Region 7E: Juneau County
Regional Rep: Tuffy Burke
(608) 853-0835
burketuffy@tds.net
Secretary: Shannon Strait
shannon.jones462@gmail.com
Treasurer: Lila Jensen
burketuffy@tds.net
Legislative Rep: Dave VanDyke
(608) 565-2058
roadhouse@tds.net
Membership Rep: Jay Goecks
(715) 315-0070
jayg6812@yahoo.com
Meetings: 1st Thursday of the Month, 7pm at Roadhouse, Hwy. 21 E. Necedah
Next Meeting will be held Jan 4, 2018. Please note that the January 4 and February 1 meeting times will be 6pm (only these two months.) We are planning a Pot Luck meal for the January 4 meeting, please bring a dish to pass.
Meeting was called to order by Regional Rep Tuffy Burke. Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of Silence for our down brothers and sisters and those in harm's way was given. Thank You to all our Members that attended this meeting, Special thank you to our newest ABATE Members, Pat Toomey, and Earl Truwen. Thank you to those who have recently joined and those that have renewed your memberships.
Treasurer & Product Report was given by Lila; Membership Report was given by Emmy.
Legislative Report: Dave ROW Violations has been passed and signed by Governor Walker. Thank you for all the efforts getting this thru legislation. Dec 1st the Auto Cycle Bill is still in the works, it has been introduced and is moving forward. Mark your calendars. BIKER DAY (LOBBY DAY) has been moved to Tues Jan 23rd 2018. The bus will meet at BP Lyndon Station and take you to the Capital. The Bus time is 9:10am. Please do not be late. There is no charge for the bus, a tip for the driver is welcomed.
New Business: Holiday Parade is still ongoing. Come and enjoy. Region 7E will host the CHILI COOKOFF IN MARCH 2018, A date , time and place will be chosen next meeting.
Officer training is being held Feb 9, 10, 11th. Hotel Mead , Wisconsin Rapids is the place it will be held at.
Summer Hummer Sponsorships are out and available to anyone that would like to place an ad, for next year in June 2018.
Sweetheart Raffle tickets are available to win $ 1000,00 , $500.00, and $250.00. Drawing will be held Feb 11th at Officer Training. Tickets are 2 for $ 5.00.
A huge thank you to Rosie Gammon who has stepped up to be Region 7E's Secretary. We really appreciate her helping us out. She is experienced at this so I am sure she will do fine. Thank you again Rosie.
Anyone for ideas for a District fundraiser pass the ideas on to Dave VanDyke.
Sign in lost by Kristy Koca for not being signed in ...
Happy Glad's, Sad's, Merry Xmas, Happy New Year to all ... Congrats to all the members that are celebrating Old and New lives.
Happy Holidays,
Lila
May 2024
Meetings: 1st Thursday of the month, 7 pm at Roadhouse, Hwy 21 E., Necedah
Our meeting was called to order by Dave Van Dyke. The Pledge of Allegiance and a Moment of Silence for our downed brothers and sisters and those in harm’s way was given. Thank you to all members that attended this meeting. A special thank you to everyone who renewed their membership and joined us.
Treasurer’s Report was given by Shannon. We are current and we did an awesome job on our chili cookoff. Thank you to everyone who helped out, brought chili, and brought donations.
Membership Report given by Jay Goecks. We have two new members and also renewed a few members. Also getting word out more.
Legislative Report given by LeAnn. We need to watch the call to actions coming through. Examples of some are fuel, profiling, consumer choice, and right to repair. Also, after elections this year we will be having a new senator and representative because they have redrawn district maps across the state. Our senator will be Patrick Testin who is an ABATE member. Our representative is Scott Krug.
Old Business: We had our chili cook-off last month. Thank you so much to everyone who helped out with it, brought chili, and donations. Congratulations to Marv and Diane for taking 1st place, Larry from Adams County who took 2nd place, and Dave and LeAnn for taking 3rd place.
New Business: May is motorcycle awareness month, so on May 11th we will be having our rally at O’Reilly’s in Mauston from 10-12. Land warming is May 17-19th. Also, if you are interested or going to the Summer Hummer this year, you can get your advance tickets – see Dave. If you have never been there and are very interested in going, please come to our next meeting on May 2nd at 7 pm or contact Tuffy, Lila, Jay, Shannon, or Dave.
We also have the following raffle tickets going on: 7E gun raffle drawing is July 20th at our fun ride, Mini chopper/gautier raffle tickets, drawing will be held in October at our state meeting, 50th anniversary tickets, drawing will be held June 22nd at Summer Hummer.
Happy-Glad’s-Sad’s: Happy birthday to all in April. Special prayers to Steve and Rosie as they lost their son-in-law.
Motion to adjourn by Jon, 2nd by Rick.
Ride safe,
Shannon