Bavorak News

For all who attended, sorry for the reservation mix-up.  Turned-out good anyway, slightly delayed, and enjoyed a laid-back meeting/meal with friends.  For those who were unable to attend, I hope to see you Feb 8th again at Logan's on Evansville's East-side.

Numerous club officer positions are available, please consider steering our club into the future.

Marc Wanner

For those who were there and those who were not, see attached.

Hope to see everyone at the Christmas party!  Please let Kathie know whether you will be attending or not by December 1st by email to secretary@bavorak.org.

Thanks!

Marc Wanner

We had another great meeting!  This one was chock full of information and club decisions, which ran past the meal being served.  There is quite a bit going on.  If you weren't able to make it and/or as a reminder of up-coming rides, see the attached report.  We will be taking nominations for club officers at the upcoming meeting, so please be thinking of who you would like piloting this club for the next two year term.

Until next next month, ride safe and enjoy the Fall colors.  As always, check Bavorak Facebook for last-minute day ride opportunities and hope to see you November 9th at Logan's for the next one!

Marc Wanner

We had another great meeting!  Welcomed new members Andy & Amanda Morrison, Diane lead an interactive prayer for Ken, we enjoyed Indian cuisine at the Taj Mahal, presented numerous ride opportunities, and swapped tails from the trails - as usual.  I'd like to thank Zach for volunteering to work on the club signet - hope to have that ready for club approval at the next meeting.  If you weren't able to make it and/or as a reminder of up-coming rides, see the attached report.

Until next next month, ride safe and enjoy the cooler weather.  As always, check Bavorak Facebook for last-minute day ride opportunities!

Marc Wanner

We had a great meeting, private upstairs level of RiRa's, beer sampling, good food, service and conversation.  As a reminder for those attending and for those who couldn't to catch-up, please see the attached meeting notes.

Looking forward to cooler weather and the return of day rides.  Likely something in the mix this Saturday or Sunday, so check Bavorak Facebook and email often for those last-minute opportunities.

Marc Wanner

Howdy all you Bavoraker's!

For those attending the July meeting, it was great seeing everyone!  For those who couldn't, I've attached the meeting notes so you know what's happening, and hope to see you at the next one.

Next meeting is August 10th, 6:30pm at RiRa Irish Pub (Evansville) upstairs meeting room or lower level outside patio (TBD).  RiRa is located at 701-B NW Riverside Drive (directly across from the casino boat).  Riverside has a divider so one must be on the north bound lane in order to turn on to S. 3rd. Ave.

Enjoy the attached notes and hope to see you all at the August meeting!

Marc Wanner

It was great to see you all this month!  For those who could not attend or had to leave early - we missed you.

Please see the attached notes and attendance from the meeting.

I hope to see you all at the next meeting; 6:30pm Roca Bar in Evansville near the corner of US-41 & Boonville/New Harmony Rd.

Also, there have been a couple of exciting events recently in gear availability, as earlier this year both Cycle Gear and Motorcycle Superstore opened retail stores in Louisville KY.

Marc Wanner

The May Meeting this past Wednesday had great attendance - thank you!   Nature Dave was gracious enough to lead the meeting in my absence, and has relayed description, which I have attached.  You will notice a couple of additional upcoming events not mentioned during the meeting; ride to Gatlinburg and club contingent attending the 35th Iowa Rally - see attached meeting notes for further details.  We are so thankful that Mike & Mandy were unharmed in their accident last weekend.  They are true motorcycling enthusiasts having already made a deal on their next bike.  Also, keep Denny in your prayers (who is battling kidney stones). Everyone please ride safe and have fun!

Nature Dave, thanks for leading the meeting!

If you have any questions, feel free to post on Facebook, email, and/or call me.

P.S. The Louisville ride to BMW and Cycle Gear outlet is postponed due to forecast of bad weather this weekend.  We'll pick a better day to enjoy 62, demo some new bikes and pick-up gear.

