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Education not Legislation
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JANUARY 2006
Volume 21, Issue 1
CONCERNED MOTORCYCLISTS OF TENNESSEE /
AMERICAN BIKERS ACTIVE TOWARDS EDUCATION
Happy New Year !
New Location, New Opportunity
During our process of searching for the best
site for our Southern Thunder
Rally (STR) an offer was made to us by Jody
Montgomery and the Punkin Center
Motorcycle Resort to combine the two
events. As you might know, the events were
held on the same weekend last year. Wakin
the Dragon had near seven times the number
of attendees as did we. We worked through
the initial financials and came to the
conclusion that this would be quite
advantageous for CMT/ABATE and Punkin
Center. When the motion to merge the events
was brought to our Board of Directors, an
amendment was added to completely shelve
the STR and to partner with Jody exclusively
on the Wakin the Dragon rally. Jody is a
staunch advocate of CMT/ABATE’s efforts
and the battle we fight for Tennessee’s
motorcyclists.
As we are somewhat lacking for time
before the 2006 event (June 2 and 3),all
members are encouraged to aggressively sell
banner/advertising space for the rally (please
see the package for detail). We have a very
aggressive timeline to make this happen as
there is a “buy in” for us to be partners in this
event.
Because of where the Dragon is located
and its’ appeal to motorcyclist from far and
wide, we will be setting up a (large) ABATE
tent where we will encourage ABATE
organizations from NC, GA, SC, KY and
beyond to have information and a presence. I
am also working on a proposal to be
forwarded to our neighboring state’s SMRO’s
relative to the advertising sales.
Mark your calendars and plan to attend a
premium biker rally in perhaps the most
desired motorcyclists’ destination location in
the country. Feel free to contact me if there
are any questions. The best email address is
renegade_in_tn@... or (865) 805-2984, Ride
safe, John “Renegade” Carter, Director Soaring Eagle Charter
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Entrance to Punkin Center
Wakin’ the Dragon
Biker Rally Presented by
PUNKIN CENTER
MOTORCYCLE RESORT &
CMT/ABATE
Supporting Biker’s Rights and Liberties in
the Great State of Tennessee
We would like to invite you to sponsor the
fastest growing motorcycle event in the
United States.
“The Dragon” an 11 mile stretch of road
between TN and NC is gaining respect
throughout the United States and Europe as
one of the most popular motorcycle
destinations in the world. Our rally is
quickly becoming the ‘official opening’ of
Riding the Dragon Season.
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CONTACT INFO
Board Of Directors
Including 1 Rep from Each Charter
Corp. Director
Mark ‘Yog’ Moore 423-570-0250 [email protected]
Asst. Corp. Director Dean Lucas 931-761-8038
Corp. Secretary
Rhonda Williams 931-815-2224 [email protected]
Corp. Treasurer
Malisa Turner 662-890-3573 [email protected]
Activities Chair
Ann Stout 615-382-7650 [email protected]
Legislative Chair
John Pierce 901-409-7170 [email protected]
Membership Chair
Gary Acton 901-867-9846 [email protected]
Newspaper Chair
Jeanna Bradley 931-796-4312 [email protected]
Products Chair
Bob Munsell 901-373-5314 [email protected]
Safety & Education Cindy Davidson 615-325-5041
Charter
Battle Ground
Mark Carter 615-848-2974
Buffalo River
Dickson Humphreys
Harpeth River
Contact
Non VotingRepresentatives
Sgt. at Arms Mark Miller 931-582-4092
[email protected]
Pub. Rel. Mike Hays 615-495-0070
[email protected]
NCOM Rep Steven Lundwall 615-4916768 [email protected]
MRF Rep John Pierce 901-409-7170
[email protected]
Chaplain Pastor Ron Baptiste
[email protected]
Webmaster Bob Celmer
[email protected]
Meeting Time And Location
1st Sunday@ 3 Mark’s home call for directions
Jeanna Bradley 931-796-4312
[email protected]
last Sat @ noon E & E Bar
Waynesboro
Mark Miller 931-582-4092
Tony Davis 615-952-3311
[email protected] www.abateofmiddletenn.org
3rd Sun.@ 4 Picadilly Club Hwy 70
2nd Tues@7 Country Café Hwy 100 Fairview
Nashville
Mike Hays 615-870-0502 or 615-495-0070 [email protected]
3rd Tues@ 7 Coach’s Sports Grill Goodlettsville
Northeast
Tom Kyner 423-272-4834 [email protected] 4th Mon@ 6 call for location
Robertson County
Marlin Rood 615-390-6754 [email protected]
1st Tues@7 call for location
Smith Wilson
Wray Schott 615-449-5588
call for location
Soaring Eagle
John Carter 865-925-3815
1st Sun@ 7 China Garden Clinton Hwy
Southwest
Steve Ward 731-989-7168
Sumner
Tennessee Valley
Upper Cumberland
Volunteer
Warren County
Wheels of Thunder
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1st Sun@ 2 Elks Club Henderson
Harley Davidson 615-325-5041 [email protected] www.sumnerabate.com
3rd Thurs@ 7 Sputniks
Mark Moore 423-570-0250 [email protected]
3rd Sun@2 Brenda’s Lounge Hwy 11 Ootlewah
Tom Measles 931-260-1523
1st Sun @ noon call for location
Danny Sullivan 731-235-3407 [email protected]
1st sat@ 6 White City Sharon
Randy Williams 931-815-2224 [email protected]
2nd Tues @ 6:30 Charlie’s BBQ 1124 Sparta St
John Pierce 901-409-7170 [email protected]
1st Thurs @ 7 Pig-N-Whistle 7144 Winchester Rd. Memphis
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CHAPLAIN’S CORNER: WORDS
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Our entire world is framed by
the words that we hear, wither they be
positive or negative, they determine our
outcome in life. There is a battle going
on for the Words that come out of your
mouth, that battle is between good and
evil, God and Satan. The weapons being
used are movies, TV, radio, and even the
internet. These weapons produce the
Words that you hear and they enter into
your thought life. These Words frame
your thinking/ your thinking produces
your actions/ your actions produce your
habits/ your habits produce your
character/ your character produces your
decisions/ your decisions produce your
DESTINY!
