1. Fort Washington, MD Harley Owners Group New Member Welcome Brochure

2. The Local Chapter of the Harley Owners Group
Are You A H.O.G.?
Become a Member of
The Local Chapter of the Harley Owners Group
So, you bought the bike, spent an hour picking out new leather, a great helmet, and cool boots. Now what? Well now you ride, ride, and ride some more. How you ride, where and when you ride, and with whom you ride are all choices you have to make.
But you would be doing yourself a disservice if you didn’t consider becoming a member of the local chapter of the Harley Owners Group (HOG), the Fort Washington HOG Chapter. You are now after all, an official Harley-Davidson owner! Why not join your fellow owners pursing our official motto, Riding and Having Fun? That’s what we do, that’s who we are; a family-oriented Harley-Davidson riding club. We are not a motorcycle club!
We meet once per month and have planned rides or activities on nearly every weekend during the riding season for you to choose from. We do short, mid-range, and long-distance rides and we throw in a few 2 -3 day rides as well. We enjoy an annual picnic, a chapter party, lots of eating venues, as well as interaction in the like activities of our sister chapters throughout the region. Bring your wife, your husband, your children or relatives, it’s all good with us.
The purchase of your Harley-Davidson motorcycle already bought you a free first year membership in the National Harley Owners Group; which you must belong to in order to join any of the local HOG chapters. Joining this chapter will cost you a first year fee of $20 and $15 per year thereafter. You can have all the fun and privileges of being a member of the Fort Washington HOG Chapter.
Take some time and think about it, but do think about it. Read through this New Member’s Brochure in its entirety. Then, reach out to one of our primary officers whose photos and contact information appear on the next page.
We would love to see you at our next meeting, just attend and see how much you want to join after hanging out with us for a couple of hours. Or, come on a ride with us before you join, you can do that too!
Whatever you decide to do - Ride Safe!!

3. Harley Owners Group (Chapter 3559)
Fort Washington Chapter
Harley Owners Group (Chapter 3559)
9407 Livingston Road
Fort Washington, MD
Dear New Member:
Welcome to the Fort Washington, MD Chapter of the Harley Owners’ Group. I, and the rest of the chapter officers and members, are delighted that you have made the decision to be a part of our extended Fort Washington H.O.G. family.
As a new member you likely have a number of questions about our Chapter, whether or not you have previously been a member in another H.O.G. Chapter. This New Member Brochure was designed to serve as your “getting started” guide to the particulars of this Chapter.
The official H.O.G. objective and slogan is “To Ride and Have Fun.” My goal is to make sure this Chapter provide you with the opportunities to achieve that objective. It is my desire that this chapter provides you with enough opportunities to ride so that your wheels off, and that we can provide you with enough fun such that you ask us to stop! I not only hope you will take advantage of as many of our Chapter’s activities as you can, I also hope that you let me and the rest of the officers know how to make this Chapter even better.
We are a well-established Chapter, having celebrated our 25th anniversary in Most of our members live in Maryland, Virginia, or Washington, DC, and we have approximately 300 members overall.
We hold Chapter meetings once per month; the dates/times for the entire year are shown on Page 5. All meetings are held in the H.O.G. Room at our sponsoring dealership, Harley-Davidson of Washington, DC, the address is in the letterhead above.
Besides our meetings, we use several methods to communicate with our members and to keep them informed.
Principal among these methods is our website, There is a wealth of information about the Chapter on the website; please visit it as soon as you can, and visit often. Our goal is to provide our members with a website that represented the chapter’s interests and the chapter’s members, allow easy, yet secure access to chapter and member data, and provided members with a one-stop-shop for locating information about any chapter activity, historical record, event photograph(s), etc.

4. Harley Owners Group (Chapter 3559)
Fort Washington Chapter
Harley Owners Group (Chapter 3559)
9407 Livingston Road
Fort Washington, MD
We publish and electronically distribute a quarterly Chapter newsletter, The Fort Report.
The newsletter is more focused on the immediate past/future, but can contain information on any Chapter-relevant event. Our website contains all of the information that is in the Fort Report. Check the Calendar often for the latest happenings. We have a weekly scheduled Chapter Social at various local restaurants, so come out and join us. Nothing fancy, just good food and conversation. The schedule is on the Calendar.
On at least a weekly basis, sometimes more than once per week, we send out an information called a HOG Announce. The HOG Announce is a good way to quickly alert everyone about breaking information that concerns chapter interests. We also use the HOG Announce to keep members abreast of noteworthy dealership activities such as special sales, changes to their hours of operation, etc.
That was a very quick introduction to the chapter, I hope you have enough information to get started. If not, you have a lot of names, s, and photographs of the officers which you can use to contact us to answer any of your questions.
Let me leave you with this thought; most of our experiences in life are what we make of them. If you get involved, if you participate in chapter meetings and events – you’re going to enjoy yourself and have a rewarding experience. With roughly 300 members, we have as many opinions on what is a good ride, a good restaurant, a good charity, or a good event. Our annual calendar of activities provides a very diverse set of H.O.G. experiences. No one likes them all and no one dislikes them all. If you see a void and there is something specific you would like to see the chapter do or get involved in, and is in sync with our H.O.G. charter, then by all means let the officers know. We will give you every opportunity to jump in and plan and execute the activity, and we will show you how to plan and lead your event.
Thank you again for joining our Chapter. I look forward to seeing you at the meetings, on the rides, and during our non-riding activities. I sincerely hope your experience with us is a great one for you and your family.
Please feel free to reach out to me or any of the officers, any time.
Dave Harrelson
Director, 2016
Fort Washington, MD H.O.G. Chapter

