{"id":11780,"date":"2026-04-10T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/?page_id=11780"},"modified":"2026-04-10T16:14:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:14:18","slug":"friends-of-the-marque","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/ride-inspired\/friends-of-the-marque\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of the Marque"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11780\" class=\"elementor elementor-11780\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd67086 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cd67086\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8760c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"b8760c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"359.408\" height=\"36\" viewBox=\"0 0 359.408 36\">\n  <g id=\"Group_3914\" data-name=\"Group 3914\" transform=\"translate(-756 -694)\">\n    <rect id=\"Rectangle_33\" data-name=\"Rectangle 33\" width=\"359.408\" height=\"17.016\" transform=\"translate(756 694)\" fill=\"#005ead\"\/>\n    <rect id=\"Rectangle_1431\" data-name=\"Rectangle 1431\" width=\"359.408\" height=\"17.016\" transform=\"translate(756 707)\" fill=\"#003469\"\/>\n    <rect id=\"Rectangle_1432\" data-name=\"Rectangle 1432\" width=\"359.408\" height=\"11\" transform=\"translate(756 719)\" fill=\"#c10221\"\/>\n  <\/g>\n<\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80d5af5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80d5af5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FRIENDS OF THE MARQUE<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a8e541 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7a8e541\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-656f1bb elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"656f1bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BMW has many fans and friends, and some of them are extraordinary. BMW acknowledges their commitment as passionate ambassadors of the BMW brand by awarding them the title:<\/p><p><strong>FRIEND OF THE MARQUE<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The only requirement is that the person should be a member of a recognized BMW club, such as the BMW Motorcycle Owners of America.\u00a0<\/span>Nominees should be submitted to the Board of Directors. Contact the BOD to find out more bout the process. For more information on what it takes to be considered a Friend of the Marque, read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmwgroup-classic.com\/content\/dam\/grpw\/websites\/bmwgroup-classic_com\/bmw_clubs\/downloads\/2022\/6-BMWClubs_BMWClubAwards_210x297_RZ.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this PDF<\/a>\u00a0from the BMW Clubs International Council.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-819b3b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"819b3b1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8649df3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8649df3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2024: Dick Hautau<\/p><p>2023: Norm Phoenix, Ray Zimmerman<\/p><p>2022: John Rice<\/p><p>2021: Clark Luster, Stan Herman<\/p><p>2020: Muriel Farrington, Vance Harrelson<\/p><p>2019: Susanna Parkhouse<\/p><p>2018: Sue Rihn<\/p><p>2017: Greg Feeler<\/p><p>2014: Karol Patzer<\/p><p>2013: Roger Wiles<\/p><p>2012: Chuck Manley, Ian Schmeisser<\/p><p>2011: Matthew Parkhouse<\/p><p>2010: Don Faichney<\/p><p>2009: Deb Lower<\/p><p>2008: Tom Cutter<\/p><p>2006: Norm Smith<\/p><p>2004: Dave Swisher<\/p><p>2003: Paul Glaves, Voni Glaves<\/p><p>2001: David L. Hough, John Hermann<\/p><p>1997: Bill Doyle<\/p><p>1996: Alice Hanes, Court Fisher, Keith Dempster<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BMW has many fans and friends, and some of them are quite extraordinary. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":7288,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11780","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11780"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11786,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11780\/revisions\/11786"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bmwmoa.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}