Charter Officers President Fred Grumpy Hartmann President@LIHarleyRiders.com Vice President Ken McKay VicePresident@LIHarleyRiders.com Treasurer George Foundotos treasurer@liharleyriders.com Secretary Kathy Efthimiades Secretary@LIHarleyRiders.com Activities Officer Steve Ficalora Activities@LIHarleyRiders.com Editor Ginny Nugent-Zeier editor@liharleyriders.com Head R.C. Mario Ruffolo HeadRoadCaptain@LIHarleyRiders.com Asstistant Head R.C. Gary Kinkel AssistantRoadCaptain@LIHarleyRiders.com Historian Lou Vaccarelli historian@liharleyriders.com Ladies of Harley Annette Greco LadiesofHarley@LIHarleyRiders.com Membership Christine Vultaggio membership@liharleyriders.com Photographer Pat Donohue photographer@liharleyriders.com Public Relations Dominick Mazza Safety Officer Dom Mozzone safety@liharleyriders.com Webmaster Rod Morgenweck Webbmaster@LIHarleyRiders.com Presidents Point of View by Grumpy Hartmann I would like to thank everyone, members and officers, for all their support in 2015, another great year. At the October meeting we received nominations for the four primary officers and I am happy to say that I will be returning as club President, Ken McKay as Vice President, Kathy Efthimiades as Secretary and George Foundotos as Treasurer. We also voted on some changes to the club by laws, they will be posted on the club web site. Once again I did not win the custom pillow, the last one of the year; Dave Marzola was the lucky winner - congratulations Dave. Director Kathy O Keefe, from Sagamore Children s Hospital was at the October meeting to go over our annual ride. We will be attaching a list of items that are needed for the children to the weekly email. Remember nothing goes to waste, this is an open ride, so please bring a friend. The ride follows our November 22 nd meeting so please mark your calendars. We are hoping for a police escort if not Santa and the Road captains will get us there. On October 18, Joe Giacalone led his first off island ride to High Point Park in NJ. I could not make that ride but I was told it was good one, even with the cold weather. Job well done Joe! We re all looking forward to your next ride. Last call for Jack Daniels. If you would like to order a bottle or two please contact Chris Vultaggio at Membershipdirector@liharleyriders.com. Our Christmas party is coming up fast. It will be held Dec. 19th at the Holiday Inn in Plainview. Four hours of great food, music and the company of fellow members. We have a fun time and you have a chance to win a custom quilt. So, it s time to purchase your tickets priced at $65.00 PP. Contact Steve Ficalora at Activitiesdirector@liharleyriders.com. Road Captain Charlie Abruzzo talked about the ride we are planning for next year to the Midwest. He is hoping for a June 11, start date and it will be a two week ride. A lot more to follow on this one. Ride safe and prosper. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 1
Monthly Meeting October 25, 2015 We had a busy meeting. The ride was canceled due to rain. The revisions to the by laws were passed. The primary officers will remain the same in 2016 with the addition of Ken McKay appointed as V.P. Kathy O'Keefe from Sagamore spoke about our Nov. 22 ride to the hospital. The children always look forward to our visit and truly appreciate the gifts we bring for them. She left us with a suggested gift list. Lastly, we celebrated Octoberfest with a multitude of delicious food! There were main dishes, deserts and of course Gary Kinkel sporting his lederhosen. Nice legs, Gary!!! Thank you to Annette for organizing a great party. Thank you and much appreciation for everyone who cooked, set up and cleaned up. This doesn't happen without you! LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 2
