The Mail Boxer. The Prez Says. Upcoming Events. October 2011 BMW MOA #7 BMWRA #5. By Dick Olson. Greetings all,

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1 The Mail Boxer October 2011 BMW MOA #7 BMWRA #5 Greetings all, The Prez Says By Dick Olson The Fall Banquet will be Nov 5th at the Elk s Club at 711 Jennifer St. in Madison. Cocktails and beer at 5:00 pm with Dinner at 6:00 pm. The menu will be: - 14 oz rib eye steak $ chicken maison $ piece fried shrimp $22.34 along with baked potato, baby carrots, salad, rolls. These prices all include tax and tip. Coffee, tea,milk will be covered by the club. The cost per person has been set at $12.00 which has been the cost in the past. We need to have menu selection and number of people attending by Monday October 24th. Now for the tasty part...chicken maison---sauteed chicken breast lightly breaded and seasoned and finished off with a mushroom and shallot sauce. The steak will be cooked to medium, unless stated otherwise. Upcoming Events Sept 30 to Oct 2, 2011 BMW MOA Weekend Getaway Cranberry Lodge 319 Wittig Rd, Tomah, WI October 2, 2011: Club Breakfast Hilltop Restaurant doors open at 9:00 am Food served at 9:30 followed by the... October 2, 2011 Slimey Crud Run Pine Bluff, WI and Leeland, Wi October 7-9, 2011 Falling Leaf Rally Potosi, MO November 5, 2011: Club Banquet Elks Club details to follow Please forward number of people attending, the dinner selection(s), and the $12.00 per person charge to... John Ong 4725 Nora La. Madison, WI Please put a note in with your check stating it is for the banquet.

2 from an anonymous source Fall riding is in full swing. Just remember those pesky wet leaves that are hiding in the turns. The Crud is this weekend, along with our meeting. I hope to see a big turn out at both. And I hope that everyone has been riding the tires off their bikes so that we can maintain the domination of the MOA mileage contest. I still have high hopes of racking up just a few more miles by riding to the Falling Leaf this year. I have yet to make it down to Missouri for one reason or another, but since I have only gone to one rally (our own GR-3) this year, I am highly motivated to give it my best shot. I would like to thank everyone who has sent in Dave Maly remembrances. I want to encourage everyone else to write a short note or send a photo with a caption for the special newsletter edition devoted to this outstanding former member of our club and very special human being. Madison BMW Club P.O. Box 152 McFarland, WI President: Dick Olson president@madisonbmwclub. org Secretary: Sherry Atkinson Membership: Jim Low membership@madisonbmwcl ub.org Treasurer: John Ong Newsletter Editor: Sam Garst guanocave@earthlink.net editor@madisonbmwclub.org Rally Chairs Jim Harms Jim Low rally@madisonbmw.org Activities Directors: Tom Schirz Bert Hefty activities@madisonbmwclub. org Our friends at Schlossmann's BMW have a few announcements: What: Ride to Slimey Crud Run When: 10/2/2011 at 7:30am Info: We will be departing BMW Motorcycles of Milwaukee (7016 N 76th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53223) for Leland, WI at 7:30am. Coffee and donuts provided before departure. What: Store Your Bike for Winter Service Seminar When: 10/8/2011 at 1:00pm Info: Our service technicians will walk you through the things you need to do to get your bike ready to store for the winter. We will be serving hotdogs and hamburgers after the seminar. What: Kettle Moraine Ride When: 10/23/2011 at 9:00am Info: Gather at BMW Motorcycles of Milwaukee (7016 N 76th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53223) and depart at 9:00am for a beautiful fall ride to Kettle Moraine. We expect to return early afternoon, around 2:00pm. Please visit for more information or contact us at with any questions! We hope to see you all around for this month s events!

