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The Motorcycle Industry Council has created a website specifically for the lead ban on kids equipment issue. Go to www.mic.org/letters.cfm This site gives information segmented by categories such as dealers, riders, families, parents, etc.

August 19, 2010	Newsflash The Duquette Enduro is postponed. The Duquette Enduro scheduled for this Sunday, Aug 22nd, has been postponed due to extremely wet conditions. The new date is Sunday, October 17th. The MINI Enduro has been postponed as well.

June 2, 2010	D23/ARMCA will be accepting input and bids for our year end awards These will be voted on at our August 4th meeting. Please send inquires and questions to Mark Becker, the banquet chairperson, at mark2470@hotmail.com. Vendors are welcome to present samples and pricing at the August 4th meeting.

May 7, 2010	Eject Helmet Removal System – D23 Recommends & Supports Use District 23 is recommending that all riders use the Eject Emergency Helmet Removal System from Shock Doctor. A properly fit helmet is tight fitting and conventional emergency helmet removal will put tremendous traction on the neck and upper spine when pulled off. This can significantly increase spinal injuries – a major problem until the introduction of Eject. Eject is a small air bladder about the size of a matchbook, with a thin tube attached and is placed inside the helmet under the soft liner with the tube end exposed at the helmet edge for inflation. Eject is activated by a small hand held inflation tool that expands the bladder and gently pushes the helmet off the rider’s head, greatly reducing traction or pressure on the spine. Shock Doctor has established a free on-line Eject training & certification program for EMT’s. District 23 is working with all D23 event promoters to support Eject use and get their EMTs trained. Use our Eject link, or visit www.ejectsafety.com to find everything you need to know about Eject. Eject can be easily installed in any helmet and doesn’t change the fit or comfort. Eject is required in the helmets of all AMA Pro Supercross & Motocross riders – you deserve the same level of safety. Don’t wait until it’s too late to make a difference.

March 15, 2010	KLIM Offroad Contingency - 2010 Take advantage of the latest technology in 2010. Klim USA is proud to support local racing through Klim’s Racer Contingency Program. See details and application form.

March 11, 2010	KTM Offroad Contingency KTM is offering contingency for big bike and youth Hare Scramble and Enduro series for D23 again this year. It's nice to see KTM sticking with their program when a lot of the other manufacturers are dropping their programs or scaling them way back. When you register at a Hare Scramble make sure to give them your bike brand so we know what you ride. At the end of the year if you qualify for the contingency let your rep know so we can make sure the list is accurate. They are doing the payout through the XTRM site for 2010. Sign up and review the rules at this site. http://www.xtrm.com/ktm/

March 3, 2010	D23 Refer-a-Friend Offer A $15 discount will be offered to current full members, and a $5 discount on current single class members, for referring a new member who purchases a single-class or full membership. There is a limit of one discount per member. This promotion will run through Memorial Day, 2010. The discount will go toward 2011 applications, and will only be valid for mail-in membership renewals. A new member is defined as anybody who has not belonged to ARMCA District 23 since 2008.

February 4, 2010	ARMCA D23 Motorcycle Show Special!!! New Member Discount & Prize Drawing. See details here

January 28, 2010	2010 year end KTM Cash contingency for this coming season is posted on KTM's contingency website: www.xtrm.com/ktm Click on the link and scroll down the left side under "2010 MX EVENTS / SERIES" and you’ll find it at "AMA D23 MX".

January 11, 2010	2010 District 23 Application forms are now posted: www.armca.org/applications/d23_signup10.htm

November 24, 2009	2010 Event Schedules are posted to the web. Links throughout the website will be updated later this week. Here they are: Motocross Quad Motocross Harescrambles Quad Harescrambles Enduro Youth Cross Country HillClimb Flat Track Trail Rides and Road Rides

November 23, 2009	2009 D23 Annual Meeting was held on November 21, 2009. Rule change proposals and officer elections were discussed and voted on. Here is a summary of the results: 2009 D23 Annual Meeting summary

November 18, 2009	D23 Annual Meeting All D23 members welcome to attend 1-3 PM November 21st, 2009 Knights of Columbus, 1114 American Blvd W. Bloomington, MN Agenda: Chairman's Report Treasurer Report Legislative Report AMA Congress Report Election of Officers & Board Members Proposed Rule Changes for 2010

October 19, 2009	2009 D23 MX/Quad MX/Flat Track Banquet- December 5th at Jackpot Junction Casino in Morton, MN Flyer to be sent out soon to all D23 members. Times are tentative, but should be youth awards at 1:00, social hour from 3:00 to 5:00 with vendor displays and bar service. Dinner and awards to follow. Rooms will be held for us until 11/5 at $66 a night. After that date that rate will be good, but the rooms wont be held for us. Call early. The number there is 507-697-8000. Just mention the D23 ARMCA banquet for the discount.

September 17, 2009	CHAMPIONSHIP BOOK PICTURES (Deadline October 12, 2009) Attention all riders that are or think they will be in the Top 3 of their class. An online storage site has been setup for the pictures this year. If you are in the Top 3 or believe there is a chance that you will be in the Top 3 of your class, then upload a picture according to the directions below. Pictures will only be accepted in electronic format. Note that the picture file name MUST have your first and last name and type of racing and class for it to be included! Please contact Jim Nelson (jandjnelson@hotmail.com) or Mark Becker (mark2470@hotmail.com) if you have any questions. Find the photo which you would like to submit. Copy the photo and paste it onto your desktop or into your documents. Right-click the photo and choose ‘rename’. The name of the photo will appear in a box with the old name highlighted. Type your first name, underscore (‘shift’ ‘-‘), last name, underscore then type of racing (M for MX, Q for Quad MX, E for Enduro, F for Flat Track, C for Hill Climb, S for Hare Scrambles, QH for Quad HS and O for Observed Trials) as well as your class then press enter. The name of the photo will then appear as john_doe_M250A.xxx john_doe_M30B.xxx Jane_doe_SWomen.xxx NOTE! You must rename your photo with your first and last name, type of racing, and class in order to have your photo appear in the banquet book. ARMCA/D23 board members will make no attempt at guessing which photo goes with which rider if the photo does not have the rider’s first and last names. Open MS Internet Explorer Log onto the ftp site by clicking ftp.armca.org and using the following information: a. Username = armca b. Password = D23photos Click on Page (this is on the menu bar that is on the upper right hand side of the window) Select ‘Open FTP site in windows explorer’ (at the bottom of the drop down menu) Copy your photo from your desktop to the open ftp site window. When the copying is complete, review the files in the window to ensure your photo was successfully copied. The file could appear at the very beginning, very end, or somewhere in the middle of the files in the window. Close the window Close Internet explorer

August 26, 2009	Motowoz Performance Systems is proud to announce five of its sponsored riders have won six national titles in their respective classes in the 2009 ITP/Moose Racing AMA ATV Motocross Championships. Four youth riders and one in the amateur Women’s division earned class crowns after the season finale at Loretta Lynn’s. The 10-round amateur ATV motocross series concluded Sunday, August 16 at Loretta’s Lynn’s Dude Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. See the Press Release here

August 6, 2009	All active military personnel are eligible for a free D23 full membership. They need to show their military card or send in a photocopy with their membership application.

August 6, 2009	*All NEW members (non-renewal) that signup now for a 2010 D23 FULL membership will receive complimentary membership for the rest of the 2009 season.** Please tell your friends and neighbors about this and have them contact any D23 representative for more information. *Single class memberships are not eligible for this promotion.