Marc Wanner

We had a good turn-out tonight, welcomed a new member and had another show-up as a guest.  It was a good meeting, dinner, and great to see so many together again with new enthusiasts continuing to come on board.

For those who were unable to attend, you were missed.  I have attached the meeting notes, so everyone is aware of upcoming events.  As always, check the website and Facebook often for impromptu day rides.

Until next month, be safe and I hope to ride with you soon!

Marc Wanner

For those who were there – I sincerely enjoyed your company and wished to have spent time with those I missed.  For those who weren’t there, but called-in (Vlad & Bonnie); it will be good to have you back soon - along with Jim and Elaine.  And for those who couldn’t make it tonight, we hope to see you soon!

I have attached meeting notes for your reference.

Marc Wanner

For those who couldn’t attend because you are dealing with illness, recovery, and other issues – our thoughts and prayers are with you. For those who couldn’t attend because they are in Florida or Texas enjoying half-decent weather – our thoughts and prayers are also with you (maybe for different reasons). For those and the rest, we miss your company and look forward to seeing you at the next meeting/ride. We have a terrific schedule of diverse events shaping-up for 2011, and hope that everyone takes full advantage of each opportunity. I have attached a meeting recap for you to stay in touch.

Until then, travel safe - I look forward to seeing you soon.

Marc Wanner

Meeting called to order at 6:45 at Silver Bell in St. Wendell
Attendance: 18 present

Discussions in the meeting:

• Welcomed Ken and Jenny to our second meeting. Both are riders!
• Mike and Mandy went to the Vintage Motorcycle Museum and gave an overview of the weekend.
• Patties Restaurant ride - great weather.
• Don't forget to bring your ending bikes mileage in for the November meeting. Winners will be announced at the December party.

New business:

• We were saddened with the news of Sue Herr's brother passing on.  Our thoughts and prayers are with the Herr family.  A card was signed by the members present for the Herr Family.
• Upcoming ride - Bob Herr- Fall Ferry-boat Follies - see web site, Oct 23-Oct 24.  (Rain dates Oct 30-Nov 1)
• Marc suggested the use of surveys to gather information from all our members on the direction of our club in the future. Examples would be helping a fundraiser for events, our club being visible at charity events, helping out in the communities with different originations.  The suggestion of surveys was thought by all to be a great way to add the members voices.  We would start planing in the next several months to have an activity next year. Survey question example:  What would you like to see our club be active in?  Community activity - charity ideas.  Kathie Dunlap suggested an idea of assisting with "Habit for Humanity".  This could involve several members to assist in numerous aspects of a community project.  Examples given were, riding to the location on our bikes, wearing t-shirts, radio and BMW write-up on activities.  These were just a few. Marc knew of a few contacts and will look at seeing what is involved to get started.  Overall feeling with the members present was a positive response.  On a personal note, "The sky is the limit on what our club could achieve and could set an example to be an inspiration to others in the area."
• Linda and Denny suggested winter retreat in Brown Country for February 5th-6th.  Currently 83 rooms open.  Last winter, Spring Mills was the sight for the first winter weekend get-away and several members attended.  It was big success, and was suggested that this be continued for this coming winter. (2nd annual)  Survey will be upcoming for comments and suggestions.  A head count will taken to reserve rooms in the following meetings as we get closer.  Mark your calender for the relaxing weekend.
• Meeting location change was discused and agreed by several members.  Suggestion of changing location back to a stationaly sight for the winter months.  Nov, Jan, Feb, & March. Logans was to sight of interest.  UPDATE: I did call and have the months mentioned SET for Logans in the Garage Room, start time of 6:30.  20 was the head count and they just requested a set count about 1 week prior to the meeting so they will have enough personal to wait on our group.  So we will need a firm count for November meeting one week prior.
• Kathie commented on the planing of our Christmas Party.  Log Inn was mentioned as in the past.  UPDATE: I called Log Inn and have SET Dec. 8th at 6:30 for 35-40 people.  Confirmed, and will need to call them about 1 week in advance for a firm head count.  Decorating the tables was mentioned by Joyce E. and I did check.  This would not be a problem!  So I will talk to Joyce and we will work on ideas for the tables.  Suggestions for a gift exchange, donation of food to the Tri-State Food Bank or a toy for a child in need.  Nov meeting the club will decide.  This is set for December 8th, 6:30 at the Log Inn.  (just north of I-64 and HWY 41, 2 miles east) the 2nd Wednesday in December.
• New Years Day Party was mentioned at the Shoemakers, and is currently pending.