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4 Secretary s Report by Sherry Atkinson Secretary s Report Madison BMW Club September meeting minutes Sunday September 4, 2011 The September meeting was called to order by President Dick Olson. It was brought to the Clubs attention that it was John Ong s 83 rd birthday. Dennis Maly graciously volunteered to replace his father Dave in leading the GR3 ride. Thank you, Dennis. Derek made a motion to establish a Dave Maly door prize give away for the GR3. Motion unanimously passed! A discussion was held regarding the list serv. If you feel you are not getting club please re-register using the following address, join-madisonbmwclub@lists.madisonbmwclub.org. In Other news, four guest where in attendance. Sam Garst asked for any Dave Maly pictures or stories you may want to share for a tribute newsletter. Due to the untimely closing of the Dry Bean, the Breakfast wars continue. We will meet at the Hill Top thru the rest of the year. We will be discussing other locations. Dawn has done some research in to the Westside Club. Other suggestions or locations will be welcomed. This is my first secretary's report after enthusiastically accepting my new position. I hope I didn t leave anything out. If I did...sorry! Main calendar of upcoming events: The Iron Man, as always, needs volunteers for their event in September. September 9-11, Dells Rally, Iron Man September 30-Oct 2, MOA regional event in Tomah, WI October 2, Breakfast and meeting at Hilltop restaurant before the Slimy Crud Run. October 7-9, Falling Leaf Rally, Potosi, MO. October 9, BMW MOA Mileage Contest ends at midnight! November 5 th - Club Banquet will be held at The Elks Club. We will need a head count to turn in. The Menu choices are: Prime Rib, (14.95), House Chicken (14.95) or Shrimp (17.95). Beverages are not included. Discussion continues on what the club subsidy will be. More information to follow at the next meeting. Something about investigating a 5 dollar cup of coffee. We Closed the meeting with Bill Jutz Reading a poem he wrote for Dave Maly. We will all miss him! Meeting was adjourned Sherry Atkinson Your new Club Secretary

5 Time To Pass The Torch First, let s go for a stroll down memory lane. Back in May 2007, GR3 Rally Czar Roland Thompson put out the word that he was going to step down and was looking for a replacement. At that time, I only had one or two years of club membership under my belt. One night, during that rally, I ended up at the Old Oak Inn with Roland and a few others. I asked Roland a few probing questions about what a Rally Czar actually did. During the discussions, he bought me a couple of Brandy Old Fashion Sweets, which certainly didn t hurt his recruitment efforts. I was already potentially interested before the drinks; however I still left without any commitment to take over. The next morning at the rally, the rumor mill was running full steam. Roland bought me between 10 and 12 Brandy Old Fashions and I had accepted the Rally Czar position in a drunken stupor! I eventually accepted the position and later Jim Low joined on as Rally Co-Chair. Together we ve chaired the rally from (4 years). We are both stepping down this year, so the position will have to be filled for I will not be swayed into changing my mind, even with more liquor! It s time, as they say, to pass the torch! So, please consider stepping up to chair or co-chair this club position when the elections come in November at the end of the year banquet! The dates for the 2012 rally have already been set (May 18-20) at the same great location in Soldiers Grove s Veterans Park. After 4 years in the same location, the whole rally process has become much easier to manage. Jim Low and I will sit down with the new chair(s) and go through the implementation plans we have been following so that you will know exactly what needs to be done (and when). The village contacts are very good to work with and will help you along too. Over the years, we added a computer application for registration. Jim Low has agreed to continue to manage this portion of the rally chair duties, so you don t have to worry about that. Everything from the previous rally will be put on a disk. You ll have a great starting point. At least one of the rally chairs needs to be computer literate, at least enough to be comfortable with sending and receiving s. You ll also need to print a few things, like the Rally Schedule, in Microsoft Word or some kind of word processor. Jim and I added a lot of things over the years that don t have to be done, so the required work load will be somewhat reduced. However, this will still require a fair amount of work, with spurts at different times of the year. We both will be available to answer questions and help you through anything you don t understand. And don t forget about the great core of volunteers that pitch in every year. It s amazing how much gets done without any need for direction from the chair(s). So, please give the position some consideration. It can be a lot of fun and I ve met a lot of great people through the process. Jim Harms & Jim Low Rally Co-chairs

6 2011 GR3 Rally Report To fulfill our Rally Chair obligations, here is a delayed summary of the 2011 Great River Road Rally! The 2011 GR3 went very well this year, although attendance was down due to the wet forecast. In the end, we hardly had any precipitation, but heavy rains in the Twin Cities area may have kept some bikers away. Attendance was 228 riders, down from the record setting 301 last year. We beat our previous pre-registration record as well. Once again, the park looked great! The village has been adding trees and landscaping every year. In fact, later in the summer they planted a tree in honor of our club. I believe it is up near the intersection of Highway 61 and Hwy 131. Schlossmann s BMW Motorcycles of Milwaukee was our major sponsor and supplied the Rally mugs for the thirsty folks. The first official event, beyond the beginning of registration, was the tapping of kegs donated by Mike Shannon and Sam Garst. The Kickapoo Pony Club, offered meals to the hungry on Friday night. Tom Van Horn also led a dinner ride to Karen s Supper Club in Boaz. Our Saviors Lutheran Church group offered up a hearty all you can eat breakfast on Saturday morning, before riders headed out for the day. Dave Maly led his final annual touring ride, performing that duty admirably for 36 of the 37 rallies. We ll all miss him! He always planned out the rides very well, coming up with some great touring stops! Dennis Maly has volunteered to lead the touring ride for future GR3s in honor of his Dad. Todd Herbst took over the GS ride lead this year. His hillbilly route theme was a hit with riders as they moseyed on mostly gravel roads through 3 states. We added a twist this year, with having riders match up BMW motorcycle sounds with a club member s bike. Additional lighting was also added to the bathroom sinks. There were a large number of door prizes donated by various organizations this year, so your chances of winning were pretty good. The Lions club provided a delicious boneless BBQ pork ribs dinner to the hungry riders on Saturday night, and hosted a beverage stand for those dry in the mouth. A young couple from Illinois won the pre-registration hotel stay at Holiday Shores Motel in Marquette IA. They have been attending the rally for many years and were thrilled to win. Jack from Kenosha won the 50/50 and graciously donated $100 of his winnings to the Soldiers Grove Park fund. I m sure we missed a few things. However, we would like to profusely thank all the volunteers and vendors again this year. It made the event go really smooth! Special thanks to Dick Olson for storage and delivery of all the Rally supplies! Jim Harms Jim Low Co-Rally Chairs

7 Madison BMW Club Cherished-but-Totally-Insignificant Awards Form Members!! Please fill out all the blanks below and send this form to Tom Van Horn at: 302 Glen Hwy., Madison, WI by October 31. Estimate your BMW miles ridden between January 1st and October 28, (to the nearest 100 miles) You may use this form for more than one rider but please separated with different ink colors or a slash (/) mark. Name For 2010, Your Total BMW miles ridden Divide your Totals into: Commuting Miles Sport or Day ride miles: Touring Miles My Co-rider as along for miles. My/our longest trip was miles over days. Most miles in one day ; two days Number of nights in a tent: ;in a motel Number of states/provinces ridden in Miles in the rain Number of rallies attended (not club rides) How many GR3 rallies total Sidecar miles Trailer miles (motorcycle on trailer does not count) Estimate your total overall mileage on every BMW you have had How many years riding Share any unusual or memorable incidents you have had this year. Who should this year s shafty character be? Who should get special mention for service to the club and why?

8 Madison BMW Club Membership Form First Last Address City State Zip Home # Work # Cell # Address Are you a New Member Y / N or are you a Current Member Y / N MOA # BMWRA # Bikes Owned Interests, comments, etc... Please send the Mail Boxer via Y / N A one year membership is $20.00 Madison BMW Club, Ltd. P.O. Box 152 McFarland, WI