Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:36PM Yes, it is time to get back to regular meetings! The holiday season is over. We'll be meeting at Maggie Mae's on Pikes Peak, 9AM February 19th. We've had a lot of new members join and there are lots of exciting things going on. And the weather has been cooperating pretty well. Cross your fingers and we'll all ride to the meeting.
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:06AM We believe user names and email addresses were exposed in a readable format. Passwords were also exposed, but in a highly encrypted format that is difficult to decode. However, since these are common credentials for both the Forum and your membership account on the MOA web site, we strongly recommend that you change your password on the MOA web site.
Log in, select "Account Management" at the top of the home page, then select "Login/Password".
If you have lost or forgotten your password, you can get back on by visiting http://stl.bmwmoa.org/Core/findmepage.aspx
If your email address has changed, please contact the club office to get back into your account. You can do this by calling (636)394-7277during business hours in the eastern time zone or using the online contact page for our IT Administrator Jeff Betz:
http://www.bmwmoa.org/contact_form/Jeff%20Betz/jeff
We also strongly advise that you change your password on any website where you use the same or similar password, especially those that may have your credit card information or serve as a financial institution.
We are currently pursuing several avenues to discover how the forum was compromised and prevent it from happening again, and we will keep the membership apprised on the forum. If you have any questions or wish to discuss this further, please contact the club office at the phone number above or Ray Zimmerman, club executive director, at rayz@bmwmoa.org.
Sincerely,
BMW Motorcycle Owners of America
Greg Feeler, President
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 7:00AM Personally, I had a blast at the Procrastinator’s. It may not however be for the reasons you may assume. I was sick, just a bad head cold and unrelenting headache. I missed about 3 day’s work the week before the party and didn’t feel much better on Saturday. So no, I didn’t have my woo hoo party hat on. So why did I enjoy the party you may ask?
Here’s what happened for this year’s party to come about. We had a change of venue, which entailed about three or four officers/events committee meetings. One of our members spent dozens, yes dozens, of hours chasing down leads for a restaurant to host the event. Not too pricy a menu, a room we could privately use without an absurd room charge, a good parking area, a diverse quality menu, no unrealistic minimum, no $40- $50 per head buffet, a room that we could roam around and mingle, a central location. Not a small order when six people are throwing suggestions at you to contact and scope out.
The officers/events committee then agreed the White Elephant gift exchange had pretty well run its course. It seems that the past several years fewer and fewer people were participating and it gets boring fairly quickly if you’re watching someone else open gag gifts. So if no White Elephant, then what, if anything? It was decided in about September, to attempt to collect door prizes. We didn’t know how many we would get, we didn’t know if we would get anything more than two size extra small T-shirts. We divided up the businesses we normally frequent and who was going to make the contacts. As it turned out our begging garnered a door prize for everyone attending and allowed everyone back into the drawing for the three grander prized worth over $100 each. We had numerous door prized valued between $50 and $100. We even had a gift certificate from South Side Johnnies, the party venue. Several of our members personally donated prizes of significant value. These weren’t cheap junk they had laying around the house and these members aren’t business people hyping their business. These are simply members wanting to give something back to the club. Two of the three top prized were obtained by one of our newest members, for the good of the club.
There were untold phone calls and e-mails to coordinate RSVPs, collect the door prizes, notify the membership through multiple media of the where and when of the party, design and purchase the custom cake, get permission to bring our own food (cake) into a restaurant (that sells desert.) There are more details than any one person will ever know.
The day of the party, several people were on site hours before the party and several people stayed long after most went home. It takes quite an effort to organize and distribute nearly 80 door prizes; the room was set up with about 55 seats when we arrived, not nearly enough. I counted more than 15 people helping in one way or another during the party. We realized that we didn’t have a plan of how to cut and serve 80 pieces of cake. A relaxing evening like this involves hundreds of details and one can only hope most have been thought of and planned in advance. We got to watch our glorious Bronco’s end their season on the big screen if we chose. All and all the party ran like it was coordinated by a professional planner. No stress, no forced structure, no one commanding.
