(and you guys thought I was just writing a letter to Mom!)

In attendance (I don't know some of your handles here, sorry! drop me a line and I'll edit this message):

• Daryll (???)
• David (Mad Chemist)
• Kevin (KevyWevy)
• Mark (mpulver)
• Ray (2001Millrunner)
• Rickey (StoryR)

Topics:

David formally went over a projected charter and we also had miscellaneous loose discussions during dinner. The key points were (in no particular order):

• No elected officials. We want to keep this a loosely organized group that's rooted in fun.
• Meeting schedule will be "loose" to begin with. Though probably not fewer than once/month.
• Need a dedicated website for 4ROC in general, but 4ROC-WA in specific.
• As we see new people posting from WA, we should drop them a PM pointing them to the 4ROC-WA charter.
• 4ROC-WA will assume NO responsibilty or liability for members or their equipment. Once a formal website goes up, everyone will have to sign a disclaimer to this effect.
• At this time, there will be no membership dues.
• Some talk was had about handling the cost of a web host.
• Some talk was had about registering as an NPO (Not for Profit Organization). This could be important if members contribute to the cost of hosting.
• Talk was had about selling stickers and such for 4ROC-WA through Cafepress.com.
• Separate talk was had about getting HUGE stickers done up at a local fab shop.
• Daryll stated that his boss would give 4ROC members a 10% discount on parts once we had ID to show membership. Daryll is a Toyota Master Technician who works at a local dealership.
• Buy a spatula.

Tasks:

• Mark (mpulver) agreed to start the hunt for a web host.

Activities:

• Ray lost his sliders tonight (thanks David!)
• Kevin got his CB tested (SWR = 1.4:1, good to go!)
• Ray got his CB tested (SWR = 3:1, needs work! )
• Ricky and Kevin demo'd their off-road capabilities. No details were to be had.

Closure:

With a solid handshake, a fleeting wave, and screeching CB's, we all parted with most of us planning to be at the Thursday night run on 7/10.


Wahoooo!

 

Ray (2001Millrunner)

Ricky (StoryR)

Daryl (???)

 

Thank you sir!

 

nope nope nope!!! that was Ricky and I. and i thought i was bad with names!!!

but i speak for everybody else when i ask "when are you going to write that letter to your mommy????"

and i'll get some more info on those vynle (sp?) stickers. cost and what not. ima have to go up there some time to have the guy make a TOYOTA windsheild banner for me.


oh and you guys will learn very soon that i can't spell.

do you guys think i should send what mark wrote out as a newsletter to everybody?


oh yeah, thanks for writing this up. i was afraid i was gonna have to. hahahaha

 

Sounds like I missed out on some real fun. Thankyou for posting the details of the meeting for those of us that were no-shows. I really wanted to be there.

 

! Dang, for some reason I'm stuck on swapping the names! ARGH!

Sorry Ray; Sorry Ricky!


Letter to mom coming soon... I actually do owe her one!


And I think it might serve better if you wrote to the membership (use BCC!) and pointed them to here. That can get the folks used to looking in the forum for updates.

 

Great job on the write-up Mark.

The only thing I'd add is that Daryll (who is a Toyota technician) said his boss would give 4ROC members a 10% discount on parts once we had some type of membership card to make us look like an official club. He's got contacts at other places which might swing us discounts as well.

Ditto on pointing them to the thread- once we have our own website, we'll want people in the habit of going to the web for updates on group meetings and such.

 

Thank you! Glad to do it!

Ahh! I didn't hear that! I've added it to the list above.

The only thing I would "caution" here is that this would obviously be something specific to 4ROC-WA and we may want to be sure that only WA residents are members. That's not an issue now with manual sign-up, but once the website is up we shouldn't turn our backs on verifiying residency.

 

Yup- how would we check?

 

Ill definitly be at the next meeting when i get my car back on friday.

Sorry i wasnt able to be their guys, but the only car i was able to drive was my brothers BMW M3 and i didnt want anything to happen to it.

 

yeah so david where are those pictures?????? i wanna see them *in a whiney little kid voice*

 

I was too busy trying to locate my tie-rods in the dark at about 10:30 last night, when I finally figured out a) what and where the tie rods are and b) that I don't have to worry about them being frozen to go off roading tonight! I'm waiting for all the great shots I'll get tonight from off-roading, and post on Friday (assuming we don't get back later than midnight. Patience, little grasshopper!

 

ok :cry:

 

yeah thanks guys! It was a blast! No worries on the names

hehe, but thanks again...and the running boards are off my 4runner as of 8am this morning

EDIT: Oh, and not to be even more picky...but my name is spelled RickEy...with an E...not to make it more difficult for you

 

Sounds like you guys had a great first official meeting. I'm sorry I couldn't be there. Thank you Mark for taking notes to keep us posted on everything we missed, it's much appreciated! Can't wait to see the pictures!

 

FunRunner, What part of the PNW are you in?

 

Yesterday was fun, DAVID took of my running boards for me in like 15mins. wow dood =), and MARK(Mpulver) taught me a great lesson on CB tuning and even let me borrow his SWR meter. I've never been to offroading and didnt know anything but everyone made me feel comfortable so more confidence for tonight!!!

 

I'm up in Bellingham so it's going to be a little harder for me to attend meetings than some people. I had school last night so that's why I couldn't go.

 

Atleast your closer than I am, As you can see im in central wa. quite a drive for me but one of these meets I will road trip it to check it out.

 

!!! WELCOME !!!

Just wait until we guide you off of a cliff.


btw, It was actually David that did the running boards, my name is Mark, and I'll have a PL-259 plug with me tonight if you want to cut that excess antenna wire.

KICKIN' MAN!