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Board of Governors

As the riding season fast approaches there will be many Blue Knights on the road and with all those riding we occasionally
have a few accidents.  The Board of Governors manages the Blue Knight Special Fund.  The Special Fund is designed to help Blue Knights out in an emergency. It is there to help those that have had a crash while en-route to or from a Blue Knight
function and need the money.

The Special Fund has some qualifications:

     The member must be on his/her way to, during attendance at, or returning from an advertised Blue Knights function,
     which is being held by another chapter and the member, must be traveling by motorcycle.

     The member must have been involved in an accident in which an injury was sustained that requires hospitalization , 
     or that leaves the member incapacitated and unable to continue the trip by motorcycle.

     The amount is up to the executive board's discretion.

The money is here for you to use in a time of emergency.
Contact any BOG Executive Board member for information on the fund.

Donations to the fund may be sent to our Treasurer at the address below.

Now available in the Members Only area - A list of Chapters who donated from 2003 - 2008.
Is YOUR Chapter listed?  If not, why not?

John T. Bartholomew Special Fund Award.
This award will be presented to the Blue Knight chapter that donates the most, per member, to the Special Fund.
This award is presented in honor of John Bartholomew for all his years of service on the BOG.

The BOG also is in charge of a very special award, the Meritorious Service Award.  This award is given to those Blue
Knights who do something above and beyond their normal duties.  This can be something that they have done at work, while
off-duty, on their way to and from a Blue Knights event or while at a Blue Knight event.  This award is to honor these
individuals and recognize them for their acts of their heroism, lifesaving, or actions above and beyond their duty.  Each year
some of our members do things that need to be recognized.  I can not be everywhere and know what other Blue Knights are
doing, so I need you, the membership to help.  If you think a member deserves this award PLEASE nominate them.  All it
takes is a note, e-mail, phone call, etc to any member of the BOG. Nominations need to be to the BOG by May 1st so they can be considered for the award.  As I have said before this is special award and I would love to present all I can at the
International Convention.  Please help the Blue Knights who have earned this award be recognized for their actions.

The Blue Knight Distinguished Service Award.  This is a new award that the BOG will present to those Blue Knights who have shown they are the cream of the crop.  These individuals have done or accomplished something that makes them a special BK.  These individuals are True Blue Knights. .  If you think a member deserves this award PLEASE nominate them.  All it takes is a note, e-mail, phone call, etc to any member of the BOG.  Nominations need to be to the BOG by May 1st so they can be considered for the award.

 The BOG is also in charge of giving out two distance awards.  The American & Canadian BK chapters receive the Roger P. Farris award and the European BK chapters receive the Horst Maier award.  These awards are based on the number of chapter members who are pre-registered at the International Convention verses the total number of members within their chapter and the direct distance they must travel to the convention.  So keep this in mind when you send in your registrations for the International Convention.  Please, make sure you designate what Blue Knight chapter you are from.  If you do not, I can not count you towards the awards, as I can not research everyone's home chapter.

The Frank Gillespie Long Distance Award.  This award goes to the rider that travels the longest distance to the convention.  It is not the most direct route just the longest distance.  The award is presented by and named after Frank Gillespie.  Frank has won this award so many times that he decided to let someone else win, thus the award was named after him.

Your executive board of the Board of Governors are here to work for you.  If you have any questions or concerns please contact any one of us. 
We can be reached at:

Chairman                 Dave Mulford   IA III    dtmulford@aol.com

Vice Chairman         Bob Seelye  WA I     Robert.seelye@gmail.com 

Secretary                 Kevin Traylor  CA VII    krtsiu@aol.com  

Ride with Pride
Dave Mulford,  Chairman BOG

Board of Governors By-Laws and Minutes of B.O.G meetings are now available in the Members Only area

This is an election year and the new B.O.G. officers will be selected at the BOG meeting during the International Convention in July.
The candidates are: 

Chairman
Bob Seelye       WA I

Vice Chairman
Bill Haylett        NY V
Jim Hurley        MI VII
Lon Strayer      PA XII

Secretary
Collette Defalco            IL XIX
Mike Gratis                  MA VI
Jimmy Schneider           NY XVI

Treasurer
Mike Rickard   NY V