Region H is so ex-cited; Texas District Directors Fred & Mandy Mew were selected Interna-tional Couple of the Year at Wing Ding 32 in De Moines. Con-gratulations Fred & Mandy, Region H is so very proud of you. We know you will represent GWRRA proudly during your tenure. Fred and Mandy are the first ICOY selected from Region H since 1991

when Oakley & Lois Korbelik from Kansas were selected. Kansas was in Region H at that time.

Joan & I are back safe from Wing Ding 32. What a fun time, 8280 of the GWRRA family gathered for a great time. 56 Region H members from all five districts volunteered their time in the Goodie Booth this year. I want to thank each and every one for taking time from their vaca-tion to support Region H in the Goodie Booth. All 56 will be entered in the drawing for a free 2011 Region H rally registration. Ten free

Director’s Corner Harry and Joan Dollarhide

‘Round the Region this month

Kansas District Conven-tion August 26—28, 2010 Eldorado, KS

August 2010 G W R R A R e g i o n H T h e H o s p i t a l i t y R e g i o n

GWRRA Region H The South Central Region HOME OF FRED & MANDY MEW

2010—2011 INTERNATIONAL COUPLE OF THE YEAR YOUR REGION H TEAM Region Director Patches and Pins Harry and Joan Dollarhide director@gwrra-h.org (405) 391-7661 Region Trainer Steve & Carolyn Cotton trainer@gwrra-h.org (918) 245-7111 Region Educator Webmaster & Newsletter Editor John and Lydia Bourg educator@gwrra-h.org webmaster@gwrra-h.org newsletter@gwrra-h.org (281) 242-5125 Region MED Coordinator John and Lena Bryant med@gwrra-h.org (817) 741-5216 Region Treasurer Chapter of the Year Coordinator Ed and Ann Nahl treasurer@gwrra-h.org (405) 321-6467 Region Couple of the Year 2010—2011 Steve and Faye Alexander coy@gwrra-h.org Region MFA Coordinator Steve and Terri Bockhaus mfa@gwrra-h.org (316)772-6603 Region MAD Coordinator Bill and Jennie McBride mad@gwrra-h.org (870) 257-4777

Calendar 20

Care and Concern 2

Couple of the Year 3

Kansas District 18

Leadership Train-ing News

4,5

Medic First Aid 17

Membership En-hancement

6

Motorist Aware-ness

12

Oklahoma District 19

Rider Education 10

Chapter of the Year 8

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

registration will be drawn at the Nov Re-gion TEAM (business) meeting. Winners will be notified shortly thereafter. Good Luck.

Other Region H mem-bers won or were pre-sented awards at Wing Ding 32.

John and Lydia Bourg, Region H Educators, were presented the coveted Rider Educa-tion Merit Award for their notable efforts with the Region H Rider Continued on page 15

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Corner of Care and Concern

G W R R A R E G IO N H T H E S O U T H C E N T R A L R E G IO N

Prayers and Best Wishes for a speedy recovery are offered to: John Bryant Region H MEC Dan Miller OK-G Steve Raeth OK-P Betty Valentine TX-T Dave Ward OK-ADD Steve Alexander Reg H COY Gary McQueen LA-E Pam Dillon LA-O Charles Blackman VA-J

Region H News

Dale & Susan Wingrove have stepped down as Region H Trainers and Assistant Region H Directors for personal reasons. Dale & Susan have served the region in an exemplary manner, leading the LTP Team to a higher standard of service to the members. Dale & Susan have also been essential CORE TEAM members contributing to the success of the region TEAM in a manner that will be sorely missed. Please join me in congratulating Dale & Susan for a Job Well Done.

Region H Director Harry Dollarhide in coordination with National Leadership Training Program Director David Orr announce that Steve & Carolyn Cotton have assumed the position of Region H Leadership Trainers. Steve & Carolyn bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the position, including past Oklahoma Directors, and past National Leadership Division Directors.

Please join the Region H Staff in welcoming Steve and Carolyn to your region TEAM.

Steve & Carolyn Cotton reside in Sand Springs, OK.

