From nemecek at san.rr.com Fri Aug 3 11:31:17 2012 From: nemecek at san.rr.com (Nancy Nemecek) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 11:31:17 -0700 Subject: [ABATE Local 6 Elist] ABATE LOCAL 6 MEETING - Sunday, August 5, 2012 Message-ID: <025601cd71a6$2c25d880$84718980$@rr.com> MEETING NOTICE WHEN: Sunday, July 5, 2012 TIME: 12:00 noon WHERE: Kate Sessions Park - Pacific Beach Sorry to be late sending this out.my plate is way too full right now. But we should briefly cover the standard topics: * General Business . Treasury Report * Membership * Legislative and Judicial Updates . Phone Tree and E-Mail Alerts . Merchandise . Safety Report * Runs and Events - What's happening (see below) . Political / PAC / Judicial - including updates on current bills and primary elections . Webmaster We will also cover old and new business plus officer opening: . Old Business . New Business . Officer Opening: PAC Rep - Douglas has resigned. Need replacement soon. Please think about helping your Local by volunteering. The PAC rep replacement is very, very important. I have been doing the best I can but I will not be able to continue and keep up with my other ABATE jobs. This is a very important position and only takes four or five hours a month and less some times. Someone please volunteer to do this. Thanks. If you have a subject or event you'd like to cover, please email me directly at nemecek at san.rr.com. Here's some up-coming events: . Local 11 Meeting - August 12 - Connie's Oakdale Lodge at Lake Wohlford - 11:00 a.m. . ABATE State Run - September 14-16 - Kernville A little reminder. The Final Option continues to have a breakfast at Sweetwater Harley just before our meeting each month. Howie has invited everyone down to have breakfast first and then ride up to Kate Sessions for our meeting. Give it a try! That's all for now. Please join us for the meeting. Nancy Nemecek Vice President - Local 6 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 9497 bytes Desc: not available URL: From nemecek at san.rr.com Tue Aug 7 18:31:39 2012 From: nemecek at san.rr.com (Nancy Nemecek) Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 18:31:39 -0700 Subject: [ABATE Local 6 Elist] [ABATE] : Federal officials mandate consumers must buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain ethanol-blend pumps Message-ID: <067b01cd7505$8f425df0$adc719d0$@rr.com> TAKE ACTION NOW! CLICK ON THE LINK "TAKE ACTION" BELOW. When the page opens go to the bottom and enter your zip code, click on GO! and just follow the directions. The bike you save may be yours! Federal officials mandate consumers must buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain ethanol-blend pumps Take Action! Contact your senators and your representative today! The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will require all consumers to buy at least four gallons of gasoline from certain gas pumps after the new E15 ethanol-gasoline blend is introduced into the market, the American Motorcyclist Association reports. The vast majority of motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles in use today are not designed to operate on E15 fuel. The EPA revealed the requirement to the AMA in a letter dated Aug. 1, responding to AMA concerns that E15 -- a gasoline formulation that contains up to 15 percent ethanol by volume - could be put in motorcycle and ATV fuel tanks inadvertently when consumers use blender pumps. A blender pump dispenses different fuel blends through the same hose. "With E15 gasoline, our members who make a concerted effort to fuel their motorcycles or ATVs with E10-or-less gasoline may be unknowingly refueling with residual fuel left in the hose," Wayne Allard, AMA vice president for government relations, wrote in a June 20 letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson . "Unlike an automobile or SUV with a large fuel tank, the residual fuel left in a fueling hose could be detrimental to the performance of motorcycle or ATV engines due to the small size of their fuel tanks and the higher concentration of ethanol that would, therefore, be present in the fuel," Allard wrote. "In addition, the use of E15 will lower fuel efficiency and possibly cause premature engine failure," he wrote. "Use of E15 fuel voids many manufacturer warranties. In off-road engines, the effects can even be dangerous for users." Byron Bunker of the EPA National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory, responded to the AMA on behalf of Jackson. "EPA requires that retail stations that own or operate blender pumps either dispense E15 from a dedicated hose and nozzle if able or, in the case of E15 and E10 being dispensed from the same hose, require that at least four gallons of fuel be purchased to prevent vehicles and engines with smaller fuel tanks from being exposed to gasoline-ethanol blended fuels containing greater than 10 volume percent ethanol," Bunker wrote. "Additionally, EPA is requiring that retail stations that offer E10 and E15 from the same hose and nozzle use additional labeling to inform consumers about the minimum purchase requirement," Bunker wrote. "Since motorcyclists and ATV users, as you suggest, have relatively small fuel tanks, they should pay careful