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Logan Restaurant, Called to order by Mark W. at 7:00

14 in attendance with 2 additional guests.  Chris Ferguson and Annie Weidell.  Moved to the Evansville area this past year from the upper Midwest.  Both ride Hondas and they fit right in.

Upcoming rides in the planning:
1.  Land between the Lakes in KY, "Patties Restaurant" date/weather pending, Dave G.
2.  Bell Smith Springs, Shaween National Forest in So. Ill.  Camping trip, Denny and Linda.
3.  Annual Heaven & Hell ride, May 13-17, Vlad and Bonnie.
4.  Brown County Jan 2011, (14 attended Spring Mills) Denny and Linda. (big success)

Photo collections for the 2011 calander - give to Dave G.

Meeting ended at 7:30.  Good food/service and great friends.

Kathie Dunlap the Sec.

As Bavorak Motorrad Riders president, I would like to recognize and congratulate new and returning club officers and extend a special invitation to all members for their feedback/questions/concerns/suggestions.  A special 'thank you' goes out to our 2010 officers (alphabetical last/first):

• Kathie Dunlap - new Secretary
• Dave Godeke - new Vice President
• Chris Hancock - returning Webmaster
• Diane Hancock - returning Treasurer

~Marc Wanner

2010 Bavorak Calendars were distributed.

2010 Dues were collected.

Election of Officers for two year terms:

• Cindy Shoemaker nominated David Godeke for President, who declined.  David Godeke nominated Chris Hancock, who declined.  Marc Wanner stepped up to the plate.  All were in favor of Marc Wanner serving as President.
• David Godeke agreed to serve as Vice President and was approved.
• Kathi Dunlap agreed to serve as Secretary and was approved.
• Diane Hancock agreed to continue as Treasurer and was approved.

Discussions/information:

• 2010 Dues are due.
• Calendars:  If we like the calendars and want to do them next year, birth dates can also be added.  It was agreed members would send birth dates for the Calendar to Diane Hancock.
• David Godeke and Chris Hancock were thanked for their work on the Calendars, and Chris on the web site.
• Nature Dave (Godeke) encouraged members to send in lots of pictures for the next year, for the 2011 Calendar.
• Chris Hancock briefly discussed the use of Irfanview to make pictures more suitable (smaller in size) for sending in e-mails.

Business was completed and the meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Diane Hancock, Secretary

In these days of 10 mega pixel and larger digital cameras, one of the unfortunate effects is that photo sizes, if not edited, are HUGE.  If you try to e-mail me several photos to post on the web site, the resulting download times, even with a high speed internet connection can be lengthy.  On the other hand, if the photos are downsized too much, then the resolution can be too low should the photograph be selected for printing in our annual calendar.  So with that in mind, I would like to offer some guidelines for resizing the photos you submit for posting in trip reports or other sections of the Bavorak web site.  Please keep in mind that these are only guidelines; they don't necessarily have to be followed to the T...

I'll use my camera as an example.  At the resolution I normally shoot, the unedited photo sizes come out at 3000 x 2000 pixels, and the typical size of the .jpg file is on the order of 2.5 to 3 megabytes.  That is way too large!  Resizing the photo to 1500 x 1000 pixels results in a .jpg file of about 0.3 to 0.8 megabytes (depending on the file quality selected when saving the resized file).  The resulting resolution is plenty high enough for a calendar, and it's much quicker to e-mail.  And although that is still much too big for posting on the web site, I will take care of downsizing it from there.

Resizing photos is simple if you have the proper software.  There are plenty of applications that will do it, but a good one is IrfanView.  And what's even better, it can be downloaded for free at http://www.irfanview.com/.  To resize a photo while viewing it in IrfanView, press Ctrl-R, and enter the desired pixel size in either the width or height box (the software will automatically calculate the other one).

Thanks for your cooperation.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Your faithful Webmeister,
Chris Hancock

The meeting was held at Wilson’s Café in Posey County on a drizzly cold night.  Yes, David Godeke and Rick Sims win the prize for riding their two-wheeled vehicles.Steve reported there were 241 bikes at the Cape Girardeau event, making it a record.  There was lots of media coverage, food, and door prizes.  Pictures can be found on the Grass Roots web site.

David G. reminded members to submit pictures for the web site; hoping for some good fall/early winter pictures for the 2010 Calendar.

The Christmas party is planned for the Log Inn, on the usual meeting night, the second Wednesday night of December.  It just happens to be December 9, 2009.

David G. asked how everyone liked meeting at different places, and all agreed it was good.

Steve, el presidente, and Diane, la secretaria/treasurer, reminded the group we need to be thinking about electing new officers.  The term is two years, which Steve and Diane have both served.

Denny and Linda Richard announced they would reschedule the bonfire at their place for spring…too wet.

It was decided next month’s meeting/eeting would be at the Silver Bell Restaurant in St. Wendel.  David G. will call and make reservations.

Linda suggested a winter get-a-way, if anyone interested, to Spring Mill State Park.  There’s an inn there, with a restaurant, a huge fireplace, and nice surroundings.  January 30th was set as the date.  She had already checked on rooms, and there were plenty.  All interested need to make their own reservations.  The phone number is 812-849-4081.  (Thanks to Steve, the web site is https://springmillinn.dnr.state.in.us/.)