5. New Member Welcome Brochure
Fort Washington, MD Harley Owners Group Chapter #3559
New Member Welcome Brochure
2016 Primary Officers
Director
Dave Harrelson
Assistant Director Jim Hilton
Treasurer Sherry Ivy
Secretary
Rita Trapani
2016 Meeting Dates
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Thurs 7th Sat 6th Thurs 3rd Sat 2nd Thurs 5th Sat 4th
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Thurs 7th Sat 6th Thurs 1st Sat 1st Thurs 3rd Sat 3rd
NOTE: To accommodate as many personal schedules as possible, Thursday meetings are in the evening at 7:15pm, Saturday meetings are in the morning at 9:30am.

6. Fort Washington, H.O.G.s “At A Glance” 2016 Discretionary Officers
Activities Officer Head Road Captain Safety Officers
Kevin & Jane Lackey Mike Chalmers Shelby Pine
Quartermasters H.O.G. Tags Coordinator Photographer
Susie Pritchett D.W. West Ed Beaghan
Historian Webmaster MDA
Scott Walter Dave Harrelson Linda Townshend
Membership Ladies of Harley Editor
Jerry Brooks Veronica Letsinger Mike Chalmers
HOG Room Curator
Need to contact them? Go to our website and click on “Officers”
Other Stuff
Sponsoring Dealership: Harley-Davidson of Washington DC, Mon-Fri 10:00am-7:00pm,
Sat 9:00am-5:00pm, Sun 11:00am-3:00pm,
Sponsor Mailing Address: H.O.G. Chapter, c/o Harley-Davidson of Washington DC, 9407 Livingston Rd, Fort Washington, MD 20744
Loyalty Rewards: Chapter members earn Loyalty Rewards points from our sponsoring dealer. These points have a cash value that can be applied to purchases made at the Dealership. For details, ask our Assistant Director, or go to the Chapter website.
National H.O.G. Website:

7. Using the Fort Washington H.O.G. Chapter Website
Our website is located at The site recently underwent upgrade. We updated every page, corner, hyperlink, and button to make it a better experience for you and a better communications tool for the chapter. If you find an error, or something that is not working, please let our webmaster know immediately:
The website provides information on: the Harley Owners Group, our chapter and its history, all of our planned activities, contact information for our chapter officers, HOG merchandise you can purchase from the chapter, photographs from our events, links to other pertinent sites and a lot of other items for you to enjoy.

8. Chapter Pride
Would you like to display your affiliation with the Chapter on a regular basis? There is no better way to show your chapter pride than using the Chapter H.O.G. tag on your vehicles. The tags cost a one-time fee (no annual renewal) of $25. You must be a resident of MD, keep your chapter dues current, and turn in your current tags to MVA.
The tags, displayed above, come in different sizes for motorcycles and cars/trucks. We have a series of numbers from which you can select.
To get more information, visit our website, , and select H.O.G. License Plates. If you have questions contact D.W. West, the H.O.G. Tag Coordinator, at , or call him at If you are a MD resident and want to get started now, complete the application on the following page.
If you reside in either Virginia or the District of Columbia, contact our HOG Tag Coordinator for information about those locations’ tag process, costs, etc.

9. Fort Washington, MD H.O.G. Chapter New Member Survey Sheet
This survey is intended to serve the chapter as a double check on how we are doing in welcoming and in-processing our new Chapter members. Please take a moment to complete the survey and return it to the Membership Officer.
When I was considering joining the Chapter, finding information about it or a person with whom I could discuss the Chapter was easy, moderately difficult, extremely hard (circle one).
When I decided to join the Chapter, it was easy, moderately difficult, extremely hard (circle one) to find a membership application.
The membership application and process was easy, moderately difficult, extremely hard (circle one).?
If you asked a Dealership employee about the Chapter, was the employee helpful, yes / no (circle one) and knowledgeable (yes/no) circle one?
Making contact with the Chapter’s Membership Officer was easy, moderately difficult, extremely hard (circle one)?
6. At my first Chapter meeting I felt welcome, yes / no? If no, can you explain?____________________________________________________________________
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Have you been introduced to the Quartermaster so you can acquire your Fort Washington-specific patches? Yes / No (circle one)
Do you have any suggestions to improve the new member hand-out, yes / no (circle one). If yes, please provide your ideas. ____________________________________________________________________________
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Please Use The Back Side to Continue Any Answers, Then Return This Survey to The Membership Officer