Other Chapters

We ocassionally get together with other Blue Knight Chapters to ride or just have fun. Here's a little about them.

Wisconsin II has been in existence now for several years and just recently had a turn over in the board. President Bruce Gondert hopes to continue to keep the riding and charity events going as they have in the past. You can reach him at brrago2001@yahoo.com and they have a web site at www.bkmcwi2.bravepages.com.

Wisconsin III (Menomonie) is one of our newer chapters and we don't have much information about them yet. But their president is Joe O'Connell and you can reach him at jconnell@celectcom.net.

Wisconsin IV still has President Tom Roberts. They encompass the area around Shegoygan/Fond du Lac/Waupun. A pretty big area. They are very active and join us on alot of trips. You can contact Tom at "mtrob@centurytel.net". To see their web site, go to www.geocities.com/wibk4/.

Wisconsin V is from the Fox Valley, the Appleton, Neenah-Menasha area. They are the host to the Fools' 100 ride every year and usually get a few die-hards out there in April. Their president is Russ Boers and you can contact him at russboers@aol.com.

Wisconsin VII (Berlin) is another newer chapter and we don't have a lot of information about them. Their president is Jeff Kiener and can be reached at jkiener@co.green-lake.wi.us.

Wisconsin VIII is our chapter from LaCrosse. The president is newly elected Wally Bobst. WI VIII are very active and host alot of different events in LaCrosse. Wally is a former WI VI member and when he retired to the Sparta area became very involved with the Lacrosse chapter. You may contact Wally at wbobst@charter.net. To see their web site, go to http://geocities.com/erh_in_wi/.

Wisconsin IX was chartered in October 2004. Six members of the Green Bay chapter (WI X) joined 15 new members of this chapter to form the Manitowoc/Two Rivers area chapter. The chapter now has over 25 members from Manitowoc and Kewaunee Counties. They are located on Lake Michigan between Milwaukee and Green Bay. Wisconsin IX former president, Dave Flemal, is shown accepting the charter from Gene King, past GLRC WI. Representative. To view WI IX's web site, go to www.bkwiix.org.

Wisconsin X is the Green Bay chapter, home of the Green Bay Packers. Dane Nelson is the President (for life I think. Because they're such partiers, and so are we, we get together ALOT.

WI XI of Racine has recently reactivated and joined us at many functions this past year. Clint Cagle is their president and was appointed Safety Officer for Wisconsin. If you have any questions regarding safety, you can be reach him at "badbullcagle@wi.rr.com". You can see their web site at www.bkwixi.com.

Wisconsin XII is from West Bend. And again, we don't know much about them. DENNIS!!!! Their president is Kurt BOHN and he can be reached at kurt@kbohn.com.

Wisconsin XIII is from way up north in God's country. Or that's what Bill & I call it. They're from Eagle River and their president is John Butler. We may be seeing a lot of this chapter because we have a cottage just north of them. John can be reached at jobutl@co.vilas.wi.us.

WISCONSIN XV has been up and running for some time now. Ray Starks is still President for life, although he tried to pawn it off on Bill when we move up there this year. We have to join another chapter and they're as much fun as WI VI, maybe even more. You can view some of the fun times from their convention on our Fun Times page. To contact the President Ray Starks, rstarks@charter.net. .

Wisconsin XVII is the Oshkosh chapter. What can I say. We don't have much on them either. But their president is Bob Quant and can be reached at rsquant@sbcglobal.net.

Our very newest chapter is WI XVIII from the Wisconsin Dells. They just started the end of last year and already have 20 very enthusiastic members. Their president is Jody Ward and you can reach him at jward@wdpd.com. They also have a web site you can see at www.dellsblueknights.com.

And of course, to reach Blue Knights International, to contact our President Mike Ripsch click on the link below. Mike, like the past presidents, Connie and Bob Flanagan, are from our own, GLRC conference. To contact Blue Knights International, http://blueknights.org.

And our very own conference, the Great Lakes Regional Conference. The GLRC encompasses all the states around the Great Lakes, and Ontario, Canada. The Chairman of the GLRC is John Gordon, Vice Chairman Bill Drees , and Temporary Secretary/Treasurer Dennis Hafeman; And Bill Brown, Bamm Bamm to most, is now the International Rep for the GLRC. You can contact any of them at http://ca.geocities.com/glrc@rogers.com/index.html.