ride safe.... !
Proclamations 2003
motorcycle awareness ....
thru rider participation & media coverage
...about this campaign
Texas riders have found a way to be personally involved in motorcycle awareness in their community...
by riding to pick up proclamations from City Council meetings & getting newspaper articles published that will
increase motorcycle awareness... one city at a time
Groundwork for obtaining these proclamations was established by members of TMRA, who for several years now have
mailed out hundreds of letters to Mayors across Texas requesting signed proclamations for Texas riders. The proclamations
are displayed each year at the TMRA State Rally to show the concern of TMRA for rider safety.
TMRA also initiated the Rider Training Program a few years back.
The annual letter campaign by TMRA is awesome & commendable ... but not as effective toward increasing driver awareness as riders attending meetings to receive them in person. The annual letters have opened the door for riders to be welcomed into City Council meetings and most Mayors are familiar now with the wording and purpose of these proclamations. They also understand that their support may help save lives by increasing motorcycles awareness in their community.
this campaign is designed to help take proclamations for motorcycle awarness to the next level...
thru rider participation & media coverage
- and the steps to participate are simple
we picked up proclamations from 7 cities this year, and each year that number will increase as more riders get involved.
Let's do this again -only better.. in '04
below are pics & proclamations obtained in 2003
we thank our Mayors for their support...
2003 Proclamation signed by Governor Perry
received by TMRA members
click on proclamation for larger view
Apr 25 - Shelly Stevens, Independent received a proclamation from
Mayor Charles England
of Grand Prairie
May - TMRA2 & local Independents received a proclamation from
Mayor Pat Evans of Plano
*broadcast live on PBS
May 5 - members of TMRA, TMRA2 & local Independents received a proclamation
from Mayor Ken Jones
of Rockwall
May 27 - members of Gryphons MC & local Independents received a proclamation
from Mayor Joe Jenkins
of Waxahachie
*newspaper article
April - members of Arlington ABATE & local Independents received a proclamation
from Mayor Cluck of Arlington
July - Gypsy EZ-DUZ-IT, Big D Chapter received a proclamation
from Mayor Laura Miller of Dallas
Sept - local Independents received a proclamation
from Mayor Todd Little of Red Oak
