April, 2011
Well the riding
season is upon us finally. We are very fortunate in CMT/ABATE that our
board works as a team. We delegate, share tasks & welcome new ideas. Nothing can harm an organization more than
board members who do not cooperate with each other. When
everyone is encouraged and allowed to do their jobs great things happen.
Our
State wide poker run books are selling well thanks to Kevin Chapnick.
Our Grant program is doing fine thanks to Bette Stewart.
Cecil
Redditt is doing a great job with the sign program along with Lisa and
Mark Darden.
The new
Caney Fork charter had their first event and they are off to a great
start.
On the
legislative side we stopped the no child under five legislation and our
helmet choice bill is going to summer study. Scott McColpin our
legislative rep will go into detail at the June BOD.
We will
be setting up the Land Purchase Committee at the June
BOD. We have a power point presentation about CMT/ABATE.
In every way we are
growing and becoming a modern, efficient and
effective organization.
It is exciting for me
as State Director to preside over CMT/ABATE during this transition from
the old to the new. One thing we must always keep are our core
principles of Brotherhood, Defense of our Freedoms and Love of Country.
These are what make us who we are. We must pass these values on or they
will be lost to the next generation of bikers.
There are a lot of
great events coming up which are great fun and help us raise the funds
to accomplish our work. I hope to see you at many of them. We welcome
all to our events whatever you ride, whatever club or riding organization
you belong to, if you support Freedom, and the right to live our
lifestyle you are always welcome.
Finally I ask you to join us to
protect your rights, I ask you to renew if you have already joined and I
ask you to rejoin if you have expired. CMT stands for Concerned
Motorcyclists of Tennessee ABATE stand for American Bikers Active Towards
Education.
www.CMTABATE.com is our
website look us up.
Brooklyn Tom
State Director
CMT/ABATE, Inc.
NCOM National Board Member
Liason to Confederation of clubs
Unit Commander U.S. Defenders