Kathie

It was a good meeting at Logan’s roadhouse with new guests and in a sectioned-off area.  For all those in attendance, it was great to see you midst this busy riding season.  For those not able to make it, you were missed and we hope to see you at the October meeting if not sooner.

Logan Restaurant, Called to order by Mark W. at 7:00

14 in attendance with 2 additional guests.  Chris Ferguson and Annie Weidell.  Moved to the Evansville area this past year from the upper Midwest.  Both ride Hondas and they fit right in.

Upcoming rides in the planning:
1.  Land between the Lakes in KY, "Patties Restaurant" date/weather pending, Dave G.
2.  Bell Smith Springs, Shaween National Forest in So. Ill.  Camping trip, Denny and Linda.
3.  Annual Heaven & Hell ride, May 13-17, Vlad and Bonnie.
4.  Brown County Jan 2011, (14 attended Spring Mills) Denny and Linda. (big success)

Photo collections for the 2011 calander - give to Dave G.

Meeting ended at 7:30.  Good food/service and great friends.

Kathie Dunlap the Sec.

As Bavorak Motorrad Riders president, I would like to recognize and congratulate new and returning club officers and extend a special invitation to all members for their feedback/questions/concerns/suggestions.  A special 'thank you' goes out to our 2010 officers (alphabetical last/first):

• Kathie Dunlap - new Secretary
• Dave Godeke - new Vice President
• Chris Hancock - returning Webmaster
• Diane Hancock - returning Treasurer

~Marc Wanner

2010 Bavorak Calendars were distributed.

2010 Dues were collected.

Election of Officers for two year terms:

• Cindy Shoemaker nominated David Godeke for President, who declined.  David Godeke nominated Chris Hancock, who declined.  Marc Wanner stepped up to the plate.  All were in favor of Marc Wanner serving as President.
• David Godeke agreed to serve as Vice President and was approved.
• Kathi Dunlap agreed to serve as Secretary and was approved.
• Diane Hancock agreed to continue as Treasurer and was approved.

Discussions/information:

• 2010 Dues are due.
• Calendars:  If we like the calendars and want to do them next year, birth dates can also be added.  It was agreed members would send birth dates for the Calendar to Diane Hancock.
• David Godeke and Chris Hancock were thanked for their work on the Calendars, and Chris on the web site.
• Nature Dave (Godeke) encouraged members to send in lots of pictures for the next year, for the 2011 Calendar.
• Chris Hancock briefly discussed the use of Irfanview to make pictures more suitable (smaller in size) for sending in e-mails.

Business was completed and the meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Diane Hancock, Secretary

In these days of 10 mega pixel and larger digital cameras, one of the unfortunate effects is that photo sizes, if not edited, are HUGE.  If you try to e-mail me several photos to post on the web site, the resulting download times, even with a high speed internet connection can be lengthy.  On the other hand, if the photos are downsized too much, then the resolution can be too low should the photograph be selected for printing in our annual calendar.  So with that in mind, I would like to offer some guidelines for resizing the photos you submit for posting in trip reports or other sections of the Bavorak web site.  Please keep in mind that these are only guidelines; they don't necessarily have to be followed to the T...

