The 2026 National Rally... Eastern US : Essex Junction VERMONT... June 11-13 2026

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I assume the club will be having a tent in the club camping area?

Ron

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This should be a good one. Only about 350 miles from most of us, the facilities are first rate and nice routes up there, it's also hard to find a not nice road in the area. Hard to believe the last time it was there was twenty years ago, it seems like only a few years ago. This was the last rally I rode my 83 Guzzi to.

.nowadays I got me two good wheels

And I seek refuge in aluminum and steel

It takes me out there for just a little while

And the years fall away with every mile

Regarding a Club Tent...

If we get enough members going which should be no problem... as long as the 450 does good... Remember one event funds the next one.

MOA has issued a cutoff date of April 1st which is two weeks earlier than last year...

Members need to start committing to going soon, I know Lynn & I are in as well as Bob & Kathy Smith...

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Anyone who is committed to going needs to RSVP on the events page!

Why did we even invest the time and money on club express if members are not going to use it???

This is how it worked last year and it worked out well. Just remember we had until the end of April last year to get in for the rental. It got voted in at the April meeting and the day after the meeting Bob Smith did the rental. We are looking for 15 MEMBERS to commit as last year. The fee appears to be about $72 less than last year which is good. An email blast is going out on Thursday March 12th stating that we need all RSVPS in by March 15th. The meeting is Tuesday March 17th. Motion will be presented and voted on by the club members in attendance.

Lynn

Wayne, I would mention the forum at the next club meeting. Also, have the newsletter editor list it in every edition.

Ron

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Thanks Ron, we do have multiple references to the website in every newsletter. Lynn also adds little tips in there as well on how to navigate / use features on the website. Just have to keep pushing its usage to the members. Thx !

If people in the know directed those who ask questions to the web site instead of circumventing the site a lot more people would be using the site.

Most of the members who attend meetings are already using the site.

I don't like missing information and I didn't realize I was. I setup Email alerts in my account setting to be notified any time someone posts anything in the forums. That was a tiny challenge to get that to work.

I also set up Email alerts via Watchlist (third party) to notify me any time the Events page of the website is updated because I thought all Events were addressed in Forums and thought I had all of the alerts. "You thought WRONG, Bitch!"

It took some effort on my part to set myself up so I don't miss information. I would venture to guess that the average club member may find this to be a bit of a lift. It's not necessary, but for me, I'm not always able to check in with the site to see if anything has changed, it's just much easier to be alerted via Email when a change has occurred anywhere on the site, not just forums.

I wish I could attend all of the meetings, but it's a bit far.

2020 Harley-Davidson Road Glide Limited

2015 Harley-Davidson Dyna Switchback

2007 Moto Guzzi Breva 750

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I believe when the Page/Site was set up Lynn set all members up to be subscribed to all of the forums which they could opt out of if they were not interested in certain forums.

I also believe that the forums are the only place on the site that has alerts available.

The rest of the site such as events requires the user to check in on occasion to see what is happening with the club. This includes but is not limited to club (Sponsored) events such as Meetings, Breakfast/Lunch meetups, Special Events, etc.

Events only requires a check in once a month or so to see what is going on weeks or months out and is usually major and regularly scheduled events like meetings, Breakfasts, and events such as club picnics, etc.

The forum is where weekly (Pop Up) events are posted such as group rides, Sunday Funday, etc. That are not planned well in advance due to weather, etc.

This allows anyone who wants to coordinate/lead a ride to post a day or week ahead and lead a meetup and ride.

I use this all the time to post my rides spur of the moment because of other commitments or weather watching.