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STRAIGHT ARROW ENDURO RIDERS NEWS

For July 2007

 

MONTHLY MEETING NOTICE

The next club meeting will be on July 25, 2007 at 7:00 PM

 

PLACE : Bob’s Cycle

MN Hiway 36 and Rice Street

St Paul, MN

 

SAER Info Line: (952) 996-9240   SAER Web site address: www.straightarrows.org

Remainder of 2007 SAER Calendar:

August 18         Holyoke Youth Enduro

August 19         Holyoke Enduro

September 15    Grantsburg Practice

September 16    Grantsburg Race

 

Announcements

·         We have had some recent complaints from our Grantsburg neighbors about noise on non-race days. If you know you have a loud bike, please quiet it down before practicing at the track, and see to it that your guests are not excessively loud either.

·         2007 Dues are due.  Please take the time to submit them promptly as it would relieve the treasurer and secretary of the distasteful job of sending out reminders. 

·         The Dues structure has been changed.  It is now: Jan 1 thru April 1:  $50,  April 2 thru July 1:  $75,  after July 2, you’re out.  $100 to buy back in.

·         Dues can be sent to:

Roy Fleming

14550 94th St. N.E.

Elk River, MN 55330

 
Meeting Agenda

For July 25, 2007

 

Standard Business                        

1 Ken Fastner                                   Review of Minutes

2 Roy Fleming                                  Treasurer's Report

3 Greg Nelson                                  ARMCA Meeting review

4 Ken Fastner                                   New Member Introductions

5 Ken Fastner                                   Order Pizza

                                                         

Existing Business                          

Grantsburg Motocross               

1 Mike Murphy                                  Fall MX Preview

2 Members                                       Facility Plans

                                                         

Nemadji Grant-in Aid                                                                                                                                  

3 Ken Fastner                                   Big Bridge

  

Holyoke Enduro                             

4 Ken Fastner                                   Enduro Update

5  Ken Fastner                                  General discussion

 

 

 

Misc.                                                

6 Ken Fastner                                   Constitution Updates

7 Ken Fastner                                   Member Emeritus

8 Ken Fastner                                   Tim Blake as member

                                                         

New Business                                 

1 Members                                       New Business??

 

 

 

Club Meeting Minutes, from June 27, 2007

Attendance:

Club Members – Mark Brunsberg, Bob Chase, Ken Fastner, Darrel Ion, John Otto

Prospective members – Mike Pohl (4th), Ben Horgen (2nd)

·         Grantsburg – Not much to report. The sign in the front needs to have the 9/16 date added to it.

·         GIA – No change from last month. Bridge is still in the plan.

·         Holyoke

o        We will not be based out of Holyoke this year due to the roadwork on Co Rd 8.  The Town Board that decides to rent us the space is divided on if they want to continue our arrangement.

o        The alternatives for Holyoke were:

§         The ex-golf course, which would be a roundabout drive to get to, but would have plenty of private parking.

§         The gravel pit, which is closer to the main roads, and has enough parking, but is more “public”.

·         Stone Lake – Event went pretty well except for a few dropped checks.  We had 142 Enduro and 21 MINI entries. Still undecided on what will do next year but the HS idea was bandied about again.

·         Mike Pohl attended his fourth meeting, and since the vote was already put off once, we decided to vote, even with the low attendance of the meeting. He was voted in as a probationary member. Welcome to the club.

 

Holyoke Enduro Update – by: Ken

The Enduro will be based at Duquette this year.  We have dibs on the Town Hall and the Town Campground for the weekend of the event.  Many thanks to the Duquette Store owner, Andy Gunderson, for suggesting this and setting this up.  If you are going up to work and plan to spend the night, I would suggest that you check out the campground.  It’s pretty nice.  Don’t forget that the bar on the south end of Duquette serves breakfast pretty early in the morning. 

 

Looks like the MINI will be at Mike Dahl’s this year.  Although Center Road is still under construction, it is drivable.  They tore out the old Net River culvert at Holyoke.  The bridge is under construction as of last weekend.

 

The Enduro route is pretty much figured out.  It’s about 7 miles to the actual Enduro trails and it will be about 10 miles back to Duquette after the Finish.  Other than that goofiness, the route looks pretty darn good.  The actual Enduro trail miles are less than usual (about 60 vs 75)) though so, we are looking for more mileage anywhere we can get it.  The DNR Permit has been adjusted to the new Route.

 

We are debating as to whether or not we will run the National Enduro based Restart Format for our Enduro.  This simply means that we would change the Hot Checks into Restarts.  There are mixed feelings in the Enduro community about this but, I don’t believe that anyone really HATES the idea.  If you are interested in checking this out, go to:   http://www.amadirectlink.com/rulebooks/supps/2007/NEC.pdf

 

The July 25th Club Meeting will be the last one before Enduro so, please plan to be there.  Don’t forget that we need lots of people for Check Crews on Enduro weekend.  No experience is required, friends and relatives would do just fine.  You can drive a car to almost every check so, dirt bikes and/or ATVs are not needed.  Bug spray is provided by SAER.  Everyone that is to be on a check crew MUST be at the Duquette Town Hall at 8:00 pm on Saturday night.  If you show up on Sunday morning we will find something for you to do but, the check crews for all 10 checks are determined at that meeting.  Besides, it’s a chance to camp out with fellow SAER types and find out what they’re really like with a couple of beers in them.  One thing’s for sure, they look better in the dark.

 

The Section Leaders for this year are Ron Palm, Roy Fleming and John Otto (that’s two fewer than usual).  These poor fellows need all of the help that they can get.  There will be work going on up in the woods every weekend from now until the Enduro.  They also need people to arrow and take down arrows, preride and sweep ride on the weekend on the event.  If you are looking for some seat time on your dirtbike and/or if you want to help them get ready for the Enduro, give them a call.  There’s plenty to do.

 

 

Suspended Members

As of the relatively new dues/membership rule, voted in 4-2 at the Feb 07 Meeting, members who have not paid dues by July 1 are to be suspended from the club with a chance to “buy back in” for $100. The length of time they are in a suspended status was not specified, nor any of the mechanics of enforcing this rule. The following members are suspended:

Ben Boenisch

Mark Erickson

Bill Jones

Dave Kott

Rob Krueger

Mike Maslow

Monty Moshier

Adam Peper

Mark Solnitzky

 

I do not have valid email addresses for Bill Jones, Marty Moshier, Mike Maslow, or Mark Solnitsky. If anyone sees them, please tell them about this to see if they have a desire to remain in the club.

 

Member Lists 

Next Probationary Members (over)due to be voted on:   
Richardt Fleichman,  May 2007,   Ron Wilhelm, June 2007,  Justin Wilhelm, June 2007