Tribute
by: Todd Rogers
IN LOVING
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ne of AUGI’s beloved members passed away suddenly on June 2. Brian Andresen was an integral part of AUGI. Not only did Brian serve on the Board of Directors, but he was also the author of Inside Track every month. Unfortunately, this is the last issue that will have Inside Track for a while, and maybe for good. Brian will be very hard to replace. Brian passed away doing what he loved. He, like myself, had a big love for motorcycles. As a matter of fact, my last text message from Brian was him suggesting that we ride to AU in NOLA together. I just re-read that text message shortly before beginning to write this, and needless to say, it was not easy to read that again. In November 2017, I got the pleasure of sharing the stage with Brian at AU. We were both at the AUGI General Meeting waiting to see if we were voted up and elected to serve on the Board of Directors. It just so happened that both of us were selected and appointed together that day. I am not sure if any of you noticed or not, but Brian wanted his name replaced in the magazine recently to be KWC, which is an acronym for
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