attention to the labeling of blender pumps to ensure that an appropriate fuel is chosen, in this case E10 or E0," he wrote. The problem with the new EPA policy is that not all motorcycle and ATV gas tanks hold four or more gallons. "Not only do we find it unacceptable for the EPA to mandate that our members buy minimum amounts of gas, but the EPA answer simply won't work because of the sizes of many motorcycle and ATV gas tanks," said Allard. "Furthermore, off-highway riders take containers of gas with them on their trips, and most times those containers are much smaller than four gallons. "The EPA needs to come up with a better solution," he said. "The EPA also needs to back an independent study to determine whether E15 is safe for motorcycle and ATV engines." The AMA has repeatedly expressed concerns to government officials and federal lawmakers about possible damage to motorcycle and ATV engines caused by the inadvertent use of E15 when the new fuel becomes widely available, and has asked that motorcycles and ATVs be part of any scientific study into the effects of E15. In October 2010, the EPA approved the use of E15 in model year 2007 and newer light-duty vehicles (cars, light-duty trucks and medium-duty passenger vehicles). Then, in January 2011, the EPA added model year 2001-2006 light-duty vehicles to the approved list. Riders should pay attention to this list because no motorcycles or ATVs are currently listed. The AMA is concerned about E15 because it burns hotter than gasoline that contains a lesser amount of ethanol. In engines not designed to dissipate that extra heat, damage in the form of premature wear can result. Although this is a concern in all motorcycles, it's particularly problematic for air-cooled engines found in many motorcycles and ATVs. Moreover, use of E15 may even void the manufacturer warranty. Since the approved list includes many light-duty vehicles in use today, refineries, distributors, and fueling stations may choose to offer primarily E15 gasoline because of this action by the EPA. The new EPA policy should concern all motorcyclists and off-highway enthusiasts because this can affect the availability of gasoline with less or no ethanol (E10 or E0). You can send a prewritten email to your senators and representative immediately by following the "Take Action" option and entering your information. The AMA encourages riders to personalize their message by drawing on their own personal riding experiences. Send a message to your federal lawmakers immediately, urging the EPA to come up with a better solution and to back an independent study to determine whether E15 is safe for motorcycle and ATV engines. Please join the AMA to help us fight these efforts. More members means more clout against our opponents, and your support will help the AMA fight for your rights - on the road, trail, racetrack, and in the halls of government. To join, go to AmericanMotorcyclist.com/membership/join . 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Name: butterfly_bottom.gif Type: image/gif Size: 20662 bytes Desc: not available URL: From nemecek at san.rr.com Tue Aug 28 13:29:52 2012 From: nemecek at san.rr.com (Nancy Nemecek) Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 13:29:52 -0700 Subject: [ABATE Local 6 Elist] ABATE LOCAL 6 MEETING - Sunday, September 2, 2012 Message-ID: <01cd01cd855b$e1cb07f0$a56117d0$@rr.com> MEETING NOTICE WHEN: Sunday, September 2, 2012 TIME: 12:00 noon WHERE: Kate Sessions Park - Pacific Beach Snowman and I both will be out of town on rides, but Chop has "volunteered" to run the meeting in our absence. Here a few of the normal things he'll be discussing. * General Business . Treasury Report * Membership * Legislative and Judicial Updates . Phone Tree and E-Mail Alerts . Merchandise . Safety Report * Runs and Events - What's happening (see below) . Political / PAC / Judicial - including updates on any current bills plus the November elections . Webmaster . Old Business . New Business One of the Old Business items is putting on an event to Local 6 . Mo and Monica have been conspiring and I think have come up with some ideas. BUT we will need everyone's ideas, help and participation. Here's some up-coming events: . Local 11 Meeting - September 9 - Connie's Oakdale Lodge at Lake Wohlford - 11:00 a.m. (and they have chairs from what I've been told) . ABATE State Run - September 14-16 - Kernville With significant participation from the Boozefighters MC, Local 6 won the Largest Local trophy last year at the ABATE State Run. From what I hear, that might just happen again. Sounds like a big party to me. A little reminder. The Final Option continues to have a breakfast at Sweetwater Harley just before our meeting each month. Howie has invited everyone down to have breakfast first and then ride up to Kate Sessions for our meeting. Give it a try! And I must apologize, I have been so busy recently that I forgot to send the Local 6 News to the State Office for the last Bailing Wire. I wrote it, mind you at the last minute, but then forgot to send it. Damn! That's all for now. Please join Local 6 for the meeting. Nancy Nemecek Vice President - Local 6 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 9497 bytes Desc: not available URL: