GET IT STRAIGHT !
STRAIGHT ARROW ENDURO
RIDERS NEWS
For December 2004
The next
club meeting will be on December 29, 2004 at 7:00 PM
PLACE :
Mark Brunsberg’s House (in the back garage)
Ph. 952-470-0621
Directions: Take I-494 to MN Hwy 5, go west on
Hwy 5 to Chanhassen, on the west side of town turn North on C.R. 17, go to top
of hill, left on Utica Lane, 7150 on left. Go behind house to big garage.
2005
SAER Calendar:
April 10 Grantsburg
MX
April 24 Grantsburg
MX
May 8 Grantsburg
MX
August 7
Sept 24,25 Nickerson
Trail Ride
October 16 Grantsburg
MX
SAER
Info Line: (952)
996-9240
SAER Web
site address:
www.straightarrows.org
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Ben
Boenisch, we need to see 2004 dues before 2005
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Never
too early to pay 2005 dues. They are a still affordable, $25, and should be
brought to a meeting or sent to:
Roy Fleming
Treasurer’s
Report
EDITED FOR WEB
Voting
Results
The new (or
same ) club officers for 2005 are:
President
– Ken Fastner
Secretary
– Bob Chase
Treasurer
– Roy Fleming
Inside Ref
– Mike Wells
Outside Ref
– Bill Corcoran, Charlie Forest Jr. alternate
D23 Rep
– Greg Nelson, Mark Krey alternate
Enduro
Chair – Ken Fastner
MX Chair
– Tom Peterson
We ended up with our planned 3 spring dates and one fall date. The spring dates are all triple dates. Kind of hard to avoid when Motocity has 14 events on the calendar. The fall race is the last of the year and is a single date. The Enduro and Trail Ride ended up in the same relative place they were last year.
Club
Meeting Minutes,
November 31, 2004
Attendance
– 13
Current
Members; Mark Brunsberg, Bob Chase, Ken Fastner, Roy Fleming, Scott Haraldson, Jon
Kemnitz, Matt Leebens, Mike Murphy, John Otto, Tom Peterson, Paul Spears, Mike
Wells
Prospective
Members – John Nori (2nd)
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7:09
– Meeting starts at the same time for second month in a row.
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Club
Clothing – no progress since last time, but we don’t really need
them until spring anyway. On a related note, Ken Fastner got some quotes from
Decal Works. We’ll probably order a set of stickers with the club name on
them for club members.
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Wells
– Still hasn’t happened. Probably won’t be done this year.
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Track
Series – The promoters at Mora were not interested in partnering for a
series. If we have our own, it would probably be 4 of 5, with each race entry
going into a drawing for prizes. It’s still in the very early planning
stages. We still maybe able to partner with Little Falls or Brookston.
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There
was some discussion about expanding the micro track. The vehicles that are on
it now are much faster than the PW50s the track was originally designed for.
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Ken
Fastner has been using his own brush-hog when working on the trails. Since he
bought the machine with his own funds, not the club’s, he asked that the
GIA money that is paid for using the machine be paid to him. The members
present agreed.
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Hunting
on the track - There are quite a few locals who have been hunting on the land.
Since they can claim that some club member gave them permission, it was decided
to post No Hunting signs with Tom Peterson’s phone number. If someone is
hunting there and claims to have permission, they better have a story of a recent
conversation with Tom. At the moment, the only non-club members ones that have
permission to hunt there is Dick, the owner of the neighboring Suzuki shop, and
anyone who is with him.
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The
list of members who haven’t paid dues for 2004 was reviewed. Most were also
noticeably absent from any club activities or stated that they no longer wished
to be in the club. The following people are now former club members: Mark
Griffith, Rick Peterson, Mike Pierson, Andy Solnitsky
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Ideas
for a club party were briefly discussed. We may go out in public somewhere this
year. If you have ideas or suggestions, find out how much it will cost and
bring it to the next meeting. It will probably be late January or February.
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A
strategy for the Sanction Meeting was formulated. This included a discussion
about whether to have the Trail Ride. It was agreed that we would have it
again, but will try to change the parking and what trails are used.
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There was a really good club turn-out which really
helped get our agenda. Thanks to everyone who made the trek to Little Falls
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There are now 5 club members on the board. Our club
rep, Greg Nelson, Trail Vice Chairman Ken Fastner, Vice-President Bob
Chase, Enduro Rep – John
Otto, and 125 MX Rep Ross Thompson.
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No classes were added to any venue. The four-stroke
classes were eliminated in Enduro.
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Not too many club members at the banquet other than
Bob Chase, who defended his 9s plate, thus saving a costly re-numbering
expense. He did once again barely lost out on the unofficial “slowest guy
with a single digit number” award, thanks to the new 45+A class.
Probationary
Members to be voted on:
December
– Nathan Husakamp (overdue to be voted on)
January
– Scott Haraldson, Ben Boenisch
Ben Boenisch (P)
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2001 Kawasaki ZG100 Concourse, 5400 miles, Blue with
Rifle windshield
Recently sold on SAER Want-ads
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Trailer for sale: 4X8 three rail motorcycle trailer, plywood bed, spare tire,
good condition, hauls three bikes, or one ATV, or one Snowmobile; $200 or B/O
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7’x14’ Enclosed Trailer, the one you
used to see Matt with.
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2003 CRF 450, tons of extras, excellent condition.