I'll use my camera as an example.  At the resolution I normally shoot, the unedited photo sizes come out at 3000 x 2000 pixels, and the typical size of the .jpg file is on the order of 2.5 to 3 megabytes.  That is way too large!  Resizing the photo to 1500 x 1000 pixels results in a .jpg file of about 0.3 to 0.8 megabytes (depending on the file quality selected when saving the resized file).  The resulting resolution is plenty high enough for a calendar, and it's much quicker to e-mail.  And although that is still much too big for posting on the web site, I will take care of downsizing it from there.

Resizing photos is simple if you have the proper software.  There are plenty of applications that will do it, but a good one is IrfanView.  And what's even better, it can be downloaded for free at http://www.irfanview.com/.  To resize a photo while viewing it in IrfanView, press Ctrl-R, and enter the desired pixel size in either the width or height box (the software will automatically calculate the other one).

Thanks for your cooperation.  Please let me know if you have any questions.

Your faithful Webmeister,
Chris Hancock

The meeting was held at Wilson’s Café in Posey County on a drizzly cold night.  Yes, David Godeke and Rick Sims win the prize for riding their two-wheeled vehicles.Steve reported there were 241 bikes at the Cape Girardeau event, making it a record.  There was lots of media coverage, food, and door prizes.  Pictures can be found on the Grass Roots web site.

David G. reminded members to submit pictures for the web site; hoping for some good fall/early winter pictures for the 2010 Calendar.

The Christmas party is planned for the Log Inn, on the usual meeting night, the second Wednesday night of December.  It just happens to be December 9, 2009.

David G. asked how everyone liked meeting at different places, and all agreed it was good.

Steve, el presidente, and Diane, la secretaria/treasurer, reminded the group we need to be thinking about electing new officers.  The term is two years, which Steve and Diane have both served.

Denny and Linda Richard announced they would reschedule the bonfire at their place for spring…too wet.

It was decided next month’s meeting/eeting would be at the Silver Bell Restaurant in St. Wendel.  David G. will call and make reservations.

Linda suggested a winter get-a-way, if anyone interested, to Spring Mill State Park.  There’s an inn there, with a restaurant, a huge fireplace, and nice surroundings.  January 30th was set as the date.  She had already checked on rooms, and there were plenty.  All interested need to make their own reservations.  The phone number is 812-849-4081.  (Thanks to Steve, the web site is https://springmillinn.dnr.state.in.us/.)

The secretary apologized for not publishing last month’s meeting minutes and thanked Steve for ensuring the word got out about rides and such.

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,
Diane Hancock, Secretary

The meeting was held at Hornville Tavern.  President Steve Shoemaker opened the meeting.  He introduced new members, Steve and Jan Johnson, from Evansville, who ride a K1200 LT.

Steve discussed the upcoming Moto GP races in Indy.

September 19, BMW Open House in Missouri, a group would probably be riding over, more info on that later.

Vladimir Roznos informed us about the Moto Guzzi Rally he and Bonnie attended in Wisconsin...230 people, beer, beer, beer, and good Wisconsin cheese.  A good time.

Next month’s meeting place was discussed.  It was decided another Ride to Eeting was in order.  A vote was taken and Smitty’s Tavern on Franklin Street in Evansville was determined to be the place.  We’ll meet and ride to the meeting, if able.  Check the web site for date and time.

Denny and Linda Richard proposed a Fall get-together at their place outside Princeton, IN.  A date was discussed and decided upon October 17, 2009.  More information and directions to follow.

Dave Godeke suggested a Saturday trip to the Arts and Crafts Museum in Louisville to view a display of vintage motorcycles there.  Date and time to follow.

Linda Richard suggested a winter get-away to Spring Mill State Park Inn, end of January or first of February.  She will get price information together for a future meeting.

No further business…..meeting adjourned.

