The Meeting was called to order by Charles Tapp at 7:10 pm. The following individuals were present at the meeting: Russ Wilkerson, Rich Riggs, Charles Tapp and Andrew Musto.
Then first order of business was to establish the Board of Directors and this was accomplished with the following officers being installed:
President: Charles Tapp Vice President: Russ Wilkerson Secretary: Andrew Musto Treasurer: Wally Borth Sergeant of Arms: Rich Riggs
The board then went over each officers duties and responsibilities from the information that was provided by the founder of the Colorado’s Biker Emergency Fund and former president Karren Mitchell. It was discovered that the Colorado’s Biker Emergency Fund did not have a Vice President position and therefore had no duties or responsibilities. The Board agreed that the Vice President duties and responsibilities would be to assist the president and act in his/her behalf in the absence of the president and may be assigned additional duties at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
The next thing that was discussed was the non profit license status. The board agreed to allow another 10 days for Russ Wilkerson to finalize the paperwork for the fund and get back with Charles Tapp on its status.
The Board decided on how the membership application form should look and what information should be on it. There will be membership cards made up as well and their design is still to be discussed.
The next item was to assign a committee to work on the bylaws of the fund. It was decided by the board that all members on the board would be on the committee. It was further decided that the bylaws were going to be a work in progress and we will discuss the bylaws at a special meeting at Charles Tapp’s home on 28 June 2005 at 7:00 pm. However some issues were discussed the first one being how the monies would be disbursed in the event the organization ceases. The board decided that the money would go to the Johnson County MedAct and the Salvation Army of Olathe, Kansas. Another issue discussed was the organizations goal. The goal of the organization is to assist a biker that has had a verifiable accident. Also it was discussed that an article needs to be placed in the bylaws of how a board member can be removed from the office they hold. It was decided that any member of the board can be removed from office within 90 days after being elected to that office by a vote of the board. The next item discused was the term of office for each position. It was decided that the President and Vice President would be a 2 year term and all other officers would be a 1 year term. The last thing talked about was if the treasurer leaves office before their term is up that the Sergeant of Arms would assume the duties and responsibilities of the treasurer until a new treasurer is elected.
The Board decided that the membership fees would be $120.00 annually and that would include the members patch. New members will be pro-rated and the organization’s membership year will be from 9 July -8 July to coincide with the birth date of the organization.
The last order of new business was to discuss the design of the organizations patch. Charles Tapp had a copy of the Colorado’s patch and it was decided that the Kansas Biker Emergency Fund would use the same patch. The patch was given to Russ Wilkerson to have the first five shirts made up for the Board of directors. The shirts will be worn by the Board of Directors on 9 July 2005 for the organization first event.
The next regular meeting will be on 5 July 2005 at 7:00pm at Wally’s Neighborhood Bar and Grill.
The meeting was adjourned by the president at 8:10 p.m.
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