The first Chartered Club Leadership Summit was so successful, we decided to do it again.

To group ride...

   or not to group ride!                    

That is a good question.

Before you get all wound out of shape about reading a diatribe on group riding vs. riding solo, you might want to reflect just a bit on why you choose one or the other when it comes to being involved with a motorcycle club.

Do they "Ride to Eat" or do they "Eat to Ride"?

While your personal reasons for joining a BMW MOA Chartered club are as varied as there are members, once you join, you become part of a new family. Like most families we have good times, not so good times and perhaps a few family fights. In the end, we continue to associate together by choice.

At the Board of Directors meeting on April 25, it was my privilege to accept the position of Chartered Club Coordinator. My reasons for accepting were that I sensed that the Board was committed to supporting the Chartered Clubs. Also, I  believe that strong, healthy, growing Chartered Clubs are critical to the continued success of the BMW MOA.

If it has been a while since you visited this page, you will notice a different look and feel. As part of the effort to support Chartered Clubs, this page will be used for a variety of purposes.

To promote growth and stay viable, organizations must embrace new ideas and stay open to change. What has worked in the past will not necessarily work forever. Many times we become comfortable with the way things are and are resistant new ideas.

I love motorcycles, and I love riding. Like many of you, what first drew me to bikes was not just the experience of riding, but the feeling that I'd become part of a special community? a brotherhood, really. Nothing calms me more than a long ride down the interstate, waving to the members of my beloved clan.