N.H. SNO-SHAKERS DIRECTOR’S MEETING MINUTES
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
President Tom Dow called the meeting to order at 7:06 p.m.
The secretary’s report was read by those in attendance. John Carr made a motion to accept the secretary’s report as read, seconded by Dana Cabana; motion passed.
Kim Bean indicated that in the interim of Steffen Hermanns taking over the treasurer’s position, he has paid all of the club’s bills for the month.
Activities: The club will not be participating with the Chicken BBQ at Loudon’s Old Home Day activities. Because we are not going to do the BBQ, it was felt the club should enter a float in the parade and we could include the club’s Pisten Bully. A meeting will be called approximately a month before the Old Home Day event to discuss decorating ideas. Dana Cabana made a motion to place a $100.00 advertisement on behalf of the club in the Old Home Day brochure, seconded by Dave Potter; motion passed. Tom Dow will ask his daughter, Abbey, to design an advertisement for the club to submit.
Trails are closed. Dana Cabana indicated that the club put in for $409.76 in grant-in-aid funding for grooming. He also has a contract for summer maintenance which is due May 6th, so we need to come up with some figures for that. There are some new property owners on our trail system which we need to get signed landowner permission forms before we can work on the trails.
Discussion followed regarding our current grooming equipment. The tracks are falling apart from the weather on the Pisten Bully and the belts need to be replaced. Dana Cabana will look into possible repairs over the summer. Jason Landry indicated that the drag is still not working correctly. Kim said that Robb Hamilton brought the drag back to his house for further repair. Regarding Kim’s skandic, it was felt this should be stored and used for parts. Tom Dow said that we should appoint a committee to figure out what we should do about our current equipment, set up some long range goals, and bring back to the membership in September for discussion. Dana reminded that May 6th is the deadline if the club wants to request funding for a new skandic. Tom will contact Bickfords to find out what it would cost to purchase a 4-stroke skandic with all connections for hydraulic towing hitches, etc., so that we have an idea what to request for funding.
Website: Abbey Dow is now in charge of the club’s website. Steffen Hermanns suggested that on-line club membership would be a good addition to the site.
House: Steffen indicated that his Mineral Club would like to hold their monthly meetings at the club house on the first Saturday of each month from 12-4:00 p.m. All agreed he would need to discuss with Janet Robinson to make sure that there would not be a conflict with club rentals.
Old Business: Dana Cabana had mentioned at our last Director’s meeting that the NHSA has a legal fund which clubs can donate money to support any legal issues they may have. This fund was never contributed to by our club. It was thought that if the club does not donate toward the fund, we would not be assisted. As a clarification, Dana indicated that this statement is false. As long as the club is a member of the NHSA, we would be assisted legally, even though we don’t contribute. We would not be penalized.
New Business: The NHSA annual meeting is scheduled for May 21st, and this year our club is allowed four delegates to attend. Dana Cabana, Paula Cabana, Kim Bean and Mindy Bean will attend as delegates, with Steffen Hermanns as an alternate.
John Carr made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Jason Landry. The meeting was adjourned at 8:21 p.m.
Mindy Bean
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