October 2012 A.B.A.T.E

Fighting for the rights and education of every Georgia motorcyclist October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER STATE OFFICE ADDRESSES Advertising Fees www.abatega.org (Mailing Address) A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. Website 115 P.O. BOX 116 1 Month

Austell, GA 30168 Phone: (770) 881-7438 Fax: (770) 234-4177 Newsletter

A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA STATE OFFICERS 2012-2014 Term Black & White Term in Months State Director (Acting) (404) 324 –2037 Ned Williams $ 40.00 1 E-mail [email protected] $ 110.00 3

Legislative Director $ 200.00 6 James F/ Trucks E-mail [email protected] 1/4 Page Treasurer Gary Bonds (404) 915-8778 Black & White Term in Months Email: [email protected] $ 70.00 1

Membership Director (706) 217-8317 $ 200.00 3 Heidi Stockwell $ 360.00 6 Email [email protected] $ 660.00 12 Asst, Membership Director Ann Crenshaw (229) 924-7449 Email [email protected] 1/2 Page

Sgt. At Arms Black & White Term in Months Dave Woodruffe $ 125.00 1 Email: [email protected] $ 360.00 3 Activities Director POSITION OPEN $ 660.00 6

Secretary of State (Acting) $ 1,200.00 12 Ann Turner (770) 881-7438 Email [email protected] Full Page A.B.A.T.E. Legal Advisor Black & White Term in Months Steve Murrin (404) 221-0777 $ 225.00 1 Christian Motorcyclists Association GA State Coordinator Mike Cook (229) 268-4455 $ 660.00 3 $ 1,200.00 6 A.B.A.T.E. State Chair Wade Warnock (678) 271-2860 $ 2,200.00 12 Ads Must Be Received in digital format or ready to scan by the 10th of the Director of Education month, accompanied by full payment, to be printed in the next issue. Credit Dr. Sue Duggan [email protected] card payments are welcome. Ads must be paid in advance to receive the multiple ad discount rate. If you wish, we can lay out your ad for you for an Regional Director, Northern Region additional $25 charge plus any reasonable costs. Additional charges and David Norman [email protected] services offered at the discretion of the editor. Please allow additional lead time for all ads that we must lay out.

Regional Director, Central Region Payment must be received in advance for ad renewals. If not you will lose Ricky Jordan [email protected] the discounted multiple ad rate and the account will revert back to monthly prices. Make your check or money order payable to A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia , Regional Director, Southern Region Inc. Send to: Jerry McDaniel [email protected] A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. Webmaster and Newsletter Design P.O. BOX 116 Bill Mattison [email protected] Austell, GA 30168

A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia, Inc. All rights reserved. This newsletter is published monthly and distributed throughout the state of Georgia as well as to other motorcycle organizations nationwide. A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia accepts no responsibility for the comments or opinions from reprinted materials contained within this publication. We welcome your news, opinions, comments, com- plaints, and suggestions on Motorcycle related issues. All articles must include your name and address. We do not accept slanderous, accusing letters; profanities (photographic or written); non-A.B.A.T.E. related letters. A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia reserves the right to refuse or edit any article, photo, letter, or advertisement that is decided is not in the best interest of the organization or its members.

2 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER ATTENTION ABATE OF GEORGIA MEMBERS

If you have had trouble with your member card, a pin or a patch A new hotline has been set up to make sure your issue is addressed

Please call the membership hotline At (678) 753-6018 (The hotline is monitored during business hours 7 days a week. Calls made after hours will be returned the next business day

3 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER Some of A.B.A.T.E.’s accomplishments over the years: WHAT IS • Successfully lobbied for legislation that created the Georgia Motorcycle Safety Program (GMSP), our state’s rider education program that is available to all. A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, Inc.?

• Lobbied to have legislation passed to modify the existing manda- tory helmet law to allow adults age 21 and older freedom of choice The letters “ A.B.A.T.E. ” stand for as to the wearing of a helmet. American Bikers Active Toward Educa- • Successfully lobbied for legislation leading to the repeal of the Georgia law prohibiting use of speakers or headphones while riding tion. A.B.A.T.E. is composed of motor- a motorcycle. • Fought and stopped legislation introduced in the 1992 Session of cyclists from all areas of the state, from the Georgia General Assembly that would have made it illegal for all walks of life, and who ride all makes kids age 10 and under to ride as passengers on motorcycles. • Established May as “Motorcycle Awareness and You” month of bikes. A.B.A.T.E. is not a club, it is a through a proclamation signed by the Governor and through resolutions passed by the Senate and House each year. This is an non-partisan politically active organiza- annual effort that raises public awareness of motorcycles. tion working on motorcyclist’s rights. • Successfully lobbied legislators to approve increased funding for the Georgia Motorcycle Safety Program, in the amount of We are affiliated with national rights $170,000 after the license tag rate was raised on all vehicles to $20. groups like the American Motorcy- • Successfully stopped proposed legislation that would have clist Association (AMA), the Motorcy- increased the size of motorcycle tags. • Successfully lobbied for handicapped tags for motorcycles without cle Riders Foundation (MRF) and the further enabling legislation, by bringing it to the attention of the National Coalition of Motorcyclists Department of Revenue that the code section was written in such a way that it was already authorized. (NCOM). • Successfully lobbied for antique tags for motorcycles in the 1998 legislative session. • Established a 15 District organization that has led to more Our main focus is to keep motorcy- participation locally, while raising our membership statewide. The more members we have, means the more clout we have at the cle legislation in its proper perspec- State Capitol. tive . Many restrictive laws are enacted • Sponsor and promote the largest Swap Meet/Bike Show in Georgia, 5 times a year. by uninformed legislators. A.B.A.T.E.’s • Successfully forced prosecution of a trucker who, while making an goal is to keep our lawmakers informed illegal turn, killed fellow motorcyclist Mark Bonner. • Successfully lobbied to pass the “Frank-Lee” (ROW) bill to enhance of our members collective position on penalties to those who cause death or serious injury to a motorcyclists by failing to yield the right of way. Motorcycle related legislation. • Successfully lobbied to pass the “Tag/Title” bill SB-437 that allows Preventing unfair legislation from be- for registration of kit/assembled bikes. Signed by Governor Purdue May 14, 2008. coming law is easier than fighting to get

the law repealed.

Your benefits as a member of A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia: Organized lobbying of State and Federal legislators to make your Rider education and public aware- views on motorcyclist rights known to your Representatives. Current information on all motorcycle related legislation and where ness of motorcyclists are goals of your legislators stand on the issues that affect your motorcycling rights and freedoms. A.B.A.T.E.. We are not against the Monthly newsletter with legislative updates, event dates and places, and information wearing of helmets, and we encourage Membership card, patch, and one year pin for new members. all riders to ride safely. An informed and Yearly pin for renewals. Admission discounts at most A.B.A.T.E. events around the state, educated rider is a safer rider. Helmet including ALL State Swap Meets. Discounts at many motorcycle shops and dealers around the state laws do nothing to prevent an accident, Personal satisfaction of joining your brothers and sisters in pro- moting the great sport of motorcycling while supporting your right to and a helmet only provides the illusion ride by participation at State and District meetings, toy runs, blood of safety, while rider education is drives, camp-outs, bike shows, swap meets, etc. Spiritual consultation with the Christian Motorcycle Association proven to prevent accidents and save (CMA) for ride prayers, weddings, and visitation. lives. A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, Inc. IS A TEAM EFFORT WE WELCOME ALL RIDERS, ALL BRANDS

4 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER Ned Williams, State Director

ABATE of Georgia continues to move forward. This past month we mailed out the updated sponsor and supporter supplies to our districts for their district sponsors as well as their Spon- sor and Supporter businesses who have added their names to the list of businesses willing to help ABATE of Georgia. Next month we will be sending out additional supplies for districts to continue this effort and help get the name of ABATE in front of riders who might not have known who we were before or who might have just needed that little push to sign up with us. To help illustrate this effort, checkout the article covering it on page 47.

Our legislative survey has been reformatted after hearing from a few members who said the questions were confusing, we hope everyone will look over the new wording on page 45 and choose to either fill out and mail in the survey or fill out the online version at http:// www.abatega.org/legislativesurvey/

The swap meet has been postponed until April 6 and 7th. The swap meet committees are meeting and district members should expect requests from the committees to help make this event an success.

We have carried over the list of candidates for the Georgia General Assembly and the State senate make sure you and your district legislative coordinator reach out to your local candidates and introduce yourselves as ABATE of Georgia members.

By the time of this printing most of our districts will have held their annual elections please make sure you get your updated officer lists into the state office.

Next, after hearing from members about concerns regarding membership we have set up a new membership hotline to ensure no member gets lost in the process. You can still call or email the state membership director Heidi Stockwell directly if you wish but out new hotline will me monitored by additional volunteers to help significantly improve the time it takes to get a membership card pin or patch. Information about the new hotline can be found on page 3 of this newsletter. Heidi’s contact information can be found on page 2.

Lastly, due to problems with one of the proxy voters at the August Board of Directors, the Ex- ecutive Board has voted to invalidate the votes on the State Director and State Secretary, as a result the Executive Board has re-appointed Ned Williams as Acting State Director and Ann Turner as Acting State Secretary pending a new vote on the positions at the November 4th Board of Directors Meeting will be required.

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6 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER Closed Districts are a complete loss to ABATE of Georgia. Districts 10, 12 and 14 need to be reopened and made productive once again. These Districts closed for different reasons and for the most part they still have a membership base. If you have friends or family members in those areas please talk with them about reactivating the districts so we can continue with the growth we need in order to accomplish the fight for our rights. I have made an effort to contact those that have an e- mail address however a friend’s request is much more likely to have an impact in getting this done. It only requires 3 officers to open a district. One must be the District Coordinator and the other must be a Treasurer and the third can be any position. Make the phone calls and see what we can accomplish.

District Coordinator Contact Information District 1st Name Last Name Phone # EMAIL 1 Heidi Stockwell 706-217-8317 [email protected]

1W Terry Simmons 706-313-2006 [email protected]

2 Anthony G Love 706-754-8517 [email protected]

3 Dave Woodruffe 678-778-9646 [email protected] 4E Paula LaValley 678-231-9942 [email protected]

4W Jon Lambert 404-3682093 [email protected] 5 Michael Mustain 404-229-4022 [email protected] 5/N Joe Harris 770-921-5238 [email protected] 6 Don Whitlow 770-294-7640 [email protected]

6-2 Michael Volk 770-252-9653 [email protected] 6-3 Jim Blessitt 770-235-9642 [email protected]

7 Delmar M Singleton 478-731-6180 8 Nancy James 706-592-1015 [email protected] 9 Ronald Foxworth 706-681-1694 [email protected] 9-2 Al Harper 706-884-9498 [email protected] 11 David Jackson 912-441-7586 [email protected] 13 Danny Jones 229-322-6966 [email protected]

15 Stephanie Cruwys 912-269-6500 [email protected]

7 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia District Boundaries

1W: The Fourth Monday of each month at the 1:1 st Tuesday of the month at the 2: 1st Sunday of the month 2:00pm, Location Dari Dip on Villanow St. Lafayette. Meeting Logan’s Roadhouse 2140 East Walnut alternates every other month: El Jinete Mexi- starts at 6:30pm Avenue Dalton, GA can Restaurant in Clarkesville, GA or Lo- rena’s in Dawsonville

4E : 1st Wednesday of the Month 7PM, Con- fetti’s Bar and Grill, 6470 Spalding Dr. Norcross, GA 30092-4656

5N: third Tuesday of the month 7PM at Cycle 3 The Watering World 4225 Atlanta Highway ,Athens hole ,Tri County Ga Plaza 451 W Bankhead HWY Villa Rica 1st 5 : 7:00PM 2nd Tuesday Sunday of each of the Month at 5 O’Clock month at 2:00 pm Somewhere 7189 Turner Lake Rd Covington Ga

4W :1st Sunday at 12:30pm at Red’s 8: Last Sun- Timbers, 730 Con- day of the cord Rd. Smyrna Ga. month @ 2pm at Road Runner Cafe, 2508 Peach Orchard Rd. 6/2: the 1st 6 :1st Tuesday (Rt. 25), Thursday of of the month Augusta the month at at 7:00 PM at 7PM @Jekyll The Grove Bar and Hyde's, and Grill, 7: 1st Sunday of HWY 29 4681 Bill the month at 2:00 North, New- Gardner PM at AP's Hidden nan Pkwy., Hideaway on Broadway in Macon 9: 1st Tuesday 9/2: 3 rd Mon- of the month at day of the 7:30 PM at Month at 6 Player’s on 54th pm Los Na- St. Columbus. opales Res- 11: 2nd taurant 382 Sunday of the month S. Davis Rd. at 3:00 PM Lagrange, Ga at The Redleg 6/3: 1st Monday of Saloon every month at Savannah, 7pm at Big Daddys GA Oyster Bar,101 Crossings E # 3, Peachtree City, GA

