May 2008

Minutes of the Gulf Coast Diva Angels
Precision Motorcycles High Side Café
May 2008
7 PM Meeting Called to order by Director Sarah Hammock. GREAT TURNOUT! Happy Birthday to anyone in May! Good news sharing: Teresa Rivas recognized the amazing efforts of the individuals that put together the fund raiser for Laurie Blackwell: Sharyn McCormick, Tanya Tedford, Kathleen Reyes and CynthiaTrimarco. Fantastic job in such a short time! Update on Laurie: Sharyn indicated she is home now but depressed as no one is around. She is weaning herself of prescription pain medications but still in pain. She would love to hear from you! Her number: 650-2905 Cynthia Trimarco put together an amazing scrapbook for Laurie Blackwell from the benefit and other events Laurie participated in. She also made a beautiful Diva Angel necklace she is giving her as well. Very thoughtful and appreciated!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU! Lynne Eilerman is doing the 3 day Breast Cancer Walk for Susan G. Komen For the Cure. Anyone interested in walking for sponsoring her let her know. She has flyers for anyone that would like one. It is October 31st. Her goal is to raise $5,000. The minimum is $2,200 and she is well on her way to that already. It is 20 miles each of the 3 day for a total of 60 miles! GOOD LUCK LYNNE! Sharyn McCormick is doing the Susan G. Komen 10 mile run/walk. She is up to 3 miles now. GO SHARYN! Donna DeFant brought the statue donated to us by SMART. There are pictures of it on the web site. She recommended we share the statue within the members each month. Marsha is taking it home this month and will bring it back for another member to have for the next month. Welcome back Donna Ryder! Update on Bart: He is homeand is walking with a cane. His memory has improved and is much better than 7 months ago. The accident was one year ago. Her house is still for sale and hopefully will sell soon. Sarah Hammock’s new Gator Pervis book is coming out July 2nd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She let us know about the South Florida Museum of Science Summer Camp for children between the ages of 1st-6th grade. No reports from Loretta is she is in a class and Candy is on vacation. Guest and New member Donna Yarish joined at the meeting. She is from St. Pete and will attend one of their chapter meetings before joining at the local level. She has been riding 30 years!! She knows Laurie Blackwell and attended the benefit. WELCOME DONNA! Now we have 4 Donnas to keep straight!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Donna DeFant talked about the Biker’s For Boobs ride being held on Sunday, June 8th. Tanya Tedford, the activities director, indicated it will be our monthly group ride. Donna will be the Road Captain. Kick Stands up 9 AM from Rossiter’s Harley Davidson. See info below: Sunday 6-8-2008 , Bikers4Boobs Poker Run www.Bikers4boobs.com Breast Cancer Awareness Corp. non profit 501(c)(3) Road Captain =Donna DeFant; KSU 9:00 a.m. from Rossiter’s on Cattlemen Rd., Sarasota Starts & ends at Quaker Steak & Lube in Clearwater 1 poker hand $10 or 3 hands for $20 prizes: Best Hand $500, 2nd $200 & 3rd $50 Team & Club challenge - so let's win for the most chapter members !!! Jen Mitchell also in attendance: Guest of Sharyn McCormick, girlfriend of C.J. her son. She rides on the back and enjoys it very much. Welcome Jen! Jamie Miller: Guest of Teresa Rivas She is a photographer and took pictures of the girls at the meeting. She has 4 kids ages 7, 5, 3 & 1!!! She also does web design and is Doula certified. Donna DeFant received info on an additional charity: Family of Promise in Sarasota but let them know we will consider them for next year. Cynthia Trimarco indicated she has T-shirts and many members requested she order more green tops that Rita McClain was wearing. Patti Sperling suggested we order men’s T-shirts as well and come up with a catchy slogan to put on them. Cynthia asked to look in the catalog and come up with some ideas. Patti Sperling, Safety Director, talked about gasoline. When is the best time to fill up a bike? Wednesday morning before the price goes up for the weekend seems to be when it is the lowest price. Fill your bike up before it heats up as well. Thanks for the tips to lower the gas prices in this escalating market! Motion was made to accept April’s minutes. Seconded and passed. All minutes are available on our web site. Sarah thanked all involved again for the benefit ride. Request to ride out one evening to present a certificate of thanks. Sharyn and Tanya discussed the best night to do that is when they have their monthly meeting. Sharyn will confirm and let us know. All four charities we voted on have been notified. Sarah suggested a charities ride instead of a poker run this year. The list of the charity recipients would be on a board. The event to be called: 4th Annual Diva Angels Charities ride. Request to have it at the Eagles again and start at Peggy’s. Discussion as to the need for waivers and it was determined that it would be needed. Marsha suggested Kat and Tanya should be the auctioneers and volunteered as well. Sarah suggested that since baskets are difficult to carry on bikes that we should instead get gift certificates, i.e.: weekend at the Ritz, weekend in the Keys, etc. Donna DeBord has ideas for fundraising. Tanya indicated that the most successful part of Laurie’s event was just to get people to show up. It was not as important as to how fancy the food, etc. Just letting as many people know as possible about the event was important. Even if we cook the hamburgers ourselves. Sharyn indicated how great the Eagles volunteers were and how they donated their time, food and services and beer without even knowing Laurie or the fact that her father was an Eagle himself. Sharyn gave details regarding their membership: 1100 members 100 women 1000 men. One type of membership votes and one does not. Cost: $30/year. A tentative date of Sunday October 12th was selected and Donna DeFant is going to check at the next MOM meeting and let us know if that date will work. Kat indicated she can get the same entertainment as Laurie’s as long as it was well in advance which it would be. Discussion as to sponsorship rides. The following dates were selected: June 21st, July 26th, August 23rd & Sept 20th Susan Goslin will prepare sponsorship forms. Pete had great ideas for Laurie’s ride regarding getting raffle items for men. IE: fishing items, car detail, car wash, etc. Donna DeBord indicated she will be attending the Milwaukee bike event August 28th and asked if anyone else would be going. Sarah suggested a sunrise to sunset ride across the state which would be an overnight ride. Watch the sunrise on the Atlantic and then the sunset on the Gulf of Mexico. Everyone that was a great idea and look forward to further details. Reminder to get odometer readings to Trish Detoni. She has relatives in town for her daughter’s wedding. Everyone applauded Cynthia Trimarco for her great job on the scrapbook! Awesome Marsha invited anyone to join her at Bonefish for dinner after the meeting. Meeting was adjourned. ATTENDANCE Sarah Hammock Patti Sperling Tanya Tedford Kat Reyes Cynthia Trimarco Susan Goslin Rita McClain Christina Lehman New member: Donna Yarish Donna Ryder Lynne Eilerman Donna DeFant Marsha Wolak Donna DuBord Teresa Rivas Sharyn McCormick Jan Mitchell Jamie Miller