The CA2Q Wingnut award is given to some lucky member each month at the regularly scheduled meeting. Nominations are made by any attending chapter member at the price of $1 each and is voted on by the membership to select the winner. Nominations are based on something any member has done that is embarrassingly awkward or is uncommonly meritorious. The winning chapter member must keep the award on their person until the next scheduled meeting. If a another member asks the award winner if they have the award, they must produce the award from their person or owe the treasury exactly one dollar. If the award winner shows the award, the member asking the question must pay the treasury two dollars. The award recipient must return the Wingnut to the next scheduled meeting or pay the treasury ten dollars for every month the award is not returned.

Susie Coles (again) and Jacque Foster were our wingnut winners for June. Susie received the award for providing such excellent visual support on her I-Pad for Bob Hole's ride report on Hyder. Jacque won for her explanation of just what happened to the 50/50 apron (inquiring minds wanted to know).

Susie Coles and Priti Hansia were our wingnut winners for May. Susie won for taking over the newsletter. Thank you Susie. Priti won for getting her motorcycle license. Congratulations Priti!

Bruce Howland was our Wingnut winner for a funny story about tracing down his headlight problem. I'm sure someone would loan you a meter next time Bruce!

Bob Hole and Lynda Smith were our Wingnut winners for April. Bob entertained, informed, intrigued and bored us all at the same time with his lengthy account of the Death Valley ride he and other members had gone on the week before. Bob won it forhis presentation and Lynda for her instigation of Bob to speak about the trip.

For Feb 10, Don & Beth Kuellmer- Because... It was their first meeting as new members of CA2Q and the love was just overflowing. They meshed so well with the group we awarded them the "Wingnut"! What a welcome, eh? :-)

For Jan 10, Alan Jarumay - Because... "Why not?" My latest infraction was due to the vague language on the website about the gathering time for breakfast. This resulted in an earlier departure time for many of our visitors by... oh, at least fifteen minutes. I was, I suppose justly nominated by our good buddy Tom Jefferies as he was one of those who lost his extra few minutes of bliss.

For Dec 09, Steve & Jacque Foster - They won the "Good" Wingnut Award for their generosity in opening their home for the Chapter Christmas party and all the work involved they did to make it a fantastic venue. I would add that they also hosted a pre-party party the night before. Great job Steve & Jacque!

For Nov 09, Lynda Smith- Lynda won her "Good" Wingnut for her perceverance and tenacity toughing out a poor motorcycle instructor on the first day. And to come back for a third day to pass her exam. Congratulations Linda on your motorcycle license and Wingnut!

For Oct 09, Jacque Foster- There were two worthy Wingnut nominations this month. Jacque Foster nominated Steve Foster for not having stopped for fuel before getting into the long stretch desert where there were no gas stations (nomination #1). Apparently, there were a few words between the two of them on this subject. Jacque then confessed to the group that she commented to Steve, and I quote, "Am I going to have to pee in the gas tank for us to get to the next gas station?" (nomination #2). This comment by Jacque was quickly nominated for the Wingnut, and she is now the proud recipient of the October Wingnut. Give her a call!

For Sept 09, Alan Jarumay- I got it again this month because I either can't keep my big mouth shut or just another railroading of the "CD". I believe it's the latter. If you really want to know why I got it again, you'll have to read the write-up on the "Pictures & Tour Write-ups" under September's Gathering.

For August 09, Jim Smith- Jim was nominated several times for mishaps occurring during his two month Odyssey around the country. But he got it as a "Goody" Wingnut. Bob Hole's winning nomination was for Jim's un-wavering commitment to putting out a write-up of his day's adventure with pictures on nearly every single day. We more than appreciated his dedication enjoying the stories and imagining we were along for the ride.

For July 09, Alan Jarumay- I got it this month because I opened my big mouth about maybe not being qualified to be nominated for the wingnut. Of course, Tom Jefferies was all over that silly remark and buffaloed the rest of the willing membership to reward my errant tongue.

For June 09, Jack Fischer- As I understand it, Sunny nominated Jack for his lost of focus..? The story goes that he and a buddy were out on a ride when a feminine sight caught their attention. His buddy slowed to a stop while Jack's manly instinct kept an ill-advised focus and promptly ran into his buddy's bike. Now, that would have been a picture, aye?

For May 09, John Camacho- John got his award by way of Edie's nomination stating John's poor luck getting involved in a car accident thereby limiting his riding time. Even grandson "JD" appears sad for grandpa.

For April 09, Alan Jarumay- A variety of nominations got me this month's honor. From following my GPS directions blindly taking a longer route to my wife nominating me for not remembering to load the GPS route on to my Garmin unit (on another ride). But I believe it was mainly the "CD" factor.

For March 09, Linda & Bill Androws - "This is a good wing nut for faithfulness to the Goldwing Brand. Bill & Linda not only have the longest maintenance program, plus miles ridden but they went out & purchased another bike, same year, that could have the same maintenance needs down the road but its all good. Bill & Linda are a great advertisement for the Brand Goldwing." - Edie C.

For February 09, Jean Tobin is honored with the wingnut for easily giving up CA2Q's mascot to visiting CA2K's Bill Johnson by unceremoniously handing it over with no more resistance than a smile. This after only having "Qoala" back home for no more than five minutes.

For January 09, Jack Fischer won a dubiousWingnut for unknowingly borrowing Bob Hole's leather dress jacket upon leaving the
Christimas party. Rumor has it he thought it was his jacket that just seemed to have gotten nicer sitting in the Smith's closet for a few hours. Poor Bob had to leave in his four wheeled enclosed cycle without the protection and warmth of his leather jacket.

