South Carolina Motorcycle Rights Association

It’s taken 36 years for the Motorcycle Riders Foundation to get to a point that an event agenda can be pulled together in a few months, plus or minus a few days. If you’ve been following these E-blasts, then you may have recognized an undercurrent of the “five W’s” – WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN and WHY, and a constant reminder that the 36th Annual Meeting of the Minds Conference is getting close.

You’ve been given samples of WHO helped start the Meeting of the Minds and the MRF, along with WHAT it was all about, WHERE and WHEN it came from and WHERE it’s heading, along with WHY it’s so important to attend. Here’s the tentative (subject to change) agenda for the 36th Annual Meeting of the Minds Conference. Time’s running out to use this link and register at Meeting of the Minds 2020. Room Reservations:  317-767-4769.

For those of you getting in on Thursday, September 24, join the MRF Board of Directors in a “Meet & Greet” at 7:00 p.m. in the Main Ballroom.

With a presentation of the Colors, the General Session opens at 9:00 a.m. Friday, then it’s non-stop with…

• Opening Remarks – Kirk “Hardtail” Willard
• MRF Financial Report – Kirk “Hardtail” Willard
• Legislative Update – Rocky Fox
• Election Year & Effective Use of CQ – Rocky Fox
• A series of MRF award presentations by Dave Dwyer & Ryan Hubbard, Michelle Holcomb & Duane Justus.

Then it’s on to more presentations, a few awards and recognition of the future of motorcyclists’ rights…

• MRFA&E – Deb Butitta
• MRFA&E Young Activist Awards – Deb Butitta
• Young Activist Scholarship Winners Panel – Deb Butitta
• MRF Rep/Reps of the Year Awards – Doc D'Errico
• Presidents Cup – Kirk “Hardtail” Willard
• A Primer: How Strategic Planning can help your SMRO – Mark Buckner

Lunch by Bill the Chef; a riding and turning demo by Lane Triplett, then an afternoon of workshops…

• 2020-21 Legislative Strategy – Kirk “Hardtail” Willard
• 3R's MRFA&E – Ron Braaksma & Lane Triplett
• Media Madness: How to Survive these Wild Times – Brian “Skinny Bob” Clifford
• Executive Directors Town Hall – Kirk “Hardtail” Willard
• Kickin’ Ass and Taking Names – Pennsylvania’s 35-year Winning Quest for Freedom of Choice – Charles Umbenhauer
• Public Relations in a Changing World – Cathy Brush

The afternoon winds into dinner by Bill the Chef and moves into an “evening of festivities and a rodeo!” provided by the folks from ABATE of Indiana.

Saturday morning begins with a breakfast by Bill the Chef… In case you’re wondering, for the first time in recent memory, meals are included with your registration packet. Bill the Chef, renowned for his biker pleasing menus, generous proportions and never failing to make a few thousand hungry bikers happy at ABATE of Indiana’s world famous, Bean Blossom Boogie! You’ll have to specifically ask for a PBJ or a county jail bologna sandwich! They aren’t on Bill the Chef’s menu!

Saturday’s General Session opens with Jay Jackson and blasts WFO into…

• State of the Safety Training Programs – Jay Jackson
• Ron Sheppard Award – Jay Jackson
• Strategic Planning for Your SMRO: Writing Your Own Plan – Mark Buckner
• Political Action Committee? Why the Hell Does a Biker Need One? – Ryan Hubbard
• MRFPAC Awards – Ryan Hubbard
• State Reps Meeting – Doc D’Errico
• With Freedom Comes Responsibility – Dave “Chubby” Charlebois
• Bridging the gap Clubs/SSMRO – Russell Radke & Paul Landers

All of that before it’s lunch with Bill the Chef! Plus, another Lane Triplett riding demo. After lunch it’s another afternoon filled with more information than you can haul home in two saddlebags!

• Sustaining Clubs Meeting – Russell Radke
• Advocacy – Beyond Face to Face – Rocky Fox
• Kickin’ Ass and Taking Names – Pennsylvania’s 35-year winning quest for freedom of choice – Charles Umbenhauer
• CQ & Using technology to Win in Washington – Rocky Fox
• Media Madness: How to Survive these Wild Times – Brian “Skinny Bob” Clifford
• Public Relations in a Changing World – Cathy Brush

Yeah, there’s a few duplicates, because the presenter and the subject are in such demand there’s only one way to satiate this crowd’s demand – give them the information and tools they need to be more effective at their state legislatures!

Saturday “slows down” just enough for a quick thirst quencher before the banquet starts. It’s an evening filled with a soon-to-be-announced keynote speaker, dinner by Bill the Chef, awards, and a live auction that if history ever repeats itself, this will be one not to miss.

Sunday morning travelers get sent out on the road after a “Blessing of the Bikes” and while everyone else is heading home, the MRF Board hunkers down for a review of The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, of the entire conference and ending it with a commitment to take everything that was learned at the 36th Meeting of the Minds Conference and put it to use on behalf of motorcyclists’ rights.

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