| 6. COMMITTEE REPORTS: A. Trailmaster: Subsection: Trailmaster Report. Donald Roux A couple of weeks ago the trails were excellent. Now the warm weather and soft snow has defeated good riding. However, more cold and snow are on the way. o Alternate Trail off High Street needs a bridge Subsection: Administrative Update. Steve Perham Absent. Subsection: Maintenance Update. Dave Leck o All equipment is up and running. o Lebanon is now connected at the end of the Rail Road Bed. This trail goes as far as East Rochester, NH. o City Limits needs to help us with their entrance off the trail system. Subsection: Other Items ~ Jim Roux Jim wished to thank all of the trail crew for their hard work this season. He said, “It is a BIG IMPROVEMENT riding the trails.” “We rode last Saturday and the money the Club has spent was worth it.” B. Membership Committee: Mike Mosher reported that we have 45 renewals. We have had no business renewals this year. C. Safety Committee: : Don Allaire reported on the snowmobile accident in Sanford. Speed was a factor in this accident. Don reminded us all to s-l-o-w down when we are out. The Game Warden has been out and is taking pictures at the Mousam Lake bridge crossing. D. Activities Committee: Denise Roux.. Club Trip: Contact Paul Haven for more information. Check online at the Club Trips Link (above). Our trip scheduled: January 31st through February 3rd 2008. E. Scholarship Committee: No Report. Be thinking of being a volunteer for this committee. It takes just one or two private committee meetings. Three volunteers are needed. No experience is necessary. Rules and training are discussed each year within the committee. 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. (Mentioned: MSA has a 2-year ruling on scholarships ~ the committee can work further on this issue.) F. Club Ride: The club ride has been cancelled. Our next ride is scheduled for January 27th. |
| Southern Maine Sno-Goers Minutes of Meeting #172 January 10th, 2008 |
| 5. NEW BUSINESS: A. North American Outdoor Adventure: Brochures are available – see Jim to get yours or call (800) 727-4379 or visit their website: www.nawhitewater.com . B. Club Maps: There are 65 maps left for sale. The club map needs to be revamped next season due to changes in businesses and trail changes. Another idea introduced was to create GPS for locations on the trails to help the 911 situations to aid officials if problems occur on our trail system. After the discussion, a motion was made by Dave Leck to wait until all maps were sold out before making any decision. This motion was tabled. The situation with the maps will be revisited next time to determine how many maps remain (based on the sales trend) at the upcoming meetings before moving onto the next step. C. Board of Directors: Bob Hansen reported the Ms. Quimby is working with the state in the Millinocket area in reference to making land available for purchase, so snowmobiles could have access to our trail systems. Bob also mentioned that other clubs are thinking of using GPS coordinates on their trail maps for the 911 systems in their area. D. The LD Bill: This bill is on the move in the Legislation. The proposal is to charge registered snowmobilers a lesser rate if they are part of a snowmobile club. If they were not part of a club, their rates would be higher. Out of state machines would also fall into two groups, those registered without belonging to a club with a higher rate than those that do. Bob Ramsay was on the news speaking of this issue and the funds it would generate for the state and all of the local clubs. Bob Hansen also followed up by saying that there are several bugs to be worked out of this system. Jim said that no changes would be made until the summer of the 2009 season. E. Registration: Should snowmobile applications be placed at the Town Hall for joining a club when the sleds are being registered? This issue is on hold for now. F. Chamber of Commerce: Cindy Roux has been on a fact-finding mission to gather information for June H. in finding ways to bring a craft fair to Sanford in order to help raise funds for the Sno-Goers. One way to perhaps create this fundraiser was to ask the local business community for their input. Cindy met with the Sanford Chamber of Commerce to see if this event would be practical and to gather more input. This information will be directed to the Board of Directors for review. |
| 7. Buy, sell or trade: Check the website link ~ CLASSIFIEDS! 8. 50/50: The $9.50 prize went to Dave Leck. CONGRATULATIONS!! 9. Next Meeting: Our next meeting will be held on January 24th at 7pm. 10. Adjournment: A motion was made by Lynn Welch at 8:03 p.m. to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded and passed. |
| Submitted respectfully by: |
| Cindy Roux ~ Secretary |
| Content left out of this online report is noted by the symbol > If you want more information on any of these subjects please contact the Club by phone or email. Thank you! |
| 1. President, Jim Roux opened with, “Good evening everyone!” “We’ve gone from two feet of snow down to nothing.” The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and the meeting began at 7:09 p.m. with twenty-two members present. 2. Secretary's Report: Cindy Roux presented the minutes from the December 13th meeting to the membership to read. The date of the MSA Super Raffle Drawing date was incorrect; the amended date is February 10th. A motion to accept the minutes with the amended date was made by Bob Hansen, seconded, and passed. 3. Treasurer's Report: Lou Forni produced the report >. A motion was made by Dave Leck to accept Lou’s report as read, which was seconded, accepted and passed. |
| Amended Version (in red) |
| 4. OLD BUSINESS: A. Cans and Bottles: Christi Wilson reported that she took $60 from the account holdings from the recycling of bottles and cans and put it to the Scholarship Fund. * Membership would like to know the total amount saved so far. B. MSA Super Raffle: The drawing is scheduled for February 10th. Our club’s final cut off date is set for February 4th, so get those tickets in. C. Bridge Grant: Jim reported the Archeological Survey was separated into three steps: the research, the excavation and the analysis. The worse case scenario would be an expense > * The membership discussed valid points before the vote. * The Vote > D. State Grant: The State Grant has been approved for the full amount > E. Scholarship Fund: We are to date, only $140 short of reaching our goal of annual scholarship money! We still have several months left. Keep those cans and bottles coming!! |
