Upper Midwest Trials Association

Here’s the membership letter that was mailed out to all club members last week:

March 1, 2008

Hello, UMTA members and friends,

2008 season is just around the corner and would like to welcome “UMTA 2008 Officers”. We can count on having a fun season with the great bunch of people involved with UMTA.

President: Gordy Boggie
Vice President: Ben Winterer
Secretary: Randy Kimmick
Treasurer: Vickie Boggie
Communication Officer: Patrick Hirt
Referee: Jim Winterer
Legislative Officer: Bear
Members at Large:
Reid Anderson
Jim Blount
Scott Booth
Chris Eddy
Jean Gohlike
Mike Hendrickson
Travis Johansen
Steve Kirschner
Victor Wanchena
Mark Winterer

In January the UMTA board met at the “Hirt residence”. UMTA Handbook, Constitution and By-Laws have been updated with the follow changes voted on at the November 17th meeting.

• Youth Class is for 12 years of age and under and will start at 9:30 am.
• Novice Class will become a Beginner class.
• Vintage Class will no longer have a bike year limitation. However, it will require Air Cooled engine, Twin rear shocks and Drum Brakes.
• Sign up starts at 9:00am
• Novice – Champ rider’s meeting begins at 11:00am.

August 22nd – 24th AMA/NATC National Championship Series will be held in Duluth MN. If you would like to help in anyway, please contact Steve Ahlers; http://web.mac.com/nmra1/Trials/Home.html.

There will be a Trials Master Meeting held on Saturday 4/19, 10:00am and Sunday 4/20 if needed. Trials Masters will discuss expectations, setting up of sections and be given set up supplies. If you are unable to attend please contact Gordy Boggie at 612-280-6874.

The 2008 schedule is set. If you have not yet signed up to help work an event, please contact a Trials Master, you could earn 20 points for helping.

District 23 – 2007 awards will be presented at the first event, April 19th and April 20th.

To prepare you before registering to compete, below are some helpful hints to ensure the rider meeting and event can start on time.

• UMTA Membership dues are $60.00 for family and $40.00 for individual membership. Your membership must be paid by second event – May 4, 2008 to be eligible for Year End UMTA awards.
• The UMTA membership form is available here on the club’s web site.
• All riders must present their current AMA & District membership cards when registering to compete. You can join or renew your AMA membership on-line or 1-800-262-5646. To join or renew your ARMCA District 23 membership,  visit their web site to obtain an application. Daily District 23 passes are available for $10.00 at the sign up table.
• All spectators and riders under 18 must have a Parent or Legal Guardian sign a Minor Release form for each event day. If a parent or legal guardian can not be present, you must have a notarized permission form for each event day. Permission forms are available at www.armaca.org.

RIDE ON!