Doyle started the meeting at 3:07 with a moment of silence observed for all our fallen brothers and sisters.

Secretary Report: Kinky reading of the minutes from the previous meeting. Mike motioned to accept, Shorty seconded, all approved.

Treasury Report: Deb reviewed the monthly report for January. Doyle motioned to accept, Mo seconded, all approved.

Products Report: Stacey commented that she had received an email from Ruth concerning people wanting different types of clothing items for products - not just t-shirts. Lea discussed possibly selling state products at our events.

Webmaster Report: Mike stated that everything is up to date on our district website. He mentioned that a color change was made on the website for better visibility on mobile devices. He noted that District 11 is now on Facebook as well.

Asst District Rep Report: Rusty read a letter that was received from Rose White at the Leavenworth Assistance Center thanking all the ‘bikers’ that participated in the Toys for Tots run. This article was apparently sent to editor and published in the local newspaper as well.

Atchison County Rep Report: Brad was MIA, Jody filled in for him – suggesting a complete overhaul of the category/classification process used for our Mothers Day Bike Show. Discussion was held and it was suggested that we vote and finalize the new categories for the bike show at the March meeting - Pat motioned to accept, Mike second, all approved.

Brown County Rep Report: Pat mentioned that the flyer for the next Pool & Dart tournament was wrong and needed updates. He reminded everyone that the BCDS Bike Show is scheduled for April 11^th and the Pool & Dart tournament/District meeting for the month of April will be held on April 17^th. Rusty will update the flyer, calendar, and other communications as needed. 

Doniphan County Rep Report: Steve was unable to attend.

Leavenworth County Rep Report: Lea mentioned that Mary had her baby. It was suggested and approved that we send her our Congratulations and a gift card.

Old Business: Reminder – the March Pool & Dart tourney will be held on March 6^th in Wathena at the VFW following the District meeting.  All are welcome to attend and the grill will be open at the VFW for the Pool & Dart tournament for food items.  

New Business:  Lots of discussion was held about Field events. A committee will be formed to coordinate activities specific to Field Events – Pat will coordinate the committee. Jaws has stepped up and been very active thus far with sponsors, vendors, and coordinating other activities. The landowner was present and is ready to throw one hell of a party. Information about the new Field Events site location is available  on the district 11 website: http://district11.abateks.org/index.htm.

Voting was conducted on t-shirt designs for Field Events - Lil Linda’s design was chosen. Trish and Lea will be handling the coordination and purchasing of Field Events shirts - be sure to get yours cause they are going to look fantastic.

Mike welcomed our Nebraska Abate brother who attended the meeting for support of the helmet legislation in our neighboring state.

Dave Buster won the door prize.

The next meeting will be held on March 6^th at the VFW in Wathena at 3:00 PM followed by the March Pool & Dart tournament at 5:00 PM. Motion was made by Mo to close the meeting, seconded by Lea – meeting ended at 4:46 PM.