2010!  It's the beginning of a new year and mostly new Directors for the Twisted Spoke chapter. The Directors for 2010 are; myself, Jenny "Cinnamon" Taylor, President/Membership/Products ; Louis Richards, Secretary/Treasurer/Road Captain/Web Master/ Community Relations/Safety& Education; Roger Miller, Vice President; Terri Forbes, Chairman; and Darryl Farthing, Security. Louis and I are returning Directors who have taken on some new roles. Roger, Terri and Darryl are new Directors this year.

The 2010 year is shaping up to be busier than 2009 was for Twisted Spoke. Our chili cook off is on February 7th. We have also sanctioned two events with the AMA for later in the year, a poker run/field meet/ campout with bands for August 28th at Lake Bailee, and a Halloween Dance with a date and location to still be determined. We have also started the process of visiting and "interviewing" local charities to see which ones Twisted Spoke would like to support. Chapter membership has indicated that they prefer us to look for charities that receive no federal, state, or county funding, and I’m in agreement on that. I'd like to thank member Beverly Richards who has graciously offered to research and visit charities for us. Beverly will be reporting on the charities she has visited during our regular chapter meetings. At some point membership will be voting on which charities to support, after our research is done. We really want to make sure that every dollar TRAIN MRO donates will go toward making a difference for someone.

THANK YOU ALL!

After a slow start, the party really picked up and became a success. There was a bunch of great food brought in and everyone seemed to end the night fat and happy!

Everyone that joined us last night deserves a great big THANK YOU from TRAIN. Those that purchased items in the bake sale and auction deserve an extra THANK YOU! The money you spent will mean a lot to children that don't often have much to be thankful for.