Lake Erie Chapter #3738 February 2015 Vol 6 Issue 1 Sponsored By: Lake Erie Harley Davidson 38401 Chester Avon Ohio Director s Chair Mike Cotrufo Inside this issue: Director s Chair 1 Ringo Says 2 Hogwash Director s Chair Brrrr It s ridiculously cold outside! 15 and snowing like a beast! Sure makes me think of warm days on the Harley, riding with my fellow HOG Chapter riders and having the time of my life! I guess that s a memory saved for days like these, when the only thing you see is either the white snow or the white from the salt stains that you get on your clothing. Nasty weather, BE GONE! That said, Nick Halpin, your Head Road Captain, is busy getting things prepared for you. 32 rides are being planned right now and, at the last General Membership meeting, there were Ride Suggestion sheets handed out. Once filled in, Nick can add the rides of your choice to the 2015 calendar of rides and events! I plan to accompany all of you this year on as many rides as possible! Activities/Volunteer 3 Head Road Captain` 3 LOH 4 Membership 4 Dec Jan Activities 5 Minutes 6 & 7 Birthdays 8 Officer Contact 8 Ron Long, your LEHD HOG Assistant Director, informed everyone at the meeting about the 2015 Pennsylvania HOG Rally. This will be held in Erie, PA, which is less than 2 hours away. It would be great if we had a large contingent from our LEHD HOG Chapter! I think that all who can attend should attend! Let s show everyone how we roll at this HOG Chapter! I will be attending the Harley Officers Training in March which will be in Detroit. This important training will give me and the other 6 attendees the latest information about what can be done to make your Lake Erie HD HOG Chapter experience a great one! I m always looking for ways to make your membership worthwhile and this H.O.T. session will give me some
Page 2 Director s Chair Mike Cotrufo new ideas! Stay tuned for future developments! Unfortunately, 2014 was a very difficult year, with several of our HOG Chapter brothers and sisters experiencing deaths or illnesses during the year. Not to mention, the untimely passing of Joe Conway and Dave Barrett. Please keep their families in your thoughts and prayers. That s it for now, so as I always close the Hogwash, let me know what I can do to make your membership experience better. Email me, stop me in the dealership whenever you see me and I will do my best for you! We are the best Chapter in the country! Anyhow, be cool, ride safe and I ll see you soon Mike Cotrufo Ringo Says - Ron Long HI Everyone, Winter has arrived with a vengeances. Just think, riding season is only 3 months away. I have to thank all the volunteers that helped us over the holidays. We raised over $1000 for the DAV and the MDA Ride for Life. Great job everyone. We need your help with rides that you would like to do. If you have a ride or some place that you would like to see the chapter do please let one of the officers or any of the road captains know any details so that we can check it out. Don t forget about all the HOG benefits that are offered. You have the ABC S of Touring, HOG mileage program, AT&T services and Best Western Hotel rewards. They also have road side assistance. All the information is in with your HOG package or on member.hog.com. I mentioned at the last meeting that I was going to lead a group of riders to Erie, PA for the Hog rally on Aug. 27-29. I will have more info at the next meeting. If you need to know all the details, check the web site members.hog.com. Hope to see you soon. As always, ride safe and have fun Ron ringo Long
Page 3 Activities/Volunteer - Carolyn Liggett Activities Officer... Thanks to the wonderful members that came out to the January Chapter Meeting! We even had new members attending! At a past meeting we as a group decided to NOT make arrangements to go to dinner following the monthly meetings. This is due to lack of attending at locations picked. I ask where you would like to go and I make those arrangements and the restaurant then holds tables and adds on staff. So when 20 hold up hands and only 5 show as our Director has said this makes us as a chapter look bad. I had a member come to me asking "So where is the dinner ride to?" No knowing we changed this. So I just want to remind you that we will not make arrangements until we get a sizeable group to attend. We will do pot lucks still and for the February meeting we will be doing Walking Tacos provided by the Chapter. We also will be doing Silly Hat Day! What is that you ask? Well, its like the Ugly Sweater. Wear a silly, unusual, strange hat to the February Meeting and we will put you in for a drawing for a nice prize! Regular team baseball hats not included in this!! Sorry! So please try to attend and have fun! I'm working on a activity for the end of the month so keep checking the website or for Blasts being sent out to your e-mails. Anyone with new fresh ideas please let me know! The Soup Cook Off is also coming on February 21st. I'm challenging all members to get in to this and we will have a member competition! So when you register with Tom for the Cabin Fever Soup Cook-Off and making soup be sure to tell him you want in the Members Competition held by the Chapter! Good Luck! Thanks to those that helped with the Swap Meet, We all had a fun time! Few guys even rode to this event...burrr! Thanks again, Carolyn Head Road Captain Nick Halpin Hey Members, I like to think of the Motorcycle Show at the IX center as a sign that spring is. coming. It renews my excitement that I will be riding again. I am working on the ride schedule both for Dinner rides and Chapter rides. Some examples will be a trip around Lake Erie, local rides to events in the area, interesting roads in south eastern Ohio, A Light House tour ride, and much more. On February 28th at noon at Lake Erie Harley there will be a Group riding class. I am holding a Road Captains meeting at 1pm. I will have the Ride lists and dates. I will be looking to Road Captains to claim the rides. Soon after this meeting I will be posting to the calendar and details on the rides will follow. Remember that John Gudin, our Safety Office, is once again keeping track of mileage for the chapter mileage program. As soon as riding season starts, I will plan a Road Captains ride where new Road Captains can watch experienced RC's to learn what to do on the road. I hope everyone has had a good Holiday season and is ready to start riding again. See you at the next meeting.
Page 4 Volunteers Carolyn Liggett Volunteer Corner... As we get into up coming events, please consider volunteering! Why??!! You really do have fun! You get to meet new members or people, socialize and it really is rewarding for our chapter! Please sign up on line or with Tom on Dealership Events. Even if you can come for an hour or two, we can use the help! If your NOT volunteering...why, please let me know so we can fix that!! We need you!!! Thanks to those that help out even at the chapter meeting with sign up and 50/50 or food. I truly appreciate you! The Dealership does as well! Thanks! Carolyn Membership Mary Ann Carroll We currently have 143 members of which are 134 renewals and 9 new members; Ride Safe! Mary Ann Ladies of Harley Connie Heitkamp Hello from Ladies of Harley! A New Year. A new riding season! It s soon approaching, but I don t think quickly enough for most of us! Until then, we are trying to keep busy in the winter months and also planning our calendar for this year. A few items on our list: We need something to do in April! STAY TUNED! MAY IS LADY RIDER MONTH with Harley-Davidson! May 1 st to May 31 st This is just a friendly mileage competition between all our lady HOG chapter members. All I need from the ladies is their starting mileage and ending mileage on the respective dates. A photo of your odometer sent to me will suffice. LAKE ERIE LADIES WEEKENDER! May 15 th and 16 th We have two hotels booked for our guests this year - Fairfield Inn & Cambria. They have both given us
Page 5 February Activities March Activities Feb 21 Annual Soup Cook-off Feb 24 Officers Meeting Feb 26 Chapter Meeting 3-14 St. Paddy s Day Party 3-24 Officer Meeting 3-26 Chapter Meeting 3-27 Fish Fry a reduced rate. Fairfield Inn has rates from $105 and $115 per room per night. Cambria s room rates are $129.00 per room per night. I m happy to say, that we already have a couple of registrations in already for our weekend! Pass the word along to your friends, family. Anyone that may be interested! All makes and models of motorcycles are welcome. If anyone happens to be a honey hugger (passenger), cars are welcome on our rides. We include everyone on our rides. I have registrations and hotel information at the dealership and with me. Please feel free to email me for any information and updates you need. Loh.lehog@gmail.com LOH-LEAD RIDES! We are always looking for new destinations to ride to. The ride schedule is just about complete, but we can always use fresh ideas. I welcome and encourage any female that s a member of Lake Erie HOG Chapter to join the Ladies of Harley. Our meetings are held the first Wednesday of the month. We will keep you posted on our chapter calendar of the destination of the meeting. Attend and meet some new friends, and see what Ladies of Harley is all about. We are all here to welcome you and. to ride and have fun! I hope to see you at the dealership, any functions that may be going on, or if you want to get a group together for movies, or dinner,.. let s plan it! Have a great month, stay warm and keep smiling! Connie Heitkamp, Ladies of Harley Officer loh.lehog@gmail.com
Page 6 Secretary - Paula Jackson Lake Erie HOG Chapter 3738 Lake Erie HOG Chapter Chapter Meeting January 29, 2015 Meeting called to order at 7pm Director- Ask for any ride suggests. Told everyone to watch the drive home as the weather is getting bad. Heard from South Africa and the gentleman that got injured is home and in for a long recovery. Said that they are planning a return trip later on this year. Dealership- Steak fry on Feb. 13 6pm till 9pm Soup cook off on Feb. 21 noon till4pm. Asst. Dir. Reminded everyone about some of the HOG benefits, like the mileage program, ABC S of touring and other rides. Sec. Minutes approved Treasurer- All is good. Plenty of money. L.O.H.- Next meeting is on Feb. 4 th at Whistlers. Ladies weekend is in May, also May is Ladies ride month. Membership- 143 members- 9 new Activities- Ugly sweater contest winner is Mark Fundek. Breakfast at Gene s in Kamm s Corner before the bike show at the I.X. Center. Next meeting we will be having walking taco s. Webmaster- No report Headroad Captain- Passed out ride suggestions sheets. Road Captain meeting on Feb.28 at 1pm. Ask for dinner ride ideas. Historian- No report Safety- Group riding class on Feb. 28 at noon. Reminded everyone about the mileage program.
Page 7 Editor- No report Old Business- nothing New Business- I gave Jason his Past Officers patch. New members-george Fraatz, Cliff & Cheree Guthman, and Rachelle Ramirez Gift card winner was Joanne Panzeter Meeting Adjournment at 7:30 50/50 winner Rachelle Ramirez
Page 8 February Birthdays Tom Davis Cliff Guthman Bonnie McGan Robert Perona February Patti Drumm Bev Hune Daniel Murdock Sr. If I ve missed anyone please send an email to Editor.lehog@gmail.com and I will make sure we add it to the listing. Chapter Officers Director: Mike Cotrufo 440-967-1970 director.lehog@gmail.com Asst. Director: Ron Long 440-365-2789 asst.director.lehog@gmail.com Secretary: Paula Jackson secetary.lehog@gmail.com Treasurer: Mari Eustace treasurer.lehog@gmail.com Membership: Mary Ann Carroll members.lehog@gmail.com Safety: John Gudin safety.lehog@gmail.com Webmaster: David M. Johnson web.lehog@gmail.com Head Road Captain: Nick Halpin road.lehog@gmail.com Photographer: OPEN!!! photog.lehog@gmail.com Activities: Carolyn Liggett Activities.lehog@gmail.com Volunteer: Carolyn Liggett volunteer.lehog@gmail.com Historian: Larry Nolan historian.lehog@gmail.com Ladies Of Harley: Connie Heitkamp loh.lehog@gmail.com Ladies Of Harley Secretary: Joyce Hood lohsec.lehog@gmail.com Ladies Of Harley Treasurer: OPEN Lohtreas.lehog@gmail.com Editor: Dennis Mullen Editor.lehog@gmail.com