It all goes back to the Words that frame
your world.
Proverbs 18:21 “Death and life are in
the power of the tongue:” I had to ask
myself, how is it that the tongue is so
powerful?
Gen.1: the phrase; “And God said”
appears nine times, then in verse 31; we
read, “And God saw everything He had
made, and it was very good.” So God
didn’t roll up His big sleeves and go to
work, He spoke it into existence!
But I found my answer in verse 26; “Let
us make man in our image, after our
likeness.” Not only were we made to
COVENANT
look like God, we were made to be a
speaking spirit just like God. Most of
the problems in our life come from our
own mouth, “if there a cold going
around, I’ll catch it, I catch one every
year,” and you do! “Well I just hate
Monday’s, it’s the worst day of the
week,” and it is!
Mat.26:69 Peter denied Jesus three
times with his mouth; he put a spiritual
law into motion. Then after the
crucifixion, and after the resurrection,
Jesus had to undo what Peter put into
action with his mouth.
John 21:15-17 we read that Jesus asked
Peter three times, “Peter, do you love
me.” Peter then confessed with his
mouth three times, “Yes Lord, you know
that I love you!” Jesus was not hard of
hearing, nor did He have a lapse of
memory. Jesus knew He had to undo the
spiritual law that Peter put into motion
when he denied Him three times,
because Peter was a speaking spirit.
(Gen.1:26).
This is why when we ask, beg or plead
for God’s help, nothing happens. God is
only moved by His Word, not by our
emotions. To speak His Word, is to
know His Word!
To be found faithful, Pastor Ron
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Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Wednesday 7:00pm
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300 10th Ave. E Springfield, TN 37172
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Yog's Notes
It?s the New Year January 2006! Out
with the old and in with the new, time to
start those new resolutions and move
forward.
For CMT/ABATE there is much to look
forward to and much to do in 2006.
February: Legislative Day is set for
February 7th. I urge everyone who can
attend to please do so. Legislators who
get to meet and greet those who live in
their district makes a world of
difference and helps John out in his
lobbying efforts. Our legislative agenda
includes continuing the 'Freedom of
Choice' bill, and strengthening the
'Right of Way' laws.There will be new
legislation introduced such as the bill
that will allow motorcyclist the use of
the emergency lane when traffic is back
up on the interstate.
March: In March we will elect new
corporate director, corporate sectary,
and state membership director and we
will be deciding on proposed by-law
changes.
June:
Then there is
'Waking the Dragon' event in
Maryville.This event holds great
promise for the organization in
monetary terms and giving us exposure
to motorcyclist all over the state of
Tennessee to show who we are and what
we’re about.
In addition to all of the above the Home
office is moving to the Inglewood area
just north of Nashville, please note the
new address.
Ride Safe ,Yog
Helmets are good for something!
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After sending out postcards to all of our
members about attending the meeting at
Thunder Alley on Sat rather than Sun.,
about a third of our membership showed
up along with 3 guests from Buffalo
River; and a handful of guests. Mark led
the pledge and then read an editorial
that challenged our supporters, State
Rep. Susan Lynn and Sen. Mae Beavers
about the helmet issue. It stated how our
insurance rates will skyrocket if the
helmet is abolished and all of the typical
anti helmet talk that the anti biker
people like to write about. We applaud
our Sen. Beavers for standing her
ground stating that she believed in the
right of freedom of choice and she did
not think it would add any increased
costs to Tennesseans. A rebuttal
editorial is in the works. Bob talked
about the Helmet, ROW and turn signal
bills that we will be working on next
year. He also urged everyone to make a
showing on Feb. 7th on the Hill for our
Legislative Day. Friday, Jan 20th we will
have our own D/H Legislative/
Membership Drive. Fred is organizing
the Blue Balls/ Frozen Nipples Run on
New years Day. We also will be meeting
at Thunder Alley on Jan 7th at 3pm for a
meeting to organize some of the many
things that our charter has coming up
next year and get er done. A free private
room was offered by Doug Pendergrass
for our meetings at Thunder Alley and
we voted to move our regular meetings
there. We are still considering a new
day and time to meet and that will be
decided at our next get together.
Postcards will be sent to the
membership with all of the changes.
We will be combining forces with
Buffalo River this summer to have a
Piney River Party that will include
bands, rodeo, rafting and an all around
good time. Everyone is invited. We also
talked about the upcoming Tail of the
Dragon in June and some of the
responsibilities we will have in order to
make it a success. We will have more to
come on that later. A phone tree is in the
works so that all of our members will be
up to date on news and events.
Thank you Lenny and Linda for
stepping up to the Activities Chair and
for all of your other contributions. Poky
and Thumper are on to hard times and a
$50 gift card is coming their way. At the
end of the meeting a card was presented
to Bob with donations from everyone in
it to help his family cope with the
sudden illness of his wife Terri.
Afterward we enjoyed our Christmas
Party and 24 people had fun during the
dirty gift exchange. Many free gifts
were raffled off, a mini bar run by our
Treasurer Sara, the delicious food
everyone brought and the great
company made for a joyous time for
everyone.
Bylaws Report
At the December 11 Board of Directors meeting, the bylaws committee submitted
suggested changes to the bylaws. Copies of the suggested changes were given to
every Charter Director present with instruction to take back to the charters. We
need every member to review the changes and vote on them at your charter
meetings. These bylaw changes are also available on cmtabate.com, just click on
the link to bylaw changes. In the event you are unable to get on the website or
obtain a copy from your charter director or for questions or comments, please
contact myself (Cindy Davidson) or Mike Hays at the contact information below.
There have been changes made to the Charter bylaws and some State Position.
The bylaws committee has not been able to review all the bylaws yet; these are
just some suggestion we have. We will be submitting more changes later. Thank
you for making your voice heard silence never makes changes. Ride Safe Bylaws
Committee Chairmen.
Cindy Davidson
Mike Hays
615 325 5041 Home
615 495 0070 Cell
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Harpeth River
The Harpeth River Charter of CMT/
ABATE has taken the last couple of
months off. We will start meeting again
in January to discuss the future of the
charter and the direction we see the
state organization going. As a group we
are concerned about many things
including leadership and inattention to
the by-laws. All members past and
present will be notified by mail of the
meeting time and date.