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Region H Congratulates the new

International Couple of the Year…… our own

Fred and Mandy Mew!

Congratulations to the Re-gion H Leadership Training Team for being awarded the Excellence in Training Award at Wing Ding!

LTP Assistant Directors Ann and Ed Nahl look at the award with Oklanhoma Trainer Jack Wagner, Arkansas Trainer Larry Penepent and Texas Trainer Lynn Heene. Missing are Region H Trainers Dale and Susan Wingrove, Arkansas Trainer Brenda Penepent, Kansas Trainers Duane and Kathy Sherrard and Louisiana Trainers Gene and Nelda Stanley.

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There is a proud tradition in Region H. This tradition is the reason Region H is such a success. I am speaking of the Leader-ship Training Program Excellence in Training Award. Region H was awarded the Excellence in Training award at Wing Ding 2010. The mem-bers, trainers, District Trainers, and District Di-rectors are always willing to accept training chal-lenges and excel in their fields. I want to congratu-late all of you in the Re-gion who have been re-sponsible for keeping Re-gion H Rocking! The Dis-trict Trainers and their team of trainers who were instrumental in the Re-gion receiving this award are Larry Penepent, AR,

REGION -H– ROCKS!!!!!

Duane & Kathy Sherrard, KS, Gene & Nelda Stanley, LA, Jack Wagner, OK, and Lynne & Mark Heene, TX. Region H will continue to lead the international com-munity as long as you, the members or Region H are willing to be trained and the Trainers keep the motto in mind “Friends for Fun, Safety and Knowl-edge”. Region H Trainers Dale and Susan Wingrove

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This month the article is not directly related to the Officer’s Handbook, but we wanted instead to give you a little infor-mation about our-selves. We are Steve and Carolyn Cotton, and were appointed to the position of Region H Trainers in July 2010. We gladly ac-cepted this appoint-ment – and you may ask why we were so anxious to get back involved with GWRRA in this capacity. The reason is YOU – the TEAM and GWRRA Members that com-prise Region H and all of our association. We feel that our region is among the best any-where because of the dedication and leader-ship that everyone in-volved exhibits. We live in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, and have been in-volved with GWRRA

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since 1996 when we bought our first Gold Wing, a two-toned pearl white SE. We now ride a 2006 gold Champion trike. Some of our most recent involvement was serving as the Oklahoma District Directors from 2000-2003, and also as the International Directors for Leadership Training from 2003-2005. Steve is cur-rently a chemistry teacher in Sand Springs with 37 years of experience, and Carolyn has 31 years of experience as a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher, and then for the last 6 years has worked for the Oklahoma Depart-ment of Career and Tech-nology Education as a Pro-gram Specialist. I just guess that Leadership and Training is in our blood!

Where do we start? Well, at the beginning, of course. You may recog-nize some of the next few statements as being part

of the vision of our associa-tion that we will follow. Regional Training exists to assist and provide commu-nications for your Regional TEAM, District Directors, District Trainers, District Educators and Members in accomplishing their training needs. District Training exists to assist Chapter Directors, their TEAM, and the Members in accom-plishing their training needs, thus allowing them to grow and prosper with a level of confidence and comfort not only in their GWRRA activities, but in their personal lives as well.

n the final analysis, training is about personal improve-ment. It’s about making your life better, reaching your full personal potential and helping others to reach theirs. Our philosophy is always keeping the Mem-bers wants and needs in mind, and also to be a coach and mentor who helps our Members how to

By the Book By: Steve Cotton Region H Trainer

The “By the Book” articles are intended to help familiarize volunteer leaders and GWRRA members with the policies, procedures, and information con-

tained in the GWRRA Officer’s Handbook. Any quotes or references to topics contained in our OHB should not be taken “out of context”. Please feel

free to reprint these articles in Region, District, or Chapter newsletters.

achieve their personal goals. Knowing how to set goals for yourself as an individual, executing the plan that you develop, and then achieving your goal is a reward that will carry over to all parts of your life.

