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Pres. P. Danik called the meeting
to order at 10:07 a.m. and briefly went over the agenda for the day. He
introduced the POG officers and then had each person introduce themselves
and state where they were from. There was 77 people in attendance from 9
different states and Canada. Paul introduced Mark Mederski, who is the
museum director, who spoke about being glad to have the POG there for the
day. Mark explained that he had put an article in the Pickerington Sun/Times
about John Penton and the POG having the meeting there. Mark says that the
Moto-cross exhibit will be there at least thru December, 2006. Pres. Danik
then presented the Museum a $500.00 check from the POG in honor/memory of
Rod Bush. He then showed the bronze sculpture of John Penton and explained
that it was sculpted by Rick Stewart, who was in attendance.
Sec. A. Born read the minutes of the January meeting and D. Wilford made a
motion that was seconded by John Borer to accept the minutes as read and all
were in favor of the motion. D. Wilford gave the membership report for Jan.,
showing 8 new members, 22 renewals, six being for 2 years and the sale of
one DVD/Program. The report showed 409 active members as 4 were moved to the
expired list as they failed to renew their membership during Oct. 2005.
Treasurer A. Buehner gave the financial report as of 1/31/06. Alan also
stated that he has sent all of the information to the accountant for our
year-end statement. He also asked if we wanted to renew our membership in
the Blue Ribbon Coalition. D. Leimbach explained what the Coalition does and
John Penton stated that he has supported them for a long time. D. Leimbach
made a motion to renew our membership for a year for the fee of $100.00 and
Art Busick seconded the motion and the motion carried.
Pres. Danik asked the membership about reserving the same 4 spaces at a cost
of $600.00 for Vintage Days and A. Busick made a motion that was seconded by
Bob Andersohn and this motion also carried. A. Buehner stated that the
deadline for the Spring Newsletter articles is Feb. 18th. Everyone gave a
big hand to Alan for all the work he does in getting the letter prepared for
printing plus all of the mailing that has to be done. B. Smith gave the
Web-site report stating that the featured motorcycle section is back up, but
some of the original pictures are still missing. He also stated that the
“Home Page” photo will be up in the next few days. Bill told about recently
going to the Stanley Steamer 100th anniversary celebration in Ormond Beach,
Fla. where they saw Don Garlitz and Jack Roush and he met Dave Despain who
told him about John Penton visiting him while he was in a hospital. The
E-bay report was given by John Borer showing the following sales: a ‘75
Penton 250cc Hare Scrambler had 10 bids for $2375.00, a ‘76 Penton 125,
partially restored had 6 bids for $600.00, a ‘75 Penton/KTM 250cc engine,
complete, except for the ignition cover, with a stuck piston , had 14 bids
for $127.50. Also, a 75 Penton/KTM 250cc frame with swing arm had 2 bids for
$10.00, a Penton VDO speedometer with cable and mounting bracket had 10 bids
for $76.95 and a moto-plat ignition coil had 8 bids and sold for $51.00.
There was no old business and under new business John Penton spoke briefly
about Rod Bush and all he had done for the Penton/KTM motorcycle world and
he also “Thanked” the POG members for all the love that has been shown to
the Penton motorcycle and to the Penton family. Pres. Danik then told about
when he was racing that the Leimbachs and the Pentons would open their home
to him and he told proudly that he recently had the privilege of putting
Mrs. Leimbach up for the night as she was in his area. Randy Kirkbride
showed his 2006 calendars and Scott and Belinda Brogan modeled the new MC5
jerseys they have made for 2006, and the McColloughs showed their Penton
license plates. Pres. Danik thanked Connie and Ted Del Solar for taking care
of the registration book and filling out the tickets for the drawing. He
also thanked Brett Watson for coming with him a day early to get things
prepared for the meeting and he announced that Ed Youngblood would be giving
a tour of the Moto-cross exhibit in ten minutes after adjournment which was
at 11:15 a.m. The next meeting is scheduled for March 2nd at KTM USA.
Ed gave a very interesting tour of the MX exhibit, explaining each phase of
the exhibit and telling why and how it was set up in this manner. Pizza that
was furnished by A. Buehner and a large cake that was brought by Toni Roach
was enjoyed by all as we watched a video that was produced by Reb and Ted
Guthrie in Aug. when we had our POG display set up at the museum for the KTM
dealers. After a time to view the Pentons {many were MC5s}on display in the
garage area, the group returned to the meeting area for a round-table
discussion where E. Youngblood asked questions for some of the Penton
pioneers, including John Penton, Don Mathias, who was the first official
Penton dealer, Doug Wilford, Matt Weisman, Dane Leimbach, Jack Penton and Al
Born. The floor was then opened to questions from the membership. A total of
25 very nice door prizes were given, consisting of items donated by the POG
and various individual members of the group.
After putting the chairs, speakers, lights, etc. in their proper place,
approximately 25 Poggers went to Chris and Tommy Garrett’s nearby home for a
delicious meal as the rest headed out trying to beat the up-coming snow
storm.
Al Born, Sec. of POG
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