Steven Lundwall Sec/Tres . Harpeth
River Charter
Nashville
The Nashville Charter met December 20
with a good turnout for 5 days before
the jolly old fat man comes around.
Plans are now coming together for the
2nd annual CMT/ABATE Swap Meet &
Bike Show, February 26th at the Music
Valley Events Center in Nashville.
Sumner, Robertson and Nashville are
teaming up to host the event. The Music
Valley Events Center features 8,000
square feet of space so expect lots of
vendors as motorcyclists get ready to
break ‘em out for the spring. Mark this
one on your calendar, it’s going to be a
BIG EVENT! Anyone interested in a
booth should contact Suzanne at the
state office or Twanger at 615 4950070. There will be both indoor and
outdoor spots as well as a bike corral
for those who would like to sell a bike.
Look for complete details in the
February newsletter.
December 6th meeting was called to
order by Jimmy Goodwin and he led us
in pledge. Pastor Ron Baptiste opened
up in prayer. There were 40 in
attendance.
Charter Director: Marlin welcomed
everyone and called for officer’s
reports.
Chaplain’s Report: Pastor Ron wished
everyone a happy holiday. Invited
everyone to New Year’s Eve party at the
church. Thanked everyone for a good
year.
Treasurer’s Report: Kevin reported
$886.95 balance in general acct. We
took in 1465.25 at our Swap Meet: paid
265.00 to the fair board, 400.00 to CMT
(40%) $200.00 the Thunder Roads for
our ad. We have $183.82 in our Down
Biker’s Fund. $31.00 in “Lauren” Fund
(Rick’s Granddaughter) Jimmy
Goodwin made motion that the money
in the Lauren fund be transferred to the
Down Bikers Fund. Second by Tojo.
Vote was unanimous. Kevin announced
that there were several memberships up
for renewal. Reminded everyone that
they could not vote in tonight’s officer
election or hold an office unless their
membership was current.
Safety and Ed: Ann reported that
approval from the Robertson County
School Board will allow us to contact
principals to go into the local schools
and present our Safety and Ed program.
Ann asked for help in contacting the
schools so that we can present in each
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school before the end of the year.
Activities Report: Pam reported that
our November Swap Meet at the
Robertson County Fairgrounds was a
great success. We had 23 booths.
Thanks to everyone for their help. Pam
announced that she will not run again
for Activities Director for 2006 and
thanked everyone for a good year.
Thanks Pam, for all of your hard work!
Director’s Report: Marlin announced
that several issues will be discussed at
the BOD meeting on Dec. 11th. There
will be discussion and a vote taken on
the definition of ABATE. There will
also be discussion between our charter,
Sumner County and Nashville regarding
combining some of our events.
New Business: Marlin asked if
everyone wanted to set age limit for
STR. Motion was made to set age limit
at 18 and older, second, unanimous.
Still have not nailed down location for
STR, will learn more at this weeks BOD
and will give you an update at January
meeting. Elections for officers were as
follows:
Director - Marlin
Asst Director - Tojo
Charter Rep - to be determined - Marlin
asked for volunteers to step up.
Secretary/Products - Kathy
Activities - Elaine
Safety and Ed - Ann (Ann would like
for someone to consider taking over this
position)
Treasurer - Kevin
Chaplain-PastorRon
Sgt of Arms - Roland
All nominations made, seconded and
votes unanimous! Let’s make this our
best year ever!
David England made a donation to the
Down Biker’s Fund - Thanks, David!
Meeting adjourned.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Kathy
‘’We don’t wear leather to look
mean; we wear it for the purpose
it serves. A helmet doesn’t work,
but leather does.’’Sputnik
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Safety and Education
I have just received the position of
Safety and Education for CMT/ABATE.
I will do the best that I can. Bob
Edwards shoes are big ones to fill.
Especially for those that have not met
me yet, I am a tad smaller then Bob so I
may need some help. I would like to
spend my time working on Safety and
Education in the school system, drivers
education classes, etc. I have already
started working on some things in this
area, we also need to come up with
ways to spend money from the State of
Tennessee, and look into grants or
making CMT/ABATE have a PAC
group that may be able to receive grants
for Safety and Education. I would like
to take the Safety and Ed position to
new levels to be able to serve CMT/
ABATE and it’s growth. I feel the only
way to achieve this is through subcommittee. This is a way to get the most
with what we have. Don’t worry Subcommittees don’t have to be boring. We
can achieve what we set out to do and
still enjoy new friendship along the
way. CMT/ABATE is changing not only
on the state level, but in the charters
too. It is time we stop complaining
about what we think needs to be down
and get out and get them done. The only
requirement you need is to have a
passion for the public to be more aware
of us and a good sense of humor. Don’t
think you have to be from Middle TN to
do this, riding season is fast
approaching and we can all use a nice
ride, plus the telephone service was
invented awhile back, we can give it a
try to. If you want to be part of a team
that gets things done, and have fun
doing it contact me at 615 325 5041, or
at [email protected]
Thanks & Ride Safe
Cindy Davidson
Safety and Education
Guns Don’t Kill People
People With Cell Phones Do!
Sumner County
December 15, Cold night, 10 days
before Christmas, busy time of year. But
we still manage to scrap together 12
people for a meeting. Congratulations to
Mark and Debbie Davis for the
impending birth of their grandchildren
(TWINS!!!) Harley was our flagpole.
We were joined by a family of 5 that
were eating dinner. No really, we
invaded them but they were dully
impressed seeing a bunch of bikers
saying the pledge of allegiance. Harley
did a pretty good job watching how he
expressed himself during the time
young kids were there, but was quite
relieved when they finished and left.
The main topics were Activities, Wakin
the dragon state rally, bylaws and John
Pierce. Tammy Wilson did pretty good
informing us about stuff we are going to
do. April 8, we are having a mystery
ride. We will be informed of how long
½ day ride all the way up to a 2 day
thing. Who ever proposes where we go
gets to lead this rowdy bunch. April 29
and 30, here is the big one, so different
for bikers; The Tennessee Dry Run. An
event to promote Responsible Drinking,
We have asked Soaring Eagle and
Wheels of Thunder to join us on this
one. More details on that later. June 17,
the charter is going to the Junebug
Boogie together, just for fun. July 8,
Summer Fun Ride, consists of a run
with a Hog Roast and rodeo after.
August 4 is Street Rod National Run to
Louisville Ky. Tommy Wilson got put
on the spot for this one, His idea he gets
to lead. October 1, Bikers for Boobs,
raise money for Breast Cancer. The
biggest decision was doing plenty of
riding on free weekends. We are
forming a buddy list for riding, cook
outs, etc. We are going together with
Davidson and Robertson on A Swap
Meet this spring, still ironing out details
on that one. Jeff Hollins then challenge
the group to come up with t-shirts by
the next meeting, we need them and if
we don’t come up with something
stunning we are going with the old ones.
So everyone is suppose to go thru there
closets and pick out their favorites,
bring it to a meeting, and we will take
the best of each one and come up with a
shirt. Different idea, we can’t wait to
see what ideas come of this. Everyone
was given bylaws and we decided to go
over a little every meeting. It was voted
on to give John Pierce $100.00 to help
with expenses for the Legislative
session. Mark then wanted to know if
we could get John to come and talk with
our charter a couple times to update us
during session. Mainly because as every
one agreed he is a very interesting guy
to speak with and they want to get to
know him better. Tammy suggested
when he comes we can take up a
collection to help him more. Jeff agreed
as he put it to paying him like a
preacher. We all agreed to have our next
meeting at Sputniks on January 19,
2006. Meeting was adjourned and
everyone just BS for the next ½ hour to
hour after the meeting.
Ride Safe Everyone and Have a great
2006 As for Sumner County we are
spending it riding.
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Soaring Eagle
As this charter meeting was to be
followed by our Christmas party and
chili cook off, we moved the meeting
date, time and venue to Saturday,
December 3rd at 6:00 pm at John and
Maria Carter’s home.The meeting
was called to order at 6:00 pm sharp
with the Pledge of Allegiance. There
were 14 members and 2 guests
present. The minutes from our last
meeting were accepted unanimously
as posted. The treasurer’s report was
read and accepted.Old business
centered mainly on the upcoming
BOD meeting and the necessary
charter votes which would need to be
brought there. We also discussed the
vote which was to be taken relative
to the STR and the Wakin the
Dragon Biker Rally. Discussion then
moved to the requirements of this
rally from this charter if it did indeed
move to southeast Tennessee.John
also reminded the members that we
are still in search for a charter PR
officer. We have a new charter
member with PR experience who has
noted that she would be interested.
We will work on that one in the
coming weeks.We also briefly
discussed the need for an activities
calendar to be solidified.New
business was very short as members
were in the party mood and getting
hungry. John announced that he
wanted the charter to know before
anyone else that he was submitting
his resume for the open State
Director position which is to be
voted on in March. Brief discussion
followed as to the implications. The
meeting was adjourned by
unanimous vote and the party began.
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It’s not my original idea but someone, maybe Sarge, suggested to me at the
Board meeting. Maybe Mark Miller too.
Our local newspaper puts up
headlines and teases with the first paragraph. Then you have to be a subscriber to
get the full story. I strongly believe this is the route we should consider for our
newspaper on the website. Members can put in their membership ID number.
I also believe that people could subscribe at a lesser dollar to obtain access to
the paper on line. If nothing else, it will help increase the hit number ratio on our
website. Also could improve the advertising dollar if the advertiser knows the add
will be in the online paper as well. But won’t hurt our advertising potential for
them to spend $25 set up and $25 per pane of advertising (to allow flashing
opportunity) on our main page or events page.
Just food for thought. I also
believe the Sarge should get a portion of the set up fee as a commission for turning
a paper ad into a webpage profit as well. I believe it is at the discretion of the
Webmaster and Corp Director to make this happen so maybe some more money
could start rolling in to both the State's and Jeanna's coffers. Ya’ll chew on this and
get back with me for any questions is you wish... http://www.southernstandard.net
Rhonda
12/31/2005, 1:34 AM
PG 2
CMT/ABATE
Tennessee Motorcyclist
Warren County
We opened with our Pledge of Allegiance.
There were 10 members present and 1
guest, Edd Walker, who joined at the close
of the meeting. OLD BUSINESS:
Nominations for Charter Officers were
accepted. We will be holding elections at
the January meeting with “Write In” space
available for every position.
TREASURERS: We currently have a
treasury of $448.11. Randy presented ½ of
our Charter Treasury at the Board of
Directors meeting to help the state offset
the budget crunch. Linda Kieley was
unable to attend our meeting due to
college finals. She asked that it be
expressed that her next semester schedule
will not allow her to attend Tuesday
evening charter meetings. NEW
BUSINESS: Discussion was held about
the meeting date conflicts with Randy’s
schedule as well. The charter decided to
move the meetings to the first Saturday of
the month at 3pm at Charley’s Bar-B-Q
until further notice to better accommodate
these officer needs. Mike encouraged
each one of us to invite friends (non
members) to New Years party at his house.
Last year we got 2 new members from our
Christmas party. PRODUCTS: Charley
advised us that due to new commitments
he must resign as our Products Chair.
He’d like to see someone with the time to
take it over. It was mentioned that David
Netherley might enjoy the position and he
was nominated. His name will be on the
January elections under Products. We all
would like to thank Charley for all his
time and effort these past 2 years in seeing
we are the best dressed Charter in all of
CMT-ABATE. SECRETARY/
LEGISLATIVE REPORT: We were
advised to save February 7 th as our
designate “sick” day or vacation day.
Rhonda shared what an awesome
experience it was this year and promised
that it is bound to be just as exciting again
in 2006. She believes that it was because
of a five member meeting with our
Senator that he turned from long time
opponent to vote three times in committee
and twice on the floor in favor of our
helmet freedom of choices. The
Legislative Session will be shorter this
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year and likely end sometime in April.