Former 2008 Winners

For November 08, Lynda Smith was selected for her outstanding mastery of the folded page by creating and producin the CA2Q Recipe Book. The books are appreciated by all and also add to our chapter's treasury. Thank you Lynda.

For October 08, Steve Foster is once again selected by the gathered CA2Q members to receive October's wingnut award. According to Jacque, Steve and Jacque were riding back from the Fall Colors Ride in Bishop on Tioga Pass following three four-wheeled vehicles when the trailing vehicle pulls over to the side of the road. Seeing empty asphalt in front of the motorcycle, Steve proceeds to pass the vehicle without noticing the fire engine in emergency mode coming in the opposite direction. Congratulations, Steve.

For September 08, Bob Hole gets the Wing Nut and a shadow box with it's own Wing Nut and an inscription that reads: This “Golden Wing Nut” is present to Mr. Robert Hole by chapter CA2Q in recognition of winning the “Wing Nut” for the 25th time since becoming a member.

Also the month of September 08, John Camacho was nominated by his wife Edie and found to be deserving of the award by all present at the Gathering. Why? It seems John, while attending the District Rally in Bakersfield, did not eat when he should have and suffered a severe diabetic reaction for it. John knew better but did it anyway. Some lessons are too important for us to let slide.

For August 08, Linda Sciacqua got to wear a brand new Wingnut. Since each of the Jarumays were wearing our two existing Wingnuts, they made up a new Wingnut for this special occasion. The Jarumays needed to finish their terms as current bearers of this prestigious award while they were at the Colorado District Rally.

The gory details: Bill Johnson (from CA2K), and his Grandson Phillip, attended our August meeting.  Bill nominated Linda Sciacqua for ratting him out at the last Synchronized Soaking event.  Seems she saw that he hadn't gotten wet yet, and yelled "Dry Man Walking!" which lead to him getting totally soaked.
Linda fired back with a nomination for Bill.  How could he stay dry amidst all the firing!!??  Then Edie nominated John for forgetting the chapter sign-in sheet, even though he was reminded several times!   The clap-meter went over the top in favor of Linda S. as the recipient!

For July 08and then extended though August/Sept., we had two winners for the same event. It seems Alan got up in the middle of the night and took a pain reliever. Alan did not turn on the light because he knew where his medicine was. It turns out that he should have turned on the light because he was taking their dog's medicine. Shirley joins Alan in accepting the award because she was the one that moved the medicine from where it was normally kept (according to Alan). The Jarumay's debate during the Gathering sealed their fate.

For June 08, our very own Chapter Educator, Steve Foster, takes away the Wingnut. Steve won the Wingnut for heading to Mimi's for breakfast and also being so focused on the electronic issues with his bike that he failed to notice that one of his tires was so worn (22000 miles on it) and he had to be told by a friend. The Jacque had to search around to find a tire prior to the trip to Shasta.

For May 08, Bob Hole celebrates his 24th Wingnut award win. Tom Jefferies thought little payback was in order when he nominated Bob this month for not checking in with Tom to see if he had the Wingnut with him all month. It was Bob who nominated Tom last month in order to peak revenue. Bob fired back with a couple of nominations toward Tom but the end result was that CA2Q members thought Bob deserved it more.

For April 08, Tom Jefferies takes away the prize. It seems that as the nomination request went out during the monthly
gathering for this month's recipient, Tom made the statement that a good rebuttal statement would be that the Wingnut
nominee should say that he or she defers to the person who has a much better chance of making money for the
chapter. With that, Bob Hole nominated Tom because of his increased chance of making money for the chapter.
Everyone agreed. Good job, Tom.

For March, Pat McComas gets the Wingnut. The story this month goes back a full month to our February after-gathering-ride. Pat both planned and led our ride to Old Town in Sacramento. But as he approached the bridge over the Sacramento River, Pat led the pack every which way except over the bridge (three times). Each time we ended up going around several blocks and coming back to the same spot. When we finally did cross the bridge and approached the Old Town area, Pat led us into the city's parking garage with a big sign at the entrance: "No Motorcycle Parking". We all followed Pat into the garage. All of us had a great time. Thanks, Pat.

For February, Alan Jarumay get the Wingnut. The story this month is a two-parter: Tom Jefferies, along with Mark Radtke (via proxy), nominated Alan for what they claimed was misdirection big-time while aboard the USS Hornet on the last month's meeting ride. This caused Tom and Mark to miss our group's lunch at the Everett & Jones Barbeque Restaurant. Tom didn't give very much time for anyone else to be nominated before calling for a vote. Without competition, Alan was the easy winner.
But WAIT, the story is not over - see below

The rest of the story: On Sunday February 17th, one day after CA2Q's meeting, nine CA2Q members (including Mark) rode or drove to Sacramento to join in on CAC's chapter meeting as part of the Ride of Fame game. During the Wing Nut nominations, Shirley Jarumay stood up and explained how her husband, Alan, was so badly picked-on and abused at yesterday's CA2Q meeting. Shirley nominated both Tom Jefferies and Mark Radtke for failing to understand all the previous emails and announcements regarding where lunch was to be held. After several add-ons and rebuttals, Mark was elected as the winner of this month's CAC Wing Nut. Tom escaped this honor only because only one Wing Nut was available. Now, according to both sides, there is a lot more to this story. But one thing is certain: "Payback's a Bitch".