Buffalo Soldiers of Sacramento M/C

2007 Business Plan

Goal:

To become a highly respected and notable motorcycle club that other organizations admire, and the community seeks for our participation/involvement as a charitable organization, through the 3 strategies listed below.

Strategies:

Buffalo Soldiers of Sacramento M/C (BSMC of Sacramento) will implement three strategies to achieve our goal:

• Demonstrate and promote safe individual and group riding experiences
• Educate ourselves and others about the history and contributions of the Buffalo Soldiers.
• Support the charitable needs of the community in the local and Western Frontier/Region.

Tactics:

Demonstrate and promote safe individual and group riding experiences

Riding Lead (To be assigned to individual)

• Participate in monthly group rides with club members on meeting days
• Seek constructive feedback about your riding performance during refueling or refreshment stops.
• Remind riders about key riding techniques at the beginning of each planned ride.
• Review riding technique articles from videos and magazines
• Post safety related riding skills articles on the BSMC of Sacramento website
• Participate in rides/runs sponsored by other organizations.
• Take photos of the ride and events that we participate and post them on the website
• Establish a Safety Officer
• Develop a sub-committee to develop a list of rides for the club to participate

Educate others about the history and contributions of the Buffalo Soldiers

History Lead (To be assigned to individual)

• Review articles regarding the Buffalo Soldiers during each meeting
• Establish a history section to the BSMC of Sacramento website with links to other Buffalo Soldier historical sites
• Coordinate historical training for club members with park ranger from Yosemite
• Visit key Buffalo Soldiers sites in Northern California and Arizona (e.g., Yosemite, Allensworth, The Presidio, etc.). Post photos of our visits on our website.
• Publish a comprehensive list of Buffalo Soldier related books, magazines, and articles, to be posted on our website.
• Develop a brief presentation (2 pages max) that highlights the key accomplishments of the Buffalo Soldiers that can be distributed to the public and schools.

• Support the charitable needs of the community in the local and Western Frontier/Region

Charity Lead (To be assigned to individual)

• Participate in rides/runs that support key charities (e.g., Cancer society, Diabetes, police officers, etc.)
• Select a max of 3 local charities that the BSMC of Sacramento will commit their time and money during the year (refer to charity list available from Sonny)
• Increase dues to support member participation to charitable activities (e.g., runs, direct monetary donations to charities)
• Maintain mileage and financial records for members to use for charitable contributions state and federal tax purposes.
• Evaluate direct requests from charitable organizations and make recommendations to the club members
• Coordinate with other established and respected motorcycle clubs to sponsor a charitable event.
• Post photos of our participation in charitable events and post on our website

Buffalo Soldier Paraphernalia

• Find the vendor who makes the gold shirts so we can purchase the shirts from the vendor directly.

• Get set up locally where we can have our shirts and hats printed, whereas BSMCS will have Buffalo Soldier apparel such as shirts, hats, bumper stickers, pens, decals etc. etc. on hand for purchase for interested individuals and or other Buffalo Soldier clubs who may be interested in purchasing Buffalo Soldier gear.

• Update our website to reflect the Buffalo Soldier Paraphernalia we have available for purchase, create a Buffalo Soldier News Letter which will capture current and past events which can also be viewed on our website.