Below is the change to our by-laws. Please read and familiarize yourself with it. AMENDMENT CHANGE TO THE LIHR BY-LAWS (Items hi-lited in yellow are the changes.) ARTICLE V - OFFICERS A. The club shall have the following Primary officers. Primary Officers shall be elected as outlined in Article VI of the By-Laws. 1. President 2. Vice President 3. Treasurer 4. Secretary B. A Primary Officer may be removed for cause by the unanimous vote of the other Primary Officers. C. The Primary Officers, to improve the operations of the Club may create and appoint the following Discretionary Officer Positions, as may be needed from time to time, to include, but not limited to: 1. Assistant Treasurer 2. Assistant Secretary 3. Activities Officer(s) 4. Editor 5. Head Road Captain & Assistant Head Road Captain 6. Historian 7. Ladies of Harley 8. Membership 9. Photographer(s) 10. Public Relations 12. Road Captain(s) 13. Safety 14. Webmaster D. The Primary Officers may eliminate Discretionary Officer positions at any time they deem them to be unnecessary The above proposals were unanimously approved by the Officers (Primary and Discretionary) at their regular meeting Monday August 17, 2015. Subsequently, this was handed out, explained and discussed with the Membership present, at the regular Club meeting Sunday August 23, 2015. They will be presented to the membership for vote at the regular Club meeting on Sunday October 25, 2015. Only AMA members in good standing may vote on the By-Laws. Please bring your current AMA membership card to the October meeting, so that you may vote. Revised on : 08/17 /1 /gtfcpa/lihr/proposed Changes By Laws 08 15.doc Page I of I LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 3
A big thank you to Annette for organizing such a fun event. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 4
50/50 Raffle Winners 1st Place Barbara D Amato 2nd Place Chris Vultaggio NEW RIDE Pillow Raffle Winner Dave Marzola GINNY NUGENT-ZEIER 2002 DYNA LOW RIDER LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 5
Sagamore Suggested Gift List (Age Range 12-17 years old) Girls: Clothing: Silly Socks-miss match, 5 toes, Slipper socks / non-slip socks, Slippers-med/large Socks-white Pajama sets-large, x-large Shirts-medium, large, x-large Jogging pants Hygiene: Shampoo/Conditioner Body Wash Chapstick Lip Gloss Toys: Pillow Pets Stuffed animals-all sizes Boys: Toys: GI Joe s/army guys Lego s Stuffed animals small and large-sport teams Basketballs, Footballs, Soccer balls Hackey Sacks Hand held video games Basketballs, footballs, soccer balls, baseball gloves Hygiene: Axe products: lotion, shampoo, body wash, conditioner Chapstick Clothing: Gloves Hats Baseball caps Pajama sets-large, x-large Sweatshirts-sports and generic large and x large LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 6
Fleeces Socks-white, black, thermal **Anything sports oriented Both: Games: Sudoko, Word finds, game books-small, medium, large Activity books-assortment of games Holiday Activity Books Magic Cards Playing Cards Assorted Game Cards: Go Fish, Old Maid, etc. Puzzles: 25 piece to 1000 piece- sport, beach, kid types Board Games- chess, checkers, Monopoly Crafts: Coloring books Holiday Coloring Books Holiday/Snowman pencils Colored pencils 12 packs Crayons 12 packs Origami Paper Sketch pads Books: Small dictionary Twilight, Hunger Games, Harry Potter Calendars small no spirals Planners Journals Book marks Calendars-One Direction, Sport Themed Board Games: Stressless Chess Card Monopoly Slam Scrabble (cards) Parchese Risk Future 2033 LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 7
Monopoly Scrabble Connect Four Sorry Food: candy canes, fruit snacks, small bags of cookies or potato chips ok Gifts that kids cannot have: No metal or glass anything including pens with metal clips, nail polish, do dice. No gum, blow pops or candy made on the same belt as nuts The Children at Sagamore L.I. Harley Riders LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 8
Not knowing the road conditions ahead, the October 4th ride to New Paltz was cancelled. Instead, RC Ken McKay led 12 bikes and 15 members on an impromptu, local ride to Sag Harbor. Fighting some wind and clouds in the morning led us to a beautiful sunny finish. Thanks to Ken for putting together another ride so quickly and to all the road captains for doing what they do so well. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 9
On October 11th, RC Sal Fino led 19 bikes & 27 members on a ride to the Crown Maple Syrup Factory in Dover, N.Y. It was a perfect day to ride upstate. Both the weather and scenery were great! Hearing how maple syrup is made was interesting but, better than that, was getting to samples some. Thanks to Sal for organizing the ride and to all our RC's for the wonderful job they do! LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 10
