~ History of Maryland Chapter A ~ Our current Chapter A was formed in 1981 by about 15 individuals who had a love of motorcycling and wanted the camaraderie of other motorcyclists to ride with. The first Chapter Director (then called Area Reps) was Jack Dorch. The chapter was called the "Goldwing Road Riders, Baltimore, Chapter". Past Chapter Directors were: Jack & Lynda Dorsch - 1980-1985 Peggy Lupton - 1986 Ottis & Rose Clark - 1987 (interim) Chick & Barbara Stanat - 1987 Bob & Gloria Silkwood - 1988 Al & Patti Vogel - 1989 Roger Dunn - 1990-1993 Ian & Debbie Stewart - 1994 Ken & Kathy Ballard - 1995 Ian Stewart - 1986 Tom McCormick - 1997 Tom McCormick & Gail Duran - 1998-1999 Fred & Judy Haynes - 2000-2002 Tom & Dona Espey - 2003 Tom & Gail McCormick - 2003 (interim) Bob and Dorothy Richards - 2004 - 2006 Andre' Bazemore - 2006 - 2007 Bill Cogburn - 2008 - Present Back in the early days the chapter met at Nationwide Honda on Joppa Road. It subsequently met at Cycle World on Pulaski Highway, the Beltway Motel on Rt.1, Woodlawn Recreational Center, the Old Country Buffet, Catonsville and currently at the Golden Corral in Arundel Mills. The name "Charm City Wings" came from Bill Montgomery (currently MD-F) in the late-80's. When Chapter A was getting too large boundarywise Chapter H in Aberdeen was formed. We currently have approximately 75 members with about 40 fairly active. We have two scheduled rides per month - one shorter ride after our gathering on the 1st Sunday of the month and a longer ride on the third weekend of the month. We hold several garage meetings each year making sure our motorcycles are ready for riding. We support several organizations such as Ride for Kids, MS Bike Tour, LAW RIDE etc. We meet each Wednesday year round for ice cream at the Ice Cream Cottage in Arbutus from 7-9 p.m. Look over our website and if you have any questions or have an interest in joining our group of motorcyclists please contact us. Come ride and have FUN! Ride safely,

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