Two members showed up at breakfast today on new (to them) motorcycles...Rick Sims on a 2008 BMW F650 X-Challenge, and Chris Hancock on a 2008 Ducati HyperMotard.  It had the makings of an excellent photo op.  Photography work courtesy of Nature Dave Godeke.

Hi All,

I just wanted to welcome some new members.  And, by new, I mean having joined us in the last couple months, and have paid annual dues!  Welcome Denny and Linda Richard, Tim Ditzer, Mark and Monique Wanner, and Phillip Andrews!

We've also had Marshall and Kat Shipp join us at a meeting and a recent ride!  Hope you enjoyed it and please join us again!

And, thanks to the faithful membership for making the new people feel welcome.  This riding season promises to be full of fun and fellowship.

Ride Safe and have fun,

Diane Hancock

Scheduled locations and rides for special summer "Eetings"...

Wed. June 10th, 7:00 PM, The Feed Mill.  Location - Poseyville, IN - 0.2 mile south of Interstate 64 on St. Francis St. (SR 165).  Reservations have been made.

Wed. July 8th, 7:00 PM, Tim's Awesome BBQ.  Location - Princeton, IN - 525 S. Main St approx 4 blocks south of Broadway St (SR 64).  Arrangements made by Denny & Linda.

Wed. Aug.12th, 7:00 PM, The Hornville Tavern.  Location - 2607 W. Baseline Rd (north of Darmstadt, IN).   Tavern is located at the intersection of Baseline Rd & Owensville Rd.  0.2 mile west of N. St Joe Rd on Baseline.  Reservations have been made.

Riders leaving the Evansville area for ALL eetings will gather at Thorton's on Morgan at Burkhardt.  The BUS WILL LEAVE AT 6:00!  If you're not there, you're on your own.  In case of rain, use your own judgement, i.e., be a wimp, and drive your car directly to the meetings.

"Nature Dave" Godeke

Congratulations to new Bavorak member, Kat Shipp.  She proudly announces, "I found myself a rebuilt Kawasaki ZRX1200 as a project bike, and she's gonna be a BEAST when she's done.  So expect me to be zipping around with the Beemer guys, not straggling at the back on my 250.  Yeehaw! "

Hi,

If you're getting this, you're on my Bavorak e-mail list.  Please, please let me know if you want to be taken off of it.  I thought I'd summarize the business of the last couple meetings to keep you up to date.

1/14/09
-Chris Hancock has updated the web site, www.bavorak.org
-Dave Godeke suggested people submit trip reports and/or photographs and we'd pick out 12 at the end of the year for a calendar.
-The Texas trip was discussed
-Dates for Vladimir's Heaven and Hell ride were given, May 7-11, 2009
-Denny Richard brought books to loan out if anyone wanted them.
-Chris Shoemaker joined the club.

-Discussion was held about dues.  Last year we had voted to count rally fees towards dues for those who attended and helped at the rally.  This was discussed again.  Dave Edwards proposed we collect $10 per person per calendar year for dues.  Diane Hancock seconded and the motion passed.

-David Godeke asked that members check the web site and see if there's anything anyone wants taken off.

-Much discussion was held regarding whether or not to have a Rally in 2009.  A vote was held and it was 9 to 6 in favor of having the rally.  At that time, a request was made for a chair person for the rally.  No one volunteered.  Rally essentially was tabled.  Discussion was held about possibly taking a club trip in place of hosting a rally.  To be discussed at further meetings.

2/11/09
There was not much business discussed.  Texas group heading out 2/13/09.  However, David Godeke suggested having a travelling meeting during good riding months.  Possible locations mentioned were Poseyville and Princeton.  People could just meet at the restaurants selected, or meet somewhere and ride together.  This was to be discussed at later meetings as well.

That's it; let me know if I forgot anything.  If you haven't joined us lately, we have a good meal and lots of motorcycle talk, even if we don't have a lot of business!  And lots of laughter.  Doesn't get any better than that.

Diane Hancock
Secretary and Treasurer