We made it through another Int’l Motorcycle Show. However, it wasn't without some difficulty that we had with the event staff. But thanks to all the great help and a fantastic group of bikes that were volunteered it turned out to be a great show.

I am sorry for being so slow at getting all the thanks out to everybody. After eight years of doing the IMS I'm worn out. It's was hard to get motivated. Thanks to Mark Dunn, Garry Brooks, Will Mazurek, Brad Earl, Dennis Tackett, Wendy and Dave Griffiths, Dan Piassick, Clay Walley, Christian Davidson, Shawn Henry, George Tuttle, Steve Webster, Mike Fairchild, Randy Jones, Olaf Beyer, Leroy Greene, Ben D'Avanza, Don Tarvin, and Frank Jakab for manding the booth. They were fantastic with a total of $1,730 in raffle tickets sold.

The bikes were beautiful thanks to our club President Richard Asprey, Jay Pope, Chris Parry, J.J. Dobbs, Bill Felton, Gary Johnson, Mike Gang, Keith Smith, Bobby Vaughn, John Cartwright, and John Lundberg.

Special thanks to Dave Bradford and Mark Dunn who stayed with me Thursday through Sunday. They were a big help with unloading and loading. I would not even attempt this without the help of George Tuttle who took care of all the emails from volunteers, bike participants and the IMS.

After eight years George and I are retiring. It's time for some of the younger members to step up with new and fresher ideas. Listening to Dan Piassick, Shawn Henry, and Don Tarvin they had some great ideas for some bikes. Not just one person can do the show alone so maybe two or even three can pool together to run it next time.

If you noticed, we had more new people volunteering to man our booth and enter their bikes in the show. It was nice to see new club members participating. This is what the club needs to carry on this great club into the future.

Thanks again,
Randy

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