Our Legislators will be very
interested in serving constituents for
their future November election.
Helmet bill is alive and well. It only
needs to pass through one final
committee to get to the House Floor
for a full vote. We are very excited
about this coming session and need
all available leather clad bodies at the
Legislative Rally day in February.
Rhonda also shared with the charter
some of the other potential legislative
actions that the Chairman and Team
are considering for this coming
session. ACTIVITIES: We discussed
the New Years Party at Mike Moffit’s
home. It is a BYOB. If you plan to
attend please contact Mike at home
for a covered dish idea to bring over.
CMA will be hosting their 1st Annual
Gary Rains Memorial Polar Bear Run
on January 1st . They will gather at
9:00 am Ryan’s Steakhouse for
breakfast, a service and Blessing of
the Bikes. They will leave by 11am
and head to the Million Dollar Bridge
outside of Woodbury where other
riders gather from all around. It
should be a great ride and what a way
to bring in the New Year, if you’re not
skeered. Hope to see lots of you
there! DIRECTORS REPORT:
Rhonda read the Director’s statement
since Randy was out of town on
business. He wanted to make sure we
knew that 2005 was a banner year for
the state as well as our local charter.
Repealing the Ape Hanger Law as
well as our multiple other legislative
victories. Because of these, CMT/
ABATE was awarded by MRF the State
Legislative Award for our successful
year at the capital. As a charter, we
made the front page on the Southern
Standard for our two Motorcycle Safety
and Awareness billboards in Warren
County. The Board of Directors meeting
was wrapped up for the Charter. The
Board voted to move the State office to
a donated building centrally located in
Nashville. We voted to hire a new
Office manager at a salary of $600 a
month. We also voted to appoint a new
Newspaper Editor at a salary of $250 a
month. The newspaper will be coming
in a new and updated format. It will also
be available by email instead only by
snail mail. If you are interested, let the
office know to sign you up for it. The
By-law Committee provided the Charter
Director with a large list of proposed
changes. These can be viewed online
through our website or you can get with
Randy or Rhonda for a hard copy.
Thanks to our charter contribution and
the contribution of several others, our
state treasury is now at $14,500. We are
a great organization, especially this
charter! With all this business taken
care of and the appointment of at least
one member for every officer chairman
position for election next month in 45
minutes, we adjourned. Randy, Rhonda
and the Warren County Charter would
like to wish that everyone enjoyed a
very thankful Christmas Holiday and a
prosperous New Year!!! Rhonda
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CMT/ABATE PG 3
Wheels of Thunder
Director John Pierce called the
meeting to order at 7:00 pm. The
Pledge of Allegiance was recited
followed by a moment of silence for
our fallen brothers and sisters.
Treasurer’s Report – Jim reported we
have $3,800.83 in our account.
Minutes –A motion was made to
dismiss the reading of last month’s
minutes and to accept them as
published in the newspaper and
posted on the web site. The motion
was seconded and approved. Minutes
can be found on our web site,
www.cmtabatewheelsofthunder.com,
under the meeting date. (AKA
Motion 1) Director’s Statement –
John told us of a rally in east
Tennessee called “Waking the
Dragon” around Deal’s Gap. We may
be teaming up with the promoter of
that event for our annual state fundraising event.
Membership – We had 42 people
present at tonight’s meeting.
Fourteen (14) new members joined
tonight. They are: Kelvin Clark,
Keith Rogers, Clarence Richards III,
Kim Duckett, Oliver McKay,
Roderick Cheeks, Wayne Jones,
Brian Sanders, Fred Peete, Sr.,
Frederick Thornton (all from the
Wolf Pak), Billy and Christy Sandy,
Sherry Mars, and Robert Ferguson.
Welcome to you all! We also
received three renewals tonight.
Activities- The Toy Run to
LeBonheur Children’s Hospital will
be December 3. A flier is posted on
the website as well as a wish list
from the hospital. Kickstands up at
10:00 at Kawasaki of Memphis on
Hwy 70. Coffee by CMA. The
challenge has been made to see
which group can bring in the most
toys. The MSVRA has won the last
two years. We will “party”
afterwards at High Point downtown.
A drop off box will be at The
Crossing (formally Holiday’s).Our
annual Christmas party will be
December 4 at The Crossing
(Holiday’s) beginning at 3:00 pm.
The club will provide the ham.
Everything else is pot luck. Beer will
be available for purchase from the
bar. Please do not bring your own.
Publicity- Karen has contacted the
media about the toy run this
Saturday.
Political-The helmet bill is about ¾
of the way through Committee.
Legislative Day is February 7th.
Anyone wishing to go should contact
John. It will include a meeting with
your legislator and a visit to the
House of Representatives where our
Safety and Awareness Proclamation
will be voted on.
Products-Bob has a full store set up
tonight and everything is on sale!
Webmaster Check out the website.
New “buttons” have been added for
the albums.
New Business –It was brought up
that our membership in MRF has
expired. A motion was made to
renew this membership for $100.
The members approved. A vote was
taken on what ABATE stands for.
Our members approved: A
Brotherhood Against Totalitarian
Enactments. Announcements- Club
NewsSCMC – thanks to
everyone who supported the
Southern Cross at the Veterans
Thunder Rally at Sam’s Town.
Boozefighters will have a group ride
on Sunday.A motion was made to
adjourn. It was seconded and
approved by the membership. We’re
outta here!
Secretary’s Note: The Toy Run for
LeBonheur Children’s Hospital was
a huge success. While the amount of
bikes was down from last year, the
amount of toys almost tripled! A total
of 10,716 toys were collected on
December 3 and delivered in two UHaul trucks. Congratulations to the
Wolf Pack who brought one of the
trucks with 5,000 toys inside. They
won the toy challenge this year hands
down.
At the December BoD meeting,
John Pierce of WofT presented a
$1800 check from his charter to be
specifically designated into a
Legislative Account. >>>>>>>>
<<<<< Randy Williams of Warren
Co Charter presented a $448.12
check which represents 1/2 of their
treasurery in response to a
challenge made by Dean Lucas at
the last BoD meeting.
