Wind & Fire M/C Members 2017

Subject: Wearing of W&F MC Colors’

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All Members (full member, associate member and honorary member) of Wind & Fire Motorcycle Club will wear our Club Colors’.

Before you or your chapter start wearing W&F MC colors’ take a minute and think !

Have you taken the time to talk with the other bikers and / or clubs in your area? Do they know about our Club and understand what Wind & Fire MC Inc. is all about? Have you taken the time to explain what colors’ you are going to be wearing and what they mean? Remember that wearing club colors’ can be a very serious issue when dealing with some clubs. The time spent now will be time well spent. Do it before a problem arises.

Now is the time to ask questions if you have them, contact our Sgt at Arms or the Club President.

Vest or Jacket:

• Either Levi or leather.

Rear panel

• The wearing of our Club Colors' (Maltese patch and a bottom-rocker) is requested of every member.

Examples of some bottom-rockers if you belong to a chapter are: Big Bear Chapter; Rocky Mt. Chapter; (contact your chapter director)  Examples can be seen here http://webmaster.wfmc.free.fr/couleurs1.htm

If you are NOT a member of a chapter and you are a full member you should wear the bottom rocker “Firefighter”  If you are an associate member you should wear a bottom rocker with the wording; “Firefighter / Associate”

Left Front:

• Small W&F MC Maltese or small membership patch
• What position held in the chapter or club. This is a two line patch. Top line and larger font is the position.  Bottom line and smaller font is chapter name. (two line patch for a chapter is required)

Right Front:

• Approved - Road Name
• Optional WFMC  - patches (approved by the Club President or V.P.)

The above are only suggestions, what is important is that whatever your chapter decides to do, keep it the same for all of your chapter members.

Wearing of small patches and pins:

• A name-tag is important

• Run pins and patches show what and where you have been riding.  The “Old Timer Look”.  Pride in what you have done.

• On the back, two primary patches should be worn and they are our W&FMC Maltese & a Bottom Rocker.   Other WFMC patches that may be worn on the lower back of your vest are WFMC burn camp and national rally patches as examples other W&F MC events.

• ONLY W&FMC club event patches should to be worn on the back.

• We do charities and hang with kids. Remember this when you buy patches.

Care/Protection/use of Colors’:

• The club colors’ can and should be worn at anytime you are on your bike, if you choose to wear the club colors then they must be worn correctly.

• If you remove your jacket, remove your vest - colors’ and put your colors’ back on.

• If you are wearing a W&FMC shirt and you choose not to wear your vest, please take care of your vest. Don't leave it lying around; keep it safe from any misuse. Store in a secure place out of sight.

This means don't leave your vest on the back of a chair and walk off, or on your bike and walk off.  If the vest is not on you, it should be out of sight and secured.  NEVER EVER ON THE GROUND OR INSIDE OUT.

• When wearing your vest treat it respectfully, if you are around other clubs you need to remember that they treat their colors’ like the flag, and if we disrespect our own colors’ they will disrespect us.

Security:

Do not loan or give your colors’ to any non-member for any reason; do not leave your W&F MC Club colors’ lying around. People have been known to steal colors’ for souvenirs. Example: If someone wearing our Club colors’ committed a crime the WFMC patch would be all that is noticed. This "colors’ theft" scenario is not just possible it does happen.

Authorized WFMC Patches:

Wind & Fire MC primary patch colors’ are: light blue (field), red & black (double border). All patches done in Wind & Fire MC Club primary colors’ must be obtained from the National (Wind & Fire MC, PO Box 8633 Bodfish, CA 93205). This protocol insures standardization, quality, and helps avoid conflicts.

Conflicting Rocker Wording & Rocker Replacement:

It is the policy of W&F MC to help members enjoy belonging to W&F MC. If after obtaining a chapter rocker a regional wording conflict ensues, the Club will replace the rocker at no charge with an acceptably worded rocker. The original rocker MUST  be returned to the Inter National (PO Box 8633 Bodfish, CA 93205). A phone call may provide answers to your questions and help us when it comes to replacing a "rocker". For rocker wording approval call 209-769-7408 (cell phone)

"MC" Concerns / Replacement

Once in a while there may be a concern raised over the letters "MC" on our colors.  If there is no other way to solve this issue other than removing the MC from our Colors the following may be done.   The Club will provide you with a "small" patch with the wording "Group" on it.  This patch is in our club color’s and is approved to be placed over the MC if needed.   Also there is a small patch in our Club color’s "911-343" which can be used to cover the MC.  To request approval to cover the “MC” contact the club President

NO other patches will be sewn on our colors’ to cover the MC.   The use of these patches must be requested through our Club President or our Club Sgt at Arms.          

¨ The above information is provided as a guideline. We ask that you wear our W&F MC
Colors with pride and respect   NEVER EVER TURN YOUR COLORS’ INSIDE-OUT

W&F MC 2017

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