To give you an update on our monthly meeting… here's a brief rundown
of the minutes from the meeting.

A "Calendar of Events" has been developed for the upcoming riding
season. You may view our calendar here:

http://www.wvrk3.org/?page_id=39

If you plan a ride and want WVRK to attend, please forward me the info
and I will put it up on the Calendar. I've allowed access to the
Calendar to Jimmy and Dana so they too may add events because as I get
older, my memory seems to be failing me :-)

There are now three (3) "Mandatory Rides". Out of these three rides,
only one of these is actually "Mandatory". Let me explain: To allow
folks with difficult schedules the opportunity to be present for one
of these rides, we have set aside three dates over the course of the
riding season. It is mandatory that all Active and/or Charter Members
make at least one of these rides. Not all three, just one. If a member
cannot make any of these rides, there will be a fine of $30.00 levied
by the President on that member. Social members are exempt from these
rides but welcome to attend. To further accommodate our members, we
have chosen three rides that leave on different times of the day and
set each ride for Sunday, as most, if not all of our members, have
stated that "Sunday rides are best". Also, two of the rides go "south"
and one to the "west" to Huntington, which should accommodate
Sterling, who lives in Putnam County.

Not mentioned in the meeting, because I simply forgot: I would like to
reaffirm that our meeting is to be held on the first Tuesday of the
month and until such time that the meeting place is changed, we will
continue to have the meeting at the Danville Vol Fire Department.
Because the meeting falls on the same day as the monthly Danville City
Council Meeting, we held this last meeting at 7:30 rather than 7pm. As
Chief of my department, I try to attend each City Council meeting. If
there's no objections, I will continue to schedule the meetings of
WVRK at 7:30pm. If however, folks have an issue with this, we can
schedule the meeting at 6 or 6:30pm.

Secretary's Note:

There's three very important dates on the upcoming Calendar.

May 21 2008, Run for the Wall will be in Charleston that morning. I
will be riding to this event. Hope to see you there!

On or about June 20, the annual Paul Ritchie Ride should be taking
place. I hope that everyone in WVRK3 will be able to attend.

On or about October 14 of last year and I would suppose it will be
near that same date this year, is the Fallen Firefighters Memorial.
This past year, we were suppose to present a Wreath at the Ceremony
and participate otherwise. Completely my fault, I didn't realize the
event was on that date and didn't realize until I was already at camp
in Summers County that afternoon. This year, I WILL BE THERE and I
hope some of you will attend as well.

As always, if you have any questions, comments or complaints, send me
an email.

Respectfully,

John "Phathead" Holstein