President Nate Merle welcomed everyone to our April meeting and called it to order at 11:10am. The minutes from the March meeting were read and a motion was made to accept the minutes as read.
Treasurer Michelle went over our current finances and answered any questions that members had.
Jack Rase has overseen our Super Raffle tickets once again successfully and we will receive half of the sold amount. Thank you Jack.
Trail Reporting indicates most stakes have been removed from the fields. Treasurer Michelle Hess needs work logs of trail work. NYS wants work logs within 60 days of the trail work being performed.
Groomers have been put away but not serviced yet. They did a lot of good work for us this year and a big thanks to our groomer operators who make our trails the best.
TC Steve Cox mentioned that the printing of maps will be going forward for next season. A 3 by 5 ad will be $50 and bigger ones a $100. Each club is responsible to reach out to vendors for ads.
Steve proposed that our club donate $500 from the 2027 Dice Run to the scholarship fund in memory of Steven Gregoire Jr. Donations may be dropped off at Creekside Convenience Store.
Steve mentioned some of the clubs in our area are working to establish more camaraderie between us.
The Holland club had a party and invited others to it.
The Landowner Chicken Barbeque will be held Sunday May 17th 12-1pm at the Warsaw Legion Hall in the Village Park. Please come at 10:30 when there will be a short end of the season meeting and then we will set up for the take out dinners as per years past.
Steve spoke about making sure we have all of our landowners accounted for on our list so no one is overlooked. Our landowners make it possible for OVSA to have the best trail system. Snow deserves to fall on our trails because of how well we take care of them.
Donations from Nate, Owen and an anonymous person made it possible to cover the cost of printing our new OVSA shirts and jackets. Thank you to the many generous members we have in OVSA.
We had 31 great riding days this season and we’re already looking forward to another super season next year. Thank you to all our members who always show up to help and a personal thank you to our Secretary Jane Gebel for taking notes at every meeting.
Nate Merle President OVSA
