
Region WEB Master
Mark and Sheri Bridge
Vender Coordinator
Marry Hunter
Region Newsletter Editor
Martie Mitchell
Ambassadors
Garry and Dianna Domas
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2017
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01
Chapter WA-M Multi-Chapter Gathering - Flyer
23
Chapter WA-N Brown Bag Auction
29
Chapter WA-P & X Flea Market
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06
Chapter WA-M Annual Fun Run - Flyer
13-14
Chapter WA-N Campout
27-29
Chapter WA-L Desert Spring Fling - Registration
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02-04
Chapter WA-R Blue Mountain Run
10
Chapter WA-D Duck Hunt
24
Chapter WA-Q Mountain Run
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20-22
WA District Rally (Christmas in July) Flyer/Registration
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17-19
Region ‘I’ Rally – Tillamook, OR Flyer
26
Chapter WA-O Whale of a Picnic
29-30
GWRRA Wing Ding 39 – Grapevine, TX Website
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01-02
GWRRA Wing Ding 39 – Grapevine, TX Website
15-17
Chapter WA-P Oyster Feed
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14
District Membership Training
21
Chapter WA-Q Halloween Dance
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09
Chapter WA-D Festival of Lights
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GOOD OF THE ORDER
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GWRRA WASHINGTON DISTRICT
PRESENTS
2017 DISTRICT RALLY
CHRISTMAS IN JULY
DECORATE YOUR VILLAGE IN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
AND DECORATIONS
VISITS BY SANTA
CHRISTMAS TREES
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
SNOW????
CHRISTMAS CAROLS
REINDEER GAMES
CHRISTMAS COOKIE CONTEST
TURKEY DINNER16 WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS