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Meeting Minutes — June 2004

Tuesday, June 8, 2004
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by President, Rick Charshafian. There were 26 members present. There were four new members, Dale and Janet from Merritt Island and Todd and Christine from St. Cloud. Rick welcomed the new members as well as the group from Champions, Jake, Rob, Bryan, Mark, and Beth.

OLD BUSINESS:
Rick reviewed the times and details for 1st Saturday rides and park cleanup. Rick reviewed the past Saturday clean up and ride. The sale of club shirts has been good, and shirts will be offered at the upcoming (June 12) club picnic.

NEW BUSINESS:
Rick announced that Yamaha is a new sponsor of SCJR Club activities. They will be placing ads in the newsletter as well as sending the club a banner, hats, shirts to give away at the picnic.

PRESIDENT REPORT:
President, Rick Charshafian, welcomed the guests at the meeting including the group from Champion Honda and the guest speaker from Grant Motor Sports. Rick announced the names of new members, and resigned members. Rick passed out the 4-way test used by Rotarians and suggested it would be a good guideline for the membership to follow.

V.P. REPORT:
Vice President, Andy Ziegler, covered the details of the upcoming club picnic, June 12. Andy reminded the membership that all are welcome at the picnic–members and non-members. He requested members to promote membership of the club. Andy encouraged the membership to thrive through volunteering and communication. Andy also encouraged all members to send out an e-mail to other members if you are going out for a ride.

TREASURER REPORT:
Treasurer, John Kerekes, was not present.

EVENT COORDINATOR:
Event Coordinator, John Reardon, was not present.

WEB MASTER:
Web Master, Sherri Shields, had no report. However, President Rick Charshafian, commended Sherri on a great job and great looking web site.

SECRETARY REPORT:
Minutes were approved.

LEGISLATIVE REPORT:
Legislative Advocate, Curt Smith, not present.

LEGISLATIVE REPORT:
Newsletter Chairperson has requested ideas for articles from the general membership. None have been forthcoming. There was discussion from the floor regarding how to generate articles of interest for the newsletter. The club anticipates cooperation from some of the dealers regarding informational articles to include in newsletter.

GUEST SPEAKER :
John Chase of Grant Motors Sports in Grant was the guest speaker. He spoke about recent Florida legislation, various rides, safe boating and clean waterways. He covered extended warranties, and volunteered his help to anyone having trouble getting through to the manufacturer. He announced that they have recently become a SeaDoo dealer, but still service all models. They have a new facility that took a year to complete, but they are now located 15 minutes south of 192 and 7miles from the inlet on US1.

Rick announced the date of the next Board of Directors Meeting, and he encouraged all members to attend. He also announced that Culligan donated the bottled water for the club picnic, and Polaris donated items for the raffle at the Club picnic.

There was no 50/50.

ADJOURNMENT
Meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m.