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12/31/2005, 1:34 AM
PG 2
CMT/ABATE
Tennessee Motorcyclist
Resumes – CMT/ABATE State Director______
Resumes are being accepted for state level posistions of Director, Secretary, and Membership Director. Please submit a
letter of interest to the newspaper. The next deadline is January 15. The vote will be taken at the March B.O.D. meeting.
Brothers and sisters, please allow the following to serve as
my resume for the State Director’s position to be elected at
our March BOD meeting.
For those who don’t know me, here is a bit of personal
information.
Myself and several generations before me are native
Tennesseans. I was born in Nashville in 1953, the son of a
Baptist preacher. I am a Vietnam Veteran having served my
country from 1972-1976 in the U.S. Air Force and was
honorably discharged. I have lived and worked all over the
world and moved back ‘home’ to Tennessee in 1999. I have
two children, one grandchild and a wonderful wife named
Maria (who we affectionately call “ShortRound”).
My civilian career began as a Computer Engineer providing
technical support to Regional, National and then International
geographical territories. I later moved into Technical
Marketing, Product Marketing and Program Management.
Each of these functions focused on product and process
improvement. I have been certified on several business and
process improvement methodologies and have used them
extensively. I have been responsible for many startup
organizations and small companies including several with
which I have had personal financial interests. Eventually, I
burned out on the computer industry and got out of it shortly
after moving back to Tennessee. I am currently self-employed
and sub-contract within the Recreational Vehicle industry.
I have been a ‘freedom fighter’ for many years in several
different arenas. I am a staunch believer that if we do not fight
to regain and preserve the Liberties guaranteed us in our
Constitution and the Bill of Rights, we will lose them
altogether. The most enjoyable and rewarding of these
experiences has been and continues to be motorcycle rights. I
am passionate about our works’ importance, not only to the
end of preserving our lifestyle but, more importantly, the life
and limb of our fellow bikers.
I see our organization with two prime components: Number
1 is the business which allows us to pursue Number 2, our
legislative campaigns. I am a strong proponent that the
business of our state organization must be managed
appropriately and that our members hold the Executive Board
of Directors as responsible. The only reason we are here is to
influence legislation and the only way we can continue to do
that effectively is to have a strong business presence.
I would like the opportunity to serve this organization by
utilizing my training, skills and passion to bring the business
of this organization up to par and beyond. Will it be
challenging, you bet! Will I make mistakes, yes sir! Will I rock
some folks boat, yes ma’am. But, I will give it 100%.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
John “Renegade” Carter Director, Soaring Eagle Charter
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I wish to put my name in for consideration for the position of
Corporate Director.
I have been a member of Abate of Florida and CMT/Abate of
Tennessee for the Past 12 years. I started out as legislative
rep, served as Vice President, and President of several
chapters in Florida. I also served on the state board for a year
as the Products person. I served for seven years as our
chapter rep to the state meetings in Florida. Since moving to
Tennessee I attended meetings as the charter rep and was
charter Director until my severe accident in August of 2003. I
am a life member of Abate of Florida and CMT/Abate of
Tennessee.
I owned and ran a stationery store in Long Island New York
and a lawn service in Palm Beach Co. Fla, until I went back
to College at age 31. I hold a B.A. degree in Psychology and
an ME.d in Counseling from Florida Atlantic University in
Boca Raton Florida. I worked with Injured workers under a
contract with Vocational Rehabilitation, Juvenile felons on
probation, State and Federal inmates at a halfway house and
until I went on Disability I taught special Ed in the Palm
Beach Co. school system.
I am retired on disability so I can devote full time to CMT/
Abate I was on the front lines of Florida’s fight to
successfully change the helmet law. I watched Abate of
Florida go from broke and disorganized to a powerfull
organization. I believe there is no reason why we cannot
grow into a powerfull organization. I know from my severe
accident that even though I was told what I could not do,
with hard work and determination you can overcome all
obstacles.
First we need leadership from the top to take the members
imput and ideas and shape them into the goals of CMT/
Abate. We need to work together from the members to the
board, no one can do the job without the help and
cooperation of others. We need to be on a sound financial
basis. We need to be politically active so we are listened to
by our friends and enemies. We need to introduce legislation
we want and defeat legislation we oppose. We need to speak
with one voice. We can debate among ourselves but when we
speak to the public we need to be united. Last but not least
we need to accept anyone that shares our interests and goals
whether they ride a motorcycle or not.
Many people in history have traded freedom for safety,
what they always wind up with in the end is slavery.
Brooklyn Tom
QUOTABLE QUOTES: “Politics is the art of looking for
trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it
incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.” Sir Ernest
Benn (1875-1954), publisher and public speaker.
12/31/2005, 1:34 AM
Tennessee Motorcyclist
CMT/ABATE PG 3
Resume for Corporate Secretary
Kim Peterson
Letter To Members
98 Edgehill Lane Hendersonville, Tn. 37075
Phone:(615)826-1736
Mobile(615)604-8896
E-mail: JKIP53@ aol.com Kim Peterson
Objective :To obtain a challenging and responsible position within a reputable
company that will afford me the opportunity to utilize my knowledge and past
experience while affording me the opportunity for continued growth and
development.
Work experience
Realty Title
Mt. Juliet, TN
04/05-Present
Processor / Closer
Order entry, title clearing, tax verification Processing,
balancing and collecting / issuing funds on all accounts, customer refunds on all
overages, bank deposits, wire transfers Closing loans as needed Answering multi line
phone system
Roof Maintenance, Inc.
Nashville, TN
07/04-04/05
Office Manager
Answering multi line phone system A/R, A/P, Payroll
Various reports / projects as assigned Bank Deposits,
Bank
Reconciliation Invoice reconciliation
Gruenberg Home Builders, Inc.
