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NEXT MEETING:
Saturday, July 19^th '08
LOCATION: Alvin Malott's farm
6799 NW. 308th. St. Gower, Mo.
TIME: 6:00 PM. > Bring a covered dish <
NEED MORE INFO? Contact: Ace Malott or Noel Derr

NEED MORE INFO? Contact: Ace Malott.
THE AGENDA: 1. Need to make sure PARK has us scheduled and will OPEN 2. Check FEE'S the PARK will charge this year
3. Need to work on a RIDE SCHEDULE for this year. 4. Any Members other suggestions.

MO-KAN GUZZI CLUB SCHEDULE 2008

Rides and events subject to change without notice.

THE LAST MEETING HI-LITES: June 19^th 2008 AT: Parkville City Park
Any volunteers to help me out when I cannot make the meetings?

Club officers for the 2008 year.:   President: Ace Malott  Vice President: Kevin Brown  Secretary: Sean Smith
  Treasurer: Joe Sullenger  Road Captain: Gaylen Jackson  Website/Editor: Jim McGhghy

Sean Smith, Club Secretary/Historian, New Address: 10849 Richards Ct. Lenexa, KS 66210
    THE MEETING: The Missouri river was riseing then!. Noel Derr went home and got his BBQ're as we couldn't get to the ones in the park. 12 motorcycles and 21 members attended.  NEXT MEETING: SEE HEADLINE at TOP OF THIS PAGE!.
Bring a Covered dish and Your Favorite Beverage.
  1. REMINDER Club dues were raised to $15 to better offset the cost of postage and the cost of maintaining our web site.
  2. Pin Design   Decided to Redesign pin design and vote on a design at next meeting!
  3. Mileage Award Was Presented to Noel Derr 5 year plaque, Winner the last 5 years!
  4. THE QUILT:  Tickets will be 1 for $5 and 4 for $20.
  5. BAND: Possible options are: 1. Jeff Lux, 2. Swift Kick, and 3. Stedville.
  6. Need to get 40 amp breakers for fuse box at rally...
  LAST NOTE: Now that I am feeling a lot better I am behind in quit a few HONEY DO'S and will be trying to get cought up so if there is someone out there that would't mind helping with the web page..    PLEASE CONTACT ME ASAP...Jim McGhghy
  From the Treasurer:
  Since yearly dues have been raised to $15 and several members not in attendance have already sent me their dues at the old rate of $10, it would be much appreciated if you would take it upon yourselves to remit the difference of $5 to me before April, 2008. It is only fair that all the members/guests pay the same amount. We had hoped to have this issue decided upon prior to the end of 2007.
For all: Please send your dues of $15 to:  Joseph E. Sullenger  5307 395th St.  Darlington, MO 64438
  Make your check out to: Mo-Kan Moto Guzzi Club  Thanks.

To Contact the Treasurer: Joe Sullenger - 660-666-2655 - 5307 395  ^th. St., Darlington, Mo.,64438 -EMAIL: sully2@grm.net

  Editors NOTE: 2008 will be the clubs 30 year anniversary, Thank you everyone for the support that got us to here!

     Meeting adjourned......!                                                                                            See you on the next ride or at the next meeting!
Please Note: To eliminate some of the confusion, PLEASE give/send your DUES to Joe Sullenger ONLY, THANK YOU!                                                                                                                               Sean Smith Secretary Mo-Kan Guzzi Club

President: Ace Malott - Vicepresident: Kevin Brown - Secretary: Sean Smith - Treasurer: Joe Sullenger -
- Membership: Joe Sullenger - Web/Editor: Jim McGhghy.
Please Note: To eliminate some of the confusion, PLEASE give/send your DUES to Joe Sullenger ONLY, THANK YOU!
As Meetings, rides and other event information is available it will be posted here as soon as possible after the web site is up-dated and the newsletter mailed.
NOTE: President: Ace Malott is also the MOTO GUZZI NATIONAL OWNERS CLUB'S Missouri State Rep.

You must own a GUZZI that can sustain 60mph. for long periods of time.   (IF YOU DON'T OWN A MOTO GUZZI YOU CAN STILL JOIN BUT YOU ARE UNABLE TO VOTE!)
   YOU MUST ATTEND THREE(3) club events, meetings, or rides, then the membership will vote you in or out!
   To become a MO-KAN GUZZI CLUB FRIEND and receive the newsletter for the year, you must pay dues with NO VOTING PRIVILEGES.
   MO-KAN GUZZI CLUB! GUESTS! will receive the newsletter for three months the newsletters will stop unless 1 or more events within that period have been attended.
To request a newsletter email guzzijim@mo-kanguzziclub.com or call (816) 734 5764 ask for Jim or send your name and address on a postcard to Jim McGhghy, 10617 N. Baltimore, K. C., MO.,64155 or see a officer or member

PLEASE NOTE: Due to privacy concerns phone #'s & Address's will no longer be listed.TO Contact an individual, use the comment form in CONTACT US PAGE.
PRESIDENT: Ace Malott — VICE PRESIDENT: Kevin Brown — SECRETARY: Sean Smith — TREASURER: Joseph Sullenger — MEMBERSHIP CHAIR: Joseph Sullenger — WEB/EDitor: Jim McGhghy

Andresen, Bill & Alice,Saint Joseph,MO. Randy Bernard & Amy Detjen, Madison, WI. Bradford, Stephenie & Alex,St. Joseph,Mo Brown,Kevin,Elwood,KS. Culbertson, John & Tracy,Red Oak,IA Derr,Noel & Gene,Parkville,MO Doerhoff,Dan & Glenda,Lone Jack,MO. Dull,Dave,Kansas City,,MO—Dye,Gary & Lori,Saint Joseph,MO. Eckhoff,Robert,Lexington,MO. Finnegan,Danny,Gower,Mo Fisher,Richard,Osawatomie,KS Froud,Ivan & Theima,Saint Joseph,MO. Jones,Rodger,Gower,MO. Carl Hackney& Rickey Hackney,Gower,Mo. Larry Higginbothham & Sandy Layman,Kansas City,MO Jackson, Gaylen & Jan, Saint Joseph,MO. Kiger, Jim & Peggy, Coffeyville,KS. KislingEd & Christa, Plattsburg,Mo. Kowalczyk, Al & Carrie, Gower,MO Lees, David & Shelly, Savnnah,MO Malott, Ace & Barbara, St. Joseph,Mo. Malott, Amanda, St. Joseph,Mo Malott, Alvin, Gower,MO Martin, Larry, Saint Joseph,MO.— McDaniel, Berry & Sue, Marshall,Mo McGhghy, Jim & Dot/(Evelyn), Kansas City,MO McKeever, Luap, Seligman,MO Medsker, Bill, Graham,MO. Seidel, Chris, Kansas City,Mo. Sean Smith & Steve Smith, Gower,MO. Sterzinger, Jim & Debbie, Saint Joseph,MO. Sullenger, Joe, Darlington,MO. Sullenger, Patrick &Becky, Albany,Mo. Townsend, Charlie & Terri, Saint Joseph,MO. Wheeler, Jim, Kansas City,MO. Winslow, Dave, Saint Joseph,MO. Les Wooten & Chaire Mooney, Saint Joseph,Mo. Wooten, Matt, Gower,MO

  The MO-KAN GUZZI CLUB WAS formed February 1978 in the Kansas City, Mo./Ks. area.   Several Moto Guzzi motorcycle enthusiasts had spent most of the fall and winter of 1977 contacting other Moto Guzzi owners in an attempt to form the club.  Some of those who worked to get the club started were, Ray Zoch (first Pres.), Ed Haney, Cecil Wagers(first V.P.), Daryler Winget(first Secretary) and Mike Harper and others.
   Ed Haney tells of Mike Harper furnishing names of Guzzi buyers and him and Ray riding around K.C. in some pretty cold weather recruiting potential members.
   We became a charter member club of the NATIONAL MOTO GUZZI OWNERS CLUB in the summer of 1978.  Over the years the club has had only 5 PRESIDENTS, with two holding offices for more than 8 years.
  Because the first members decided early that they wanted to ride more than anything, they agreed to keep the By-Laws as short as possible, thus the By-Laws are a short list even today.
   With a new president in or around 1990 the club started to have an annual club get-together in September of each year, this has grown to a full fledged annual rally with Guzzi riders comming from all over the country to attend.   Our area has expanded to cover the Saint Joseph, Mo. and Wathena, Ks. area now, we also have members that live in Iowa.

     When the club started it was agreed to try to keep it as simple as possible, with as few rules as possible and still maintain a successful and viable club.  Consequently we have very few by-laws.
  1. TO BECOME A MEMBER you must own a GUZZI that can sustain 60mph. for long periods of time.
  (IF YOU DON'T OWN A MOTO GUZZI YOU CAN STILL JOIN BUT YOU ARE UNABLE TO VOTE!)
  2. YOU MUST ATTEND THREE(3) club events, meetings, or rides, then the membership will vote you in or out!
  3. DUES started out at $7.50 a motorcycle but went to $15.00 a family per year, since we now have the internet and e-mail it has been possible to lower the dues to $10.00 per family per year.
  3a. Added 2006, to become a MO-KAN GUZZI CLUB FRIEND and receive the newsletter for the year, you must pay dues with NO VOTING PRIVILEGES.   3b. MO-KAN GUZZI CLUB GUESTS will receive the newsletter for three months the newsletters will stop unless 1 or more events within that period have been attended.
  That's the important short list..
                                    Thank you....The web/editor: Jim McGhghy

    Since the club started we have had three contests, one was dropped in 2005 due to lack of interest.
  1. Is the yearly MOTORCYCLE mileage contest.
  HOW IT WORKS: Turn in your present odometer reading to the secretary upon joining or in January if possible. Then in October/November turn in your odometer reading at that time. The secretary will then determine who rode the most miles for that year. First, Second & third place announced at the December Thanksgiving/Christmas dinner/party. IF YOU OWN MORE THAN ONE MOTORCYCLE PLEASE TURN IN ALL ODOMETER READINGS AT THE SAME TIME....
  2. The PRESIDENTS AWARD.
  HOW IT WORKS: You need a camera for this one. Using the first letters of names of villages, towns or citys in Missouri or Kansas, spell MO-KAN GUZZI CLUB. Photo's of your motorcycle in front of population sign, city sign or the postoffice accepted. Award given at the next meeting or ride.
  3. ACTIVITY AWARD.
  DROPPED 2005: This worked well when we had meetings at different members homes, if you had a meeting then you had to have a contest or game that had a winner, the person that won the most games or contests won the award that year.
                   Thank you....The web/editor: Jim McGhghy