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I renewed my membership, but haven’t received my card. Where can I pick it up?
If you did not renew your
membership at the Members Appreciation night held at the dealership then
your card might not get printed until the Membership Officer has at least 10
new or renewed members. The cards are 10 to a printer sheet and it would be
a waste of paper to print only one card. Usually it doesn’t take long to
have 10 cards ready for printing. The printed cards are available for pick
up at the Dealership motorclothes counter. If you live out of town (beyond
SV, Benson, Bisbee) your card will automatically be mailed to you along with
your calendar, if you haven’t already picked up the calendar at a ride or
meeting. After March 1st all cards and calendars that haven’t been picked up
will be mailed.
NO! Unfortunately
too many cards have been lost by well meaning friends. Your friend can pick
up their card at the dealership, at the next ride or next membership
meeting. Please remember, the dealership is not responsible for your
membership card. Having your membership card at the dealership is a courtesy
of the shop, but not their responsibility. If you have a problem with your
membership card please contact a Chapter Officer.
If you have not renewed
your National Membership by the renewal date then you are considered
expired. Due to a timing issue you might have renewed your National
Membership and the Membership Office has not downloaded the National
Database and matched it against the TMH database. Once the Membership
Officer down loads the national database it is automatically matched to the
TMH database. The Board of Directors has agreed to allow 60 days to renew
your national number, but after 60 days if you have not renewed you are then
expired from the TMH database and will be required to sign Release Forms for
all rides thereafter.
Your application has not been processed by National H.O.G. yet and they
have not assigned you a National Number. When you receive your number you
should contact the Membership Officer and provide your number to update the TMH database.
If you are a current member you
should have received your Thunder Mountain H.O.G. Calendar. The First two
pages list all the officers with contact information. Some officers also
have email links from the Officers page of this website.
NO! All officers have
volunteered to serve the chapter in their spare time. Many have full time
jobs and still manage to conduct chapter business, organize rides and events
and attend membership meetings. Their only reward is if you enjoyed a ride
or event or tell them they are doing a good job. If you think it could be
done better feel free to volunteer or attend a business meeting to express
your thoughts.
Contact the
Membership Officer and provide them with your changes as soon as possible.
Contact the Membership Officer and confirm your email address. Confirm that
your online mailbox has not exceeded the limit; which will cause email to be
undeliverable. Thunder Mountain Chapter rocker patches are available from the Treasurer.
The H.O.G. eagle patches may be purchased by
downloading the form at the H.O.G. website and faxing it to Norscot,
the authorized distributor, or calling their toll free number.
There are
several sizes and two types, the black background and the reflective
background. The large reflective H.O.G. patch qualifies as a reflector to
ride on Fort Huachuca.
Once you
have qualified for either position the Lead Road Captain or Lead Safety
Officer will have patches available at Chapter Meetings or the monthly RC/SO
meeting, the last Wednesday of each month.
If your spouse is a passenger your
spouse can join National H.O.G. as an Associate Member using your VIN number
and then join Thunder Mountain Chapter as a full member. Your spouse will
receive their own unique National H.O.G. Membership card. As a full member
of TMH your spouse would not be required to sign a release form for every
ride or event. Plus they can enjoy all the benefits of being a full member
of Thunder Mountain H.O.G. Chapter.
The Sierra Vista Dealership is owned by
a large company that currently owns 6 other Harley-Davidson dealerships. The
gathering of members from each of the 7 H.O.G. sponsored chapters has become
an annual event.
The Board of Director’s
monthly business meeting is the ideal forum to present your ideas or voice your
concerns to the Primary Officers or just stop in to observe how the
chapter’s business meetings are conducted.
Every Chapter has four Primary Officers
which for the most part are chosen by the Sponsoring Dealership. The Primary
Officers are; Director, Assistant Director, Secretary and Treasurer. It
takes more than these four officers to manage a H.O.G. chapter, but these
are the Primary Officers.
This presentation is made for two reasons. First, to introduce the safety
signals and group riding procedures to any riders joining our group for the
first time and second, to get your focus back to the safety of the group as
a whole. TMH’s safety record has been perfect for four years largely due to
the Road Captains and Safety officers taking their job very seriously and
conveying to the group all hand signals and group riding procedures.
In 1983 Harley-Davidson started
the Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) as a means of promoting riding and having
fun on Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. Each Dealership was given the
opportunity to sponsor a H.O.G. Chapter as an extension of their Dealership
which has lead to increased sales of motorcycles, motor clothes and
motorcycle accessories. Sponsoring a H.O.G. Chapter is a business decision
for each Dealership, therefore the dealership can oversee the Chapter, make
decisions regarding Primary Officers and can, if necessary, change or remove
Officers and members for the good of the Chapter and the Sponsor.
Contact the Editor and
submit your story. Cut off time for the next Newsletter is the 15th of each
month.
Please do so.
Submit your pictures in digital form to the Editor or you can leave them in
the Thunder Mountain Mail Box located in the Service Department at the
dealership. Mark on the CD Editor or Webmaster as to which should receive
the pictures and at what event they were taken. Another method to submit
photos for the website is to email the webmaster directly. There is a link
and the email address on the Event Photo Gallery page and the Officers page.
Email or contact the
Membership Officer with the details so the database can be updated. Then
bring this suggestion to the next Activities Meeting to get it on the
schedule.
Check your calendar for the next Activities Meeting date and arrive on time
with suggestion or idea in hand. The chapter can always use new and fresh ideas
for rides, events or activities. Don’t be shy. This is your chapter.
Several reasons of which the first is our events are attend by H.O.G.
members from other H.O.G. chapters and we do not have their release forms in
our files. It goes with out saying that any person attending an Open event
must sign a release form and instead of trying to figure out who needs to
sign and who doesn’t it is easier to have everyone sign. This is called RISK
MANAGEMENT and why take the risk of not having a signed release if an
accident should happen. Release forms are required for any OPEN event or
activity, even if you are not riding as part of that event.
H.O.G.’s image is intended to be a
family organization where spouses and children are welcome and included in
our activities. The TMH Chapter will share activities with ALR and SAHR
because they base their organization on many of the same values as H.O.G. We
have informally support other organizations, but would never share in any
activities unless they can show us how they meet H.O.G. standards.
People receive
too much reading material every day. When they open TMH emails they know
where to look for the information they need quickly and efficiently saving
time. If they decide to know more they can read the “Additional
Information”.
Each shop manager makes a business decision regarding
discounts for National Membership, just local chapter discount or NO
DISCOUNT at all. Keep in mind that each shop is responsible for their own
profitability and offering discounts is a business decision. It does not
hurt to ask each shop you visit, but don’t expect a discount to be given. If
you do receive a discount tell them how much you appreciate their
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