The secretary apologized for not publishing last month’s meeting minutes and thanked Steve for ensuring the word got out about rides and such.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Diane Hancock, Secretary

The meeting was held at Hornville Tavern.  President Steve Shoemaker opened the meeting.  He introduced new members, Steve and Jan Johnson, from Evansville, who ride a K1200 LT.

Steve discussed the upcoming Moto GP races in Indy.

September 19, BMW Open House in Missouri, a group would probably be riding over, more info on that later.

Vladimir Roznos informed us about the Moto Guzzi Rally he and Bonnie attended in Wisconsin...230 people, beer, beer, beer, and good Wisconsin cheese.  A good time.

Next month’s meeting place was discussed.  It was decided another Ride to Eeting was in order.  A vote was taken and Smitty’s Tavern on Franklin Street in Evansville was determined to be the place.  We’ll meet and ride to the meeting, if able.  Check the web site for date and time.

Denny and Linda Richard proposed a Fall get-together at their place outside Princeton, IN.  A date was discussed and decided upon October 17, 2009.  More information and directions to follow.

Dave Godeke suggested a Saturday trip to the Arts and Crafts Museum in Louisville to view a display of vintage motorcycles there.  Date and time to follow.

Linda Richard suggested a winter get-away to Spring Mill State Park Inn, end of January or first of February.  She will get price information together for a future meeting.

No further business…..meeting adjourned.

Two members showed up at breakfast today on new (to them) motorcycles...Rick Sims on a 2008 BMW F650 X-Challenge, and Chris Hancock on a 2008 Ducati HyperMotard.  It had the makings of an excellent photo op.  Photography work courtesy of Nature Dave Godeke.

Hi All,

I just wanted to welcome some new members.  And, by new, I mean having joined us in the last couple months, and have paid annual dues!  Welcome Denny and Linda Richard, Tim Ditzer, Mark and Monique Wanner, and Phillip Andrews!

We've also had Marshall and Kat Shipp join us at a meeting and a recent ride!  Hope you enjoyed it and please join us again!

And, thanks to the faithful membership for making the new people feel welcome.  This riding season promises to be full of fun and fellowship.

Ride Safe and have fun,

Diane Hancock

Scheduled locations and rides for special summer "Eetings"...

Wed. June 10th, 7:00 PM, The Feed Mill.  Location - Poseyville, IN - 0.2 mile south of Interstate 64 on St. Francis St. (SR 165).  Reservations have been made.

Wed. July 8th, 7:00 PM, Tim's Awesome BBQ.  Location - Princeton, IN - 525 S. Main St approx 4 blocks south of Broadway St (SR 64).  Arrangements made by Denny & Linda.

Wed. Aug.12th, 7:00 PM, The Hornville Tavern.  Location - 2607 W. Baseline Rd (north of Darmstadt, IN).   Tavern is located at the intersection of Baseline Rd & Owensville Rd.  0.2 mile west of N. St Joe Rd on Baseline.  Reservations have been made.

Riders leaving the Evansville area for ALL eetings will gather at Thorton's on Morgan at Burkhardt.  The BUS WILL LEAVE AT 6:00!  If you're not there, you're on your own.  In case of rain, use your own judgement, i.e., be a wimp, and drive your car directly to the meetings.

"Nature Dave" Godeke

Congratulations to new Bavorak member, Kat Shipp.  She proudly announces, "I found myself a rebuilt Kawasaki ZRX1200 as a project bike, and she's gonna be a BEAST when she's done.  So expect me to be zipping around with the Beemer guys, not straggling at the back on my 250.  Yeehaw! "

Hi,

If you're getting this, you're on my Bavorak e-mail list.  Please, please let me know if you want to be taken off of it.  I thought I'd summarize the business of the last couple meetings to keep you up to date.

1/14/09
-Chris Hancock has updated the web site, www.bavorak.org
-Dave Godeke suggested people submit trip reports and/or photographs and we'd pick out 12 at the end of the year for a calendar.
-The Texas trip was discussed
-Dates for Vladimir's Heaven and Hell ride were given, May 7-11, 2009
-Denny Richard brought books to loan out if anyone wanted them.
-Chris Shoemaker joined the club.

-Discussion was held about dues.  Last year we had voted to count rally fees towards dues for those who attended and helped at the rally.  This was discussed again.  Dave Edwards proposed we collect $10 per person per calendar year for dues.  Diane Hancock seconded and the motion passed.

-David Godeke asked that members check the web site and see if there's anything anyone wants taken off.

-Much discussion was held regarding whether or not to have a Rally in 2009.  A vote was held and it was 9 to 6 in favor of having the rally.  At that time, a request was made for a chair person for the rally.  No one volunteered.  Rally essentially was tabled.  Discussion was held about possibly taking a club trip in place of hosting a rally.  To be discussed at further meetings.

2/11/09
There was not much business discussed.  Texas group heading out 2/13/09.  However, David Godeke suggested having a travelling meeting during good riding months.  Possible locations mentioned were Poseyville and Princeton.  People could just meet at the restaurants selected, or meet somewhere and ride together.  This was to be discussed at later meetings as well.

That's it; let me know if I forgot anything.  If you haven't joined us lately, we have a good meal and lots of motorcycle talk, even if we don't have a lot of business!  And lots of laughter.  Doesn't get any better than that.

Diane Hancock
Secretary and Treasurer