NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS this month

Members & Friends:

NOMINATIONS & ELECTIONS this month.
Please show up Nov 16th and volunteer or just vote for our chapter.
You must be a current member to hold a board position or vote.


I know that sometimes it seems that all we do is ask for your support. The reason for that is that there are so many issues out there affecting motorcyclist rights that I am sure it seems like an uphill battle. In some ways I would say that it is and in others it is because we do not have enough of us riders pressing for the fair treatment of the things near and dear to us.

You can make a difference!! Your Local needs help to get the Contra Costa Local back to the point where decision makers begin to take us seriously again. Over the years we have had many different folks heading our Local who have helped to keep us there. Now that November is here it is time to pass that leadership onto a new group who have new ideas by way of the Local’s election of Officers/board of directors for our local at our next meeting. The individuals who are doing it for us now wish to move on and have put their heart and soul into helping with our needs. It is time for other members with drive, compassion and determination to step up and lead us into the next phase of our existence.


Please come to the November Meeting and put you name in the hat for one of the many officer positions at ABATE Local 15. Some of these positions will only take an hour or less of your time each month. Here are the requirements for becoming an officer as well as the duties for each position:

President - Has total responsibility for the management of the local. All activities of the President and the Local must be in compliance with the state by-laws and by-laws of the Local. The President is accountable to the Executive Director of ABATE of California, Inc. The President is responsible for the supervision of all Officer functions and is the official spokesman of ABATE positions in Contra Costa County. The President shall not be able to sign checks. President shall not hold more than two elected offices.

Vice President - will assist the President in assigned duties. Vice Presidents may or may not hold other offices, but shall not hold more than two elected offices.


Treasurer - will be responsible for all Local # 15 moneys. Will maintain acceptable ledger books recording all transactions, and present monthly reports at regularly scheduled meetings, and turn in quarterly reports to state. Treasurer will be one of the officers that shall sign checks, and all outgoing monies will be written on checks. Shall collect moneys from all ABATE functions and deposit them after checking totals to match. All expenditures over $500.00 must be approved by a majority vote at a regularly scheduled meeting. All expenditures must be approved by the President. If Treasurer thinks funds asked for by the President are inappropriate a special Board meeting may be called. The Treasurers book shall be audited twice a year by a person picked from the membership and delivered to the next officers board meeting.

Secretary - Will be responsible for all official correspondence and records of meetings. To write monthly reports for the Bailing Wire, and keep minutes of the Board of Directors meetings, and the general meetings.

Membership Coordinator - Will be responsible for all membership sale activities in Contra Costa County. The membership coordinator maintains the Local # 15 membership list and provides monthly records to the President, and present monthly reports at regularly scheduled meetings. Keeps a stock of membership cards, ABATE patches, and year pins as needed. Will also give board updated phone list quarterly, and provide membership information to board as requested.

Merchandise Coordinator - Will be responsible for maintaining a stock of Local # 15 merchandise, and having it available for purchase at regularly scheduled meetings and Local # 15 functions. Keeps an inventory and balance it quarterly with the Treasurer. Sell PAC merchandise for state.

Business Coordinator - Will place Bailing Wires at all business shops, and other locations of interest to motorcyclists. To pick up door prizes for general meetings and at Local # 15 functions. To be the contact person keeping the shops informed with latest events by placing run flyers and ABATE political information in their shops. To keep track of PAC donation jars during the visits to the shops, and any other ABATE property located in their shops.

Event Coordinator - Will be responsible for overseeing and directing volunteers and other particulars involved with Local # 15 runs and events as directed. Shall have a committee approved by the board.

Sergeant-at-Arms - Will be responsible for controlling order at Local # 15 meetings and functions. To be responsible for security at functions and to appoint deputies as required to fill the needs. Shall have a committee approved by the board.

Media Coordinator - Will be responsible for inviting media to events, releasing information to media as needed and to work with Event Coordinator.

Please come out and support our local and help with the next generation of leadership for our local.

See you at the Meeting at 7PM on Tuesday November 16, 2010

Keep the rubber on the road!

ABATE LOCAL 15



Abate of California, Contra Costa Chapter #15
P.O. Box 269 Concord, CA 94522-0269