Lebanon, TN
06/04- Present
Bookkeeper (Part Time / 1-2 evening weekly, Business owned by Personal
Friend)
A/R, A/P Various reports / projects as assigned Bank
Reconciliation Invoice reconciliation
Transcontinental Title
Nashville, TN
02/03 – 06/04
Assistant Branch Manager / Funder
Over seeing general operations of office in branch managers absence Processing,
balancing and collecting / issuing funds on all accounts, customer refunds on all
overages, bank deposits, wire transfers Order entry, title clearing, tax verification
Answering of multi-line phone system Closing loans as needed Notary Commission
State of Tennessee, Expires 01/15/08
Crossmark
Nashville, TN
04/98 – 02/03
Administrative Assistant Responsible for setting up promotions with local retailers on
behalf of whole sellers Balance all promotional allowances with invoices Place orders
for individual retailers to wholesalers, handling as many as twenty accounts at any
given time.
Education / Computer Experience
2000
New Horizons Computer Learning Center
Nashville, TN.
Earned certifications in the following software: Scanning, Windows 98, Windows ME,
FrontPage 2000, Excel 2000, Word 2000, PowerPoint 2000, HTML 4
1968 - 1972
Cromwell High School
Cromwell, Ct
College Prep Courses Microsoft Office : Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
Windows 95,96,97,98, ME, 2000, XP Gators, QuickBooks, QuickBooks Contractors
Edition, QuickBooks Pro, Lotus, Lotus Notes, Soft Pro
References
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Attention Abate Members:Abate is
turning a corner, you now have to make
a decision to turn the corner with us or
not.
This New Year gives us a
fresh start to let go of all the negativities
we members have been holding on to.
We had a great Legislative Year in 2005
and our gearing up for another good one
despite the obstacles ahead. But now is
the time for all our members to get back
on the horse and make this organization
what we want it to be.
We have a
great opportunity handed to us by Jodie
Montgomery. The reason he is offering
this to Abate is because he believes in
our cause and wants to see us achieve
our goals of No Helmet, Stiffer ROW
bill, Public Motorcycle Messages and
Awareness in the School System.
For those of you that don’t know
Jodie is an ex- Marine/old biker. The
profit Abate stands to make is more than
we could ever think of making before,
and all we have to do is sell
sponsorships, work security, bike
games, bike show and help at the gate.
We are being given the opportunity
to become a strong successful
organization such as some of our fellow
states. For those of you thinking; we
have heard this before; the financial end
will be handled by our State Treasurer
and Jodie’s CPA. No Receipt no Money,
Everything will be down to the penny
and Abate will have access to view all
documents at any time. So for those of
you that really want to see this
organization turn the corner and get our
message out there, we ask you let go of
the past and let’s build Abate to its true
potential.
So get involved in
your charter again and Wakin the
Dragon/CMT ABATE Rally. You will
want to be along for this ride and be one
of the ones that help build CMT/
ABATE of TN. Get excited, new things
are happening and changes are coming.
Thank you, A Fellow Member
Available upon request
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12/31/2005, 1:34 AM
PG 2
CMT/ABATE
Tennessee Motorcyclist
GETTING GOOD PR
Getting good PR is a must
sometimes and a good thing all the time.
Each charter ideally has a PR
committee chair who coordinates with
local and regional media regarding runs,
events or any other activity. Local
media care most about local people. So,
telling your hometown newspaper, radio
or T.V. station the RT story is the most
effective way to garner good PR. If you
don’t know your media, they don’t
know you.
At the state level,
Public Relations involves working with
the legislative director and state officers
to insure that the organization’s
messages are given the opportunity for
publicity when so desired. When the
“vented” helmet laws became legal, The
PR Committee took it to the press.
There was good coverage in both
Nashville and Memphis. Charters
should consider opportunities such as
Editor's Note
that to get coverage on the local level.
As PR chair, I would like to see
each charter appoint a PR contact
person. This would be helpful in
creating a PR loop (preferably via
email) that can pass information back
and forth as necessary. We can also
exchange contact information for
localities. For example, I have a
spreadsheet with all the Legislative
Plaza press corp, and that includes your
local reporters. I’m sure many charters
have relationships with the local
newspaper editor and those can also be
helpful to me. Anyone interested in
swapping contatcts, send me an e-mail
to [email protected] or call me
at 615 495-0070
The end result of good PR for
CMT/ABATE is more members.
FTF “Forward to Freedom”
Twanger
Hello, Apologies for the late delivery
of this issue. We are still trying to get
all the details chased down. I
promise I am working on getting
timely and ontime news to all our
members, just bear with me. Also
please try to sell some advertising to
your local haunts, supporters and
hangouts. Due to the new format the
a rates have been updated. Ads are
also available for the online version.
Oh yeah, we have an online version,
so in order to cut costs let us know if
you would rather have the electronic
delivery. It is a PDF file delivered
right to your inbox, on the first of the
month, imagine that.If anyone has
any suggestions for things that need
to be changed, things they would like
to see, letters to the editor, or any
other comment in regards to the
newspaper feel free to call or email
… Sarge 931-76-4312
[email protected]
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CMT/ABATE PG 3
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CMT/ABATE
Tennessee Motorcyclist
Activities Report
Another year gone by and here we are
starting new adventures. The Board has
approved a new business venture for us.
We are in partnership with the Punkin
Center Motorcycle Resort to put on the
2006 “Wakin the Dragon Biker Rally”
on the weekend of June 2. Our main
responsibility is to raise money such as
we did for the STR and being that we
are all pros at that, well…….
Sponsorship packages have been sent
out to all of the Directors and anyone
else on the emailing list for the
corporate office. If you are not on that
list please contact some one who is or
the office and get a copy, every dollar
raised will be a huge help. The more we
raise the more we will be able to ‘bring
home’ correct details on how this works
can be gotten from John Carter, Ann
Stout or Cindy Davidson. Other ways
we can earn more money is by running
things like the bike games and rodeo, D/
H has stepped up to coordinate these
things so please call Mark and let him
know you will be glad to help. We will
also be helping at the gate so you can
get in touch with Darren Dunn to let
him know you can help there. Harley at
Sumner County is cooking up some
more ways for us to make money so
keep you eye out for details on those
ideas.This is going to be a huge
opportunity to not only make some
major bucks but to become more visible
to the general public as an organization.
