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ATTENDEES: Bob Neruda, Doug
Wilford, Paul Busick, John Borer, Ted Del Solar, Al Martin, Alan Buehner,
Bill Smith,
James Borer, Ted Guthrie, Ollie Martin, Nelson McCullough, Brett Watson, Al
Born, Jack Penton, Barb Weisman, Scott Brogan, Paul Danik, Greg Troyan, John
Penton and Matt Weisman.
Pres. P. Danik called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. The minutes of the
June 2nd meeting were read and D. Wilford made a motion that was seconded by
B. Smith to accept the minutes as read and the motion carried. The Sec. then
read the minutes of the July 16th meeting and with the correction of the
spelling of {Rebba} Guthries name, D. Wilford made a motion that was
seconded by O. Martin to accept those minutes as read and that motion also
carried.
D. Wilford gave the membership report showing 11 new members, 4 coming from
the expired list, 35 renewals, 3 being for 2 years. Doug also reported the
sale of 2 DVD/programs. It also showed 406 active members as of Aug. 1st.
Doug also read a couple short letters he had received with the renewals. A.
Buehner gave the Treasurers report as of July 31st, 2005. Alan had V. Pres.
S. Brogan to verify that his statement matched with the banks statement. He
also reported that the upcoming Newsletter will feature an article on the
Mettco Pentons and that the following one will feature an article on Ted
Leimbach. Aug. 18th is the deadline for receiving any news items.
There was no new information to report on the PFP, but Jack spoke about the
up-coming KTM dealers meeting at the museum and gave out copies of the 4 day
agenda. We are to have our POG display set up by noon on Sunday, Aug. 21st
and it will be removed in the early evening. S. Brogan and John Borer will
be making up some display tags for the bikes and M. Weisman will be making
up some “Certificates of Appreciation” for all who display their bikes on
that day. We will also hand out some of the commemorative post cards and see
if we can recruit some new members as John Borer will be making a sign for
that purpose. It was also proposed to have two short autograph sessions by
Mr. Penton. S. Brogan will have the Jack-Piner T-shirts and caps there to
sell.
B. Smith gave the web-site report showing 28,388 visits during July which
was up from June by 1,973. Bill says we have a new Home Page photo of the
Berkshire replica of Leroy’s 1968 ISDT ride which was well built by Kevin
Grimes. John Borer explained the possibility of scams on E-Bay and reported
the following E-bay sales: a 1971 Penton frame sold for $49.99, part of a
Penton 400 parts bike had 3 bids for $37.01 and a Hi-Point vintage Enduro 24
M.P.H. clock had 1 bid for $49.95.
Ted Guthrie reported that he made a lot of good contacts at Vintage Days for
info for the “Steel Tanker” book. Ted had attended the museum on Thursday
and said it also was a very productive day. B. Smith said that during July
there were 109 requests for Steel Tank questionnaires. D. Wilford
recommended we have a committee to start work on the layout of the “Steel
Tanker” book. We did a review of Vintage Days and everyone seemed to like
the new location very well. We also decided that Dale needs a larger cooking
area. S. Brogan reported sales of approx. 40 caps and nearly 100 T-shirts.
More than one person remarked how Connie Del Solar was all over the area
doing all sorts of jobs. It was reported by Scott Brogan and Al and Ollie
Martin that the interview done earlier by the track announcer with our
President was aired over the P.A. system later in the p.m. on Sunday.
Someone stated that Bob Hicks had highly complimented the POG for the job
that we are doing. Ted Del Solar presented a list of ideas to make next
years event even better. G. Troyan “Thanked” all who had contributed to the
food supply and told how much it meant for him to get done racing MX and to
come to the tent and have food waiting. Paul Danik showed a gas tank with
Dirt Riders of Naples painted on it that he had bought at the swap meet and
said that he will see that it gets to Keith Larson at the KTM dealers
meeting.
Under old business, Alan mentioned buying some more banners and Paul will be
checking with John Ayers on pricing and we will need to decide on the
design.
Under new business, T. Guthrie spoke on the value of wearing POG caps/shirt
in order to start conversations concerning Pentons. Ted said he and Rebba
will be working the admission gate at the Canfield Fair while wearing Penton
apparel. He also asked for some POG business cards to hand out if an
interest is shown. Alan stated that he rode his Penton to a Quaker
Steak/Lube in Cleveland but had very few questions about the bike. The 2006
POG “Bike of the Year” was discussed and Alan made a motion to make the ‘77
MC5s the “Bike of the Year” and Ted Del Solar seconded the motion and the
motion carried. A. Buehner then made a motion to put the Penton brochures on
the web-site and John Borer seconded the motion and that motion also
carried. John Borer spoke briefly about the Wauseon meet and Paul mentioned
the Ohio Valley B.S.A. meet that will be coming up this week-end. We all
signed a “Get-Well” card to send to Rod Bush , who is being treated in a
Texas hospital. Please pray for Rod.
For “Point of Discussion”, Ted Guthrie showed a video clip he made at
Vintage Days showing Mr. Penton a group of his former employees discussing
the Kevin Grimes replica of Leroy’s bike and telling several very funny
stories about each other. The meting adjourned at 9:35 p.m. and the next
meeting is scheduled for Sept. 1st at KTM, USA.
Al Born, Sec. of POG
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