15: 1st Sunday of every month at 2PM at Toucans Ale House 2450 Perry Lane 13: Meets 1st Sunday of Month @2PM at The Henry T. Elrod Road Brunswick, GA 31525 Welcome Center 100 Washing- ton Ave. Ashburn, Ga

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9 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER Chaplain’s Corner Mike Cook Ga. CMA State Coordinator

Occasionally I reminisce on the days gone by and there has been quite a few of them over the years, really too many to think about but one of the first events that I went to was the ABATE swap meet in Atlanta at the fairgrounds. It took up 3 of the buildings that are on the grounds and took most of the afternoon to go over all the items that were for sale. There were motorcycles everywhere and bikers coming and going the long afternoon. I had never seen as many bikers in one place at one time, they were everywhere. I had never been to an event that large before and was totally blown away by the amount of people that could be put in one of the buildings. There was a tent setup outside the main building with vendors around the outside also. There was just about everything that you could put on a motorcycle and also some things that I was not sure should go on a bike. It was a fall day and the riding up was good, it was cool but not too cold that we had to ride in leathers but if I remember that was the days before leathers for me. I had a riding suit that doubled as my hunting suit and the bike I was riding at the time was not one that was friendly for a ride to Atlanta and back in a day. Even with being tired when I returned home I still remember that first time at the swap meet. I did not know anyone there with the exception of the guy I rode up with, but I enjoyed looking over stuff that I had never seen before. I walked around the parking lot looking at all the different kind of bikes dressed to express the owner’s likes and dislikes. Making the bike have the personality of the owner! Not any that I looked at were the same but each had its own personality, although black seems to be the major color of choice among bikers. We all have days that we remember that are special to us like the day we got married or maybe the first new bike we bought. For others it could be other things that happened on the day they remember most but we have something we can look back on and say that was a great day. This was just one of the days that were special to me but there was one thing that happened that I will remember till I lose my mind anyway. I remember when I first asked Jesus into my life but he was always there with me I just did not realize it. I would like to say that I have been perfect since that day but I cannot. I fail daily but regardless of what I do I know that Jesus is still with me. When we ask him into our lives he fills us with his spirit and we can start on that life long journey of becoming more like him. Each day is a new day to spend walking with a true friend. If you would like to know more talk with a member of CMA they can put you on the right path.

Here if you need us MAY GOD BLESS Mike Cook GA CMA State Coordinator

Christian Motorcyclists Association Georgia Contacts - Here if you need us! State Coordinator – Mike Cook 229-268-4455 NW Area Rep – Bobby Grimes 678-986-4708 M GA Area Rep – Terry Kleeblatt 770-788- 3948 SE Area Rep- Eric Shumans 912-269-3272 M West Area Rep-Barry Walker 770-328-0873 NE Area Rep – FL- Cliff Finney 706-491-0658 SW Area Rep Mark Joiner 229-886-2124

ABATE District - CMA Chapter Presidents District 1 – Dalton – Robert Bearden 706-217-8229 District 14 – Jesup – Larry Holloway 912-586-6324 Lafayette- Rick Winkler 423-987-4137 District 15 - Brunswick – Dan McFee 912-399-2663 Ellijay – Eric Wieberg 706-273-9987 St. Marys – Jon St. John 912-510-0264 District 2 – Gainesville – Dan Montgomery 678-513-3763 Blairsville – Rick Chandler 828-644-5689 Cleveland – Keith Garrison 770-869-0414 District 3 – Rome – David Maloney 770-527-8260 Cartersville – Mark Germany 678-721-1216 Carrollton- Greg Harper 770-949-0265 District 4 – Lawrenceville – Dave Wilson 404-432-7381 Jonathan Landwer – 678-463-6955 Marietta – Lee Brooks 770-309-3618 District 5 – Conyers – Roy Skinner 770-483-0416 Athens – Diane Hardigree 706-769-6911 Loganville – Mike Luther 770-267-5712 District 6 – Griffin – Jimmy Dykes 770-567-5994 Newnan – Riley Guttirrez 770-301-4172 District 7 – Warner Robins – Scott Frey 478-235-6555 District 8 – Augusta – Kelly Newsome 803-593-5351 District 9 – Columbus – Larry Eggie 706-888-2603

10 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER IMPORTANT: ABATE of Georgia: PEACHPASS INFO FOR MOTORCYCLES

The new "HOT" Lanes (most of the current HOV Lanes are being converted to HOT Lanes) will require a "PeachPass" to use the Lane, this cost money, $20.00 minimum, plus the cost of the Geor- gia Legislature realized the motorcycles will still need to be exempt from the "PeachPass" and Ride like a pro would like to offer the members of ABATE still be able to use either the "HOV" or "HOT" a special discount on Ride Like A PRO Atlanta Advanced Motorcycle skills training. This offer is good for current Lanes. and future members of ABATE. The ABATE discount pric- ing is $140.00 per rider - a $10 discount off regular price. What do you need to do? To use the new "HOT" As I offer to all my students, they can retake my advance Lanes will require that you register your motorcycle training classes for 12 months after they take the initial with the "PeachPass" people and there is NO class. They will need to email or call and check if I have additional space in the class CHARGE for this. All you will need is your motorcycle license tag and drivers license numbers. You Scott Ford CANNOT NOT USE THE WEB to register but must call the following number: (855) PCH-PASS Ride Like A PRO Atlanta (724-7277). If you use the online form then you will end up paying for the privilege to use the "HOT" www.ridelikeaproatlanta.com Lanes. The new ABATE of Georgia Graffiti wall . ABATE of Georgia Starting this month, the Graffiti Wall is now active. needs your input and assistance in tracking the Motorcycle Only Safety Checkpoints and the Access to the wall can be found at http://www.abatega.org/wall Rolling Random "safety" stops known as B.E.A.S.T. Wall entries will be featured starting in the November newsletter. We expect that The Georgia State Patrol may set up at a DOT truck weigh station north of The Wall is subject to the following rules. Macon on I-75 and perhaps on I-85 north of La- No advertising for any business. Grange. If you see a LARGE portable message board No Vulgar or inappropriate language. near either of these locations or even further You message may not exceed 256 characters, this includes south near a DOT weigh station or Rest Area spaces. contact us at 770-881-7438 and leave a message Cost is $10.00 dollars per month, payable via paypal or or e-mail [email protected]. These are nor- credit card at http://www.abatega.org/wall mally set out a day or two before the stops be- Submissions can be submitted at http://www.abatega.org/ gin. wall If you have the opportunity record through pic- tures or video what is happening. You can for- Submissions received before the 15th of the month will be featured in the following month’s newsletter and on the ward this information to the e-mail above. ABATE website. Submissions received after the 15th will We hope you have a safe and enjoyable ride. be included in the newsletter of the month after the next month..

11 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER The ABATE back patches are available in large for men $30.00 and medium for women $25.00 , Contact y our District coordinator to get yours now!

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If so, TELL US! http://www.twowheeladventures.com http://www.abatega.org/ Call us (678) 896-5909 Two Wheel Adventures will be offering a class every roadhazard.htm other month. Cost per Student is $125.00 First class offering starts Feb 26, 2012 Students have to ride their own bikes, must have a valid motorcycle endorsement

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12 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER The next three pages list the candidates for each Georgia General Assembly house seat. In districts where the incumbent candidate is running unopposed there is only one name listed. The page following this table shows the Candidates for the Georgia Senate. On the pages that follow the senate table, you can see the new voting districts as they have been set for both the House and the Senate.

House of Representatives

DISTRICT 33 Tom McCall(R) 1 John Deffenbaugh(R) David Vogel(D) 34 Charles Gregory(R) Thomas McMahan(D) 35 Ed Setzler(R) 2 Jay Neal(R) 36 Earl Ehrhart(R) 3 Tom Weldon(R) 37 Sam Teasley(R) 4 Bruce Broadrick(R) Bill Bolton(D) 5 John Meadows(R) 38 David Wilkerson(D) Howard Johnson(D) 39 Alisha T. Morgan(D) 6 Tom Dickson(R) 40 Rich Golick(R) 7 David Ralston(R) 41 Phil Daniell(R) 8 Stephen Allison(R) Michael Smith(D) Jana Hill(D) 9 Kevin K. Tanner(R) 42 Stacey Evans(D) 10 Terry Rogers(R) 43 Sharon Cooper(R) 11 Rick Jasperse(R) 44 Don L. Parsons(R) 12 Eddie Lumsden(R) 45 Matt Dollar(R) Barbara M. Reece(D) 46 John Carson(R) 13 Katie M. Dempsey(R) Kevin West(D) 14 Christian Coomer(R) 47 Jan Jones(R) 15 Paul R. Battles(R) 48 Harry Geisinger(R) Lelia Benham(D) 49 Charles Martin Jr.(R) 16 Trey Kelley(R) 50 Lynne Riley(R) Rick Crawford(D) 51 Wendell Willard(R) 17 Howard Maxwell(R) 52 Joe Wilkinson(R) 18 Kevin Cooke(R) 53 Sheila Jones(D) Pat Rhudy(D) 54 Edward Lindsey(R) 19 Paulette Braddock(R) Lynne Brown McKinney(D) 20 Michael Caldwell(R) 55 Tyrone Brooks(D) Lillian Burnaman(D) 56 Mable Thomas(D) 21 Sean Jerguson(R) 57 Pat Gardner(D) 22 Calvin Hill(R) 58 Earl Cooper(R) 23 Mandi Ballinger(R) Simone Bell(D) 24 Mark Hamilton(R) 59 Margaret Kaiser(D) 25 Mike Dudgeon(R) 60 Keisha S. Waites(D) 26 Geoff Duncan(R) 61 Roger Bruce(D) 27 Lee Hawkins(R) 62 Ladawn B. Jone(D) 28 Dan Gasaway(R) 63 Ronnie Mabra(D) 29 Carl Rogers(R) 30 Emory Dunahoo(R) 64 Virgil Fludd(D) 31 Tommy Benton(R) 32 Alan Powell(R) Mary Beth Focer(D)

13 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 14 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 15 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 97 Brooks Coleman(R) 98 Josh Clark(R) 99 Hugh Floyd(D) 100 Brian Thomas(D) 101 Valerie Clark(R) Timothy Swiney(D) 102 Buzz Brockway(R) 65 S. Beasley-Teague(D) 103 Timothy Barr(R) 66 Bob Snelling(R) 104 Donna Sheldon(R) 105 Joyce Chandler(R) Kimberly Alexander(D) Renita Hamilton(D) 67 Bill Hembree(R) 106 Brett Harrell(R) Leigh McMurtry(D) 107 David Casa(R) 68 Dustin Hightower(R) 108 B.J. Pak(R) 69 Randy Nix(R) 109 Dale Rutledge(R) Herbert Giles(D) 110 Andy Welch(R) 70 Lynn R. Smith(R) 111 Brian Strickland(R) 71 Robert Stokely(R) Blackmon 72 Matt Ramsey(R) Bill (D) 73 John Yates(R) 112 74 Valencia Stovall(D) Doug Holt(R) 75 Mike Glanton(D) 76 Sandra G. Scott(D) 113 Pam Dickerson (D) 77 Darryl Jordan(D) 78 Demetrius Douglas(D) 114 Tom Kirby(R) 79 Tom Taylor(R) Williamson 115 Bruce (R) 80 Mike Jacobs(R) 116 Terry England(R) Sandy Murray(D) 117 Regina Quick(R) 81 Chris Boedeker(R) 118 Carter Kessler(R) Scott Holcomb(D) Spencer Frye(D) 82 Mary M. Oliver(D) 119 Chuck Williams(R) 83 Howard Mosby(D) 120 Mickey Channell(R) 84 Rahn Mayo(D) 121 Barry Fleming(R) 85 Karla Drenner(D) 122 Ben Harbin(R) 86 Lisa Y. Kinnemore(R) 123 Barbara Sims(R) Michele Henson(D) 124 Wayne Howard(D) 87 Earnest Williams(D) 125 David Hopper(R) 88 Billy Mitchell(D) Earnest Smith(D) 89 Stacey Abrams(D) 126 Gloria Frazier(D) 90 Pam S. Stephenson(D) 127 Quincy Murphy(D) 91 D. Dawkins-Haigler(D) 128 Mack Jackson(D) Anderson 129 Susan Homes(R) 92 Tonya P. (D) 130 David Knight(R)

93 C. ?Tina? Hoffer(R) Jr. Dar?shun Kendrick(D) 131 Johnnie Caldwell (R) 94 Karen Bennett(D) 132 Gene King(R) 95 Tom Rice(R) Carl Von Epps(D) Brooke Siskin(D) 133 John Pezold(R) 96 Mark Williams(R) Pete Marin(D)16 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 134 Richard H. Smith(R) 173 Darlene K. Taylor(R) 135 Danny Arencibia(R) Haley Shank(D) Calvin Smyre(D) 174 Ellis Black(R) 136 Randy Kitchens(R) Carolyn F. Hugley(D) Teresa Lawrence 137 Debbie G. Buckner(D) 175 Amy Carter(R) 138 Mike Cheokas(R) J.C. Cunning- Kevin T. Brown(D) 139 Patty Bentley(D) 176 Jason Shaw 177 Glenn Gregory(R) 140 Robert L. Dickey(R) Dexter L. Sharper(D) 141 Allen Peake(R) 178 Chad Nimmer(R) 142 Nikki T. Randall(D) 179 Alex Atwood(R) 143 James Beverly(D) 180 Jason Spencer(R) 144 James Epps(R) Whipple-Lue It is important for ABATE of Georgia Districts to Mary Ann (D) locate the voting districts that their ABATE District 145 Quentin T. Howell(D) 146 Larry O?Neal(R) covers and meet with the candidates in those dis- 147 Willie L. Talton(R) tricts. We must raise awareness of this organization 148 Buddy Harden(R) among the members of both the House and the Sen- 149 Jimmy Pruett(R) ate. After the November elections, ABATE will be 150 Matt Hatchett(R) Rahman closely watching the new members for the various Sheikh (D) committees in the General assembly and we will be 151 Gerald E. Greene(R) calling on our ABATE members to reach out to 152 Ed Rynders(R) those elected officials. First we will want to know 153 Carol H. Fullerton(D) 154 Winfred Dukes(D) where each of them stand on issues important to 155 Jay Roberts(R) ABATE members. Next we will need to rely on 156 Greg Morris(R) those contacts as we work to pass legislation in the 157 Delvis Dutton(R) coming session of the General Assembly based off 158 Butch Parrish(R) the results of the legislative surveys included in last 159 Jon G. Burns(R) Tankersley month’s newsletter. We will tabulate the results of 160 Jan (R) those surveys Marc Silver(D) 161 Bill Hitchens(R) 162 Bob Bryant(D) 163 J. Craig Gordon(D) 164 Ron Stephens(R) Craddock Lauren (D) 165 Mickey Stephens(D) 166 Ben Watson(R) 167 Jeff Chapman(R) 168 Al Williams(D) 169 Chuck Sims(R) 170 Penny Houston(R) 171 Jay Powell(R) Jewell D. Howard(D) 172 Sam Watson(R)

17 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER The candidates on this page are running for the Georgia State Senate

Georgia Senate

DISTRICT 32 Judson Hill(R) 1 Earl Carter(R) 33 Steve Thompson(D) 2 Lester G. Jackson(D) 34 Valencia Seay(D) 3 William Ligon Jr.(R) 35 Donzella James(D) 4 Jack Hill(R) 36 Nan Orrock(D) 5 Curt Thompson(D) 37 Lindsay Tippins(R) 6 Hunter Hill(R) 38 Horacena Tate(D) Doug Stoner(D) 39 Vincent Fort(D) 7 Tyler Harper(R) 40 Fran Millar(R) Donald Mitchell(D) 41 Steve Henson(D) 8 Tim Golden(R) 42 Kenneth Quarterman(R) Bikram Mohanty(D) Jason Carter(D) 9 Don Balfour(R) 43 Ronald Ramsey Sr.(D) Scott Drake(D) Davenport 10 Emanuel D. Jones(D) 44 Gail P. (D) 11 John Bulloch(R) 12 Freddie Sims(D) 45 Renee S. Unterman(R) 13 John D. Crosby(R) 46 Bill Cowsert(R) 14 Barry Loudermilk(R) 47 Frank Ginn(R) 15 David Brown(R) Tim Riley(D) Ed Harbison(D) 48 David Shafer(R) 16 Ronnie Chance(R) 49 Butch Miller(R) 17 Rick Jeffares(R) 50 John K. Wilkinson(R) Nelva Lee(D) 51 Steve Gooch(R) 18 Cecil Staton(R) 52 Chuck Hufstetler(R) 19 Tommie Williams(R) 53 Jeff Mullis(R) 20 Ross Tolleson(R) 54 Charlie Bethel(R) 21 Chip Rogers(R) 55 Gloria Butler(D) 22 Hardie Davis(D) 56 John Albers(R) 23 Jessie Stone(R) Akhtar Sadiq(D) Robert Ingham(D) 24 William Jackson(R) 25 Burt Jones(R) Darrell Black(D) 26 Bobby Gale(R) David E. Lucas(D)

27 Jack Murphy(R) 28 Mike Crane(R) 29 Josh McKoon(R) 30 Bill Hamrick(R)

31 Bill Heath(R)

18 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 19 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 20 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 21 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 22 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 23 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News District 1 7:37 PM 9/8/2012

Let me start my saying I am the new secratary of ABATE Dist.1 so bear with me. I have been with this wonderful family for around 24 years and wha a ride it has been and will always be. Our meeting was called to order by our Sgt. of Arms Whiskers". As always, with our hand over our heart Dennis led us in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. We sadly had many prayer request this month and Dennis led us in prayer. We had 22 folks there sending prayers and healing blessings to our loved ones. We would love to encourage more of our members and non members to join us in these meetings and find out more about what's going on in this organization and why we are still fighting for our rights to continue to have our motorcycles on the road. It is all up to us. Heidi started our meeting by asking for an update from our other officers. Jennifer read the minutes from last months meeting, Dennis says Dist. 1 still has money as usual, Jeff Gates announced we have approximately 9o members and 1 new member, Roger Gentry. Traci Malone also renewed her membership. I wonder where they are all at. Heidi announced our nominees for the new officers this year. Our officers for this year are: Heidi Stockwell-Dist. Coordinator. Tami Culver- Interim Legislative Director Dennis Warren- Tresurer "Whiskers"- Sgt. of Arms " Scott Davis and Andy Etheridge- Assist. Sgt. of Arms Jeff Gates- Membership Director Donna Smith- Seceratary Activities Director- Dist.1 Activities Commitee Jr. Activities Director- Jessie Stockwell Thanks to all for stepping up. We discussed The State Officers and what's happening there and heard different opinions from people. We are all gonna have to work as a team and try to stay on track with the problems at hand as motorcyclist. The following members received pins, Kenton- 15 yrs., Jackie-12 yrs., Big Al- 14 yrs., Ellen- 27yrs., Rick- 28yrs. Congrats to all of you. We disscussed the Ride for E.J., A 4 year old cancer patient who has touched so many. We actually had it today along with 43 bikes and lots and lots of folks stopping in to help. I Think it seemed to be a success. Also our 24th John Crum Memorial is coming up on the 6th of Oct. Would love to have a great turnout. This ride is one we hold dear to our hearts. John started Dist.1 28 years ago and his death was sudden, but he lives on in our hearts and in our ride each year. Our 25th Annual Poker Run will be April 13th. Time and Place to be announced. The State Swap Meet will be held on April 6th and 7th. Dennis reported that The Ga. Dept. of Transportation would be putting up signs at the dangerous intersections. If you have knowledge of any intersection like this go on the ABABTE website and post your suggestions and it will be looked into by The Ga. Dept of Transportation. Brian Black asked that we remind everyone of our meeting place. It is at 7:30pm at Logans Roadhouse on Walnut Ave. in Dalton, Ga.We also discussed needing help setting up for the John Crum on the Thurs. before.Tents, ect....Al and Pat layed out a nice ride for us after our Memorial Service at the cemetary. Tony Culver won the 50-50 and the Membership drawing and donated both back and hopefully got him alottery ticket on the way home. Meeting was ajourned by Heidi at 9:00pm. Sorry if this newletter was a little long, but I'm just a little bit excited.

24 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News District 1 West

Meeting held August 27 th at Dari-Dip in Lafayette, Ga, 6:30 P.M. All reports read and seconded. Four officers present, plus 4 members and two JR. members plus one guest. Went over BOD Meeting. Talked about last rides and two future rides. `Looking forward to Swap Meet in April,'13. Plan on having some stay the weekend and volunteer their help. Took nominations for next years officers: Coordinator; Frank Chaney Co coordinator; Gene Bell Treasurer; Cathy Bell Secretary; Membership Director; Linda Chaney Activi- ties Director; Frank Chaney Sgt. At Arms; David Byers Asst. Sgt. At Arms; Wendell Hamilton Web Master; Gene Bell JR. Abate Director; Charlotte Hamilton John Conyers declined the Act. Dir. Position as he has many irons in the fire at work and with the local HOG Group. Liesa Lynn is thinking about taking the Secretary position, will let us know by next meeting. Our member participation has fallen off because of job hours being changed and the economy in general. I'll sure be glad if things ever get back to normal. This is my own personal observation of the last BOD Meeting. I believe that if Ned is given the time and cooperation from ALL members of our organization, he will do a fine job. We are always talking about getting the younger riders into ABATE, but when one comes in and is willing to do a job we bitch about it. I, for one, have never liked change and at times it has cost me dearly. Lets get away from the stereotype of “OLD FAT, BEER DRINKING WHITE GUYS” and let the younger guys and gals do the jobs they want to do. I believe we learned a valuable lesson from the last group of officers, in more ways than one. Until next time, enjoy your family, your life and your hobbies. Sgt. Baldy, aka, Frank Chaney temporary fill in for Secretary

District 2 Bill Mattison, D2 Secretary reporting. Important Notice: Join us for our next meeting Sunday, October 7th, 2012 That Meeting will be held at the El Jinete in Clarkesville at 2:00PM...Plan on riding with us to Edy Bob's, next door to Chattahoo- chee Biker Gear in Helen GA after the meeting.

At 2:11 PM Brother John led us all in the Pledge of Allegiance and a Prayer. We then asked for a motion to waive the reading of the previous meeting’s minutes and received it and a second to the motion. Anthony Love the DC of D2 announced that we will be hold- ing elections for the D2 Officers this meeting. He then gave us a Treasury Report including $54 in donations from destination Helen that we will be applying to our Intersection Kit Fund. Anthony also gave us a membership report. He talked to 300 people at Destination Helen and we got one new member. He also said he heard a lot of questions like: What about the helmet law? That’s what abate is for... His answer was that “we” (abate) are you! And we need your help!

He then gave us an activities report including Rooster's Cycle benefit ride for Frank Slott, a disabled Vietnam vet on September 15, 2012. He also told us in order to set ABATE's agenda for the 2013 legislative sessions that we need to fill out the form in the newsletter or online at www.abatega.org/legislativesurvey New business: D2 November toy run on the 3rd! We'll meet Lorena's at 10:00AM KSU at 11:00am. We'll ride to the Clarkesville El Jinete Mexican restaurant and then to Chattahoochee Biker Gear in Helen. Bring an unwrapped toy and join us! Anthony is also going to send the specifics of the run to local newspapers for more exposure. Check www.abatega2.org for updates and D2 news. We then had three new members introduce themselves including the owner of a new biker magazine for our area “Born to Ride” magazine debuting October 1st. Our Northern Regional Director, David Norman then spoke and re-introduced himself to the attendees...He also thanked and con- gratulated Anthony for his years of service as District 2's District Coordinator. David then introduced our special guest Ned Williams our State Director. Ned then gave us an overview of the ABATE of GA Supporter Program and stressed on how important it was to get our sponsors to also become supporters of ABATE. Ned also talked about ABATE getting back to our main agenda “We are a legislative Organization”... He also told us of the massive section in the September newsletter that he and James Trucks put together to help us to identify our current and new State Represen- tatives. He also stressed the importance of filling out the Legislative survey. He then spoke of HB 161 and that Ann Purcell was retiring so that we need to find a new sponsor. He also gave us a Look Twice Save a Life Inc. update. Ned reminded us that longtime friend of ABATE Jim Eenhuis died in January 2011 and the Newton Co. DA charged the driver with 2nd degree homicide by Motor Vehicle. He and Richard Malcolm started a discussion from this issue which is addressed on the 2nd question on the ABATE legislative survey: Driver Penalties. David then had an open floor question session including membership issue resolution.

25 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News At 3:07 Anthony called for a 15 minute break after passing out our election ballots. At 3:25 Anthony called the meeting back to order We then had a drawing for Door prizes. David then spoke briefly about Steve Murrin, ABATE of GA’s attorney. The 50/50 was won by Jim who donated it back, Thanks Jim! Anthony then read the Vote count Anthony returns as D.C Activities: Nathan Purdy Treasurer: Crystal Shultz Legislative Director: Richard Malcolm Brother John Harris returns as our wonderful Chaplain Membership Director: David Norman Paul Jones says he will assist David. Sgt. at Arms: Ricky Wall Secretary: Position Open Anthony then spoke on how we're all membership directors, the February new officer training And the newly rescheduled ABATE swap meet in Griffin GA. Open forum: Nathan re-introduced himself as Activities Director after missing several meeting due to personal issues. At 3:57 a motion to close the meeting was asked for and 2nd was given.

District 3 Date: September 9, 2012 Location: The Watering Hole Villa Rica, GA Our meetings are held the 1st Sunday of every month at 2:00pm at the Watering Hole 123 Tri County Plaza Villa Rica, GA 30180. Meeting Minutes This months meeting was held outdoors on the patio Dave called the meeting to order at 2:25pm with 5 Officers and 1 member present Dave led the pledge and Dustin led us in prayer Cindy asked that the reading of the minutes from the last meeting be waived and they were, and then gave the Treasurers report. Dave recapped the BOD meeting and pointed out that Ned and Ann’s appointments were both approved by the BOD. Nancy James of District 8 made a motion for a bylaw change to allow for a special election and will be writing that change. Also the swap meet was postponed until the spring Jennetta talked about various rides and car shows that the ALR are putting on in our area Dustin told us about the upcoming Night Hawk Rally and Dirt Drags in Kingston Ga, Oct 19, 20, and 21 and said that Night Hawk wants ABATE out there so we should all make the effort to go Linda talked about the trial of the man that killed David England two years ago, stating that he made a plea deal and got 3 months house arrest, 1 year probation and $1,000 fine. Lost his license because he claimed medical reasons for not being able to do jail time. Linda also let us know about a community forum being held I Oct at post 145 with the 6 candidates vying for Hamricks open Senate seat Our elections went as follows DC Dave Woodruffe, Treasurer Cindy Woodruffe, Activities Director Tom Banks, Membership Director Dustin Woodruffe, Asst Membership Director Jennetta Allen, Legislative Director Linda Allen, Sgt. at Arms Dustin Woodruffe Dave suggested giving District 3 new life perhaps by alternating meeting places as District 2 does so we will give it a try. Tom’s place in Cartersville would love to host our meeting and give us an after party. So next months meeting will be at Toms Place in Cartersville Sat Oct 6 at 7:00pm The motion was then made, seconded and passed to adjourn the meeting at 4:30pm.

District 4 East 9/5/12 The September meeting took place on Wednesday, 9/5/12 at Confetti’s in Norcross GA. 7pm - Pledge of Allegiance followed by a Prayer 10 Attendees

Treasury report – We have some money in the bank and insurance payments are up to date thru September 2012.

26 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News Membership report – We discussed the viability of issuing membership cards thru the district until issues with the state membership are resolved. Cards would be issued locally and signed by both the membership director and district coordinator. The membership dues would be deposited in the state account. We feel that this would help to expedite processing the membership. Looks like there are people joining but not receiving pins, patches and newsletters. We also discussed issuing a renewal notification for members that are 30, 60 90 days away from expiration. We currently have 64 members in District 4 East.

Legislative report – Page 10 of the September newsletter lists the representatives. Determine which ones support your area and be prepared to talk with them. State elections are 2 months out and we need to begin to get active. Go online and fill out the legislative survey and tell our legislative director where you feel ABATE’s efforts should be spent.

Business proposition – Wayne was considering purchasing riding glasses with the ABATE logo for sale during ABATE functions. This was a considerable financial outlay and after discussing it was decided not to pursue this.

ABATE Swap Meet – This event has been tabled until late April. Committees are being formed and Ricky Jordan will be reaching out to the DC’s and committee members with additional information. Stay tuned.

Killer Creek Harley – Sunday 9/23/12 is the 13 th anniversary party for Killer Creek Harley Davison. Killer Creek usually puts on a good party and ABATE District 4 East will be hosting a table to provide information and accepting new members. If you’re around stop by and say hello. The party will run 12 5pm with a bikini contest that’ll sure to be a big draw.

Sponsors/Supporters program – This program is designed to attract business that support ABATE of GA. This will be done through door stackers, Desk top easel’s with ABATE brochures. As members of ABATE we need to be selling these to motorcycle related businesses with your district’s territory. More information on this program can be found in the September newsletter.

Meeting was adjourned at 9:00pm. Next ABATE District 4 East meeting scheduled for Wednesday 10/3/12 at Confetti’s in Norcross GA. Come out and find out what’s happening in ABATE District 4 East.

District 4West 9 September 2012, The Timbers, Concord Road, Smyrna GA Meeting opened in the usual manner. 8 members and 1 guest shared the meeting. We do have a little bit of money in the treasury, so we will re-start the 50/50 drawings with the crowd upstairs. We discussed moving the meetings upstairs, but the Falcons games are on the TVs there, and noise becomes a problem ( Not unlike the reason we left Reid’s).

September Newsletter contains many pages with the state’s rendition of the new districts, both Federal and State. We EACH of us should look at the maps CAREFULLy, to discern who our elected officials might be. And then contact them, and more especially, their boss – either the Speaker of the House of Representatives, or the President Pro-Tem of the Senate. Contact them about the things that concern us; The bill that was known as HB 161 ( Proceed on Red) died last session before it was brought to the floor of the House because 4 members of the House were not asked, face to face, to bring it up. This upcoming session, if we go to the big leaders of the houses, and request of the bosses that they put our bills out to the floor, we may have a chance to get somewhere. Cheef suggested we all sit at the machines ( either typewriters or keyboards) and contact our national elected officials about the E-15 problem that is about to hit all of us very hard. Unless we, as the biking community come together to help the AMA and the MRF fight it. That stuff is not good for our air-cooled machines, nor any other machine that must sit and idle for any length of time. It burns too hot. We also must fight the proposed 4-gallon fuel rule that is trying to be implemented. Again, the MRF and the AMA are leading the fight, but for each of us to contact our elected representatives to request they help defeat both proposals will help insure that we are heard. And help insure that two something s that are actually counter-productive to our best interests are not forced on us. ( How much fuel does your chain saw hold in one filling? Or your lawn mower? Or leaf blower. You get the idea. That 4-gal rule would affect all of those things. ) Cheef also believes that the electoral college is no longer needed by the populace of this country. It was designed to allow for white, educated land owners to vote, (as women were not considered to have enough brains to understand the process, or the reasons. Never mind the slaves; in many places, they were not even given human status). And, since we have a (mostly) literate population, the top officials of the country should be elected by all the people of the country. The new supporter stickers have arrived, and do look good. If you know an establishment that is motorcycle friendly, and think they might be approachable, call someone from either the district or from the state office to pass on the info, and the establishment could be approached. The selling point to them is that for 25 dollars a year, they will be listed not only in the print newsletter, but also on the web site. And we ask for a minimum of 16 square inches on a door for the sticker. (continued on pg 37)

27 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News DISTRICT 5 NORTH

Hey Folks, Our meeting was opened with the Pledge and a Prayer. The Minutes were waived,and the treasurer's report given,and the officers reports also.we had discussions on a couple of Leg.issues and moved on to the swap meet being canceled.We will find out later when it's rescheduled date will be.We then talked abuot rides we'd like to do,Harry would like to do a Iron Butt Ride. Robert asked about ding a U.S.Rider News Ride.He is also going to ride to Sturgis next year and would like to know if anyone would like to get togather to ride up with him.If so E-Mail him at: [email protected] events : Oct 6 - Mountain ride ( Free Ride)-over Blood Mnt.to Pappy's rest. for lunch ( we'll have a free dice roll on the way up for a free lunch)K.S.U. 9am Come back Wolf Pen Gap to Suches then Way of Woody Gap to Return. Oct.16 -is our District Meeting 7pm in the Customer Lounge at Cycle World. for info.call Joe- 770-921-5238 or Cam -706-206- 2903 Oct 27 - there is a Swap Meet at Cycle World -We will have a Membership Booth set up at this event. For info.including venders call Shelly at 706-548-3300 Nov.10-is a Dice Run - Allen Kennedy has set up the route for this ride.. Reg 8am ...K.S.U.10am From Cycle World $5 a hand no limit Nov.20-District Meeting at 7PM -Cycle World

Till next month.....Keep Your Knees In The Breeze ...Cam REMEMBER THE ELECTIONS... THE ONES YOU ELECT NEED TO HAVE EVERYONE'S BEST AT HEART .....CHOOSE WISELY.....

District 6 I would like to start by apologizing for not having anything in the news letter’s for a while. I have a very demanding job and it has even become more demanding so I will be resigning my position that I have had for 5 years. Abate has had several challenging situations over the period of time that I have been an officer. I have been with several different District Directors and State Direc- tors. Things have really changed. I think what I am saying is that Abate is a great organizations and we need to continue to do what we are suppose too without all of the problems that we are having and remember what we stand for. New officers for 2012-2013 District Director: Don Whitlow District Treasurer: Frank Hap good District Membership: Tanya Neal District Sgt. at Arms: David Neal Activates Director: Paul Kerr Legislative Director: Lisa Bruce Secretary: Kim Riley Asst. Secretary: Pam Love Old Business: November event moved till next year. Several State offices open. Biketoberfest on Panama City Oct 17-22 please Contact David Neal for rooms. District 6 shirts on hold waiting on the vendor New Business: New officers Safety Kits are here need 6 people to volunteer to deliver them to sheriffs depts. 1) Lamar County- Frank , 2) Butts County- Dale, 3) Pike County- Jimmy, 4) Spalding County- WW Club, 5) Upson County- David Neal, Henry County- Lisa

District Coordinator Report: Discussion on the “state” of Abate and what we need to do to correct our image to encourage more new members and others from the community. When need to invite all motorcycle types to our community and involve ourselves in more community events. He said that just because we are a motorcycle community that we need to work with other organizations of other types to promote our responsibility as riders. His example was that like the WW Club they work with other organizations to help people understand we are not “a bad group “ and just because we have tatoo’s and chains , we are everyday people and have jobs and work hard like everyone else does. Bikers have a repetition as we all know and this is not what we are about we are a group to have fun and promote education for our communities for bikers.

28 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News Treasurer Report: Frank gave the bank balance report and noted that we paid the state what we needed too. Legislative Report: Lisa encouraged everyone to vote and learn who your congressmen are to be able to send letters and concerns too. She also passed out the survey and encouraged everyone to send it in to the state. Membership Report: Chris said we had 3 renewals tonight and our total is around 100 members on the database. People are still having problems receiving their cards and Chris explained that the person who is handling this has been very tied up with her husband medical problems. He said please get with him and he would see what he could do.

Activites: The new event for April 6/7 we need the committees to start planning in advance to make this event a great success. WW Party Sept. 22 gates open at 5pm No scheduled rides at this time please check your newsletter and support other districts

Open forum: Bo wanted to thank everyone for the donations of bra’s for the Breast Ca. Ride Southside Riders tab ride on Sept 22 8am David with the WW Club’s is getting better every day.

Thank everyone for your support to our district and have a great day.

DISTRICT 7 September 2, 2012

14 Members 5 Guests

Delmar Singleton called the meeting to order @ 2:25 PM. Jackie DeFore, Chaplain, opened the meeting with prayer. Pledge of allegiance said by all.

Delmar let everyone know that John Brewer who was involved in a motorcycle accident while he was in Sturgis has been moved to the Regency Hospital in Macon (Long-Term Acute Care Hospital). Delmar said John would like to have visitors.

Judy DeFore let everyone know that it was announced at the Board of Director’s meeting in August that the Abate credit card debt had been paid in full! Also let everyone know that the Abate Swap Meet that had been scheduled for November 3 & 4 had been postponed until next year. The new date for the Swap Meet is April 6 & 7 at the Kiwanis Fairground in Griffin, GA. If you have this weekend free, please volunteer to help work at this event.

It was announced that the Jay’s Hope ride that was held the day before (September 1) raised over $8,000 for children with cancer. Many ABATE members came out & supported this event – THANKS!

Delmar asked members to be thinking about donations for our Christmas ride in November. Reminded them it will be here in just a couple of months and they need to start asking local businesses for gift cards and donations. The ABATE Love Run is scheduled for the Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 24. David & Mary Carmichael volunteered to contact Jr.’s Junction in Byron to see if we could meet at their location for registration for the Love Run. Janet Jester is going to contact the Jay’s Hope foundation regarding the children with cancer being the recipients for the Love Run. More details to be announced!

Dixie Bike Fest in Elko, GA is in a few weeks, September 13-16. Take I-75 to Exit #127, turn east towards Hawkinsville, travel GA Hwy. 26 for 5.8 miles, Dixie Bike Fest on right. NO ONE UNDER 21 ADMITTED. $30 admission for weekend or $20 per day. Bands, biker games, vendors. Steve Wiley & Howard always work hard to make this a fun time for all! www.dixiebikefest.net

Meeting adjourned. ABATE District 7 will meet again on Sunday, October 7.

29 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News District 8

I’m going to start this month with an apology for not submitting any D-8 news to the newsletter last month. I missed the deadline of August 10th. I did however find the time to attend the quarterly BOD meeting in Macon on the 11 th of August. It was a rather lengthy meeting with 17 districts / chapters participating. I’ll be brief – the Nov. swap meet has been postponed until early 2013, a vote was taken and Ned Williams is now the new State Director, a By-Law change was requested and is being worked on, and the membership problems are still a problem!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The D-8 October Regular Monthly Meeting has been MOVED to Rheinharts Oyster Bar, 3051 Washington Rd., Augusta, GA 30907. The meeting date is still the last Sunday of the month, October 28th . The meeting time has been changed to 3:30 p.m. The meeting will be immediately followed by the last D-8 Poker Run of the year, the Ghosts, Ghouls, & Goblins Poker Run. First Bike Out 4:30 p.m., Last Bike Out 5:30 p.m. See flyer in this newsletter. If you haven’t ever done a “cemetery” ride, y’all need to join us. This is a heart-stopper!!

OLD BUSINESS: The August 5 th D-8 Beat the Heat Poker Run to the Lake was a success considering the weather (rained buckets in the morning)! 31 brave folks made their way out to the Lake and those that stayed all day were treated to a gorgeous afternoon. We took in three new members – WELCOME to Mark Custer, David Perry, and Wes Townsend. We actually stole Wes from D- 5North and he’s jumped in with both feet! Thanks to all. Twenty people played poker and we also sold a few t-shirts and coozies and were able to send a small check to the state. The winners of the poker run were: 1 st place of $75.00 went to Wes Townsend who drew a straight, 2 nd place of $40.00 went to Nancy James who drew 2 pairs, and 3 rd place of $25.00 went to Wes Townsend who also drew 2 pairs. FYI – 3 rd place was added to “spread the wealth” – who knew? $55.00 was won by Diann Marum in the 50/50 drawing and all had a good time with the beach games. The Raw Egg Toss was won by Wendy & David Spaight, the Water Balloon Toss was won by Mary & Roger Gordon, and the Pickle Spitting Contest was won by Roger Gordon. Roger set a new D-8 record at 17 1/2 feet and Dave Pierson receives Honorable Mention for his distance of 15 feet. Congratulations to all the winners and THANK YOU to all who participated and helped out!!

The August Regular monthly meeting was not well attended. Was this because it was advertised as the 2012-2013 Term Nomina- tions Meeting? Nominations went forward and the Nominees are as follows: District Coordinator – Nancy James Treasurer – Charles “Chaz” Marum Secretary – C. Diann Marum Membership Director – David “Big Dave” Pierson Activities Director – R. Jan Yu Sgt At Arms – Chad “Chap” Robertson Since none of these seats are being competed for, you may as well congratulate all of the above Nominees when you see them.

As of the D-8 August meeting, the membership problem has still not been completely resolved. At least 8 of the missing memberships have been taken care of. Twenty have not. Dave Pierson, D-8 Membership Director will be working diligently on this. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for the patience.

Reminder: NOVEMBER 6 th is Election Day – do you “really” know who you’re voting for? Is your candidate of choice motorcycle friendly? There’s still time to find out. The ABATE State office has gone to a lot of work to identify the reps and who’s running in your area. Utilize this list, please and come to the October meeting!!

On a personal note, I’d like to thank D-5North for the fun time we had on their recent Poker Run. Nice group of folks, glad we were able to participate. Thanks to Allen for the great route we followed and to Cam for the awesome “road work”. Look forward to more.

Reminder to the D-8 officers – we have a BOD Quarterly meeting in early November (which will most likely be held in Macon) and I expect y’all to be there – let’s ride!!

‘til next time, be free, be safe, do your part. Support ABATE and your District. Nancy James DC-D8

30 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News DISTRICT 8 (continued)

Minutes for August 20, 2012 Officers Meeting Mi Rancho on Washington Rd.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER at 5:45pm by Nancy James, 5 officers present and 1 member. for a total of 6 attendees. See attached.

ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES – None available at this time.

DC report – Nancy James – Went to the BOD meeting in Macon. There was a lot of discussion on information that came from that meeting. Some concerns about membership problems. We got a new membership list and there are still a lot missing from the sheet. Dave Pierson will need to send state a problem resolution form for each new member not showing up on the records. The Swap meet has been postponed. Seems there was not enough advertisements and vendors to draw people in. This month is nomination time for 2012-2013 Officers. Think about any issues you may have about Georgia laws you would like to be addressed at the State level from our district. We can discuss them at our next regular meeting.

TREASURER – given by Chaz Marum –

We have $ 305.37 in petty cash and $ 595.34 in checking account. Total of $900.71

SECRETARY – given by Diann Marum – In her absence of the July 16 th meeting, she ask if anyone took minutes and it seems they weren’t available.

MEMBERSHIP – reported by Nancy James - There is still a harsh number of memberships still missing from the membership list. Nancy James ask Dave Pierson to make a copy of all missing applications of each member. We voted in favor of Dave Pierson spending the money for a calling post for D-8. Chap Robertson arrived at the time of the calling post discussion. Current membership: 40 shows on the list but should be more.

ACTIVITIES report – given by Jan Yu – We had a fair time and turnout at the “Beat the Heat” poker run. The weather seems to have been a factor. 10-28 is our Ghosts, Ghouls, and Goblins poker run. Nancy James will get the route and details together. There is an issue with the Sno Cap event, ABATE D-8 needs to write S.C. ABATE a check for $45. ABATE D-8 and Dixie Thunder co- sponsored this event.

LEGISLATIVE/MRF report – No report

SGT at ARMS – No report

NEW BUSINESS: Chaz Marum and Nancy James will meet at the Daniel Village First Bank to get the new signature Card set up and to order new checks.

Next Regular meeting : August 26, 2012 at 2:00pm at Roadrunner Café on Peach Orchard Rd. Next Officers’ meeting : Sept. 17, 2012 at 7:00pm at Mi Rancho’s on Washington Rd.

Adjourned 7:45pm

31 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News District 9 Meeting Minutes September 4, 2012

District Officers in Attendance: D9 Coordinator- Ronald Foxworth, Treasurer – Cindy Foxworth, Membership Director- Wayne Hubbard, Activities Director- Cyndi Griffith, Secretary – Sherry Hubbard, CMA-D9 rep- Larry Eggie, Webmaster – Beverly Hopper, Sgt in Arms- Mike Griffith.

District 9 meets the 1 st Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM, At Players on 1500 54 th street Columbus Ga.

September’s attendance 29 members and 6visitors

Meeting started at 7:35, Shane Allen opened in prayer and led us in the pledge. D9C-Ronald made a motion to dispense of reading of minutes, Benny 2 nd and the floor voted to accept the motion. Welcomed all guess. Called upon officers of D9 for reports Treasurer- provided financial statement – reminded us D9 t-shirts- selling for cost. Membership Director – Welcomed new members and those that renewed their membership. D9 presently has 56 members, and for those that have problems with membership cards, newsletters, change of address etc.,complete the membership problem resolution form. Legislative Director-Felon represented d9 at the last Board of Directors State meeting and updated us on the following: Swap meet Abate of Georgia has been rescheduled till March, Motion was made to vote on the affirmation of the acting State director and state secretary, and bothwere affirmed. Ned Williamsas State Directorand Ann turner as Secretary. Nancy and Steve Murrin will write a new bylaw to allow for a special election for all state officers. Felon also reminded us Steve Murrin is Abates Attorney and will be glad to answer questions any Abate member need help with. Next Board of directors Meeting is November 3 rd at AP’s hidden hideaway 4274 Broadway Macon ga 31306 from 11:00 am – 3PM.

Ronald discussed Chapter Officers guidelines for 2013 officers. Any D9 member with a current membershipis eligible to be or make a nomination for Office. All nominees will be review and a list of current membership will be present at October’s meetings. Elec- tions will be held at October’s meeting. All D9 officers’ positions are open for nomination.

Current activates were announced for the month of sept, look for D9 Activities Director Cyndi Griffith email with a current list of activities. You can also view D9’s website that Beverly Hopper is doing an excellent job keeping us up to date on current information. http://www.gaabate9.org/

Door prizes- Pine mountain RV Resort- www.rvcoutdoors.com – gave away a Yurt, Cathy & Steve Hodge (painted rock hog members) provided gifts cards from eateries, Players –billiardgames, free buffets coupon and free drink coupon, Cindy foxworth – picnic style blanket. Thank you to all that support D9!

Adjourned 8:35.

District 9-2 August 2012 Meeting Minutes The meeting began at 7:00 p.m. at Los Nopales in LaGrange. The officer reports followed the invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Sue Duggan read the minutes and they were approved as read. Michelle Leady stated we have 46 current members. She stated four members are about to expire and three renewed this evening. Bridget Platt reported we have $396 in our account. Al Harper explained about Obama’s executive orders and told all of us to check it out on You Tube. A discussion followed regarding E15 fuel and how this type of fuel would present a problem for motorcyclists. We actually need to get away from self-blending pumps. The pump you are using already contains some of the gas from the person who pumped before you. Therefore, you may be pumping a lower octane gasoline into your tank than what you are currently paying for. Al also stated the E10 fuel is being phased out. Be careful where you get your fuel and you might want to think about a fuel additive such as SeaFoam (see http:// www.seafoamsales.com/motor-treatment.html for more information). Susan Hightower had just returned from a surgery leave of absence. We’re glad she’s back. Jimmy was absent this evening. He’s having surgery on his rotator cuff soon, so best wishes for a speedy recovery.

32 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News

Old business included information on our part of the Ronald McDonald Tab Run Ride on September 22 nd at Pyne Road Park. There will not be a band playing, but there will be a Radio Station doing a live remote. Vendors are to set up anytime between 8:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. The bikes should be arriving around 11:00 to 12:00 and the entire event should be over by 3:00 p.m. Sue stated Steve Murrin will be there, as well as Libby Willingham from the Mallory Agency. Derrick stated Allstate would be represented as well. The Department of Driver’s Services (DDS) will be setting up the mobile testing unit if there is room available and a booth. Dan will give Derrick contact info for Southside Riders so the communication can continue. There will be paramedics attending and performing a short presentation. Steve will be speaking as well. We need food vendors and the Iron Cross may be grill- ing hamburgers. Derrick will check on that issue. Sue and John Weiher will coordinate the Safety Program. West Georgia Tech may be bringing the Share the Road tractor trailer truck. Bridget will bring water and sodas and asked us to bring coolers. Al stated he would donate ice. Please bring the coolers to our September 17 th meeting. Al volunteered to get the restrooms open at the park and someone stated we need Portable Potties as well. Derrick reported on the Board of Director’s meeting in Macon. Elections were held and Ned Williams became our State Director with a 9 to 8 vote. Ann became our State Secretary with an 11 to 6 vote. We still do not have a state activities director and that was not addressed at this meeting. New business included nominations for new officers. Derrick stated we have positions open for Membership Director, Treasurer, Secretary, and District Coordinator (DC). The job requirements are located on the abatega.org website. Scroll down the right hand side. Go to Officers Handbook resources. Find your job description and read it. It’s always a good idea to know what you are responsible for. Future Rides include: August 25 th – Chris Adams Benefit at Vics Sports Bar and Grill, Exit 70, in Cusseta, Alabama. Band starts at 3:00 p.m. KSU at 11:00 a.m. $20 per bike and $5 per passenger September 7-8 – Bikes on Broadway – Downtown Columbus October 7 – Bikes and Badges is now Bikes, Cars, and Stars – Harris County Comm. Center on Hwy 116. Registration is at 9 a.m. and KSU 10:00 a.m. This ride ends in Pineland in LaGrange. $20 fee for a dice roll. Michelle won the 50/50 and there were 23 members and 8 guests in attendance. The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m. Our next meeting is September 17 th . This will be our election night, so make plans to attend and cast your vote!

District 11

Sunday, September 9, 2012 @ Red Leg Saloon & Grill (2805 Argyle Rd, Bloomingdale, GA)

*Our Sgt-at-Arms, Reaper, was not in attendance. He and a deer had a difference of opinion over right-of-way and I guess the native won the argument because Reaper broke his leg and ended up with some delightful souvenir pins in it. In his absence, his Assistant, Bobby, called the meeting to Order at 3:10pm.

*Our photographer, Coach, led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

*Under normal circumstances, our Chaplain, Eddie Sasser would lead us in prayer. Unfortunately he ALSO went down a couple of weeks ago and broke his leg in two places so he wasn't at the meeting either! Jill Ward of the Bomber Girls had been in touch with our previous Chaplain and friend, Virgil, who had moved to Ohio in June, and he had emailed her a special prayer for our District for this meeting and she read it aloud.

OFFICERS REPORTS

*First up, Activities Director, St. Louis. He expressed a big, BIG thank you to the CMA and the Wingmen for all their help in the clean up at the Shady Oaks Campground where Big Roy's is being held. (We had been asked to keep our reports short in the interest of elections but I can elaborate here! The Wingmen had shown up a week EARLY as they had a conflicting event out of town and they REALLY set the bar for the rest of us! It helped too that the owner of the property, anticipating a wedding reception in his campground, had begun to attack his overgrown field/forest a little at a time weeks before, making everyone's job easier. CMA came in with the CUTEST little tractor/bucket combo I ever saw. They'd lift someone up to chainsaw some branches and afterward use the bucket to haul the bundles to the burn pile! What team work! Everybody double checked the plumbing and electrical for RV hook-ups. The place looks great!) Motion made to accept - 2nded - none opposed - accepted.

*Next, out Treasurer, Darlene, made a simple report. Our checking account was barely over the allowable amount but we had per- mission for our VERY SLIGHT overage because of our 3-day event being so soon and the need for expenses being imminent. Mo- tion made to accept - 2nded - none opposed - accepted.

33 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News *Betsy, our Membership Director, told us all that she received news thru email last week that could answer questions OUR membership had been blasting her with. We have told everyone at our meetings that when we accept your information and your money for membership or renewal, we send it DIRECTLY to State. Once it gets there, it's out of our hands. What Betsy learned last week is that at the end of June, the State Membership Director's husband became seriously ill and that affected her ability to do HER job with ABATE, and that's why there have been problems with processing and getting cards. It should begin to straighten out now. The last list Betsy pulled from STATE'S membership roster had us at 108 members. At today's meeting she took in FIVE renewals and ONE new membership !!! She tells us there have been FOUR State Membership Directors This term. During her time in office, Betsy learned to keep records for herself - and a good thing too - there are no delays of information and she's sure it's up to date !! ** As a segway to the membership issue, St. Louis told us there had been some re-districting and LONG COUNTY, previously of District 15, is now part of District 11. WELCOME LONG COUNTY !!! Now you're OFFICIALLY part of the family !! Motion was made to accept - 2nded - none opposed - accepted.

*Junkyard broke the bad news to the membership that due to "unforeseen circumstances" there were no minutes from last month's meeting to be read. (insert sad face here) [Would any of you believe that a thief broke into my house and stole ONLY my materials from last month's meeting and NOTHING ELSE? ...NO?! ... well, then....how about this then ... it was a dark and stormy night (we've had a few of those so that part is believable!) and I was jerked awake by the sound of wind RIPPING thru the house like the Wizard of Oz and the first thing that I thought of was, "Oh, no! My minutes from August's meeting! Where are they?!"....wait! wait! WAIT! You don't buy this scenario EITHER ?!?! ...tough crowd ... How about I'm so busy I don't whether I'm coming or going and my house is in a shambles till after October 1st when the new ABATE Secretary takes over and in all the confusion of my life I sim- ply MISLAID all of my ABATE stuff from August - notebook, clipboard, EVERYTHING! I searched for over an hour. Ya'll were lucky I didn't show up wearing a shoe on my ear and my underwear on my head !!] A motion was made to table the reading of the minutes from August until the October meeting - 2nded - none opposed - accepted. (Now I REALLY have to find that stuff !!)

*Assistant Sgt-at-Arms, Bobby had nothing to add about Reaper. Motion was made to accept - 2nded - none opposed - accepted.\

*Rex, our Webmaster, had a brief message for us ... "It's all good!" (Thanks, Rex!) Motion made to accept - 2nded - none opposed - accepted.*Our Jr. ABATE Liaison,Trish, was not in attendance.

OLD BUSINESS

*** In last month's meeting we nominations for new officers. Taxes, religion and politics can breed a hotbed of emotions and District 11 proved to be no exception. There were heated conversations and angry words. For our reader's sakes, I'll have to clean this up a bit, but our D.C. was basically accused of having said "Screw Veterans". SO HOLD EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE!! DON'T GET YOUR PANTIES IN A TWIST OR YOUR BVD'S UP YOUR BACK!! Junkyard is a Vet!! Why would he say such a thing?! a) Junkyard had recently had major lung surgery and long speeches were difficult for him. He'd been talking all afternoon already. b) He was responding to a statement about our Sgt-at-Arms less than 100% attendance at meetings and events. Most recently, our Sgt-at-Arms had been assisting his daughter, a military dependent, out of town, and so did not make a meeting. c) Junkyard tried to say that if you can't support the military, the vets AND THEIR FAMILIES, the dependents, then go screw yourselves. That was the MEANING behind what he said (with his limited amount of air at the time) and if it was taken out of context, that was never his in- tent.

** Buzz, of the Savannah Wingmen, and a previous multi-office holder of ABATE, said that when there is a problem - a grievance - an issue - within the District (such as we have been having) take it to an Officer's Meeting. The meeting are open to the public. Try to deal with it there instead of turning it into a circus like the August meeting turned out to be. Go face to face with the people you have issues with - don't use the Internet to fight your battles.

TIME FOR ELECTIONS !!

Did we want to read the job descriptions again? A resounding NO from everyone!! Motion made to accept - 2nded - none opposed - accepted. We went thru every position asking for final nominations, using Robert's Rules for each one and collected two new names: Scott Collins for Sgt-at-Arms (which had been a vacant position), and a challenger for the position of Secretary: Pat Hardin. When we reached the position of District Coordinator, Kathy Green stepped forward and withdrew her name from the running. Valid members were asked to collect their ballots and at the same time the floor was opened for GOOD TO THE ORDER.

34 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News *First up were the owners of a relatively new local motorcycle shop called New South Motorsports who had machined a truly one- of-a-kind tribute to a recently fallen member of the Long County Wingmen, named Two-Step. Shield-shaped and made of diamond plate, it featured Two-Step's motorcycle tag, a memorial photo and a portion of a fender with a working tail light. Really remarkable and very moving.

*E.T. of the Effingham Wingmen invited us all to his upcoming nuptials to one of Red Leg's bartenders on September 23.

*Asst. Sgt-at-Arms, Bobby relayed a message from reaper who thanked everyone for all their help and support at the functions during his term of office. He also wanted to congratulate E.T. on his upcoming wedding. And once again, he was sorry he was not able to make this very important meeting.

*Next was Pat Hardin who promoted a weekend event at the BIG NASTY ATV PARK in Bloomingdale on September 16 where ABATE members get a discount! She also promoted an event for a family in need.

*Then Cindy of the Bomber Girls LRC came forward to remind us of their Silver Screen Scavenger Hunt for their soldiers on Sep- tember 29 that ENDS at Blueberry Hill blending VERY nicely into their Biker Appreciation Day event !

*Super Dave of the Savannah Wingmen came up to tell us that the Toy Run 2012 was about to get under way. Advertising/Memorial spots for the back of the t-shirts were available NOW!! Start selling - start asking business owners, friends, family - anybody - everybody! (Remember ya'll - these shirts are COLLECTIBLES!!) He also reminded the Motorcycle Clubs AGAIN - get your event dates turned in for the ABATE calendar - we can't have events stacked on top of each other all the time! To maximize attendance at EVERYONE'S events, they HAVE to be spread out!!

** Webmaster Rex wants you all to know that when you buy an ABATE calendar ad, you now have the option for your ad to go on our website for JUST $50 more!! The ABATE calendar is black and white but your website ad can be full color and you can have a link to your business website as well. And remember, it's STILL a 365 day a year ad!!

*** To everyone who accepted the nominations for positions of Officers - THANK YOU!! That shows you were ready to make a commitment for ABATE, District 11, and we can't thank you enough for your support and willingness to do so.

There is a line in the ABATE Officers Handbook I want everyone to remember and take to heart - especially Officers - new AND OLD - after all, you took a vow! " ALWAYS represent ABATE of Georgia, Inc. in a POSITIVE manner." If you can't do that ...... well, ...... you don't belong in ABATE !!! If you weren't elected, I'm sorry, but there are plenty of opportunities to show your support for your District ! Volunteer for events. Ask if any Officers need an Assistant ! Carry ABATE material in your vehicle and PROMOTE ABATE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY !!

** The votes had been tallied by members of the CMA under the eagle-eye of the Secretary, yours truly, and we announced the 2012-2013 term officers as follows: Sgt-at-Arms: Scott Collins. Activities Director: NONE. Legislative Director: Rex Williams: Membership Director: Betsy Haddock. Treasurer: Darlene Thornton-Williams. Secretary: Pat Hardin. District Coordinator: Junk- yard (David Jackson).

Congratulations to the New and Returning Officers of ABATE, District 11 !!!

Motion was made to close the meeting - 2nded - none opposed - accepted. Meeting ended at 4:35pm.

35 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News District 15 ABATE Meeting for September Meeting called to order @ 2:15pm. Total of 5 members in attendance. Toucans Ale House. Stephanie handed out the meeting agenda and a copy of the Board of Directors meeting notes. The sign in list was circulated to all present. Sarah Beth, (Bat Witch) V.P. of ABATE First Coast Chapter of Florida was in attendance. Sarah Beth contributed an abundance of helpful information to use. It was such a blessing to have her in attendance today. It is so con- structive to be able to work with other district chapters like this.

Meeting opened with a moment of silence in remembrance for 9-11-01 families and survivors. Motion to approve the minutes of the August meeting was made. 1 st by Jerald, 2 nd by Lucious. A copy of the Au- gust minutes was given to all in attendance to review. Treasurer report by Randy- Reading from the 8-31-12-bank statement we have $279.00 in the account. We have $27.00 in District 15 petty cash. A discussion of the Dist. 15 dice game was made. Discussing $1.00 per roll with a 50/50 split to the person with five of a kind on the dice. If no winner the amount will roll over to the next month meeting. Stephanie to meet with Randy on the conclusion of the meeting to review the procedures for the State treasurer required report. Randy had the last 3 bank statements available for members to examine.

State Monthly Newsletter discussion. State Newsletter was present to discuss. Discussion of D-15 annual Pig-Pickin’ event for 2013. Memorial Day was presented as the day to consider. Stepha- nie asked for other ideas for an event date. Send suggestions to her email ASAP. A discussion to follow at the Oct. meeting. Consider ideas for sponsors for this membership drive. Consider vendor donations for the event. Consider selling sponsorships for a wall calendar to be handed out at the event like ABATE First Coast did. Con- sider the price ranges for the sponsorships. Give the calendars to all attending. Acquire more information from Sarah Beth about the calendar.

The Meeting of the Minds in N.C.- Stephanie will not be able to attend this year. Volunteers were asked to attend.

A discussion of the Ga. State Legislative meeting was made. Stephanie was present with one of the Intersection kits for us to review. Stephanie had a copy of the letters that go along with each kit. School districts are tar- geted for the kits, through the local law enforcement department. A discussion about a previous meeting with Eric in attendance, discussed the possibility of getting the CMA chapters in the 2 adjoining counties to assist handing these out through ABATE members in their chapters. D-15 has 12 kits available to distribute. Stephanie needs volunteers to do this. Maybe each member being responsible for a county in our district was suggested. Write up the press release and use it after the kit is distributed in the county school.

Discussion about the possibility of getting the state to issue vehicle license plates with ABATE on them, as they do other organizations. Maybe the state can collect a small fee from each motorcycle licensed vehicle and distribute that to the State ABATE organization.

Discussion about getting the rubber wristbands in the ABATE store for distribution to the public. Discussion about a State Certified Road Guard program for bikers to be authorized to control intersections on a ride, if public officials are not available to do so. Discussion about the MSF Advanced Training course link that Stephanie has added on the ABATE D-15 Facebook site.

