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Gold Wing Road Riders Association

Nebraska/ South Dakota District Newsletter

From Lance & Diane Brozek

Senior District Directors

News from the Home Front for March 2010

Last week, a fellow motorcycle enthusiast passed away. Dan Brozek, my brother, died due to complications after a surgery to remove scar tissue from previous surgeries. He was a proud owner of a Honda 650L, which used avidly around the farms. He will be greatly missed. It was a comfort to us and our family to see and hear from many of you during our time of sorrow. Thank you all for your overwhelming support. We are truly blessed to have so many friends that care.

The flyer for the 2010 Nebraska- South Dakota District Rally was sent out earlier last month as a PDF. Hope everyone got it and could open it. If not let us know and we will send you a copy. Update on the rally later in the newsletter.

Wing-Ding is in Des Moines IA next year. We have Hotel Reservations at the

Holiday Inn Downtown at Mercy Campus.

District Staff
Don & Cori Griffiths- Assistant District Directors
2552 14^th ave east, Columbus NE, 68601 H402-562-8138 C402-910-6540

Dallas Risling- Assistant District Director, North (South Dakota)
1004 burleigh, Yankton, SD 57078 H 605-665-7526 C605-660-3608

Chuck & Linda Steffen- Secretary- Treasurers
89050 hwy 81, Crofton NE 68730 H402-357-3704 C402-360-0574

Gary & Cindi Umberger- Chapter Directors NE-NE
Po box 622, Randolph, NE 68771 C402-360-2282

Tim & Theresa Krueger- Chapter Directors NE-C
1842 320^th ave, Albion NE 68620, 402-447-6032

John & Sherry Oliver- Chapter Directors NE-W
Po box 283 Scottsbluff NE 69363 H308-436-3616 C308-631-1643

Earl DeCosse- Chapter Director SD-A
605-582-3575

Jack & Anne Barnard- Chapter Director NE-SC
308-381-8062

Bob & Doris Roberts- Membership Enhancement Coordinators
19810 maple st. Gretna NE 68028 H402-991-0596 C402-637-4545

Mike &Denise Stevens – District Riders Educators
55592 hwy 12 Crofton NE 68730 H402-357-3704 C402-369-2108

Steve & Amy Hodges- 09-10 Nebraska District Couple of the Year
60052 Victory lane Scottsbluff NE 69361 H308-635-1496

Steve & Jenny Knode- 08-09 Nebraska Couple of the Year
210096 wildcat dr Gering NE 69341 H308-436-1977

Dick & Mary Lou Stamm – Patch Shop
2471 13^th ave east Columbus 68601 H402-564-3540

Adolph & Shirley Liss – Webmasters
729 west praire, Albion NE 68620 H402-395-2850

Bill & Nancy James- Leadership Training Division Coordinators
1324 scott rd, Papillion NE 68046 H402-593-8183

Bob & Doris Roberts- Chapter Directors NE-O

Ronny & Carol Aden-Newsletter editors NE-SE
205s Vermont st Cortland NE 68331 H402-798-7731

Philip Kelly- Region-E Individual of the Year
1518 Mockingbird dr Scottsbluff NE 69361 H308-635-2725

Deb Pritchard Nebraska Individual of the Year 09-10
Po box 1083 Scottsbluff NE 69361 H308-783-5661

Chuck Steffen- District Event Promoter

Dick & Mary Lou Stamm-2010 rally vender coordinators

++++++++++Upcoming events in the Nebraska /South Dakota District+++++++++++
Nebraska/ South Dakota District Rally, June 3-5^th 2010 South Sioux City, Nebraska Marina Inn Conference Center 800-798-7980

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++Chapter Get Togethers in Nebraska++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Chapter NE-O, Second Saturday of the Month at D&K’s in Gretna NE eat 8:00am-Meeting 9:00am

Chapter NE-SE, Third Saturday of the Month at a Restaurant to be determined at 12noon

Chapter NE-NE, Third Wednesday of the Month at place chosen by Host at 7:00pm

Chapter NE-C, Third Sunday of the Month at place chosen by Host at 12noon

Chapter NE-W Check with John Oliver or Steve Knode

Chapter SC, Fourth Saturday of Month usually meet at United Vets. Club 8:am. Place to be determined, Jack will keep us posted with E-mails.

Please note the change above for Chapter W,O and SE

Remember to check District web page to find Chapter news letters and the latest information on where and when the Chapters are meeting.

Rider Education

A long time ago, or so it seems, you probably prepared your bike and parked it for the winter. A few days ago our local news station informed us that we had 90 days below 40 degrees! Now for the good news, Spring is around the corner and the temperature will be going up so that means the riding season will soon begin! You have probably checked the oil, replaced any worn tires and preformed a T-CLOCS inspection, dusted off the bike and are ready to go.

You may have had logged many miles on the bike or maybe not so many but it probably is months since you were on the bike. Perhaps it would be a good idea to practice your riding skills in a parking lot away from other vehicles or on a road with not much traffic. You can practice braking, curves, braking in a curve, pulling from a stop sign to name a few. As each year passesour reactions may slow down so a little practice to get the kinks out before you are at road speed may not be a bad idea.

Do you have your emergency contact sheet in your bike and is the information current? Do you have your I.C.E. numbers in your cell phone?

Keep in mind that although you are ready to ride the other drivers may not be expecting or have forgotten to be on the lookout for Motorcyclists so be extra cautious and presume that the other driver may not have seen you. Have a LONG and enjoyable riding season. Take care and Ride Safe!

District Rider Educators
Mike & Denise Stevens

News From Your Leadership Trainers

From Lance & Diane
We just got back from Davenport, IA where we took the OCP course [1 and 1/2 days]. It was definitely a weekend that provided some really good training. Now that GWRRA has set the goal of August 31, 2010 for all Operations directors to complete the OCP course, we need to come up with a weekend for all of us to take the 1-1/2 day OCP training. Nancy and Bill James will be doing the training along with trainers from other states. Nancy and Bill taught at Davenport and will be training in Iowa, Missouri and MN in an effort to help the other states and get trainers to help in NE.

I will need your input by March 10th so we can identify a time to have the training.

There are also times in other areas when you can take the training. We will not have training in NE during these times as James' are training at most, if not all, of them.
The following dates are times available to all of you to take OCP outside of NE. Additionally, there will be some other OCP training dates added including one in Mankato, MN with the date still to be determined.

March 6/7           Wisconsin Dells, WI
March 20 – 21    Wildwood Lodge, 11431 Forest Ave, Clive, IA [University Ave in Des Moines] (800) 728-1223 www.thewildwoodlodge.com
                          Deadline to register is March 10, 2010 to Sue and Dennis Tasker

                        Also Decatur, IL
Aprill 10-11        St Louis, MO - Let James' know if you are going to this

April 28-29        Branson, MO just before the Missouri Rally

June 31/July 1    Des Moines, IA just before Wing Ding

Below are dates James' are available to train in NE so chose a couple weekends from these dates and get back to me by March 10.

Mar 27/28    April 17/18    May 8/9    May 15/16    May 29/30[Memorial Day weekend]

June 5/6    June 12/13    June 26/27    July    10/11

Aug 7/8    Aug 14/15      Aug 28/29

Thanks for helping get this done. Lance & Diane

March LTD Newsletter: OCP

Nancy and I participated in the first Region E OCP (Officer Certification Program) presented in Davenport IA. There were about 60 attendees which included District Directors, their Assistants plus the Region Operations Team, and 12 OCP trainers from 6 states in the Region [ND & SD don’t have LTD Trainers]. What was interesting was seeing people’s perception before and after the one and a half day class and then their reactions during and at the end of the program. Everyone seemed to have a new outlook on the program as well as their positions. We came away not only believing every member deserves a well-trained leader but also that the leaders believed it also and everyone came away learning new things regardless of how long they had been a GWRRA member.

Here is a quote from Dave Carter [past Region E Director and now Region E LTD Trainer] newsletter, “In Region E the LTD Trainers who have been given this task have until August 31, 2010 to get all Directors and Assistant Directors certified. The seminar is open to ALL members, not just officers.”

In NE we won’t set the date for training until after March 10th replies. However, as was sent out earlier, there are ample opportunities to take OCP - the soonest being in Des Moines, IA on March 20 and 21. Let Bill and Nancy James know by March 10 if you plan to go to Des Moines. If you have any questions at all about this program and the timing, give us a call.

Nancy & Bill James
NE District Leadership Trainers
‘… every member deserves to have a well trained leader’

District MEC Report

The First of the year is the time to nominate the 2010 Chapter Couple Of The Year in each chapter. Please let us know the names, e-mails, and phone numbers of your new Couples for 2010. www.visionaryventures@hotmail.com and for Individual of the year please the same applies.

For those couples that wish to go on to district,the Resume forms are attached. These forms will need to be sent to Doris and Bob Roberts 19810 Maple St. Gretna, NE 68028 for each couple that decides to go on to District Region and International level competition. In addition the membership dues must be paid up until the end of the year 2010. This form with photo need to be in our hands no later than the end of April 2010. (these forms will be in the couples portfolio at each selection process, they are probably the first impression that the judges will see). Individual of the year can also use this same form Just plainly mark it Individual of the year. Individual of theyear is a way to honor a single person or a marries person that has a non participating spouse, it is a Region program in Region E.

Membership corrections to the GWRRA organizations National Data Base can only be done by the members themselves. There are three ways to do this. see attached PDF file updating your membership information.
You can do this one of three ways:
Call Customer Service – 1-800-843-9460

Email Customer Service - CustomerService@GWRRA.org

Go online – www.gwrra.org/members
To update your information online: Go to www.gwrra.org/members

If you have never logged on to this sight, you will first need to obtain log-in information.

This can be done by clicking on the Welcome (Log-in) page where instructed. After you
complete this process you will receive an email with your user name and password.
After you have received your user name and password return to the Log-in page and on
the left side of the screen click on “Manage My Records”.
Click Continue. Enter your user Name and password.
Click Continue. At the Choose prompt you will need to arrow down and select the
option you need to change.
After you have made your changes you will need to click the Submit Changes button.
This will update your information. When you have completed all the changes you need
to make, be sure to log off.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact Customer Service at the email address or
phone number listed above.

There are many errors that need to be corrected and your Chapter Member Enhancemet person will be happy to point out any errors he sees with the latest report that came out. I can see members that are listed in the wrong chapters, there are lots of email errors as people change those a lot. Remember only the member can make these changes but only the chapter Director , Membership enhancement person or yourself by getting a password and managing your own individual account can see the report information.
Have you ever been to a chapter KickOff Party? A Kick Off is designed to get a new chapter off on a good footing by helping them get started with some 50/50 money for an empty bank account, it lets them know that there are some GWRRA Friends in the area for them to visit. It is a way to meet a new enthusiastic bunch of great people that like to do what we like to do (Ride & Eat). Iowa is pretty good at making it a priority to attend a KickOff and we would expect to see some from every Iowa Chapter ATTEND THE IOWA CHAPTER CC KICKOFF CARNIVAL, SATURDAY APRIL 17, 2010, CHEROKEE, IOWA, COMMUNITY CENTER 530 W. BLUFF ST. 10AM TO 4 PM Go West at Fareway corner. Community Center is across from High School. This chapter is the Home of The Sioux River Valley and Gateway to the Scenic Loess Hills. Lodging Bestwestern 712-225-5701, Super 8 712-225-4278, Skyline Motel 712-225-2544. GAMES, FOOD, PRIZES 50/50. WILL WE SEE YOU THERE NEBRASKA??? / SOUTH DAKOTA???

We will be Rollin on the River with you in June District Rally So.Sioux NE

Bring a friend to GWRRA it's easy just help them buy a motorcycle.

The Roberts
Doris & Bob
402-991-0596
Cell 402-637-4545
19810 Maple Street
Covington Addition
Gretna, Nebraska 68028-4299
visionaryventures@hotmail.com

Special of the Month

We will start running a special that goes form newsletter to newsletter.

This monthly special will be:

Lower Chrome Cowl for GL1800...$80

It will run till the next newsletter or till I run out of current inventory...12 on hand right now

Also Bike Butler in either 20oz or 32oz with mounting hardware. $45 until supply gone

Mike Cornett

Trike Central
1206 Logan St
Norfolk, NE 68701
(402)379-2243

The Rally 2010

Rally vender, Dick & Mary Lou Stamm have many venders lined up including a big name pin striper. A full list coming out soon.

Chapter W will be doing the Bike Show

Chapter NE will be doing the swap meet

Chapter C will be doing the ice cream social

Chapter O will be serving the hot dog feed with many others helping line things up

Bob & Doris Roberts will be doing the Couple of the Year program with Phil Kelly helping with the Individual of Year Program.

Mike & Denise Stevens will be doing some pretty cool stuff with Rider Ed.

Many other people have volunteered for stuff and we will need all the help we can get. We also hope we did not forget anyone that volunteered already