It's official! Cavaliers meet to formalize club

The seven most active riders in our group met to formally organize the Cavaliers Motorcycle Club at a founders' meeting on May 29.

David, Poncho, Doug, Mike D., Mark, George, and Guy became founding members of the organization by enacting a set of bylaws with their vote and their signatures.

The group elected three provisional officers, including David as president, George as secretary, and Poncho as treasurer. Their terms end in December, when annual elections will be held for a full one-year term.

We have a lot of work to do to complete what we started yesterday, particularly enabling others who are interested to apply to be members of the club. We'll have more details on that process soon. We're eager to open our official membership to as many gay and lesbian motorcyclists as we can.

We also will be submitting articles of incorporation to the state, registering our trade name and logo with the state, getting ourselves an IRS number, and opening a club checking account — all the housekeeping chores necessary to make ourselves "official."

But as a group we pledged not to get too "official." We all want riding to remain our primary purpose as a club, and not get needlessly bogged down in administration or politics or fundraising. Our focus is still on friends and fun. We want to take care of business as simply as we can, and get on with the riding!

Our thanks to George who hosted our meeting last night at his fabulous Uptown home, and to Poncho who barbecued us some delicious steaks. We had a poolside feast and a great time hanging out together in celebration of our accomplishment.