Bike Tickets...Again thank you very much everyone for turning in the tickets and
money for the month of March, but give kudos to Region B for turning in the most
for the month. Still we have this month to see what we can do.  So lets keep up
the great work on selling again a big THANK YOU for what you all are doing.
Remember the Chapter that sells the most will also get a Pizza Party for their
Chapter.

Bike Tickets ... Well good news is Region A sent in $605.00 to National but Region B sent in $800.00 for the Month of January nice try folks. Lets get on a roll  and have bragging rights for this Month of February... let's get the money in by Feb 25th please, and thank you for all the work you have done so far.  

Region A is going to have a Region Rally with lots of fun good times and just a laid back weekend starting Aug 28- 31 in Pendleton, OR at the fair grounds.  We will have more to came shortly as we get the flyer out.

Raffle Tickets - yep, the $1.00 raffle tickets we sell for National are back for 2008.  Again, this year we will not push any Chapter/State to sell these tickets if they do not wish to.  The sale of these tickets helps to keep the cost of membership dues down & National Rally's entry fee at a reasonable cost for all of us.  The tickets are $1.00 US Funds and we apologize to our family members in Canada for this inconvenience but the State of Indiana Gambling Association is the one who calls the shots.  Winner will have their choice of 4 different 2008 motorcycles (Goldwing, VTX, BMW & Harley) or $10,000 and you do not have to be present.  Tickets can be sold to anyone... 

Region "A" will purchase 1 ticket for every 50 tickets the members sell & if one of our tickets is pulled we will take the $10,000.  After paying the taxes it will be split 3-ways; Helping Hands, Region A funds & a party for all Region "A" members.  As well as the Chapter that sells the most tickets for 2008, the Region staff will host a party for you.  National will be have a similar competition for all the Regions & whichever Region sells the most tickets each month will get a Silver Coin.  These silver coins we give back to the chapters selling the tickets that we feel have supported the Region in selling tickets. 

If you would tickets to sell please let me know how many you want and I will send them to you ASAP.  NO, do not contact your State Director, you will only work with us for the tickets.  Any sold tickets & money will need to be sent back to me by the 25th of each month so I can return by the 30th to be in the monthly contest. 

Web site - we are up and running... check us out on www.gwtaregiona.org and tell us what you think.  If you have anything you'd like to see out there let us know.

That's all for now... Keep your ducks in a row and we'll see you down the road... bath time for Bogey.

JR &  Lindy
Region "A" Directors
360-387-3523

December 2007

Greetings State Directors, Chapter Directors, and Fellow Members,

1) Next, Region A will be the host Gold Rush XXI next year, it will be in Billings MT. July 14 –17 2008. Be sure to get your hotel reservations in as soon as possible as rooms are going to be filling up fast. Holiday Inn Grand Montana.  The 2 for 1
registration is good till the 31st of Dec. so make sure that your post mark is no
later than the 31st or you will have to pay full price.

2) Remember Gold Rush attendees must be a member in good standing. This means that your membership must be paid up. It also means that if you hold an "individual" membership, and you bring family members to the rally, they will need to pay "on site" registration fees. To avoid this, members can update their status to a "family" membership by paying the extra $10 at registration. Apparently, there have been too many members that originally sign up as a "family" membership, then renew as an "individual" but continue to bring their family members to GWTA functions. We need to work together to prohibit this practice. Not only is it unethical, it can also be costly to the member. We’ll go into why on #3.

3) Membership and chapter charter fees help pay for the insurance that covers us if there is an accident during a GWTA function. If a member is signed up as an "individual" and the family attends (spouse and/or children) and something goes wrong, those non-members (spouse and/or children) are NOT covered. So, although the member is covered, their family is not, and the family can be sued. Yes, this is a remote possibility, but with the number of lawsuits being brought to court these days, who wants to take this chance? Not us!