What states will the proposed Midwest Chapter cover?

Actually, even though MN is a lake state, I would vote to keep KY and dump MN. Geographiclly(sp?) MN would make to large an area.

it is nice to see some actual discussion on this topic. All those who are not saying anything, speak up, make yourselfs heard, even the negative comments....bring em on.

Rev
 
yeah, that makes sense....

lets call it "great lakes"

we'll dump minnesota and throw in KY?????


HUH?

this is too funny, shit I forgot I said I would stay out of it......

later

listen....

its time to bring the map out......

forget fancy area names and all that.....

get on non-tech, call out for one last "raise your hand if you want a chapter" have all interested people list thier city and states, put a mark on the map for each person......

wait a week and see what the area looks like, if there's an average of say five people from each of the states, but only one or two from the states on the fringes, dump them......

THEY CAN STILL BE MEMBERS!

but at least if they hook up with other guys in their locale, it will be easier for them to form some kind of geographical area.....

I think you guys need a show of hands....
 
Beezil said:
yeah, that makes sense....
lets call it "great lakes"
we'll dump minnesota and throw in KY?????
HUH?
this is too funny, shit I forgot I said I would stay out of it......
later
listen....
its time to bring the map out......
forget fancy area names and all that.....
get on non-tech, call out for one last "raise your hand if you want a chapter" have all interested people list thier city and states, put a mark on the map for each person......
wait a week and see what the area looks like, if there's an average of say five people from each of the states, but only one or two from the states on the fringes, dump them......
THEY CAN STILL BE MEMBERS!
but at least if they hook up with other guys in their locale, it will be easier for them to form some kind of geographical area.....
I think you guys need a show of hands....
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Again good points....BUT...

A name has not been chosen yet, we are not even remotlly close to that. Hell I am not even sure that a local chapter is needed or wanted. This process at this point is all brainstorming, everyone thoughts put on the table to see how it falls out. Non-tech is a good idea, but then again, if anyone living in a "Midwest" state has not checked out this forum then I would assume they are not interested.

Now, only gonna say this once...it is not "you guys", all of us in the affected areas should have an opinon.....either way. I have seen some that support this chapter idea, and i have seen others that do not support it, as far as myself....I just don't know. I want more info, from both sides, that is why i requested this forum, and that is why I am offering a place to talk at Winterfest.

Beezil you should not "stay out of it", everyone needs to hear BOTH sides to enable them to make a informend desicion. I would ask that those of you opposed to this idea speak up, tell everyone why you do not think we need a local chapter.

Rev


BTW - I know I can't spell, so lets get past that.
 
Rev Den said:
tell everyone why you do not think we need a local chapter.

Rev

QUOTE]

I don't think that kind of discussion is appropriate in a forum that exists to FORM a chapter, not prevent one.....

I think too much time is being spent on boudaries, although at some point it obviously must be decided....

who appears on the list of "interested"?

forget for a moment where everyone is from,

how many people are there in total?

I think that question alone decides if there will be a chapter or not....12 guys/gals is not gonna cut it.

If you don't have people, you don't have a chapter.

next, out of the group, who will step up and do most of the organizing? the real work?

who are the officers?

if you don't have officers, you don't have a chapter......

and at that point, geography discussions are MOOT.
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This thread sucks :tears:

Walter,
I guess us "Heartland Chapter" people will just have to mount up the mini-guns and keep the elitists from the "lakes" out of our wheeling spots.


Seriously we need to work on getting some "Heartland" XJ's together. I figure we have some good wheeling not to far from us:
Hot Springs, Disney, Clayton (off and on at least), Joplin, Potawatomi, KSRocks, LBL, Randolph, Pittsfield (private, but if ya got connections...), and Sayers Brook to name the ones I know off the top of my head.

We are adding a third Dr in May, so I hope to have much more time to wheel on the weekends this summer.

There is a wealth of untapped potential in our region. Let's get this thing up and going this spring.

Bones :skull1:
 
IMO ...

If a Chapter is formed, and we can have 10 "good" members, it will be a good start. The Chapter can easily grow from that. Believe me, there will be a lot of coat tails riders to add numbers ..... if you want numbers.

We have an area of NAXJA members that regularly get together. This is the area we can start with and form the Chapter around. I thought yesterday, this pretty much was decided ; now you guys want to debate it some more. I'd say end the debate, go with Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois,and Indiana. This is a good starting point and we have enough interested individuals.

What is the next Topic ..............

Is tha name of the Chapter now appropriate? It seems this is "part" of the debate going on through the past several posts. We have "Great Lakes" and "Midwest" so far .... is there any other suggestions? How about "NE Central" Chapter?

This forum need to be kept on track and positive. Bones ... you are right. You guys have a lot of areas to get together and Wheel in. I'm sure there are a lot of NAXJA member within a region surrounding Missouri that may be able to get a Chapter formed. If not, I'm sure this Chapter (if formed) would be happy to include you and any others.

Les
 
Bones said:
This thread sucks :tears:

Walter,
I guess us "Heartland Chapter" people will just have to mount up the mini-guns and keep the elitists from the "lakes" out of our wheeling spots.


Seriously we need to work on getting some "Heartland" XJ's together. I figure we have some good wheeling not to far from us:
Hot Springs, Disney, Clayton (off and on at least), Joplin, Potawatomi, KSRocks, LBL, Randolph, Pittsfield (private, but if ya got connections...), and Sayers Brook to name the ones I know off the top of my head.

We are adding a third Dr in May, so I hope to have much more time to wheel on the weekends this summer.

There is a wealth of untapped potential in our region. Let's get this thing up and going this spring.

Bones :skull1:
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There's on reason to man the borders, I'd love to wheel Disney and Clayton sometime. and I'd be happy to have you come up to the UP some and wheel up there as well. But I think that the geography sould be hacked out in the early stages so we know who to nominate for officers. I wouldn't do anybody any good to nominate Bones for a bod posisition and then kick MO to the curb.
 
Beezil said:
List of names guys.....

concentrate on that.

do you guys need a secretary?

I will play one for one week, and then I am out.
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Wrong, I say hash out the geography first and then we'll be able to pull the best people within those borders for officers.
 
Should we set up a vote to see if Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana is acceptable? This can be going on while Beezil takes roll and so we can get closure on this subject and move on ... If it is not acceptable, then we can discuss again.

Les
 
I'm gonna take roll.

I will tally the head count at the end....

does anyone think it makes sense to see if the formation of TWO chapters should take place?

bones?

heartland?

the area is so huge....

I think the headcount will help determine this.
 
Define 'head' count.
WI is off limits to you breeders.
How about the 'We like Jerky' chapter?
This is truly humorous.
On tha serious tip fo' rizzle...
If you guys need a hand, I would gladly do whatever I can.
Hasta.
 
Here's the only point that I'm going to poke in your folks direction. Ok, probably one main point with interelating points woven in.

The talk for the whole time has been that there's a good group that frequently gets together to wheel at the badlands. With that in mind, why would you want to exclude any states of the folks that regularly attend? Yeah, one end of the region to the other end of the region may be a haul. Who says you have to attend that ride? There are several people who like to take off a day or 2 around the weekends/holidays that would make some of those longer trips. I've been known to haul my junk for 8+ hrs. so that I can wheel all day sat and part of sun(pretty soon I won't be haulin' it, I'll be toolin' down the highway in it). I'm still home on sun night and didn't miss any work on fri.

There's more I was gonna say, but I gotta run.
 
I think calling this forum "Midwest Chapter formation" can be misleading to some. The "Midwest" is a HUGE area that includes 12 states from North Dakota to Ohio. Also the "Midwest" doesn't include states like AR, KY, and OK. I like Bj's idea we need a show of hand to determine where the most people who are interested in forming a chapter are and go from there.

You need Adobe Acrobat reader http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/midwestus.pdf

Bones we defiantly need to get some runs going this spring here in MO. and I would love to get back down to Hot Springs, AR again. Maybe when this new Nissan line settles down and you get your extra Vet we could get a group together for a run.

Walter B.
 
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