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[miker]

I'm a member of H....No...

I'm a member of .........No. they canned me too.

I'm a member of CVOHarley.com.

Amen!

[iski]

Does that mean it goes into your "permanent" file?

Yeah, but when they tried to chase me down for fingerprints I was able to out run them.  They managed to snatch a little hair off the very back of my head, so figure they got my DNA. 

[iski]

Garz: Charter member local chapter, 10 years. Update weekly phone 'HOGline', 4.5 years. Treasurer, 2 yrs. Membership, 2 yrs. Road Capt, 2 yrs (I'd rather follow). Newsletter, 2 yrs. 

Wife: Charter member local chapter, 10 years. LOH member 10 yrs. LOH Coordinator, 2 yrs. Activities Coordinator, 2 yrs. Treasurer, 2 yrs. Secretary, 3 yrs. Membership, 1 yr. Assistant Director, 2 yrs. Director, 2 yrs. Road Captain, 5 yrs (she leads me). Also, FL State HOG Rally Events Coordinator and website, 3 yrs (come see us in Cocoa Beach Oct 22 - 25!) (shameless plug; www.flstatehogrally.com. 

We've had the extra RoadAmerica coverage from HOG for years. Never used it, but the cost is minimal.

Our Paradise Chapter is a social club with a riding problem. Lots of good friends. I guess HOG, or at least our chapter, is more geared to helping newbies decide whether or not they really want to be a rider. We've helped a lot of new riders in their quest for 2 wheels. Some easy rides, some longer rides, some bowling challenges, parties, poker runs... just having fun with other people with a Harley thang... actually, unless it's one of our required 'closed' rides, we invite any bike to come along, they just sign a release.

Dealership has been good to us, and we support them...it's a 2-way street. No, they don't give us everything we want, but we can always count on them for all kinds of prizes, gifts, kickin' in for food, 20% off for members at the monthly meeting, etc. Plus we use their meeting room for all our meetings... and they throw some nice parties. 

We've heard horror stories about bastig dealers, about stuck-up members, etc., so I guess we're lucky! 

Of course, you get out of an organization what you put in.

Garz

I have plans to steal borrow your social club comment!    

Currently I am in charge of cleaning up the cups & trash after meetings & occasionally lead a ride to someplace without getting the group too lost. Well, yeah, we do get really lost sometimes but we usually manage to find our way back by sheer luck since asking for directions is boring.  I have a GPS when I RC now, so it yells at me when I make a wrong turn - have loud pipes so cannot hear the folks behind yelling, thankfully.

We are starting a newbie rider program this month, BTW.

[harleyteam]

If I had that SOBs autograph on my tank I'd take a belt sander to it.

he's acctually a real nice guy,, if you get past the security people, and get a chance to really talk to him.

but people are different.  met Jesse James a few times,  real nice guy and easy to approach and talk to.  but I wouldn't give you the sweat off my gonads to meet or talk to the a____holes from occ.

[porthole]

Have it, mostly for the discount that it gets me at the delaer

[BIGDOG]

Life member injoy rallies from time to time.

[DCFIREMANN]

I have been a Life Member since 1985. It was cheap back then and I use to go to the big Rallies. They would do a few rallies around the country and one National Rally. The best one was the Northeast Rally in NH back in 1990. About 20 firefighters rode up together and RAISED HOLY HELL!!!!!! Was suprise The New Hampshire State Police didn't escort us to the State Line!!!!

I use it for discounts. The rockers and pins somehow just get lost each year but the touring guide is a great thing to have on a trip. Just in case!

Be Safe

THE DAWG

[charlie]

I like the mag.

[Garznhogs]

I have plans to steal borrow your social club comment!    

Currently I am in charge of cleaning up the cups & trash after meetings & occasionally lead a ride to someplace without getting the group too lost. Well, yeah, we do get really lost sometimes but we usually manage to find our way back by sheer luck since asking for directions is boring.  I have a GPS when I RC now, so it yells at me when I make a wrong turn - have loud pipes so cannot hear the folks behind yelling, thankfully.

We are starting a newbie rider program this month, BTW.

Have at it, Mike! I probably borrowed it, or the idea, someplace anyway. 
Newbie programs are nice, if you have the road captains with enough patience. I tell the old timers that they were once new members, or even new riders, and someone welcomed them in and along.  Actually, it's kinda fun to watch the progression of a newbie. And you end up with some friends for life. Or the occasional dumbass.

:-Jerry

[iski]

Have at it, Mike! I probably borrowed it, or the idea, someplace anyway. 
Newbie programs are nice, if you have the road captains with enough patience. I tell the old timers that they were once new members, or even new riders, and someone welcomed them in and along.  Actually, it's kinda fun to watch the progression of a newbie. And you end up with some friends for life. Or the occasional dumbass.

:-Jerry

It will be featured in an upcoming newsletter - maybe as an article theme!   

Agree 100% Jerry.  When we bought the RK many of our friends were riding Harleys and most of them (all?) were in HOG.  Lots of them do not ride with HOG anymore due to that dumbass quotient, but if a RC has some patience & a decent memory of what it was like to be a newbie, then it usually works out ok.  Many who are now the chapter officers were folks we "volunteered/enrolled" as RC's a few years ago, so yeah, it's fun to see a progression plus hear stuff that was learned years ago repeated as "great new info".  After this year I will step down from trash/cleanup detail to make room for others & enjoy it more from the sidelines.  We have some members who are planning to go to Cocoa - should be a "Blast!"  We are a very laid back chapter - just enough organization to know we have one, I suppose.

Mike

[Garznhogs]

It will be featured in an upcoming newsletter - maybe as an article theme!   

Agree 100% Jerry.  When we bought the RK many of our friends were riding Harleys and most of them (all?) were in HOG.  Lots of them do not ride with HOG anymore due to that dumbass quotient, but if a RC has some patience & a decent memory of what it was like to be a newbie, then it usually works out ok.  Many who are now the chapter officers were folks we "volunteered/enrolled" as RC's a few years ago, so yeah, it's fun to see a progression plus hear stuff that was learned years ago repeated as "great new info".  After this year I will step down from trash/cleanup detail to make room for others & enjoy it more from the sidelines.  We have some members who are planning to go to Cocoa - should be a "Blast!"  We are a very laid back chapter - just enough organization to know we have one, I suppose.

Mike

(blush)
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Wife and I will be there for the week. I'll have to have something CVOHarley on.  She's got more help this year, so maybe I can screw-off more!
:-Jerry

[BAKRDS]

I joined about 10 years ago to meet people to ride with & it's worked well.Guess I'm lucky our local is pretty much snob free. No dealer discounts.Many of us take turns leading rides without any official road captins.Think I've got 3 towing options & have been lucky enough not to need one yet.

[Ride n Shine]

Just wondering how many of you are like me and are members of H.O.G. I've been a member for 5years and I'm the Webmaster for our local chapter. http://www.centraldistrictshog.co.nz

[BALIS]

I am a life member since 1983.I got my 25 year patch of recognition.

[103_RK]

I am a life member from the Richmond, Va. Chapter.  Member since late 97.