| 6. COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Trailmaster: Subsection: Trailmaster Report. Donald Roux Absent Subsection: Administrative Update. Steve Perham Discussion about the Eastern Trail Alliance (North Berwick). Subsection: Maintenance Update. Dave Leck * Don's drag and snowmobile have been modified. * Signs are to be removed from the phone poles to comply with CMP. * There is more brushing out to do on the trails. B. Membership Committee: Mike Mosher was reported we now have 53 members. We have eight new members and 45 renewals. C. Safety Committee: Don Allaire spoke to us about hosting the Safety Course for our next club season. We agreed to get this in motion and a date was set for December 6, 2008. Thank you Don for your dedication. * Don mentioned that some of the lakes have slush and to USE CAUTION! D. Activities Committee: Denise Roux. Club Ride: Cancelled. E. Scholarship Committee: Denise and Scott have volunteered for the Scholarship Committee. We only need one more member for this committee. Helping on this committee takes just one or two private committee meetings. No experience is necessary. Rules and training are discussed each year within the committee. Remember: if you are a member, spouse or child of a member you may apply for the Scholarship. Remember: that the deadline date for the scholarship application means that ALL paperwork, grades, etc. needs to in for review by the March 1st date. A March 1, 2008 postmark date is the deadline in getting your scholarship application in. F. Other Business: Don Allaire is now grooming taking care of the grooming of the railroad bed. Thank you Don for your help on the trails! |
| Southern Maine Sno-Goers Minutes of Meeting #174 February 14th, 2008 |
| 5. NEW BUSINESS: A. Billing: The insurance bill was paid (semi-annual amount) and a lumber bill was submitted. * Insurance ~ Members can look at our policies if desired (ask Jim) * Depreciation of equipment needs to be checked . B. Club Ride: The scheduled club ride set for Sunday, February 18th around our area will not be held at this time due to some open water and a possible safety situation. C. Parking Lot: If you will be using the Fish and Game Parking Lot, please use caution since it is ice covered. |
| 7. Buy, sell or trade: Check the website link ~ CLASSIFIEDS! 8. 50/50: Not held this evening. 9. Next Meeting: Our next meeting will be held on February 28th at 7pm. We have three more meetings left this season. * (Check the website for updates.) 10. Adjournment: A motion was made by Lou at 8:14 p.m. to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded and passed. |
| Submitted respectfully by: |
| Cindy Roux ~ Secretary |
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| 4. OLD BUSINESS: A. The Super Raffle: was held in Rockland. One of the $5,000 prizes went to Tom Lovejoy in Kennebunk. Congratulations to all of the four winners in our area!! *Our club sold 696 tickets this year. B. Grant for the Bridge: The Town has put in for a grant that was approved. We were awarded the RTP, which is a first step in the on-going process. C. Archaeological Survey: The individual that will be conducting the survey has the signed contract in hand and will be able to survey when the time comes. D. Registration Increase: The increase of registration of snowmobiles was defeated. The next step appears to be a doubling of the rate of registrations. E. J & S: The landowner issue working to have access to J & S was discussed. F. Project Graduation: Our club donation to Project Graduation and was notified the club won $30! G. Town Grant: We received money from the Town. The check was given to Lou. H. Bottles and Cans: We need $55 more dollars to achieve our annual goal for the scholarship fund. Good work everyone with their continued donations. I. Club Trip: Our club represented the largest group at the dinner in Madawaska. We won a bottle of after dinner liqueur. We had a good trip. J. Maps: 25 maps were located for sale. No maps are to be ordered at this time. |
| 1. President, Jim Roux opened the meeting at 7:09 p.m. We recited The Pledge of Allegiance with 12 members in attendance. 2. Secretary's Report: Cindy Roux presented the minutes from the January 24th meeting to the membership to read. A motion to accept the minutes as written was made by Lou Forni, seconded, and passed. 3. Treasurer's Report: Lou Forni read the (attached). A motion was made by Don Allaire to accept Lou's report as read, which was seconded, accepted and passed. |