Congratulations to Probationary RC Joe G. on his first off island ride! On October 18th Joe led 15 bikes and 18 members took a chilly but scenic ride to High Point Park in NJ. We took in the landscape of 3 states and the Veteran's Memorial Tower then headed off for lunch. With our waitress dressed in traditional, Octoberfest threads, we ate a delicious lunch at the Rhodes Tavern.Thanks Joe for planning such a cool ride and to our RC s for another awesome job! LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 11
Critter Hazards And Motorcycles By Dom Mozzone, Safety Officer This is rare, but it can happen, while traveling on a road. You are suddenly be confronted with an animal in your path. With the fall 15 season coming to a close and the 16 riding season approaching, we ll be taking multiple overnight trips that will undoubtedly cover many beautiful roads. When riding country roads you can occasionally confront five types of animals with some regularity: deer, dogs, cattle, birds and horses in roughly that order of frequency. This should not be a surprise as we ve all passed road kill from time to time while riding. If you see an animal in your path, give plenty of warning to the other riders. The obvious best move is to slow down and give the animal as wide a clearance as possible. Alternatively, in the case of an animal that 'just appeared in front of me out of nowhere' you have an immediate decision to make... to swerve and try to avoid it, or to panic stop. To swerve is the false choice to make! If you think that you can figure out where a deer is going to be in the next 2 seconds, you are dead wrong! If you think, in a panic, you can swerve your motorcycle and retain control of it you are playing Russian roulette with a full load! Some of the consequences of swerving could be: running into oncoming traffic running off the road, over steering into a crash after avoiding the animal or swerving right into the animal which has jumped into your new path. Think about this: if you hit a cement truck at 5 mph you will probably walk away from it. If you hit ANYTHING, while traveling at 50 mph or faster, you more than likely will not. The difference is your speed. Swerving does not reduce your speed. What it does is give away some control. Your best move, most of the time, is to try a CONTROLLED panic stop. Do not lose control of your bike but minimize the speed of impact. If you are good, and practiced, you might not hit anything at all. Even if luck is against you, you will probably still be able to talk about it as a lesson learned to share with fellow riders. Yea but: "Even if it's a child?" Absolutely! If that child decides to make a dash for his/her life, and chooses the wrong direction to run in, then you will hit that kid with a faster impact swerving to avoid him/her than if you had tried to stop the bike. Think about the following two points regarding kids and their pets: -You never ride 50 mph or greater on residential streets, right? -You always cover your front brake while riding on residential streets, right? Think of the odds in your head before you get into a panic situation. Condition yourself, anticipate, be prepared and above all practice, practice, practice panic stopping. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 12
Due to inclement weather up in CT on November 1st, we had no choice but to cancel ride. Instead, RC Dom Mozzone lead 30 bikes and 35 members on a local ride heading out east and up to the north shore. We took some great back roads before we headed down to the south shore along Dune Rd. The ride ended at Sunday's in Hampton Bays. The skies were a little cloudy, but there was no rain and the temperatures were comfortable which made it another great day for riding. Thanks Dom for coming up with an alternate ride so quickly and thank you to our RC s for the great job you always do for us. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 13
On Sunday, Nov. 8th, RC Rich Zeier led 28 bikes and 31 members on a beautiful fall foliage ride zig zagging up and down the South Shore along some colorful back roads. The ride ended at the Brickhouse Brewery in Patchoque for some lunch. It was great day for riding. Thank you to Rich for planning the ride and to all our RC's for all they do. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 14
