A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois

Motorcyclists' Rights Organization

Dedicated to Preserving the Rights of All Motorcyclists

ABATE of Illinois to Host 26th Annual
Meeting of the Minds, September 23-26, 2010

Spend the weekend with some of motorcycling’s most educated and dedicated activists. Learn what issues will impact bikers today and in the future!

The Meeting of the Minds is held annually to inform and educate motorcyclists from across the country, and to organize and help strengthen the motorcycle rights movement in this country and around the world. This year it will be held in Peoria, Illinois. 400-500 attendees are expected from all over the world.

Holiday Inn City Centre, Peoria, Illinois
Room rate: $109 (Includes coffee maker, hair dryer, indoor pool, and fitness center), indicate that you are with the Motorcycle Riders Foundation for group rate.

Conference Registration
(Pre-registration must be received by August 22, 2010). $60 Current, individual MRF member. $70 Current, individual MRF member (after Aug. 22nd). $70 Non-MRF member. $80 Non-MRF member (after Aug. 22nd)Registration includes all workshops, workshop materials, and Saturday banquet. Registration questions call the MRF at 202-546-0983 or Carol Downs at 303-369-2684, downs@mrf.org.
Mail in pre-registration form - PDF

Sponsorships Available
Form - PDF
As a motorcycle rights supporter, we would like to offer you, or your business or organization, the opportunity to receive additional recognition by helping sponsor the conference. Sponsorships are available starting at $50.

Flyer - PDF
1.34MB

MRF Young Activist Scholarship Fund
Biker "Freedom Fighting" activists have recognized for some time that our membership and leaders are aging, and that there is a need to encourage younger people to become involved in motorcyclists' rights. To that end, the Motorcycle Riders Foundation has created a scholarship fund to recognize deserving candidates who are a minimum of 18 years old and not over 30 years of age who otherwise may not be able to attend the MRF's Meeting of the Minds conference.

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Right of Way Violation
Form / Sample Letter (Word doc) - for use in requesting the state's attorney office in your community prosecute a case to the maximum allowed by law.

Please be polite, accurate with facts, and sign as an individual, not as the opinion of ABATE of Illinois. Please also provide a copy to either ABATE Legislative Department or ABATE Legal Services.

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State Meeting Minutes
Available to ABATE members

RoadHazard.orgThis program was created to save motorcyclists lives by reporting hazardous road conditions to the agencies responsible for their upkeep.

ABATE Legal Services

The ABATE of IL State Office will be closed - July 21

Current Legislative Issues

MRF News Release - Lobby Ban Supported
3-JULY-2010

Action Alert!

So far, there are no co-sponsors from Illinois on this Resolution because it has just been filed. A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois is asking all of its Congressional Delegation to join Congressmen Sensenbrenner (WI), Rehberg (MT), Petri (WI), Lamborn (CO), and Ryan (WI) as co-sponsors of this important message from Congress to NHTSA. Please ask your respective congressional representatives to co-sponsor H.Res. 1498.

Update - 28-JUNE-2010
Today, A.B.A.T.E. Legal Services filed A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois’s “Petition for Leave to Appeal” with the Illinois Supreme Court. Last month, the 4th District of the Illinois Appellate Court ruled that the Cycle Rider Safety Training (“CRST”) Fund was not protected from raids by the Governor and the General Assembly because trust created for that Fund was revocable. That is, the General Assembly could undo the terms of that trust at any time – even by implication. Among the many issues we ask the Supreme Court to rule upon is whether CRST money is protected by an irrevocable trust or whether the language in the CRST Act regarding that money is essentially meaningless.

George Tinkham
A.B.A.T.E. State Legislative Coordinator
"Helping Democracy Work"

See - Ondgo - Updates and Alerts
Updated July 6

Meetings

Aug 21 E Board/BOD Springfield

Sept 18 E Board Decatur

Oct 16 E Board/BOD Springfield

Nov 20 E Board Springfield

Dec 18 E Board/BOD Springfield
Christmas party to follow

All E Board meetings at 10:30 unless noted. All BOD at 1 pm

The Rich Neb Award
ABATE of Illinois Highest Honor

2010 Annual Raffle

The raffle bike for 2010 is a Red and Black Softail Deluxe

MRF Reps In Illinois

State Rep
Name: Jim "Legs" Korte
Email: legs50@juno.com
Address:
15817 Old Trenton Rd.
Trenton,IL 62293
Phone: 618-973-9180

Assistants
Name: Shar Sonnenberg
Email: freeriding7@msn.com
Address:
5348 W. Belle Plain Ave.
Chicago,IL 60641
Phone: 773-710-3726

Name: Jim Conley
Email: conley_james@hotmail.com
Address:
3314 RT. 148
Marion,IL 62959
Phone: 618-889-2550

Name: Dennis R. Lange
Email: Roznden66@aol.com
Address:
4651 Dawngate Lane
Rolling Meadows,IL 60008
Phone: 847-303-5211

Name: Laura Mayer
Email: laurahmayer@hotmail.com
Address:
Lockport,IL 60441
Phone: 815-838-2217

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Related Websites of Interest
Motorcycle Riders Foundation - American Motorcyclist Association

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