We had 74 people attend Procrastinators, a record number from anyone I talked with. Our local BMW dealership had a representative in attendance, a welcome addition. We had teamwork; we had numerous members offer heartfelt thanks for a well hosted party. We had an incredible number of members involved in the planning and execution. I have named no one as I don’t want to leave even one name out. You know who you are and most of our members know who worked so hard to create this event. I thank you one and all. All who attended and all who made it possible. And that, my fellow members, is why I had a blast at Procrastinators.
Ride, RIDE, RIDE,
Stan
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 9:01AM It turns out that new member Tony Vanderpool is a wizard with a tape cutter and has a fair amount of extra reflective tape in blue, silver, and red. If you really want to be seen, he will help you out with tape on your motorcycle, luggage, helmet, pet cat - whatever.
Send an e-mail to Tony and he'll set you right up. Thanks, Tony.
Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 7:50PM The 2012 RA Rally is coming to Colorado, June 14-17th. The Copper Mountain Resort is the perfect location for the BMW ColoRAdo Grand National. Obviously, we know the riding is great. But it is also a great place to stay. We will keep you updated with what is going on as we learn more.
There is camping, RV sites, and rooms for those not fond of tents. If you are planning on getting a room, reserve it very early!!!!
Many different types of rooms are available at various prices. These prices are just slightly higher than the pricing at some of the motels in the neighboring communities. If you’d like additional amenities or to make this a truly special vacation, you may want to consider one of the larger rooms. Traveling with friends? Consider a 2 bedroom with separate rooms, living room and kitchen.
It is important that you make this reservation only if you plan to attend since your deposit will be forfeited if you do not attend.
The closest area to our event is the “Center Village”.
Guest “Call In” Room Rates
ROOM TYPE RATES/NIGHT
Bronze Hotel Room - 92.00
Bronze One Bedroom 129.00
Bronze One Bedroom Loft 149.00
Bronze Two Bedroom 189.00
Silver Hotel Room 99.00
Silver Efficiency 99.00
Silver Studio 125.00
Silver One Bedroom 135.00
Silver One Bedroom Loft 149.00
Silver Two Bedroom 199.00
Silver Two Bedroom Loft 230.00
Silver Three Bedroom 315.00
Gold Hotel Room 125.00
Gold Deluxe Studio 139.00
Gold One Bedroom 159.00
Gold One Bedroom Den 175.00
Gold Two Bedroom 229.00
Gold Three Bedroom 337.00
Gold Four Bedroom 425.00
Platinum One Bedroom 196.00
Platinum Two Bedroom 258.00
Platinum Three Bedroom 418.00
Taxes and Surcharge: Rates do not include applicable tax and surcharge. The current surcharge is 7.5% and local taxes are 4.775%. Surcharge is taxable. The individual will be responsible for any money due as a result of surcharge/tax increase.
Pre/Post Group Rates: Copper Mountain will extend rooms; depending on space availability at these group rates up to 3 days before or after the rally.
No Shows: Rooms which have been reserved by attendees, who fail to show on their scheduled day of arrival, will be billed to the individual holding the reservations for the total lodging amount for the contracted time.
Room Assignment/Bedding Requests: Copper Mountain will make every effort to provide the unit type, bedding and location requested.
Early Departures: 100% of the remaining room nights lodging amount will be charged if an attendee checks out before their confirmed departure date. This may be waived for emergency situations but must be authorized by Copper Mountain.
Individual Lodging Deposit/Cancellation: A 15% deposit is required upon making reservations. The balance on the room is due 14 days prior to arrival and will be automatically billed to the credit card on file.
If you cancel 15 days or more prior to arrival date, refund on the deposit amount received will be made less 10%. If cancelled 14 days or less prior to arrival, the individual is subject to full forfeiture of the entire amount including deposit and remaining balance.
Call In Participant Lodging
Individual participants will be required to call Copper Mountain’s reservations department in order to make lodging arrangements at group rates. In order to take advantage of group rates please call:
- Telephone Copper Mountain’s toll-free conference/groups reservation line at (866) 837-2996.
- Reference Group Code “349” and or group name “BMW RA Rally”
Or through this link