On Sunday, November 15th, Probationary RC Ed Reiff led 17 bikes & 22 members on his first off island ride to Connecticut. The route took them to a Christmas tree farm where some of our members chose a tree to be cut and delivered before Christmas. Whether you bought a tree or not, there were lots of laughs and a fun time had by all. Congratulations to Ed and thank you to all the RC's for the great job they do. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 15
Upcoming Rides and Events The kids are counting on us! TheToy Ride to Sagamore Children s Psychiatric Center will be on Nov. 22nd following the monthly meeting. Holiday Party - to be held December 19th at the Holiday Inn, Plainview. Tickets will be available at the next meeting. Once again the door prize will be a beautiful one of a kind quilt made by Gertrude O Neil. If you want to book a room for the night call (516) 349-7400 Reservations must be made by Dec. 1st, mention LIR to get a rate of $129.99 per room (INCLUDES BREAKFAST BUFFET). If you book a room and need to cancel, you have up to 6pm the night of the event. If you are interested in volunteering to help contact Steve Ficalora, Activities Director: activities@liharleyriders.com Membership Renewal - If you haven t already you have an opportunity to renew your membership on Saturday Jan. 9th from 11am-1pm at the VFW. $35pp for full membership $15pp for an associate membership. Don t be left out! There are only 18 bottles of Single Barrel Jack Daniels left. Contact Chris Vultaggio membership@liharleyriders.com to place an order. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 16
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November 2015 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Off island ride 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Local ride 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Off island ride Meeting/local ride 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Local ride 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 December Local Ride 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Happy Birthday NOVEMBER David Paduano..November 4th Charles Abruzzo..November 5th Bill Vultaggio..November 6th Lynne Ficalora.Nov 7th Bill Rowland November 11th Jessie Palermo.November 15th Cat Domen November 15th Leslie Taliercio..Nov.ember 17th Mark York November 18th Frank Pellegrino.November 19th Chris Vultaggio November 20th Joe Imperial.November 21st Harry Kramer.November 21st Joe Beltrani..November 23rd Rich Massari..November 27th Ron Prwivo November 30th DECEMBER Rob Sardoni..December 2nd Trude Flynn..December 6th John Porter December 6th Larry Vetter December 6th Celine Lieffrig..December 10th Pat Donohue..December 12th Rob Romano.December 12th Gary Kinkel December 14th Mario Ruffolo December 14th Jim Hernandez December 18th Jerry Small..December 18th Karen Garber..December 22nd Bob Blair December 24th Pelops Damianos..December 27th Jon Brako.December 30th LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 18
2016 Membership Get a friend involved! Sweatshirts, T-shirts, Rockers, Mugs and Caps are on sale now! 2016 Membership Applications are Available on Line! Applications are available on our website or the weekly e-mail. Download it for a friend, have them fill it out then bring them down to the monthly meeting. As always, a BIG THANK YOU to our Road Captains for the great rides they plan and for keeping us all safe! Head Road Captain: Mario Ruffolo - Asst. Head Road Captain: Gary Kinkle Charlie Abruzzo, Steve Ficalora, Sal Fino, Fred (Grumpy) Hartmann, Nadine Hartmann, Cisco Mercado, Ken McKay, Dave Marzola, Dom Mozzone, Kenny Pastor, Lou Vaccarelli & Rich Zeier. Say Cheese! Attending your first meeting? Be sure to let us know where your from and what you ride. Welcome to the Family! After the meeting, our Chapter Photographer will take your photo. Next Meeting November 22, 2015 10 AM Nathan Hale VFW Hall 210 West Pulaski Road Huntington, NY Charter meetings are held the 4th Sunday* of each month (*unless otherwise noted) Bagels, Coffee and Tea served $5.00 per person Would you or someone you know like to advertise in our newsletter? Please contact Ginny Zeier for pricing and information at: Editor @LIHarleyRiders.com Before leaving for a ride, be sure to check your e-mail or Charter Website at: http//www.liharleyriders.com for updated ride information and last minute cancellations. LI Harley Riders, Inc. Website: www.lihaleyrriders.com Hotline: 631 406-4170 19
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