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With approx. 60 people present,
Pres. Danik called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. and he asked each
person to introduce themselves and tell where they were from. Paul
introduced Mark Mederski who welcomed everyone to the Museum and he spoke
briefly on the state of the museum as they are in the process of installing
a new exhibit. Paul and Treasurer A. Buehner presented a $500.00 check to
the Museum in memory and honor of Hank Penton. Paul went over the agenda for
the day and Sec. A. Born read the minutes of the Jan. 6th meeting and Jack
Penton made a motion that was seconded by James Borer to accept the minutes
as read and all were in favor of the motion. D. Wilford gave the membership
report that showed we had 5 new members and 25 renewals of membership, 4
being for 2 years, during the month of Jan. We have 408 active members and
182 on the expired list. Doug’s report also showed the sale of 5 DVDs and
programs during Jan. Treas. A. Buehner presented the financial report for
the period ending 1/31/05. Alan also stated that he has been working on the
Newsletter and that the deadline for articles will be Feb. 20th. He
introduced Ted Guthrie who will be writing some articles for the letter.
B. Smith gave the Web-site report that showed we had 28,131 visits to the
site in Dec. and 32,107 visits in Jan., which was the third highest month in
the 16 month period that he has been tracking visits. Paul and E. Youngblood
spoke briefly about the PFP comm. and told how they will be gathering info
for the new book to be written about the “Steel Tankers” which will have a
technical guide showing the evolution of the bike, as well as some short
stories about the people who sold them, rode them and repaired them. B.
Smith spoke about the surveys he has developed to try to track the changes
made to them. Bill would like the surveys filled out, even on a bare frame
as it could give valuable info. Each completed survey will give the owner a
free chance to win a new Berkshire gas tank that will be autographed by John
Penton. It will be given away at Vintage Days and the winner will not have
to be present to win. John encouraged all members to seek out non POG
members to fill out the surveys also. Jack P. suggested we might get some of
the magazines to request “Steel Tank” owners to fill out the surveys too.
Due to John Borer being absent, his father, James gave the E-Bay report as
follows: a Hi-Point style aluminum gas tank had 19 bids for $255.00, a NOS
Hi-Point 300x21 front knobby tire had 5 bids for $54.00, a 5-pack of Bob
Hannah Hi-Point racing decals signed by the Hurricane had 6 bids for $20.50
and a 5-pack of red, white and blue Penton USA decals had 28 bids for
$36.00.
Paul showed the Penton jacket that John Harden is having made that he will
be selling and donating the profits to the POG. After Paul explained the
jacket , it was presented to John Penton as a gift.
Under old business, we discussed this being the “Year of the Jackpiner”
which got off to a good start as there was about 20 of them parked out in
front of the museum.
Under new business, Jack P. announced that KTM will be having a meeting to
introduce their new models to the dealers at the Museum in Aug. John told
about being at the meeting last year when KTM had all their dealers sign a
large KTM banner and then presenting it to him as a birthday gift. Paul
spoke about the large pictures that Kent Knudson had brought and asked
everyone to sign them so they could be given as door prizes, when in reality
they were given to Toni Proffer and Gary Roach who were married at the
museum later in the day. Ted Del Solar presented A. Born with a nice plaque
he had made that thanked him for being Secretary. The plaque had a small
rack with a real harmonica on it and Al explained about the harmonica. Paul
spoke about having Penton displays at Oley, Pa. and Davenport this year and
mentioned that for $20.00 per year, we could belong to the Antique M.C. of
America, so James Borer made a motion to join and John P. 2nd the motion and
all were in favor of the motion. Paul stated that Lee Buffenmyer will be
bringing bikes for the Oley meet on Apr. 29, 30 and May 1st. K. Knudson had
purchased some T-shirts that were left over from the 2004 John Penton GNCC
race. Kent sold them and donated the profits to the POG. The business
meeting adjourned at 11:20 a.m. and the next meeting will be held on March
3rd at KTM, USA in Amherst, Ohio.
After the business meeting adjourned, Dane Leimbach explained his
relationship with the Penton family and told how how he was selected to ride
his first 6-Day event and spoke about most of the ones he entered
thereafter. At lunch time we all went to the break area on the lower level
for pizza that was furnished by Alan Buehner. We all then enjoyed almost an
hour out in the warm sunshine admiring approximately 30 Penton motorcycles
that were on display, the majority of them being Jack-Piners. From 1:10 to
1:40 Rod Gorzny spoke on how he restored his Pentons and answered several
questions. From 1:40 to 2:20, Dane talked about ignition systems and showed
the different coils and stators used on the Pentons. Prizes were given to
Speedy Clasen and Ted Proffer for traveling the farthest and to Carly Smith
for being the youngest in attendance. Many other nice door prizes that were
donated by the POG and some of the POG members were presented to the
following people: Ted Proffer, James Borer, Lee Lovelace, Paul Hibbard, Pat
Herbison, Zak Borer, Shirley Bower, Tom Garrett, Lou Maier, Reba Guthrie,
Gigi Penton, Al Born, Dennis Jones, Alan Buehner and Phil Campbell. Several
of the prizes were nice green Penton T-shirts donated by Bob Wardlow.
Ted Del Solar spoke briefly about the Jack Pine and a trail ride he is
organizing for late April. For more details see the next Newsletter and
check the Web-site.
Ed Youngblood spoke for a few minutes on what the new MX exhibit will
consist of. We then had the opportunity to witness the marriage of Toni
Proffer and Gary Roach which was held at the foot of the stairs in the
Museum. The ceremony was performed by the Mayor of Pickerington and after a
short time of taking photos everyone enjoyed a piece of wedding cake.
Every who had brought bikes loaded up and approximately 20 to 25 people
enjoyed a very nice lasagna dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Garrett
in Pickerington, Ohio.
Al Born, Sec. of POG
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