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General Chairperson's final words:
As your 2005 General
Chairperson, I want to express how successful our Sturgis Deaf Rally
was with the help of you all. To the committees, helpers, and friends who
helped make the program successful, I want to thank you all for being
there. It wasn't easy to handle such a big crowd of over 200 bikes
over 400 deaf-hearted bikers. As far as I know, there were no serious or
critical issues with the campground.
Also, with the help of our sponsors, it surely gave us extra excitement
like refreshments, ice cream, prizes and more. The sponsors will be
remembered for their generosity.
I hope to see you all again in five more years (2010) at Sturgis. I want
to wish Marlene Hodge, our new general chairperson, the very best of luck
to coordinate a successful program in 2010. We should all look forward to
helping Marlene out!
DBAly yours,
Paul. T. Stefurak, 2005 General Chairperson.
Email to Calvin
Hi, Calvin Rausch, IP-Relay.com
representative,
To my surprise, you got along very well with the DBA bikers and you had
good high spirits and a "smiley" personality. The reason for my surprise,
most professors don't know how to get along with bikers but you did a
great job! You also participated in the games and wanted to win the
barrel and slowest contests. You did well. You also gave away 6 D-links
and routers thru drawings. We all were thrilled to see that prize. Thank
you for your time and for doing your part with us.
Of course, we would like to see you again in 2010 with bigger prize,
smile.
We won't forget you,
Thank you again,
Paul. T. Stefurak, General Chairperson.
Email to Brenda
Dear Brenda French,
Outreach office Director in Rapid City
CSD's picnic was a great thing for all of us, deaf bikers, friends and
visitors. Boy, CSD contributed a lot to us by setting up a huge tent,
providing food and prize drawings. A new record number of bikes showed up
with 169 bikes and over 500 people. CSD also did a great job of finding
more food for us when it ran short. Bikers are hungry people! Good job to
get more food
to feed us. We would
like CSD to be involved with us again in the future. Brenda, you did an
excellent job doing many things -- developing the banner, distributing the
T-shirts and bringing several important deaf people from Sioux Falls who
were Ben Soukup, Bob Davila, Frank Turk, Peter Bailey and others. Ben
also brought his trike to be part of us. We loved that!
We want to express our huge thank to CSD and won't ever forget your
beautiful hospitality!.
Thank you again,
Paul. T. Stefurak, General Chairperson
Email to Kay
Dear Kay Vincent, Sorenson Communications Coordinator:
In the last minute, you yourself couldn't make it to the DBA event but you
kept your word in getting that delicious ice cream to all of deaf bikers
and friends. You called the ice cream company and Jax picked up the ice
cream to be given out. The bikers all enjoyed having it and want to say a
big Thank You!" Of course, we would like to see you in person and, next
time, we may help you dress up with real biker leather clothes, smile.
Thank you for your effort with us,
Paul. T. Stefurak, General Chairperson
Email to Elena
Dear Elena Kruger,
Sprint Coordinator,
At first at 5 pm at Friday evening, it was rainy, we worried if you
planned to cancel but at 7pm, the rain stopped. Over 150 deaf bikers and
friends were at the social area waiting for your arrival. I told them you
would bring a huge amount of food to share. They doubted me, but then you
arrived and asked them to help carry all the food to picnic table,
they all stood there with their mouths open in surprise. It was difficult
to measure how many people showed up but it was just enough, It filled
everybody's stomach, smile. Best food of that week, we really enjoyed
eating it. You, Elena, gave a short speech about VP, new feature and
encouraged us to use Sprint for telecommunication purposes.
Of course, we want to say "Thank you for your effort and time with us!"
We won't forget you. Hope to see you again in 2010.
Thank you again,
Paul T. Stefurak, General Chairperson
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