Next meeting: April 3, 2008 @ 6:30 at Ned’s Restaurant in Belvidere. Come join us and have some fun!!
Meeting called to Order: The meeting was called to order by President Dan Johnson on March 6, 2008 at Ned’s in Belvidere at 6:30 p.m.
Roll Call of Officers: Present at the meeting tonight were: President Dan Johnson, 1st Vice President Ed Gustafson, 2nd Vice President Carmen Spinelli, and Treasurer Mark Loos; Secretary Pat Henninger Board of Directors: Present were Mike Vore, Murray Quincer, Rod Kampfranz, and Pat Kamm
Secretary Report: Secretary’s report was e-mailed. Carmen made motion to accept, Ray second. Report approved. Treasurer Report: Mark Loos submitted Treasurer’s Report. Pat Kamm made a motion to approve report, Ray second the motion. Report approved.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: Trail Report: Only 9 days left for trails to be open before clean-up. Our insurance limits us from extending the season if we have snow. Dan will put cab on ranger and start to pick up trail signs March 16. Trip Report: We had another excellent club trip. Snow everywhere you wanted to ride. Trail conditions were great all over the area. Club decided to go back to Gateway Lodge next year. The dates will be February 4-7, 2009. Dan called Gateway and the rooms are available for that time next year. He will call and lock in the rooms for the trip. You can call 1-800-848-8058 or www.gateway-lodge.com and make your reservation now and still cancel next year if need be. The rates have gone up: Studio Daily rates: Sunday thru Thurs. $74.95; Friday and Saturday $89.95. Suites Daily rates: Sunday thru Thurs. $84.95 Friday and Saturday $99.95.
Charities: Charities are all paid. Murray returned a check from the Boone County Dare program. The Dare program is operated through the school district. There is a shortage of officers and they receive no funding for the program. We will return the money to the charity fund and possible look for another charity to contribute to in the future.
Fundraising Report: Fair Parking – August 5 - 10, 2008 Grass Drags – October 5, 2008 We are going to set up committees for the grass drags. We will have a chair for the Swap side and the Race side. Anyone interested in these positions or being on a committee is encouraged to attend our April meeting as we will choose the committees at that time. We will have grass drag meetings June 3, July 7, and August 14, 2008 at 6:30 at the Pub in Garden Prairie. We will invite members of the region to attend also.
State and Region 5 Report: Wayne and Shirley were in attendance from Region 5. Shirley gave us information on the Convention in November. This year’s convention will be at the Holidome/Holiday Inn- Rolling Meadows, Nov. 7, 8 & 9, 2008. The room rates are $89.00/night. Book by Oct. 6 and mention IASC for the special rate. The convention package will be $55. If you reserve by Sept. 15, you will be entered into an early bird special drawing. The drawing will be at the luncheon on Saturday. Friday night will have many activities for the family. Saturday morning will be the annual meeting. One new idea is to have a snow show, but this is not finalized. There will be two seminars – cold weather conditions/clothing and snowmobile mechanics. Saturday evening will be a dinner/dance with three mini raffles. This hotel is close to the Woodfield mall and a shuttle bus will be available between the hotel and mall. With the lower pricing and changes in the convention, they hope to increase the attendance. They are also asking clubs to donate items or cash ($150.00 value) for the fundraising auction. Suggestions are welcome.
Membership Report: There are 56 memberships on file with the state for 2008.
Activities: The appreciation dinner is April 6, 2008 at Linos . Drinks at 5:00 pm, dinner at 6:00 pm. The meal choices are NY Strip, Lasagna, and Chicken. Please contact Ed Gustafson or Dan Johnson with your meal choice. Meal reservations must be in the week before. This is for anyone who volunteered or helped at any of the activities throughout the year.
New Business: We have four new members. We had three guests at our meeting. Welcome!! A letter from Joy Quincer was received reporting the treasurer audit results. Everything was found to be in good order. Thank you, Joy.
Raffle: ½ pot Mike Vore $13.00 ½ pot Merle Schultz $13.00 $5.00 Brent Card $5.00 Kim Gustafson
Close: Motion made to close. Meeting adjourned.
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