REMINDER!!
Chapter #7 dues are due by July 1st each year . If you belong to more then one chapter, make sure you pay your NATIONAL dues in your HOME chapter only. National  dues are still $15.00, State dues are $10.00, so please send your check for $25.00 if you are paying both, $10.00 if you are paying State Dues Only.


Looking for suppliers who would like to put an ad in the Winter Convention program book. If you have anyone interested ask them to fill out the attached form and return it to Trudy Umberger.

Printable Program Ad Form


The National Directors vote will be coming out in the November Harvester Highlights. We want to urge members to vote.

Tom's Thoughts

SPRING 2010     

    What an exciting year we have ahead for Chapter 7. We are involved in two National IHC events right in our own backyard----2010 Red Power Round Up at LaPorte and 2011 Winter Convention in Columbus.  We started our year with a very well attended first quarter meeting at Jonathan Byrd’s Cafeteria in Greenwood. During this meeting several items were firmed up for Chapter 7 activities in the coming months. I really appreciate the fact that Mark and Dawn Dieckmann have taken over the Chapter Table function. You will certainly notice new IHC items for your purchase, thanks to their clever ideas. 
    Planning for our 2011 Winter Convention is moving along with great ideas for some new areas of interest. I have been very pleased with how the entire event has come together; of course, we have hosted the Winter Convention three prior times—so we know IHC and National expect more from Chapter 7 this time. We have our next planning meeting on May 16^th  at 1:00 pm at the Holiday Inn in Columbus. You are welcome to attend and become involved at any time; we can always use your help.
    Our second quarter meeting will be held at the RPRU on Saturday, June 26th at LaPorte, at 9:00 AM EST.  Note: LaPorte is on Chicago Time, which is one hour behind most of us in Indiana. The location for our meeting will be posted at the Chapter 7 table. We have agreed to help Chapter 33 with manpower for their vendor gate. Several have already signed up for a two hour shift, but we could still us more members to fill the slots. Please see or contact me if you can help, it will be greatly appreciated. You are also invited to help Dawn and Mark Dieckmann with the Chapter Table. They would welcome your support and help with the chapter table activities.
    Our third quarter meeting will be held on Saturday, July 24th at West Lafayette. Our 2010 State Show host is the Tippecanoe Steam & Gas Power Show. Steve Butram, our contact for the show, assures us this will be a great IH show. Jerry Smoker, Chapter 33 President, told me several of their members plan to attend---just so they can kick-back and relax.
    Our fourth quarter meeting will be held at our Annual Tillage Day in October. This location will be decided at our second quarter meeting. Meantime, several directors followed up on our first quarter meeting discussion and have put together some Guidelines for our Tillage Day.   Please check our website to review these PROPOSED GUIDELINES and feel free to offer your thoughts. We will plan to adopt the new Guidelines at our State Show meeting in West Lafayette. 
    Please check our new website: www.ihcin7.net. Emmett has done a great job with keeping it current and full of interesting items about Chapter 7. Many of the items I have touched on are already on the website for your review. I look forward to seeing many of you at our IHC events this year, but as always, please keep SAFETY FIRST             

                                                          Tom Smith,
                                                          President