The M.E.A.T. Rolling into Winter

by Rebel

Hello all! As winter approaches and the white flakes begin to fall, I like to look back on all the things I did this past riding season. I continue to meet ABATE of WI members. Established members (old members just does not sound good) and new members all like to tell me their opinions on politics as well as their opinion on our great organization. Being up at Bubba’s in Tomahawk exposes me to a lot of good conversations. I always take negatives as “creative criticism” and ask that person for their solution. As a member, I try to get past members to renew as well as “selling ABATE” to potential new members. No organization is perfect, AND no organization will be able to “please” everyone. The bottom line is that ABATE of WI is a HUGE voice in keeping our freedoms of the highway free! I invite all members to voice their opinion AND GET INVOLVED in some way. I just left ABATE of WI annual fall meeting and I wanted to congratulate all the award winners of 2018! There is one couple that received an award that I feel shows what dedication towards a cause is all about. Cowboy and Bunny. They bust their butts peeling off bubble labels on bottles to replace them with ABATE of WI decals. They go to so many parades handing out bottles to the kids while pulling a trailer. A smaller version of the M.E.A.T. BUT did you know neither of them ride? Their dedication to ABATE of WI and to our membership that rides is AWESOME! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I am proud to know you as a fellow ABATE member! Keep up the GREAT WORK!

As 2018 starts coming to an end, I look forward to the new challenges in 2019. The M.E.A.T. will be going on 5 years old. How time flies! Yes, it is showing its age by not being as bright as it was when it was first produced. Nevertheless, it still puts out a very LARGE and POWERFUL message going down the road. I have had some new ideas on a “future” M.E.A.T. and I am hoping with a little financial support it can be built. I am working on that and hope to unveil it next year.

Meanwhile, THANK YOU for all the past support! We just got started!