May Newsletter
OVSA Last Regular Season Meeting May 2, 2010 Thank you to VP Tracy Lawson for running this meeting as President Jeff and Nancy were in Buffalo for the calling hours for Nancy’s Dad who passed away April 29
Meeting was called to order at 11:10 am. Treasurer Gail reported that the groomer barn rent has been paid for the next year. The balance of the groomer purchased this winter has also been paid off so OVSA is debt free. Gail is also heading up the ticket/money end of our steak/shrimp raffle so please turn in any ticket monies to her. Thank you to Gail for once again undertaking this large task and keeping us on the fiscally responsible well groomed trail.
Trail Coordinator Mike Black said help is needed for Wyoming County mapping for our new maps. Areas needing help are Perry, Warsaw, Bliss. Area packages are available and Mike will take care of Bliss so it’s Perry and Warsaw that need the volunteers.
Our annual landowner chicken barbeque appreciation picnic will be held July 25
Jack Rase, Mike Black, Gail and Tracy Lawson, Dave Montgomery and Tay Shiner attended the annual NYSSA Forum in Syracuse on April 16-18 and reported on what they heard during the seminars they attended and believe me these keep you busy all day.
They reported that there is more money in the trail fund but exact figures weren’t available. Parks and Rec spoke about funding and no monies have been taken so far but the possibility remains.
Legislators did speak about the NYS billion dollar snowmobile industry and NYSSA President Mike Fischer said that insurance fees couldn’t be paid if a million dollars were taken out of the fund for each of the next 5 years. Trail insurance is the backbone of our trail system and the reason we have been able to keep our trail system up and running successfully.
VP Tracy explained the Trail Defender status and the extra monies it generates which pays for legal fees to keep trails open and bridge allowances. A member that joins online can access this choice through the drop down tab when choosing the type of membership they want. Single, Family, Trail Defender. It certainly is well worth the extra dollars to protect our industry from the many that wish to shut us down.
Discussion was once again entertained on our fall money raiser and the idea of a Daily Numbers Raffle. Each ticket would be $20 and a choice of gun or cash. Our list of guns hasn’t been approved of yet and we have several vendor quotes. Dates and details need to be worked out further. Our steak/shrimp raffle will be held June 12
th. th at the Warsaw Firemen’s Park from noon on. Volunteers are needed for the usual serving and cleanup. You know the drill if you’ve helped with this event. If you don’t we wouldn’t mind having you stop in and see what the fun is about. Working with club members is a great way to make new friends. th at the Perry Firemen’s building in the Perry Park. Please come and help us at this as it takes about 25-30 members to pull this event off as we cook everything and sell a lot of floor raffle tickets. Thank you Tay as Secretary Deb is taking care of Pete who is very ill. President Jeff Fitch
