<html><head><base href="x-msg://185/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Dick,<div><br></div><div>I remember you from a ride up at Franny and David's house 5-10 years ago. Carole wasn't there</div><div>that day, so I haven't met you. Sorry. </div><div><br></div><div>I got hit by a car on Sept. 1. I'm still "fighting" it all. I was going straight at a 4-way intersection,<div>and a car coming towards me, cut me off...turning left in front of me. The 20 something year old girl</div><div>told the ambulance and cops that "I thought I could beat him" repeatedly. Cops gave her the </div><div>ticket, of course. My Vision R40 got bent in the front, and I've since had it fixed at my lbs for</div><div>$185.00. Have sore left wrist and coccyx from the accident, but have ridden about 200 miles</div><div>since then. So.....the idea of insurance could be an important subject. Things happen.</div><div>Marty Smith in Waterbury, CT.<br><div><div>On Dec 2, 2009, at 4:52 PM, Carole & Dick Ludwig wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div id="role_body" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" rightmargin="7" topmargin="7" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt; "><div><strong>Subject:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Bent] MARS finances</div><div> </div><div>My 2 cents on finances:</div><div> </div><div>I think we should use the money to keep the website/email active.</div><div>We may have had a free ride for a while but it's unlikely that will continue forever.</div><div>I also think that we should keep up the insurance.</div><div>If memory serves it was about $50 a year. (I was unaware that the insurance was no longer in place.)</div><div> </div><div>Steve could you check to see if it is still available and at what cost and whether MARS still qualifies?</div><div> </div><div>I know we don't do a lot of rides but I'm sure whoever is leading a ride would feel more comfortable if there was insurance in place.</div><div>Rich has led the majority of rides lately- What's your feeling about insurance?</div><div> </div><div>The Murphy Factor:</div><div>The moment we get rid of the money we'll wish we had it for some need we don't envision right now.</div><div> </div><div>IMO if we get rid of the money we're saying MARS is no longer a viable club :-(</div><div> </div><div>Like I said just my 2 cents, at today's exchange rate worth about a penny :-)</div><div> </div><div>Dick</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><blockquote style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><div><br></div><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"><div><div>Shelly asked about our finances. The MARS treasury still has about $2100 - money left over from about 5 years ago when we used to collect dues ($10/person) and had a few expenses. Since then, there hasn't been any financial activity - we haven't collected dues, our insurance policy lapsed, and our website is dormant.</div><div> </div><div>Any suggestions what to do with the money?</div><div>Shelly, are you still the president of MARS?</div><div> </div><div>Steve Friedlander</div><div>MARS Treasurer (as far as I know)</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial" style="background-color: transparent; "><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><font size="2"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Shelly<br>PS; how are our finances?<br></font></font></font></font></div><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial" style="background-color: transparent; "><font color="black" size="2" face="arial"><div><br></div></font></font></div><div></div><div> </div></font><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><hr><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>_______________________________________________<br>Bent mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bent@list.marsride.org">Bent@list.marsride.org</a><br><a href="http://list.marsride.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bent">http://list.marsride.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bent</a><br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>Bent mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Bent@list.marsride.org">Bent@list.marsride.org</a><br><a href="http://list.marsride.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bent">http://list.marsride.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/bent</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>=