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General Membership Meeting/Elections – 11/19/09 – American Legion Post 1

For more info contact “Blue” 230-9305 or president@abateofalaska.com

ABATE of Alaska is not an M/C or riding club. ABATE is a non-profit dedicated to serving the comunity and esspecially the motorcyclist in the community. ABATE hopes to better the community through education and training and to protect the comunity through our legislative work to promote basic freedoms. Freedoms such as the right to repair, the right to choose to wear a helmet, the right to purchase insurance both medical and automotive.

Plus we just like to get together and have a good time.

 I regret to inform everyone that the VFW Post 9981 has had to close it’s doors due to the unstable economic times. ABATE wishes them well and hopes that they will find a new home soon.

ABATE’s General Membership meeting for November will be held at the American Legion “Buck Henry” Post 1 at 840 W Fireweed Ln, Anchorage, AK‎ – (907) 272-5242‎
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For more info contact
Blue at 230-9205 or
president@abateofalaska.com

This is our annual election for your 2010 officers and board members. If you haven’t mailed your ballots back then this would be the night to bring them in. We will collect ballots at the opening of the meeting and our tabulation committee will take charge of them and do our count. When they are done we will announce next years ABATE volunteers to keep this fine organization on track.

I hope to see all our members and interested parties at this meeting.
“Blue”

This is it, our election meeting for 2010 officers and board members. Ballots have been mailed out to all PAID members. Ballots can be mailed back in the self addressed return envelopes or dropped off at Alaska Leather on the corner of Minnesota and Spenard. You may also bring your ballot in person to the meeting. All ballots must be sealed in an envelope with your name and membership number on the envelope. One ballot per envelope. NO exceptions. Mailed and dropped of ballots will be picked up on Thursday at 5pm before the meeting. Ballots brought to the meeting must be there by 7pm as the tally committee will count votes while the meeting is under way.

Join Us For Biker Night At The Wildberry Theater!

Bikers!  ABATE!  Friends of Alaska Leather!

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Join us Wednesday, August 26th, for Fun and Laughs at the Wild Berry Theater at our live taping of the Big Alaska Show!  It’s Free!  There’s good food, beer, wine and soft drinks you can into the theater.

Our featured guest is Barb Smart- owner and president of Alaska Leather and Motor Cycle Apparel.  Barb will join us as we honor ABATE.

Also, joining us is Mike Ferris- a true life Deadliest Catch kind of dude!  He doesn’t watch it – Mike lives it!

We’ll show a local biker short movie and the BIG SCREEN at the Wild Berry and plenty of chances for prizes … But remember, we’re eligible to win our own prizes!

Doors open at 7p with the show taping from 7:30p-8:30p at the Wild Berry Theater located on Juneau Street just off International right across from the Sourdough Mining Company. http://www.alaskawildberry.com

The show will air Saturday, August 29th, 9a-10a, KFQD 750 AM and streamed on http://www.kfqd.com

New MSF Street Smart – Rider Perception Program Kit Available Now!

See it. Believe it. New MSF Street Smart – Rider Perception Program Kit Available Now: 90-minute, interactive program is the newest release in the MSF Host-an-Event series
 
IRVINE, Calif., August 20, 2009 – The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) is opening the doors to rider perception with the fifth program in its community-based Host-an-Event series. The goal of the new Street Smart – Rider Perception program is to improve a rider’s perceptive abilities when riding in traffic.

Why? Poor perception puts a rider at a disadvantage. Motorcycle riding requires a lot more than coordination and balance, so the Street Smart – Rider Perception program is designed to acquaint participants with their perceptive processes, help them understand how the brain and eyes work together to manage risk, and to develop useful perception techniques.

The highly interactive Street Smart – Rider Perception program utilizes images of traffic situations to illustrate what participants might encounter out in the real world, as well as factors that affect perception, such as rider speed, lane position or path of travel.

For example, during a small group activity, colorful “vision challenge” floor mats and oversized playing cards are used to demonstrate the extreme narrowness of central vision, among other visual characteristics, and to underscore the value of keeping the eyes moving while riding.

“Safe riding is as much a skill of the eyes and mind as it is of the hands and feet, perhaps more so,” said MSF Director of Training Systems Dr. Ray Ochs. “Riding safely requires keen perception to search for clues, evaluate situations, and make smooth and accurate control decisions; therefore, encouraging riders to improve their traffic perception skills is important.”

Available for purchase through the MSF online store for $105, the Street Smart – Rider Perception program kit includes the Leader’s Guide, data CD, 12 participant workbooks, four floor mats, and a deck of large playing cards. The 90-minute classroom-only event is suitable for year-round use and for up to a suggested maximum of 25 participants.

An online, interactive sample of the program – called Rider Perception Challenge! – is available for free at http://www.msf-usa.org/riderperception.

The Street Smart – Rider Perception program is part of the larger MSF Rider Education and Training System (RETS). It may be used to conduct a stand-alone event or as a complement to other MSF programs. The four other MSF Host-an-Event kits are:

  • Intersection – Motor Awareness kit
  • Share the Adventure – Group Riding kit
  • SeasonedRider – Aging Awareness kit
  • Riding Straight – Alcohol Awareness kit

MSF Host-an-Event kits are designed to give motorcyclists opportunities for safety renewal to maximize safe and responsible riding practices.

The Motorcycle Safety Foundation promotes rider safety through rider training systems, operator licensing tests and public information programs. The MSF works with the federal government, state agencies, the military, and others to offer training for all skill levels so riders can enjoy a lifetime of safe, responsible motorcycling. Standards established by the MSF have been internationally recognized since 1973.

The MSF is a not-for-profit organization sponsored by BMW, BRP, Ducati, Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, KTM, Piaggio, Suzuki, Triumph, Victory and Yamaha. For RiderCourseSM locations, call (800) 446-9227 or visit www.msf-usa.org.

ABATE 4th of July Run (26th Year)

Sheep Mountain Lodge will host us this year

http://sheepmountain.com/Driving-Directions-and-Map.php

big rooms- $189

small rooms – $159

 

a time to live will be playing

50/50

Biker Games

 

Poker run for the downed biker fund

 

Starting at the whaler @ 11am

first stop -big dan’s birchwood

second stop- palmer bar

third stop – sutton bar

forth stop- saloon

last stop – sheep mountain

 

all you can eat buffet $20 all the trimmings

ABATE Break-up Run

We will be heading to Pioneer again this year for food and fun. A Time to Live will play from 8pm to 2am. ABATE will have bike games from 3-5 along with door prizes and a 50/50 split the pot to benifit the Ken Peltier Foundation. Pioneer Lodge will cook up an all you can eat bar-b-que from 5-8.

We hope to see you all there. For more info contact Token at c.rigel@yahoo.com