OVSA January 3, 2010 Newsletter
VP Tracy Lawson called the meeting to order at 11am. The Secretary’s report was read and accepted. Treasurer Gail handed out the treasurer’s reports. Trail Coordinator Mike Black mentioned that although the trails are open there are many thin spots in fields which has made it tough to get our groomers to the different areas. The blowing of snow has made some fields unrideable.
Our safety seminar had a full enrollment of 40 and we want to thank Jay and Glenn for heading this up and our instructors for taking the time for this important function of OVSA in it’s promotion of safe snowmobiling. Thank you to Dennis Murphy for the generous use of his shop and discounts on sledding merchandise.
Our annual steak/shrimp raffle was discussed with various members looking into area facilities and dates in the May-June range for consideration. By next meeting we want to have our location and date decided so we can have tickets on hand for members. We only have a limited supply and many of our supporters look forward to them each year and the excellent dinner provided. It’s a fun day in which to work together and help raise funds to allow us to make possible the projects to keep our equipment and trails in first rate shape. Tracy, Preston, Kirk and Kaz went up to Montreal to check out a 1996 BR 160 groomer with 2200 hours and a new drag offered for $40,000. A deposit on this machine was placed after viewing it and we will take delivery of this machine very shortly. The increased size of this groomer over our current little BR60 should make grooming even more efficient in the Perry, Pavilion and Silver Springs portion of our system. Mike Black has been on the lookout for a quality machine for months and we thank him for his diligence in this matter. We also are very thankful for the guys who work on the groomers and keep them in shape for us. Mike also mentioned Shredd and Ragan’s Sledfest annual charity ride to benefit The Variety Club on January 30th starting from The Hearth in Chaffee. Registration to ride is $30 and will pass through the Bliss area. If anyone would like to help with registering riders at the Bliss Hotel as they come in that would be greatly appreciated. OVSA personnel would be at the Hotel from 12-4-5pm. We also will put together some chinese auction baskets so if anyone has some ideas for this please don’t hesitate to email or call. For more information on this fun event please go to www.wedg.com and click on the banner for Sledfest 2010. Remember to be considerate of our landowner’s fields and whether they have enough snow to ride on or not. We wait patiently all year to be able to have some good fun and sometimes patience is hard to practice when the cold and snow are here.
One last item to mention is our 1992 Polaris 4 by 6 Big Boss 250 wheeler. The rear 4 wheels drive but the 2 stroke engine is set up and appears to have a bad bearing. Brakes could use some work but there are new parts in the drivetrain and suspension. We will be opening up sealed bids at our next meeting on this item. Bring your bid to the meeting or mail it to OVSA PO Box 84 Warsaw, NY 14569 if you are interested.
Meeting adjourned at 11:40 and a special thank you to VP Tracy and Treasurer Gail for doing double duty while Jeff and Nancy were away. Respectfully submitted by Deb Smith Secretary and Jeff Fitch President.