We will have a large CMT/ABATE
information booth/tent, here we will
have all of the information about what
we have accomplished on the hill this
session. We may even have some of our
friends from the hill there to tell us how
they plan on helping us in the future as
well. I’m not going to keep you too long
I would like to wish everyone a Merry
Christmas and a happy “what ever other
holiday you celebrate” this wonderful
Season. If you are traveling remember
to give yourself extra time to make it
there safely. If you are staying home
remember those of us out there moving
about and say an extra little prayer for
our safe returns. Thanks everyone for
such a successful year, looks like we are
heading into the next one a couple of
steps ahead so let’s keep going that way.
Keep it in the wind, Mother Stout,
Yama, Olive oil and Bean.
Happy New Year!!! January 2006
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National
Hangover Day
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Session opens
for State
Legislators
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D/H membership drive –
ThunderAlley
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Activities Calender for 2006
January 2006
June
2nd Wakin the Dragon - Maryville TN
10th Session opens for state
legislators
3rd Wakin the Dragon - Maryville TN
20th D/H membership drive Thunder
4th Southwest Riding meeting 10 AM
@ the Elks Lodge Henderson TN
Alley in Dickson TN
18th Upper Cumberland Fun Run watch
February
4th Easy Rider Bike Show - Cook
Calendar for details
24th S/W Poker Run
Convenstion Center - Memphis
July
7th LOBBY DAY!!!
14th Buf. River Valentines day Masacre 1st
Warren County Liberty Ride
Dance @ E&E - 7PM
2nd
Warren County Liberty Ride
4th
INDEPENDENCE DAY
26th Nashville Swap Meet
Upper Cumberland
March
18th Buff. River St.Paddy’s Thaw Run
8TH
Soaring Eagle - watch for details
Sumner County Run
@ E&Es noon
Sumner County Run
25th TN Valley Dart Run noon @ Mac’s 9TH
Pub
TN Valley Charity Run noon @
April
Mac’s Pub
15th
Upper Cumberland Fun Run
8th Sumner County watch for details
9th Sumner County watch for details
D/H Natchez Trace Run
15th D/H Bike Shownoon @ The VFW
16th
D/H Natchez Trace Run
29th
Buff. River Bluegrass Jam WoT Legislative Run - watch for
watch calendar for details
details (rain date 5-6-06)
22nd Soaring Eagle membership drive 30th
Buff. River Blue grass Jam watch calendar for details
28th Skull Bone Bike Rally
29th Sumner County Alcohol Free Ride August
Warren County Legislative
13th Nashville Scavenger Hunt fundraiser - watch for details
watch calendar for details
20th Upper Cumberland Fun Run
Skull Bone Bike Rally
30th Sumner County Alcohol Free Ride 25th
S/W Rodeo
Southwest Blessing of the Bikes
26th
S/W Rodeo
27th
S/W Rodeo
noon
Skull Bone Bike Rally
September
May
1st
WoT Freedom Bash
WoT Freedom Bash
12th Upper Cumberland weekend party 2nd
WoT Freedom Bash
13th Upper Cumberland weekend party 3rd
14th Upper Cumberland weekend party 4th
LABOR DAY
8th
Hawg Holler Bike Fest Fall
19th Thunder on the River
Hawg Holler Bike Fest Fall
Hawg Holler Bike Fest Spring 9th
20th Thunder on the River
10th
Upper Cumberland Legislative
Hawg Holler Bike Fest Spring
Run
Hawg Holler Bike Fest Fall
21st Thunder on the River
22nd Bent Fork Bike Fest
Hawg Holler Bike Fest Spring
27th D/H Run watch for details
23rd Soaring Eagle Legislative Run
Bent Fork Bike Fest
Vietnam Veterans Event @ Parkers
24th Bent Fork Bike Fest
Crossroads - exit 108 on I-40
28th Vietnam Veterans Event @
30th
D/H Poker Run
TN Valley Teddy Bear Run Parkers Crossroads - I-40 exit108
noon @ Mac’s Pub
29th Vietnam Veterans Event @ Parkers
Crossroads - exit 108 on I-40
Support the Events, Support
Memorial Day
October
1st Sumner County Bikers For Boobs
Run - Cancer awareness benefit
watch for details
8th Warren County 3rd annual Run
for the Hills Swap Meet & Bike
Show - watch for details
15th TN Valley Fall Run watch
calendar for details
27th D/H Food Drive -watch for
details
28th Buff. River Halloween Party
D/H Toy Run 1PM @ Charlotte
31st
Halloween
November
5th Robertson County watch for details
11th Soaring Eagle Vet Appreciation
Run
S/W Toy Run - watch for details
12th Southwest Toy Run noon @ the
Jackson Walmart
18th D/H Turkey Shoot-watch for
details
December
2nd Sumner County Food Drive &
Christmas Party - watch for details
3rd Southwest “eatin' meetin'
” Pot luck and ‘Dirty Santa’ watch for details
9th Nashville Christmas Party - watch
for details
Soaring Eagle Christmas Party watch for details
10th Activities Calendar meeting noon
@ the BoD meeting
15th D/H Dirty Christmas Party 7PM
Thunder Alley
17th WoT Christmas party - watch for
details
25th CHRISTMAS DAY
31st NEW YEAR’S EVE
Buff.River New Years party
@E&E Waynesboro
our Cause, Meet New People,
and Have Fun
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Tennessee Motorcyclist
Find out what CMT/ABATE is doing to
Improve Motorcycle Riding And Protecting
Your Right to Ride Free in Tennessee
Everyone is Welcome to the Dickson/
Humphreys Charter Legislative/Membership
Drive — Friday – Jan. 20th – 7:30 pm
Thunder Alley - Dickson, TN. Call Mark
Miller at 931-582-4092 Our Guest Speakers
Include: Our Local State Legislators and
CMT/ABATE’s State Legislative Chairman;
John Pierce
C.M.T./A.B.A.T.E., Inc.
A Non-profit Organization
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Hohenwald , TN 38462
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Capital Hill
Legislative Day
10 am Feb 7
We've Moved!
The state office is moving to Nash
ville. The new address is
CMT/ABATE, INC.
P.O. BOX 160223
NASHVILLE,TN
37216-0223
Any and all correspondance other
than newspaper related needs to be
sent to that address. The phone
number is currently still the same .
615-683-6608
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