Stephanie has appointed Anne and Jerald as co-administrators for this D-15 site on Facebook.

Discussion about obtaining rack cards and small business cards to hand out, displaying pertinent ABATE information. Contact the State and see if they will be able to assist once we show them the idea in print. Stephanie to handle this.

36 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER District News

New Business-

We need to discuss the officer stability of D-15 for the upcoming elections for 2013 at Oct. meeting.

Discussion with Sarah Beth about the upcoming Dec. 1 Charity ride to involve D-15 and the First Coast chapters. We need to submit our location ideas. Last two stops are in Fl. Jerald was asked to work on a flyer idea for D-15. Sarah Beth is to email a copy of their flyer so I can make one similar to theirs. We need to email suggestions to Stephanie for whom we would like D-15 to donate the funds to. The funds will be divided per chapter. A formula will be created, and agreed upon by both chapters, to promote competition between the 2 districts to make this a large and successful ride. A membership drive will be incorporated with this event. Stephanie asked Jerald to submit a small ad notice of this idea to be presented to State for inclusion in the next State newsletter. Jerald agreed to try to get this completed in time. We can submit the ad to the Full Throttle magazine, as well as other advertising web sites. We will need a support vehicle to follow on this ride to carry our donations and other articles for the event needed. D-15 October meeting was posted as 10-7-12 @2PM @ Toucans Ale House in Brunswick. Date is subject to change once we check our calendars. ABATE First Coast Chapter announced their meeting 9-16-12, @ Wanda’s home @ 1PM.

Motion made to adjourn the meeting. Motion by Lucious, 2 nd by Randy. Meeting adjourned @ 4:10PM.

4 West continued… October 12, 13, 14 is the race at Barber Motorsports Park in Alabama, and one of the largest swap meets remaining. Jon reminded us that he is going to be camping there. Even as a day trip is should be lots of fun. Contact him for more info. (Call Ann for his number, if you don’t have it.) Elections: Jon Lambert agreed to take the DC position, as well as that of acting Activities director. Cheef Smith will remain in his legislative position; Dwayne Winn will still be in charge of the checkbook; Gerald Hanvey will remain as Sgt at Arms; Ann Turner will take up the secretary’s pen. This slated was approved with no opposition. We discussed the three questions that make up the Legislative Survey. The first one, (Proceed on Red ) question reads rather straight-forwardly. The second should have some clarification. The reason for the misdemeanor charge, and not the stronger felony one,may be a good one in some instances. If a person were to be found not-guilty of a felony charge, the victim’s family has no further recourse. The same result from a misdemeanor charge could mean civil action could be pursued. And the perpetrator pun- ished more severely ( one cold hope.) The Motorcycle Only checkpoints is just plain WRONG. And against the Federal Highway’s wishes. Yes, Virginia did rule that using DOT funds were not legal, as did a number of other states. Georgia was the only state to accept federal monies for Motorcycle Only “safety check points” and it will take much concerted effort on our parts to get this reversed. We also discussed the difference between “lane filtering” and “lane splitting”. Filtering is/should be allowed when a biker is await- ing a green light, and is “back in the pack”. He/She should be allowed to proceed to the front of the line of STOPPED vehicles to empower him to proceed thru the intersection first. In much the same way cars may turn right at intersections marked with “Yield” signs and specially marked turn lanes We all agreed that the third of the survey questions did not do a good job explaining itself. And it introduced a wholly different subject (lane filtering) after a discussion of (revenue generating)“safety” checkpoints. And we agreed that the survey was a good idea, but written so as to be confusing to the average ( not law-trained) person. Which may help explain why so few have been sent in. But, read the questions, and either send the survey in, or answer it online. As we are an organization whose purpose is to keep our lawmakers informed of our collective position on matters related to our preferred mode of transportation, we must make sure these same lawmakers are aware of our opinions. We held a 50/50 drawing, with 20.50 going into our treasury. Ride with shiny side up, and the sticky side down. See you on 7 October, at 12:30 at The Timbers, when we will beginning planning for the Christmas Toy Run ( stops at DFACS and the Center for Children and Young Adults ) (( riding as groups of friends)).

37 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 38 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER DISTRICT 15 SAYS….SAVE THE DATE!!!!! December 1st, 2012, District 15, in conjunction with ABATE of Florida, Inc, First Coast Chapter will host a poker run to benefit the Area Council On Aging for the Christmas Holiday. District 15 will have a Ga. route planned, starting at Golden Isles Harley- Davidson, and will meet with First Coast Chapter at Casey's Lounge to complete the run at the Moose Lodge in Yulee. Georgia and Florida Flyer's are available upon request showing the stops. [email protected].

Please do not forget to fill out the newly UPDATED as of this month ABATE of Georgia Member legislative Survey, your opinion matters to us.

The paper survey can be found on page 37

The online version can be found at http://www.abatega.org/legislativesurvey/

39 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER DISTRICT 8 ABATE OF GA. AMERICAN BIKERS ACTIVE TOWARDS EDUCATION (A POLITICAL VOICE FOR ALL MOTORCYCLISTS) DARES YOU TO COME EXPLORE THE CEMETARY’S OF GEORGIA ON OUR 5th ANNUAL GHOSTS, GHOULS, & GOBLINS

POKER RUN this ride is NOT recommended for bikers with heart conditions, or other life threaten- ing ailments SUNDAY, OCT. 28, 2012

- - - rain or shine - - - FIRST bike out 4:30 pm; LAST bike out 5:30 pm RIDE STARTS AT

RHEINHARTS Oyster Bar 3051 Washington Rd., Augusta, GA 30907

The ABATE D-8 “Monthly meeting” will take place prior to this event. The meeting will start at 3:30 pm and is open to the public. ALL ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.

CURRENT ABATE CARD HOLDERS NON-MEMBERS $5.00 PER HAND $6.00 PER HAND 2 HANDS FOR $9.00 2 HANDS FOR $11.00 3 HANDS FOR $12.00 3 HANDS FOR $15.00 MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN

40 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER 41 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER BEEN BITTEN BY A TAR SNAKE? CRACK SEALERS - LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY AND A REVISIT OF

IMRE SZAUTER’S EFFORTS

by Rod Taylor - A.B.A.T.E. Legal Services

Q: "What's the legality or proper use of tar strips used to seal cracks in asphalt? I'm curious because it seems that once it hits about 85 or 90 degrees, those strips become slick as ice and I've seen roads where little asphalt is left bare while the rest of the road is covered in those strips. I almost lost my bike on a corner with such." Submitted by Ed Dixon- ABATE Member

A. I remember it just like yesterday. It was hotter than hell as I turned onto U.S. 40 on my way to Ohio. New crack sealer everywhere. A state trooper was stopped in the opposite lane I was turning into, and I was heading right at him in my turn. Then it happened. I hit the gooey black stuff as I turned and going down hard. I remember putting my steel toed boots down and as I did that my foot plate hit the steel toe so hard that it bounced my bike upright. The image of the wide eyes of the cop are still with me and I felt like Evel Knievel. I had just dodged a mess that would have put me underneath a state trooper's car because of crack sealer.

And now for an answer to Ed’s question.

Imre Szauter of the AMA is doing a yeoman's job in steering reason and good engineering in the right direction. I have included his letter to the New York State Department of Transportation and its response. Clearly the new specs for crack sealer are 1-3 millimeters deep and only 2 inches wide.

Mr. Szauter’s letter to the State of New York:

Founded in 1924, the AMA exists to further the interests of American motorcyclists, while serving the needs of its members.

Our association was contacted recently by a member living in New York State. He indicated that “tar snakes”, areas of road surface repaired with crack filler, have once again become a severe problem in parts of New York. He wrote that his wife was involved in a motorcycle crash during 2003 as a result of losing traction on a series of tar snakes in a curve. Several of his friends have also reported traction problems this year.

In the past, investigations uncovered cases of misapplication or improper materials used on many state roads. Previous reminders to road crew supervisors and contractors that application of these materials present a hazard when not used according to the specifications have been effective in reducing dangerous areas for motorcyclists.

On August 1, 1995, New York Department of Transportation Assistant Commissioner & Chief Engineer, Michael J. Cuddy, P.I., wrote to our association in response to a letter from Sean Maher, AMA legislative affairs specialist, on this topic. I have enclosed a copy of Mr. Cuddy’s letter for your reference. I seek your assistance to once again bring this problem to the attention of all New York Department of Transportation Regional Di- rectors. Stressing the importance of applying the correct materials per established engineering practices will reduce the danger to residents and visitors motorcycling in New York.

Thank you for your consideration and attention to this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, I would be happy to address them.”

New York Department of Transportation Response:

“I am replying to your letter of June 22, 2004 to Commissioner Boardman. Since Mike Cuddy sent you the letter of August 1, 1995, we have significantly changed our crack sealing specifications due to the problems that we experienced around that time. Our new specifications only allow a two inch wide, one to three millimeters thick overband of material centered over a crack. Additionally, no sealing of secondary or tertiary cracks is allowed. All crack sealing done by state forces or by Department contractors have con- formed to these specification since 1996.

42 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER The New York State Department of Transportation does not have jurisdiction over all the roads in New York State. Other jurisdictions include counties, towns, cities, villages, and certain authorities. We have done the best we can to inform all jurisdictions of the possible ramifications of sealing cracks using the traditional overban method (two inches wide and a maximum of one to three millimeters thick at the center, tapering to the edges) , (emphasis added) but there may be a few that either didn’t get the message or haven’t implemented the new sealing guidelines. In June of 1996, the Department made two presentations on the new sealing guidelines to the Town Highway Superintendents of New York at their annual meeting in Ithaca, NY.

Also in 1996, we conducted crack sealing training sessions for all Department employees involved in crack sealing, both project se- lection and project inspection. Since that time, the proper procedure for crack sealing has been routinely included in training pro- grams for newly appointed Department maintenance managers. In 1999, 2001 and earlier this year, we conducted formal training sessions at locations around the state concerning several pavement preventive maintenance techniques. Crack sealing was one of the treatments covered. At all these training sessions, we emphasize the importance of adhering to the current crack sealing specifications as both a safety issue and a performance requirement. A presentation on crack sealing will also be a given at the upcoming NYSDOT- Association of General Contractors Technical Conference to be held in Saratoga Springs, NY this December...”

As you can see Imre has been our watch dog on this issue for a long time. He needs our help. So next month in this column, we will cover everything you ever wanted to know about cracks; to fill or not to fill; to seal or not to seal, so to speak.

Remember- no more than 1-3 millimeters deep tapered to no more than 2 inches wide . Anything beyond that is dangerous, so get out your measuring sticks, take cell phone photos --and report it to ROADHAZARD.ORG. Our mantra is, “MORE THAN THAT CAN KILL A BIKER”.

43 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER ABATE of Georgia Legislative Survey

If you can not access the online version of this survey please detach this page from your newsletter, complete this survey and mail it to the state office at PO Box 116, Austell, Ga 30168. The online version is located at http://www.abatega.org/legislativesurvey

Should ABATE of Georgia continue to fight for HB 161 the bill to allow motorcycles to proceed safely through a traffic signal that does not detect the motorcycle after a speci- fied amount of time. Yes__ No__

Should ABATE of Georgia continue to fight for more stringent criminal penalties for drivers who seriously injure or kill a motorcyclist. Yes__ No__

Should ABATE of Georgia continue to fight against motorcycle only checkpoints in Georgia Yes__ No__

Please let us know if you have an interest in ABATE’s pursuing legislation which would authorize “lane filtering.”

