Regional Conference Dues:

All chapters benefit from the work that is accomplished through our regional conference executives. The majority of the chapters pay their dues ($20.00 US per chapter) each year to show their support for the conference.  If your chapter does not pay it's dues, your Chapter President (or their representative) will not be able to vote at the Conference Meetings.  Don't you want to be heard?

The dues your chapter pays helps fund such things as the new GLRC patch and conference pins.  The funds also supports programs like the GLRC Traveller's Pin  (pins and patches are not cheap).  The dues also purchase office supplies and pay for postage, both of which steadily increase every year.  Although our newsletters are now dispatched through electronic methods, there are still postage costs for other administrative purposes.  Awards, charitable contributions, cards to sick members or deceased member's families all are paid for from the GLRC treasury, which your chapter dues help keep funded. 

Yes, we do receive a dollar a year per member from the International, but as memberships fluctuate, so does that income.  In the grand scheme of things, $20 is not a great amount of money, but every dollar helps keep our conference running.  New chapters receive a waiver on dues their first year.

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Special Fund:

Special Fund c/o
Mike Rickard
11027 Town Line Rd
Darien Center, NY 14040
mikebknyv@yahoo. com

To read more on the International Bylaws concerning the special fund please visit our International 'members only' web page.  You will have to log on to visit this web page.

How to request funds electronically

The Blue Knights Special Fund online form is integrated into the Safety Committee's Online Accident Reporting System (OARS). If you wish to request funds electronically, there is a new tab in that form where you can indicate your intentions. Please follow the OARS instructions. You still may submit a partial form, or a whole form, and you may submit partial amounts of information multiple times as more information becomes available. The goal here to make the process easy for you to use.

After you submit, you will receive a Report Number. This report number should be used when submitting additional amounts of information. You can also use this when referencing any information to the Safety Committee or Board of Governors. In addition, users are given the opportunity to download full copy of their report in Word format. (PDF format will be available soon!)

Site and Board of Governors Contact Information

Please direct questions or comments regarding the use of this site to one or more of the following individuals:

Treasurer - Mike Rickard (11027 Town Line Rd. Darien Center, NY 14040-9786)
Board of Governors All - bog@blueknights.org
OARS/BKSF Web Admin - John Long

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Traveling Recruitment Award Information:

Each year the Great Lakes Regional Conference Dedicates a plaque to the Conference Chapter who has recruited the most members the previous year.  To enable us to more accurately determine the winner, please fill out the form below and return it with your chapter Vice President’s signature to:

G.L.R.C. Vice Chairman

The form must be completed and returned by 01 Aug 2011 reflecting the number of members recruited during the year.

Click for Document Application or Click for Adobe Application

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Travelers Pin Contest:

This pin is designed to appeal to the snob in each of us, and must be EARNED which is half the fun. To do so, members and their wives/ husbands/ girlfriends/ boyfriends must first signify their intent to qualify with a registration fee. Then the fun starts!! You must ride to the outskirts of a city/town that has as its first initial one of the letters in the phrase:

B L U E   K N I G H T S   G R E A T   L A K E S

Obtain a photograph of your bike parked at the city or town limit sign with your plate and the name of the town visible.

When 21 photos are received at the Great Lakes Region, your pin will be sent to you. The towns and cities can be located in any of the states or province comprising the G.L.R.C. and can be done in any order. No duplicates can be used for the double letters, L, G, K, E, A, T or S... we can hear the maps rustling now!

Here is your chance to do a little  boasting and increase your pin collection simultaneously. 

Mail your application into;

Click for Document Application or Click for Adobe Application

This is the photo for the letter G - we had to obtain a second letter G as well.
Hint: use a yellow highlighter and mark your map with the different names to maximize your route directions and avoid back tracking as much as possible.

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Message Board:

Join in on the GLRC Yahoo Email Group Room.  Only those members that can be confirmed as Blue Knights in good standing will be allowed access.  Any Blue Knight member may join our GLRC Email group by clicking on the button below.  This is a private closed group so be prepared to be authenticated!

You will be asked to identify yourself with your full name and chapter by the moderator.

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FaceBook:

If you have a Facebook account you are welcome to join in the Blue Knights LEMC Group.  So far several members have joined together and share pictures, stories and generally keep each other up to date on their activities.