The Leadership Training Program (and us as your Region Trainers) will make every attempt to offer a virtual smorgasbord of sub-ject material available to the Officers and to the Members. Put another way, we will constantly strive toward making your learning experiences worth-while and beneficial.

It is always enjoyable to see and visit with many of you as we come together at the various GWRRA activities and conventions. If we have not met yet, then we will hopefully do so in the near future. Please do not hesitate to call upon us if we can help you.

Sometimes life just gets in the way. It is just a shame we weren’t born rich instead of so good looking, then we wouldn’t have to work. We have had some changes in our lives the past year that have been keeping us from doing all we want to do for the members of Region H. It has come to a time where we need to step aside and let someone have the jobs that can do them justice. The members of the Region deserve that. We will be out of the loop for a while and will look forward to the day when we can get back into the GWRRA family picture. If you are going to be close to Southwest Arkansas please give us a call and we will try and meet up. We will definitely miss getting to see everyone. We want to thank all of you for your friendship and look forward to seeing you all very soon. Dale and Susan JAM.

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Membership Enhancement Notes John & Lena Bryant

Region H Membership Enhancement and Couple of the Year Coordinators

·Explain that they are Members of the Association, not of an individual Chapter. They do not need to join a Chapter or pay any addi-tional “dues”.

·Explain that GWRRA is a non-political, non-religious organization. DO NOT en-gage in any confrontations regarding what is perceived to be “bad” about the organi-zation. DO NOT engage in any “negative” discussions about other Gold Wing or-ganizations who may be in competition with GWRRA.

Once they’ve decided to join, help them fill out the application - check to be sure they’ve completed all appropriate blocks. Do not forget to include your name and membership number to receive credit for “Finding a Friend”.

·If paying with a credit card, check the card for expi-ration date and write the credit card number and expi-ration date on the applica-tion. Check to be sure the applicant has signed their name. If paying with a check, be sure the check is made out to “GWRRA” a n d i s signed.

Staple check or cash to the application form and place it in one of the large envelopes marked

Continued on page 14

4” GWRRA Patch (one time)

M e m b e r s h i p P i n (Member Since pin)

Membership Card (new card each time you re-new)

Gold Book (once a year)

Wing World Magazine (monthly)

A Gold Wing Family (everywhere)

Much, much more

·Explain the Gold Book and different types of infor-mation contained in the book.

·Explain Wing World Magazine - give them a free sample copy. Show them the Table of Contents, page through the magazine:

Work Bench

What’s New (new prod-ucts being offered?)

Convention Information

Contact information for Chapter in their area, etc. – Tell them how to find a Chapter in their area

We are switching gears in this issue from Retention to Recruiting. Recruiting is a lot easier in that our bikes alone, the Gold Wing, attract attention. But when the con-versation actually begins, where do we stand on our recruiting skills, making sure that we get that new mem-ber?

Every GWRRA member is a Recruiter for GWRRA. We are asking on all levels, Chapter, District and Region, when you have a major activ-ity or event with public in-volvement such as anniver-sary parties and conven-tions, set up a recruiting booth.

GWRRA Guidelines for a Re-cruiting Booth

·Greet everyone with a smile and a friendly greeting!

·Introduce yourself

·Ask if they own a Gold Wing; if yes, what year, model, etc.; if not, ask what type of motorcycle.

·Find out if they are a Member

·If the person is not a Member, explain the appro-priate type of membership. Explain what they receive when joining GWRRA. For example, Full Membershio:

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Want to know about what is going on In GWRRA? Check out the new " Insight " Newsletter The Director of GWRRA in conjunction with the Directors of Rider Education, Leadership Training and Membership Enhancement are publishing a new monthly newsletter. It can be found at: http://med.gwrra.org/newsletter/newsletter.html

Congratulations Fred & Mandy! We are proud to have been in-cluded in your journey...

Attention all Rally Cats. Your district directors and region team bring you a challenge; attend all six Region H Rallies (Region H, LA, TX, AR, KS & OK) in 2010 and you will be eligible to enter in a drawing for FREE rally registration for all the Region H rallies in 2011! Simple rules, keep track of your rally attendance throughout 2010. After the last rally, Oklahoma, submit your name to the Region H Director. We will draw the winner at the Nov 2010 Region H team meeting. Winners participation will be verified with the region & district directors. You MUST be pre-registered at all the rallies to enter. This is for one person. If couples attend all the rallies each may submit their names individually for the drawing.

If you went to the Region H, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas conventions, continue by registering for the Kansas convention, the form is on page 16. Same for Oklahoma. See page 17 for their registration form.

Chapter of the Year Ann Nahl Region H Chapter of the Year Coordinator

CHAPTER OF THE YEAR—2010

Program. Some ex-amples of the re-quired documentation for the sections of the score sheet are:

Event Ride Schedule

– The Chapter pro-vides copies of the Ride Schedule to sup-port the activities.

Extraordinary Chapter Events or Activities

– The Chapter can provide photos, news-letter articles, and/or the ride schedule.

Chapter Web Site

– The Chapter pro-vides the URL and the Chapter of the Year Coordinator can ac-cess the site on the internet.

Planned Chapter Re-cruiting Activities – The Chapter pro-vides photos, newslet-ter articles, and of the ride schedule.

Parking Lot Practice

- The Chapter can pro-vide photos, and or the Ride Schedule.

In this article we will cover the expectations of the Chapter, District and Region Chapter of The Year Coordinators and what things to look for.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Chapter Director c o m p l e t e s t h e “SUBMITTED BY” sec-tion of the score sheet and submits the com-plete packet with all supporting documents to the District Chapter of the Year Coordinator as soon as the Chapter has received the Full Area Run List that is released on or about January 10th

each year.

The District Chapter of the Year Coordinator with one other member of the District team will verify the Score Sheet Data and ensure all sup-porting documents are included. If any of the documentation is miss-ing the packet will be returned to the Chapter for completion. After all packets have been veri-fied for accuracy and scored the District Chap-ter of the Year Coordina-tor completes the “RECOMMENDED BY” section of the score sheet and the District Director completes the

“APPROVED BY” sec-tion.

Each District selects a Chapter of the Year from the submitted packets. The winning Chapter should be recognized for their efforts in the Dis-trict Newsletter/Web Page. The other chap-ters that participated should be recognized as well.

The winning Chapter packet will then be for-warded to the Region Chapter of the Year Co-ordinator by March 1, 2011. The packets will once again be checked for accuracy and the selected Chapter’s packet will be forwarded to the International Chapter of the Year Co-ordinators by April 1, 2011.

The Region Chapter of the Year will be recog-nized at the Region Con-vention and in the Re-gion Newsletter and on the Region Web Site. Districts are encouraged to recognize the Region Chapter of the Year at their events.

As mentioned above certain documentation needs to accompany the application packet for the Chapter of the Year

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Chapter Director and Assistant Chapter Direc-tor Training – Copies of the LTP Tri-fold card and certifi-cates for the Horizon and Instructor Develop-ment classes should be provided to document their attendance. The training does not have to be completed during the current year. Chapter as a Whole LTP Training – The Chapter sched-ules a training event and provides copies of the roster(s) to document Chapter participation. Not all Chapter partici-pants need to be pre-sent – the fact that the training was scheduled and held meets the cri-teria. In the following months I’ll keep you updated on due dates, paperwork flow, and any changes to the program for 2011. Several changes are under review and will be published in late 2010 so Chapters wanting to participate in the pro-gram will have the up-dated requirements be-fore the year starts. Ann Nahl

OKLAHOMA CHAPTER B 2009 REGION H CHAPTER OF THE YEAR

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Oklahoma B Region H Chapter of the Year 2009

Harry Dollarhide, Region H Director, presents the Chapter of the Year plaque to Oklahoma B’s Chapter Director Larry Cowan as Assistant Chapter Directors Jack and Charlene Leach look on.

Oklahoma B with the Region H Chapter of the Year plaque presented at their Chapter gathering on July 23, 2010.

Rider Education John and Lydia Bourg

Region H Educators Chapter Educators

changes to their Dis-trict Educator. � Proficient use of the “Educators Tool-box” found on the GWRRA Rider Educa-tion website in the “REP Officer Section”. � Promote and ar-range for Seminars, CPR/First Aid certifica-tion and Rider Train-ing courses at the Chapter level. Ensure that information re-garding scheduled courses is published in the Chapter News-letter. � Work closely with the District Educator. Review any ideas that will help make the Rider Education Pro-gram more appealing to the Members of GWRRA with the Chapter Director and the District Educator. � Work with the Chapter Director, R o a d C a p t a i n s , GWRRA Rider Course Instructors, etc. to improve riding habits and to disseminate information. � Validate and/or process forms for continued on page 11

We are focusing this month on the require-ment that each and every Chapter have a Chapter Educator. It is the Chapter Educator who helps the Chapter Director maintain com-pliance with the IRS rules by giving a five minute talk at the chap-ter gathering, writing an article for the monthly newsletter and making sure training is available for the membership as needed. It may surprise you to learn that not every chapter in Region H has a Chapter Educator. There are many reasons for this but we need to address these and fill the empty positions. We do not want to just fill these positions that would not be fair to the membership. We want to find people who are willing to serve and then give them the informa-tion they need to per-form the tasks needed. To remind everyone how this is done, it is the District Educator who appoints the Chapter Educator with the con-currence of the Chapter Director. If the chapter does not have an educa-tor it is the responsibility of the District Educator to perform the duties for

the chapter until one can be found. The duties and responsi-bilities of the Chapter Educator as described in the Rider Education Handbook are: � Promote and imple-ment the Rider Educa-tion Program at the Chapter level. � Promote and partici-pate in such activities that will expand the Rider Education Pro-gram within the Chapter and District. These should include speaking at Chapter Gatherings and furnishing articles for the Chapter Newslet-ter concerning safety, availability of training opportunities and the GWRRA Rider Education Program. � Develop ideas to in-crease participation and improve communication in the Chapter. � Use the on-line REP database to maintain such records as neces-sary to facilitate keeping Chapter participants’ current in the REP. Us-ing the appropriate forms, submit in a timely m a n n e r r e q u i r e d

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“It may surprise you to

learn that not every

chapter in Region H has

a Chapter Educator.”

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Rider Education Chapter Educators

continued from page 10 Levels I through IV of the REP for the partici-pants as they meet the requirements of the pro-gram. � Lead by example by becoming and maintain-ing Level IV. As a Level IV demonstrates their commitment by always wearing proper protec-tive riding apparel when-ever operating a motor-cycle. � Assist the District Educator in staffing the Rider Education Booth and activities at rallies

and other Rider Educa-tion events as needed. � Compile Chapter sta-tistics and submit a Chapter Rider Education activity report monthly (or at a minimum, quar-terly) to the District Edu-cator (due no later than the 5th of the month for the prior month’s activi-ties). The frequency of reporting is to be estab-lished by the District Educator with concur-rence of the Region Edu-cator. (See Section G.3 - Rider Education Monthly Reports.)

� Read, review and share the monthly Dis-trict, Region and Na-tional Newsletters and articles with the mem-bership. If you are a Chapter Di-rector without a Chapter Educator do you have someone who could fill this position? Please talk to your District Edu-cator about talking to this person to determine his willingness to do the job. If you are a District Edu-cator who needs some help filling the positions

Congratulations to Region H Rider Educators John and Lydia Bourg and Louisiana Chapter J’s Senior Chapter Educator Rodd Polk on being awarded the Rider Edu-cation Merit Award at

talk to the Chapter Di-rectors and your District Director. We want to have all Chapter Educa-tors in place no later than the end of the year but sooner would be better. If we can help, if you have questions please email us at edu-cator@gwrra-h.org. Until next time, keep the shiny side up!

and enjoy our bikes and friends, but we must also remember how we got here, Education. It isn’t really all that bad if we look at what can be used to fulfill our educa-tion responsibilities: Our Rider Education pro-grams, public speakers at our gatherings, speaking about Motorist Awareness at a public gathering, con-

ducting a PLP, a work-shop on motorcycle maintenance, newsletter articles, etc. These all fall into the education portion of our 501(c)4. If we look at what we do at our gatherings, we may find that we are already doing many of the required educational activities.

But the next thing is that we then need to make sure that we document these activities and re-tain the records with our other IRS documents. If you have any ques-tions please contact your District Motorist Awareness Coordinator. Ride safe, Ride often and Share the Road.

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HIGH MILEAGE PROGRAM

GWRRA is very proud to announce a new Member-suggested Contest! This contest was sent to us by Brian Roundtree from Wood-stock, Georgia, and will begin April 1, 2010, and will run through October 31, 2010. It is just as it sounds. The Member who has driven the most number of miles on his or her motorcycle or trike between these dates will be honored as the winner of the first GWRRA High Mileage Contest.

"It is an honor program, meaning that you are taken at your word and you provide the mileage in the database."

The data will automatically update and put each rider in order of the highest mileage first, second, etc. The winner of the GWRRA High Mileage Contest will receive recognition on this website, GWRRA’s Home Page, and in an article in Wingin’ It, our electronic newsletter, as well as a special certificate from the Home Office. (Editor’s note: go to http://www.gwrrabbs.org/highmile/index.php to participate)

Some of the simple rules as mentioned previously are:

Open to current GWRRA Members only

Total mileage ridden for the month must be given on your entries into the database

Mileage is to be calculated on a single bike or trike and not cumulative from multiple vehicles (no commercial vehicles are allowed)

This contest is for the pure fun and enjoyment of riding. It has seen very much success in other organizations, so let’s have fun with it and, remember, we are all on the honor system.

Ride safe, Ed Price Marketing Director, GWRRA

Motorist Awareness Division B i l l and Jenn i e McB r i d e

Region H Motorist Awareness Coordinators

Our mission is to Facilitate a Reduction in Mo-torcycle Crashes with Other Vehicles

When GWRRA received their tax exempt appli-cation they realized the importance of Rider Education and Motorist Awareness Programs. They received their 501(c)4 status based on the education programs that we provide to our members and the pub-lic. We all want to have fun

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Membership Enhancement Notes Continued from page 6

“Completed Member-ship Applications”

·Welcome the new member to the organization and tell them to enjoy Wing Ding and GWRRA

·If they are unde-cided about join-ing right away, give them an ap-plication to take with them. Again, do not forget to i n c l u d e y o u r name and mem-bership number to receive credit for “Finding a Friend”.

·Give them the National Web site address for those desiring to join on line.

Recruiting materials and supplies can be ordered directly by contacting Customer Service at National. If your Chap-ter or District needs any assistance with plan-ning, organizing or set-ting up a Recruitment Booth, please contact us.

Thanks for your support and efforts!

“ F o r c o n t i n uo u s growth, we need both, Recruitment and Reten-tion”.

Couple of the Year Notes:

At the AR Convention May 21-23, Bryan & Emily Dunham were selected to represent the District of AR as the 2010-2011 Dis-trict Couple of the Year. Congratulations Bryan and Emily. AR is a District that is certainly on the move. You are an added asset to their team and we know that you will represent them well. Welcome to the elite group of District Couples currently serving Region H.

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“We’ll give it our best shot!” This was the last thing that Fred and Mandy said to us as we wished them well in the Interna-tional Couple Selection Process. “We gave it our best!” The first words they said to us immediately after they walked off the stage.

The announcement at the opening ceremonies at Wing Ding 32, “Our new International Couple of the year, Fred & Mandy Mew, Region H!” When those words were spoken, our hearts swelled, we stood on our feet, began to cheer and applaud and we have to admit, a tear or two trickled. The competi-tion was tough but it was “their best” that earned them this new honor and distinction.

Congratulations Fred and Mandy! ALL OF REGION H IS SO PROUD OF YOU! We stand behind you as you take this new journey, rep-resenting the best in GWRRA.

Region H Couple of the Year Coordinators, Region H Team, Districts and Chapters

Where are they now? Past Region H Couples

To return in future articles.

Until the Next Is-sue…………….. We are

John & Lena Bryant

Membership Enhance-ment Program Region H Membership Enhancement Coordina-tors Couple of the Year Coordi-nators

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Education Program. This award recognizes the tre-mendous quality improve-ment that John and Lydia have brought to the pro-gram.

Rodd Polk, Region H, Lou-isiana District, Chapter J Rider Educator was also presented the Rider Edu-cation Merit Award for his innovative initiatives at the Chapter and District level.

Dale Wingrove, Region H Trainer, was presented the Leadership Training Pro-gram Excellence in Train-ing Award, recognizing Dale’s significant contribu-tions to the Leadership Program that ensured Re-gion H members were af-forded the very best in training opportunities with an outstanding cadre of Training instructors.

Merlyn Hartman, Texas, won Third Place Expert GL 1800 during the Top Gun competition. Congratula-tions to Merlyn both for placing in this incredible tough competition, but also for his continuing sup-port for the Top Gun Pro-gram.

Steve Bockhaus, Region H Medic First Aid, won the Team Building Award dur-ing the Officer Certification Program class just prior to Wing Ding. Steve also participated in the Amaz-ing Team Challenge Riding Competition, winning a "Compass" award and the "Turtle" award). Ask Steve

for an explanation of those awards.

Bob MacBird (TX M2) - Bike Show: 1st Place, GL 1000 Custom

Howard Halasz (TX M2) - Bike Show: 1st Place, GL 1000 Show

Charles Dunn (TX Z2) - B i k e S h o w : 1 s t Place, Trike, Airbrushed

James Smith (TX Z2) - Bike S h o w : 2 n d P l a c e , Bike/Trike with Trailer

Jeff Mew (TX P) - Talent Show: 1st Place, Serious. Jeff had the crowd wow’ed with his Elvis act.

Lynn Heene (TX Dist) – Won the Grand Prize of $10,000. Bet she will buy the ice cream!

News from the National web site. A New newslet-ter, the “INSIGHT” .

Extracted from the first issue, Mike Stiger writes;

Now that I’m Director of GWRRA, I have an oppor-tunity to improve our com-munications. The Interna-tional TEAM has come up with this new GWRRA Newsletter called the “Insight”. It will combine informational articles from all three program, Mem-bership Enhancement, Leadership Training, and Rider Education, into one Newsletter. Additionally, the link to this Newsletter will reside on the Home Page of the GWRRA web-site, as well as a link from each Program’s website. Also, we will send out email blasts to all of the Officers with a link to download it directly. Our goal is to get this informa-tion to the people that need it the most, our Chapter Officers. While we’re on the subject of communication, we have made another change to the Home Page of the GWRRA website. We have added a quick link button at the bottom of the page to reach our GWRRA Offi-cer Connection webpage. This page contains valu-able information that all Officers need to refer to. This new link on the main page will make it much easier to access the site. Communication is a major key to our success.

Until next month. Be safe and join in the FUN.

Harry & Joan

Director’s Corner Continued from page 1

This is a sharp look that can be worn by any Motorcycle Enthusiast! It will now be available by going on line to www.region-h.org and clicking on the icon with the shirt design. A large portion of each $18.00 sale will go to help fund Motorcycle Awareness, Medic First Aid, Membership Enhancement, and Leadership Training Programs in Region H. This shirt will be available in ash gray and safety green. If you would like to order as a Chapter and save on shipping call 870-451-3733 or send an email to Susan@doubleyellowtees.com

REGION H FUNDRAISER SHIRT NOW AVAILABLE!

Right Sleeve- Heart Patch-

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Here’s to another great Wing Ding!!. Des Moines really rolled out the red carpet. The people were very welcoming and the weather was great! Highs in the mid to up-per 80’s. What more could we ask for? It has always been said that the best way to en-joy a convention/rally is to be involved. Well I find this to be true! I was really involved this year. First I took the OCP. I recommend this to all members. I admit that I fought the idea of the class at first. But now I am glad I took it. I learned a lot about GWRRA that I did not know. I had been relying on too much hand-me-down information. I was on the team that won a Team Building Award. I still think that our con-tinuous line drawing should have won. (This will mean something only to those of you who were there.) I was able to be a judge for Top Gun again. Man these riders really put all they have into this com-petition. The 2-up Top Gun was great to watch. These riders work as a unit. It is an eye opener to see just how much a co-rider can help in these maneuvers.

Yes, I rode in the Amaz-ing Team Challenge. Like I said last month, this was going out of my comfort zone. We did not get to practice the course. We could only walk it 5 minutes before competition. When walk-ing it, I went “piece of cake”. But when riding, the lane suddenly got narrow and the turns tighter. The cone weave was easy, but the tall cones that were used turned out to be intimi-dating. As the descrip-tion of the Challenge said – This can be rid-den by any rider, but it can be humbling to the experienced rider. Every one who rode the Challenge had a goal. Many were to have a fast time and win. Mine was much more basic. It was to be able to ride the course and keep my Wing upright and my feet on the pegs at all times. I was able to suc-ceed in this, but my times were slow. The announcer stated that speed was not the only thing, but it was also important to ride smoothly. He also stated that my ride was very smooth. I did win 2 “awards”. I tied for the compass award. I missed a turn, went outside the course,

but found my way back. I also tied for the turtle award. This was tied with a member of my team for having the slowest time. I am ok with this, as I at least competed and met my goal with my Wing up-right, my feet on the pegs and each ride was improved. I recommend every one try this course. Oh, yes, if you were there and watched, I was “Moe” of the Three Stooges Team. I also meet with Larry Stiles one afternoon and MFA accomplishments and goals were dis-cussed. One of the things that he is glad to see is that there are fewer requests for MFA at Wing Ding. He said that the records show that there are more classes being taught at the District and Chapter levels. He is glad to see this. Thank You to all of the MFA instructors who are doing this. We owe a great amount of thanks for all of your dedication. There is also a new re-newal class in the devel-oping stage at this time. I got to see it and it should make it easier for every one to keep up their MFA certification. At the time of writing this, Terri and I are plan-ning on our long sum-

mer ride. We will be leav-ing July 28th for a 2 week ride. Some of the places we plan on going to are; Tail of The Dragon, The Blue Ridge Parkway, Mount Airy (Mayberry) N.C., Washington D.C, a cousin of mine in Chicopee Ma. , Niagra Falls, etc. The main rea-son I am bringing this up is because of the time of year and the heat. We will be using our cooling col-lars and our drink butlers a lot. In this heat we ALL need to remember to keep hydrated. That does not mean to take a drink only when stopped, but to drink while riding also. This does not mean only drink only when thirsty, but to drink frequently. This does not mean to drink soda, coffee and beer, but WATER and lots of it. This may sound bad, but this is a time to watch your urine. If you do not pee frequently and the urine is dark, DRINK MORE WATER!! I cannot stress this enough. DRINK LOTS OF WATER. This ap-plies to even short rides and short trips. Well this has become long enough, so see you on down the road. Steve & Terri Bockhaus Region H MFA Coordina-tors

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Medic First Aid Steve & Terri Bockhaus Region H MFA Coordinators

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GWRRA Region H The Hospitality Region

Texas District Mid Win-ter Conference January 15, 2011 Killeen, Texas Kansas District Team meeting & Convention January 21—22, 2011 Emporia, Kansas Louisiana District Team meeting January 22, 2011 Lafayette, Louisiana Oklahoma District Team meeting January 29, 1011 Stroud, OK

Oklahoma District Convention October 7—9, 2010 Muskogee, Oklahoma Texas Educat ion Weekend October 16—17, 2010 Killeen, Texas Region H TEAM meeting November 13—14, 2010 Plano, Texas Arkansas District Team Meeting January 8, 2011 Morrilton, Arkansas

Region H Convention March 24—26, 2011 Plano, Texas Louisiana District Convention April 7-9, 2011 Lafayette, LA Texas District Convention May 12—14, 2011 Killeen, Texas

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