Who is Mick Gillispie,
He is your new ABATE of Washington State Coordinator?
Mick Gillispie at the January BOD 2008 Oly, WA
I am a native of Washington. I was born in Chehalis, lived my first years in Onalaska, lived in Morton and moved to Puyallup in 1961.
I graduated from Puyallup High School and Green River College, Auburn, Washington. Played Football and was Heavy weight Wrestler at
Puyallup, Green River and the Army-Europe.
I have been a Mortgage Broker since July 1978 and currently I am President of Resource Mortgage Corporation.
PERSONAL DATA
Military-United States Army, E-5,
Commendation Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Honorable Discharge ,
JCI Senator #37958, Award -Volunteerism of Pierce County, (May 1, 1993)
ACTIVITIES
Member: ABATE of WA.-SKCC, since 1996, Past Coordinator, Secretary, Treasurer, Deputy Coordinator,
member of the National Assoc. of Mortgage Brokers WA. State Notary,
Past President: Washington Assoc. Mortgage Brokers-South Sound, and present Board member.
Past President- Puyallup Jaycee’s, Puyallup, Daffodil Float Association and Washington State Jaycee Evergreen Club,
Past District Director: of the Washington State Jaycees.
Past Vice-Pres:. Puget Sound Mortgage Lenders Association, Foothills Rails to Trails.
Past Chairman: Pierce County Regional Trails Advisory Commission.
Especially, Jerry Fox,
Regional Representative 3 and Chapter Coordinator for South King County Chapter of ABATE of Washington.
I would like to recognize Rich Bright, our Past State Coordinator for all of his efforts and contributions to
ABATE of Washington. Rich stepped down early because of his Military commitments.
Rich became a veteran of the Iraq War and may return in the near future.
He has told me he plans to continue contributing to ABATE of Washington.
Our good wishes and prayer are with you.
I am very excited about the future of ABATE of Washington and what we can achieve.
We have accomplished many goals and have many more goals to accomplish.
The leadership of ABATE of Washington needs your support and contributions.
We are working hard to protect and preserve our rights.
We will continue to work hard to gain respect in our motorcycle community, the government and the public.
We hope that some of the past members will come back and that the members today will continue
to contribute to the preservation of our Freedoms. We need more motorcyclists to join with us in our cause.
Remember, we are all volunteers. We need to respect ourselves and each other.
When we make a commitment we need to keep it. If we need help or do not feel we can do the task, ask for help.
If you feel someone is not doing the job. Have respect, remember they are volunteers also.
Let your leaders know of your concerns. Remember we are working for the same goal.
We are very lucky to have the volunteer Leadership that we have in ABATE.
Our current Committee Chair people and elected officers are very capable.
We have some positions open that we need to fill. By the time this newsletter goes out,
I hope to have some of these positions filled and ready for confirmation.
If you are interested in any position talk to your Chapter Coordinator or State Officer so we can fill the open positions.
Let’s get err done!!
Mick Gillispie
State Coordinator ABATE of Washington