Sept– Oct 2010 - ABATE of Florida, Inc. Hillsborough County Chapter

Hillsborough County Chapter Page 17Everyone agreed that we need to start earlier this year to get the word out for the date change.Beamer also discussed checking the date for when the next Main St.’s Music & Motorcyclesevent is. The Hearse checklist is now completed. She thanked James Sewell & Steve Nasrallahfor their help with making sure all supplies are available in the hearse.10. STATE BUSINESS: Richard spoke about the upcoming June State Meeting in Pensacola.Our Delegates (for this meeting) will be Milton Gonzales and Steve Nasrallah. Patti Nasrallahwent over the State Board Nominations and which positions will require a vote from our chapterat the June Meeting. Discussion proceeded on the candidates for State President, StateVP and State Sgt. @ Arms positions. Chapter voted – those results will be made public at theJune State Meeting. Richard Nasrallah spoke about the trip to and from Tallahassee. 6 memberson their motorcycles went. Weather was good and the ride was even better, except forthe last 10 minutes. Right before they reached “home”, the skies opened up and all gotsoaked. Milton Gonzales reported on the “highlights” of the April State Meeting (full minuteswill be available in the next Masterlink). ABATE Leadership Seminars will be held July 10 th -11 th . The Holiday Inn has changed hands – it is now a Clarion Inn (Deland). Steve Nasrallahreceived an award from the State Board for his many hours worked at Bike Week (Mr. Fix-it,Mr. Field Kitchen Shopper and Mr. Cook-it) back in March. Sandy McLaren will be receivingas award at NCOM for his many years of service and volunteer work for ABATE of Florida, Inc.11. SAFETY TRUSTEE: Position Vacant.12. NEWSLETTER EDITOR: Position Vacant. Patti Nasrallah discussed deadlines for thenext newsletter.13. WEB MASTER: Lisa “Lexe” Usher was present – Patti reported that she will check onwhat’s happening to get the “old” website “pointed” to the current website (now on the StateServer).14. OLD BUSINESS: Supervisor of Elections – Rich Hagen proceeded with the final series ofnominations for our 2010/2011 Chapter Board and Trustee Positions. Results were as follows(persons listed accepted their nomination):President: Richard NasrallahVice President : James SewellSecretary: Barbara “Beamer” CronkTreasurer: Bill NasrallahMembership Trustee: Steve NasrallahProducts Trustee: Dar NewlandSgt. At Arms: James Cass, Wayne Coulter Legislative Trustee: Milton GonzalezPR/Comm Trustee: Barbara “Beamer” Cronk Newsletter Editor: Opal GierschkeSafety Director: James CassFull results on all persons nominated, persons who declined, etc. is available upon request.Patti Nasrallah made a motion to close each position’s nominations as we went along – MikeSpeer seconded each one. Chapter agreed to do a final vote and end of nominations. PattiNasrallah made a final motion to accept all nominations and have our Bi-annual Election at theJune Chapter Meeting – Milton Gonzales seconded. Chapter voted and the motion carried.Patti Nasrallah reminded everyone that the NCOM meeting is next weekend. A motion wasmade at the April Chapter Meeting for the chapter to pay for 3 rooms for members wishing togo. She told the membership to see her after today’s meeting if you want to go. Chapter willpay the $40 registration fee as well - those wishing to go to the banquet will need to pay theadditional $35 (from their own pocket).