Yes__ No__ Lane Filtering is defined as moving through traffic that is stopped

Please give us the benefit of any of your comments with respect to any other LEGISLATIVE matters ______

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Your Last Name:______(required)

Your ABATE Number ______(required)

44 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER Road Work By Dr. Sue Duggan

If there’s one thing motorcyclists need to get from place to place, it’s a road. We can do without them on occasion, but eventually we’ll need a hard surface to complete our journey. Unfortu- nately, all roads need repair. Weathering, erosion, wear, and tear break down surfaces and sooner or later these surfaces need to be either replaced or repaired. One issue I’d like to address is the difference in height variation on roads being repaired. The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) has special provisions for road repair. According to Section 150.06, traffic control, page 49, “A ny type of work such as paving, grinding, trenching, or ex- cavation that creates a difference in elevation between travel lanes or between the travelway and the shoulder shall not begin until the Contractor is prepared and able to continuously place the required typical section to within two inches (2”) of the existing pavement elevation. For any areas that the two inches minimum difference in elevation cannot be accomplished the section shall be healed. Healing the pavement can include the use of crushed stone materials. If crushed stone is used, the materials will be incorporated into the work and the Engineer shall determine if the crushed stone meets specification for gradation and quality. Kathy Zahul, from GDOT, states their contracts allow for differences in elevation up to two inches between travel lanes and can remain in place for a maximum of 14 calendar days.On all highways, differences in elevation more than two inches between surfaces will not be allowed for more than a 24 hour period. According to Kathy Zahul, “The time allowed for elevation differences between a lane and the shoulder varies by height of the drop-off. Use of barrels and sometimes a healed section is required depending on the elevation difference and the amount of time it will need to be in place.” She stresses the importance of signage and their guidelines specifically state no work shall be started on any project unless the appropriate traffic control devices have been placed. Safety features are installed and fully operational before a change can take place. In other words, GDOT will do what needs to be done in order to repair or replace existing pavement and they have specific guidelines to follow. For more information regarding these guidelines, go to http://www.dot.ga.gov/doingbusiness/TheSource/special_provisions/shelf/sp150.pdf . If you have specific questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me at educa- [email protected] and don’t forget to visit our website at abatega.org to report any road haz- ards you encounter.

If you have a special skill that you feel can help ABATE of Georgia please go to the volunteer page on the ABATE of Georgia website and let us know how you can help

http://www.abatega.org/helpus.htm

45 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER Taking a moment to look at the effects of the new Sponsor and Supporter Program

This past month we shipped the first batch of our new Sponsor and Supporter supplies to each district. This month we will be sending an additional batch of stickers to each district so each district can fully engage in the process the way our test districts have for the last few months. In this time there have been a few people who said this program “wasn’t the answer” or that is “didn’t work” but those individuals appear to miss the point of this program, a point which is two fold

1) This program fulfills the promise we make to each ABATE member when their sign up or renew, it is the represents the list of Businesses that offer each ABATE member a discount on their services. It also now indentifies those businesses on each of their front doors so when an ABATE member walks up to that business for the first time they can clearly see this business is helping them fight for the rights of Georgia motorcyclists. 2) It brings a new level of advertising to ABATE throughout the state that was not there previously. In the last version of the ABATE sponsor program, the sponsoring business added their name to a list, that list was then printed in the ABATE Newsletter. If someone did not have access to a newsletter then they had no idea the Business supported ABATE, but what is worse than that is the act of sponsoring ABATE brought no attention to ABATE to non- ABATE-members who frequent that business. The new program not only does that, but also gives that business a way to help promote ABATE in the form of the membership easels which each are stocked with our hard back information flyer that includes a membership application on the back of each one.

When we launched this new effort back at the May Board of Directors meeting, we saw immediate results from Districts that participated in the effort in addition when other districts were added to the effort they also saw positive results in being able to offer an immediate result to the new sponsor/supporters in the form of the ABATE supporter sticker being applied to their door. In that time we received feedback that the stickers we had been using since the re-launch of the sponsor program in 2011 were too hard to see, as a result we replaced those stickers wit the new white backed water re- sistant vinyl stickers we are now using. The difference is very noticeable and every district so far that has already received their new materials reports improved visibility with the new stickers.

Now lets look at how effective this new effort is, Of the six districts that participated in the May re-launch four of those districts sold all of the supporter memberships within the first month, one district sold one of their supporter memberships and one of the first four requested an additional sticker for a supporter they sold after a meeting with a local riding club that met at that supporter’s business location, meanwhile the remaining test district sold none. In total with this new effort we went from 18 District locations, the majority of which stated that they had never received their Supporter supplies for their district sponsor location to now 36 separate locations across the state of Georgia where an ABATE member walking through the door will be greeted by a sticker on the door, that same sticker will be something non members will see and help them to identify the ABATE easel located inside that sponsoring or supporting business even if they do not take a membership with them it will have still helped familiarize that non member with ABATE of Georgia, a problem we will continue to fight by continuing this sponsor and supporter effort. Our most recent supporter was signed up on September 26th by District 4 East. Take a quick look at our Sponsor and Supporter map and any one can see how effective this effort is and can continue to be as we replenish our supplies and send those supplies out to each district. In some Districts we now have four separate locations where customers will see the ABATE eagle on the front door and membership easel. inside, in total 36 locations now across the state with more coming each day. While not every ABATE of Georgia sponsor or Supporter business is or has to be a Motorcycle related business, the fact remains that with over 2500 of those motorcycle related businesses getting the ABATE name on the door of each one is the surest way to reach every rider in Georgia.

46 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER Above we can see how many new locations( the blue arrows) where ABATE members will know they are welcomed and will receive a discount as well as non-members will see the ABATE Eagle and once they see the Membership easel inside the business they can read more about ABATE of Georgia and consider joining. Thirty six locations in all.

47 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER “ Please visit our District Sponsors 1W: 5N: Dari Dip Cycle World 302 West Villanow Street, LaFayette, GA 4225 Atlanta Highway, Athens, Ga

1: 6/2: Logan’s Roadhouse Jekyll and Hyde's, HWY 29 North, 2140 East Walnut Avenue Dalton, GA 30721 Newnan, Ga

2: 6/3: El Jinete Mexican Restaurant Big Daddy's Oyster Bar & Pub 345 W. Louise Street (Historic Hwy 441) 101 Crossings E # 3, Peachtree City, GA Clarkesville, GA 30523 7: 3 AP's Hidden Hideaway The Watering hole in Villa Rica 4274 Broadway, Macon, GA 123 Tri County Plaza, Villa Rica, GA 8: 4E : Road Runner Cafe, 2508 Peach Orchard Rd. (Rt. 25), Confetti’s Bar and Grill, Augusta, Ga 6470 Spalding Dr., Norcross, GA 20% Discount with your ABATE card 9: Player’s 4W : 1500 54th Street, Columbus, GA Red’s Timbers 9/2: 730 Concord Road Southeast, Smyrna, GA (770) Los Nopales Restauarnt 434-2432 jwkickerz.com 382 South Davis Road, LaGrange, GA

6 : 11: The Grove Bar and Grill The Redleg Saloon 4681 Bill Gardner Pkwy., Locust Grove. 2805 Fort Argyle Road, Bloomingdale, GA

5 : 13: 5 O’Clock Somewhere Henry Elrod Center 7189 Turner Lake Rd, Covington Ga US41 at Georgia 112

15: Toucan’s Ale house 2450 Perry Lane Road Brunswick, GA 31525

48 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER A.B.A.T.E. Of Georgia Sponsors and Supporters These Businesses contribute to ABATE and offer discounts to ABATE members

Stone Mountain Harley Davidson Horizon Motorsports 900 Dogwood Drive Southeast Conyers, GA 30012 858 Davis Drive Southeast Conyers, GA 30094 (770) 979-7999 (770) 785-7253 www.stonemountainhd.com/ www.horizonsmotorsports.com/ Mitchell’s Automotive and Truck Repair Weathers Honda 4281 Interstate Drive, Macon, Ga 31210 1808 Vernon Road LaGrange GA 30240 (478) 477-6403 Phone: 706.884.7327 Fax: 706.884.3827 http://www.weathershonda.com Mountain Motorsports 899 Iris Dr. S.E. Conyers GA 30094 Town Creek Food Shop Phone: 770.761.4800 Fax: 770.761.4900 3061 Upper River Rd, Macon, Ga, 31211 http://www.mtn-motorsportsnorth.com/ (478) 751-9393 20% off on Parts and Accessories Clothing to Fit People 5415 Austell-Powder Springs Rd, Austell, Ga, 30106 Rat Rodz Custom Cycles (770) 941-1142 318 Corporate Parkway, Suite 2 Macon, Georgia 31210 Tom’s Place 478-474-0048 461 Old Mill Place, Cartersville, Ga, 30120 http://www.ratrodzcycles.com (770) 386-7755 Al’s Appliance and Refrigeration 600 Ridly Avenue, Lagrange, Ga, 30240 Your Leather Loft 968 Hiram—Douglasville Hwy, Hiram Ga, 30141 Katies’ Too Southern Buffet Restaurant (770) 439-0550 614 Lincoln St, Lagrange, Ga, 30240 Cycle World of Athens (706) 882-1222 www.katiestoo.com Free Drink with Buffet 4225 Atlanta Highway Bogart, GA 30622 Auto Tek Customs (706) 548-3300 www.cycleworldathens.com 6041 North Henry Blvd Suite A, Stockbridge, Ga 30281 (770) 474-4636 Freedom Powersports Kennesaw 3102 Cobb Parkway NW, Kennesaw, Ga, 30152 ProLeather & Associates (770) 974 - 6000 www.freedompowersports.net 411 Maxham Road, Suite 1600 (770) 948-1285 www.Proleather&Team.com Holly’s Hometown Insurance 2955 Buford Hwy Duluth, Ga 30096 Stone Mountain Cycle Service (770) 476 - 9300 (404) 573-0159 10% discount on Insurance to ABATE of Ga. Members

Members, Districts, Businesses & Supporters with your donation of $100 or more you become an Honor Roll Member of A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia! As always your generosity and support is appreciated.

Steve Murrin

49 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER

The Supporters Program

Business Support Member Program

Any business that wishes to offer a discount on goods or services to an ABATE of Georgia member may have a listing in the monthly newsletter in the Supporter section. This listing will show business name, address, phone number, web site, district Number and discount amount offered. No Logos or other info. The cost to be listed is $25.00 per year. The Business Support member will receive an ABATE membership Easel and 2 Decals showing they offer a discount along with one full year of being listed. Any Business that is owned by an ABATE of Georgia member will receive this for $15.00

Business Sponsor Member Program

Any Business that wishes to be a Sponsor and offer a discount on goods or services to an ABATE of Georgia members may have a listing in the monthly newsletter in the Sponsor Section. This listing will show the business name, address, phone number, web site, district number and discount amount offered in large bold type. No Logos etc. The cost for this is $100.00 per year. The Sponsor will receive an ABATE membership easel, 2 decals showing membership, a discount of 5% on any additional advertising in the newsletter. Any business owned by an ABATE of Georgia member will receive this for $75.00. As a thank you to those business’s that allow us to meet there we will run their info in the Sponsor section FREE for as long as a district meets there. An individual or Business that provides more than $100.00 in goods or services to ABATE of Georgia will be listed in the Honor Roll section

50 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER The Supporters Program

American Bikers Active Toward Education Post Office Box 116 Austell GA, 30168 Tel 770-884-7138 Fax 770-234-4177 www.abatega.org

Business Program for Supporters or Sponsors Supporter_____ Sponsor_____

Name of Business______

Address______

City,State, Zip______

Business Phone______

Business web site______

Discount Percent offered______

District located in______Application taken by ______

Date of Application ______Years of Term____

Notes______

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Please turn in to your DC with a Check made out to ABATE of Georgia.

51 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION U. S. POSTAGE PAID

AUSTELL, GA PERMIT NO. 15

IF YOU ARE A MOTORCYCLE ENTHUSIAST—JOIN TODAY!

Your membership entitles you to our monthly newsletter, admission discounts at most A.B.A.T.E. events, discounts at bike shops throughout the state who support our ideals, a patch and pin for new members, and a year pin for renewals. Help protect your right to ride! Fill out the application below and

New Card # A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia, Inc. Membership Application 0209

______Membership Dues: Single $30, Couple $50, Junior $10 (Juniors must be 15 years old or younger) Make check or money order payable to A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia, Inc., or enter credit card information under your signature. New Card # Send to A.B.A.T.E. of Georgia, Inc., PO Box 116 Austell, GA 30168

______NAME______DOB____/____/____ NEW OR RENEW

How Paid NAME______DOB____/____/____ NEW OR RENEW ______ADDRESS______Amount Paid

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Expiration Date COUNTY______DISTRICT______PHONE (______) ______

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Date Received E-MAIL ADDRESS______(OPTIONAL) LEGISLATIVE DONATION $10 ______OTHER ______MAIL PIN (S) $3 Pin ( )Patch ( ) ______

I agree to comply with A.B.A.T.E. rules for sanctioned motorcycle activities. I understand that all benefits become effective upon __/__/__ receipt of my membership card. I agree not to hold A.B.A.T.E. responsible for accidents that may occur at sanctioned events. Membership dues and donations are NOT tax deductible for federal income tax purposes. Registered Voter Y or N APPLICANT SIGNATURE______

Prefer to register and pay online? PAY BY CREDIT CARD ON WWW.ABATEGA.ORG http://www.abatega.org/join.htm

52 October 2012 A.B.A.T.E. OF GEORGIA, INC. NEWSLETTER