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ATTENDEES: Barb
Weisman, James Borer, Doug Wilford, Paul Danik, Greg Troyan, Matt Weisman,
Jeff Borer, Dane Leimbach, Al Born, Alan Buehner, Randy Kirkbride, John
Borer, Scott Brogan, Ollie Martin, Paul Busick, Ted Del Solar, Bailey Borer,
John Penton and Al Martin.
Pres. P. Danik called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m. and Sec. A. Born
read the minutes of the Dec. 2nd, 2004 meeting. D. Wilford made a motion to
accept the minutes as read and James Borer 2nd the motion and all were in
favor of the motion. D. Wilford gave the membership report that showed we
had 7 new members and 19 renewals of membership during the month of Dec., 4
being for 2 years. We presently have 410 active members and 176 on the
expired list as members are moved to the expired list after a delinquency of
3 months. This figure includes any who have become deceased or who have
dropped out since the groups beginning. A. Buehner gave the Treasurers
report as of 12/31/04. Alan and P. Danik reported that our tax status change
has not been totally completed but is very near to completion. Alan gave D.
Wilford, A. Born and P. Danik a draft of an estimated budget for 2005 to
study. Alans estimated budget listed 6 ideas for long term expenditures that
would aid in preserving the Penton history and help the motorcycle become a
true classic motorcycle. D. Leimbach made a motion to accept the financial
report as presented and R. Kirkbride 2nd the motion and all were in favor of
the motion.
Alan stated that the next Newsletter is in its very early stages and that he
is relying on B. Smith for some pictures and on T. Guthrie for some short
stories on various riding experiences and he asked T. Del Solar for the
words to the song he has written about D. Wilford's 125 Penton.
E. Youngblood was in Memphis, but the PFP comm. met earlier at 6:00 p.m. and
Pres. Danik reported that the comm. wants to set up possibly 3 regional reps
to do some trial runs of displaying Penton motorcycles, banners, etc.at
various events in the future when the Exec. board members could not be
there. Alan will be writing some guide lines for these reps with the aid of
Jim Borer and G. Troyan. The POG would furnish the banners and hand-out
literature needed by these reps. W. Hentges has developed several different
concepts of banners we could have made. The comm. is also depending on B.
Smith for pictures T. Guthrie, D. Wilford and others to write some short
stories to be used in the book on the Penton "Steel Tankers" that they are
working on. Paul stated that there will not be another PFP Comm. meeting
until March. G. Troyan will be doing some investigating into vintage and
post vintage racing and also see if there might be a vintage KTM group
anywhere that we could possibly work with.
Due to inclement weather, B. Smith was not in attendance so there was not a
Web-site report. John Borer gave an E-bay report showing the following
sales: a 1970 Penton kick-starter had 6 bids for $123.50, a NOS VDO
speedometer bracket had 4 bids for $71.00, a used Jack-Piner chain guard had
6 bids for $61.00 and a moto-plat tool had 7 bids for $42.00. Also, a Penton
right side panel for GS6/MC5 with minor scratches had 2 bids for $90.99, a
vintage Penton manual sold for $50.00 on "Buy it Now", a Penton Service Data
loose leaf folder had 7 bids for $79.00 and a seat for a "steel tanker" that
needed a cover sold for $220,00.
Pres. Danik spoke about "Penton Day at the AMA" on Feb. 5th, 2005. The
museum opens at 9:00 a.m. and we will start our meeting at 10:00 a.m. in the
main conference room. The museum will again be providing extra chairs.
Anyone having Pentons, especially Jack-Piners were encouraged to bring them
to display in the garage area and each owner will be given an opportunity to
give some history on their Penton and maybe we can capture some info about
changes made by using the serial numbers. A. Buehner will be furnishing
pizza again at lunch time. All members are encouraged to attend, expecting
some fun and also to gain more knowledge about the Penton Motorcycle and
family.
Under old business, P. Danik said he had been to the museum last week and
that they already had several bikes there to be used in the MX exhibit.
Also, S. Brogan will continue to work with W. Hentges and B. Smith towards
getting the Jack-Piner Tee-shirts made. Paul showed an updated jacket that
John Harden had sent to him that included the Penton logo, the POG web
address and the copywright insigna on it. He plans to sell them in the near
future and donate the proceeds to the POG. A short discussion was held about
our domain name as it has been renewed for 5 years. A $500.00 check was
prepared as a donation to the "Hall of Fame" museum that will be presented
to them at the Feb. meeting. S. Brogan asked permission to print his own
personal POG business cards to give to new aquaintances who show interest in
the POG or Penton motorcycles.The group had no problem with this issue. John
Penton gave a report on his new knee replacement that he had received on
Dec. 10th. John was walking without a crutch or cane, and Al Born told of
his retirement from Ford on Jan. 1st, after 50 years of employment {less 21
days}.
Under new business, we held a discussion on Vintage days this July. A
discussion was held about a picture of T. Penton working on a bike at the
old R & D shop. For "Point of Discussion", we viewed several brochures on
the Jack-Piner that Paul had brought that certainly brought about a lengthy
discussion on the bike, including how long it was advertised before it was
made.
The meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m. The Feb. meeting will be held at the
museum on the 5th at 10:00 a.m., and the March meeting will be held at KTM
on the 3rd.
Al Born, Sec. of POG
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