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2017-2018 Meeting Minutes

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Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

May 19, 2018

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

April 21, 2018

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

March 17, 2018

The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President J. Fox @ 0910 hrs. Those in attendance were: John Fox, Matt Bollinger, Dave Pavelosky, Kathy Parsons, Dahl Eppinger, John Greeley, Monique Bates, and George Bollinger.

Secretaries and Treasurer report: Matt read minutes and financial reports. A motion by D. Eppinger, 2nd by G. Bollinger to accept the secretaries report, all in favor, motion passed. A motion was made to accept the treasures report by J. Greeley, 2nd by D. Eppinger, all in favor, motion passed.

Correspondences: The club received notification that it was time to sign up for the PSSA Spring Meet. A motion was made by M. Bollinger, 2nd by J. Greeley to send John, Kathy, and Dave to the meeting in state college. All were in favor, motion passed.

Old Business: The club received membership renewal information for Friends of Lyman Run. A motion was made by J. Greeley, 2nd by D. Pavelosky to continue support through membership to the organization. All in Favor, Motion Passed. The videoing of our trails by a member of the PSSA will have to be done next year as it looks like it is done snowing for the season.

Election of officers: A motion was made by D. Pavelosky, 2nd by D. Eppinger to install club officers as presented in nominations last month. All were in favor, motion passed. The officers for the year 2018 are as follows: John Fox - President, John Greeley - Vice President, Sec/Treas. Matt Bollinger, Asst Sec. Treas. - Bill Swords, Board of Directors: Dave Pavelosky 2019, Dahl Eppinger 2020 , Travis Runkle 2018.

Committee Reports:

Raffles: No report or raffles going on.

Trails: No new items to report , the rock rake will be purchased on March 28

Membership: Matt stated the memberships are up to 144 regular and 11 businesses

Appreciation Banquet: Scheduled for May 19" at Kaytees at 5pm. And dinner will be a choice of steak and shrimp or stuffed chicken breast. There will be about 30 people attending. The dinner is held to any club member and spouse who assisted with club activities in 2017.

Board of Directors: D. Pavelosky asked to include business memberships in the 2019 membership mailing instead of him going business to business.

New Business: J. Greeley will be heading up a club snowmobile trip for the winter riding season in 2019. He will bring back destinations , cost and other ideas in future meetings.

Good and Welfare: Next Meeting is April 21, @ 9 am.

The meeting adjourned by motion of D. Eppinger, 2nd by G. Bollinger, all in favor at 1011 hrs.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

February 17, 2018

    The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President J. Fox @ 1619 hrs. Those in attendance were : John Fox, Matt Bollinger, Janet Pankake, Dave Pavelosky, Bill Swords, Jean Harstad, Clair Daugherty, Carol Daugherty, April Brown, Matt Bowman, Linda Bell, Roger Murphy, Shad Murphy , John Greeley and Kathy Parsons.

Secretaries and Treasurer report: Matt read minutes and financial reports. A motion by J. Greeley 2nd by D. Pavelosky to accept the secretaries report, all in favor, motion passed. A motion was made to accept the treasures report by J. Greeley 2nd by D. Pavelosky, all in favor , motion passed. Matt also provided a financial year in review for 2017. J. Pankake also gave an update on the calendar account balance and expenses.

Correspondences: A letter from the Austin Ambulance was received regarding membership to the Ambulance club. It was decided that is wan not necessary to join as our club members are fully covered under insurance while performing club duties.

Old Business: J. Fox has been in contact with friends of Lyman Run and is waiting on a phone call back.

Committee Reports:

Raffles- Matt reported that the membership raffle totaled 504 dollars and the winner was Vincent Bury. Vincent took 125 dollars and donated the rest back to the club. The snow raffle was drawn at this time and the winner was Brian Fox. The snow raffle totaled 370 dollars and 185 dollars was pain to John to give to Brian.

Trails- reported by Dave , he is making lists for the summer work weekends. Work will include bridges, pipes and some items that were left over from last summer.

Membership: Matt stated the memberships are up to 140 regular and 11 businesses

Bush Dam Ride: was today but there was no snow.

Appreciation Banquet: Scheduled for May 19th at Kaytees at 5pm.

Board of Directors: No report

New Business: Nomination of officers were as follows; John Fox president, John Greeley Vice President, Sec/treas Matt Bollinger, Asst to sec/treas, Bill Swords, 1 Board of Director position Dahl Eppinger, Open Board of Director position due to John Greeley being Vice President the club nominated Travis Runkle. Nominations were then closed. D. Pavelosky presented a letter from Christian Seibert asking for support from the club for a trip to Washington DC . Mr. Seibert was picked from the top of his class at school for academics and was asked to attend the National Youth Leadership Conference. The club is very proud to support him and L. Bell made a motion to donate 200 dollars 2nd by J. Greeley all in favor , motion passed. D. Pavelosky presented quotes for a rock rake for the amount of 800 dollars. This purchase is part of the clubs obligation of completing the PSSA grant received in 2017. J. Fox advised that there was interest from Lori Elliott from PSSA on doing a video on some of the club trails. More to follow on this .

Good and Welfare: Next Meeting is March 17th at 9 am.

The meeting adjourned by unanimous vote and the Bush Dam Picnic followed.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

January 20, 2018

    The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President J. Fox @ 1708 hrs. Those in attendance were : John Fox, Matt Bollinger, Janet Pankake, Dave Pavelosky, Bill Swords, Pete May, Josh May, Jake May, Jared May, Leo Miller, Jason Bollinger, Kathy Parsons, and Dahl Eppinger

Secretaries and Treasurer report: Matt read minutes and financial reports. Everyone in attendance was in favor to approve the minutes and financial report. J. Pankake also gave an update on the calendar account balance and expenses.

Correspondences: The next meeting at the DCNR will be held at the district office on Feb. 2 at 6 pm.

Old Business: None

Committee Reports:

Raffles- Matt reported that the membership raffle was at 465 dollars.

Trails- reported by Dave , all trails are in good shape, there is some minor water damage due to rain, 11 mile is also in good shape.

Membership- Matt stated the memberships are up to 128

Bush Dam Ride is Feb. 17 with a picnic ia 3 pm after . If no snow picnic will still go on.

Board of Directors: No report

New Business: A motion was made by D. Pavelosky 2nd by D. Eppinger to donate 300 dollars to the EFSC for the use of building and grounds . This was brought up last month but held over for approval until this meeting. The club Thanks the officers and members of the EFSC for their continued support of our club with the use of the building.

Good and Welfare: John reported that member Travis Runkle was in the hospital due to a fall and needed some thoughts and prayers. J. Greely advised John that he would like to head up a kids ride this year yet if we get the snow. This may be last minute and if anything happens John will let everyone know.

The meeting adjourned at 1805 hrs . by motion by D. Pavelosky , 2nd by B Swords all in favor , Motion carried. The New Years Party followed.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

December 16, 2017

    The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President J. Fox @ 0920 hrs. Those in attendance were : John Fox, Matt Bollinger, Janet Pankake, Dave Pavelosky, Bill Swords and Ken Walther.

Secretaries and Treasurer report: Matt read minutes and financial reports. Motion by D.Pavelosky ,2nd by J. Pankake to approve the minutes , all in favor, motion carried. J. Pankake also gave an update on the calendar account balance and expenses. A motion was made by D. Pavelosky 2nd by K.Walther to accept the treasures report , all in favor motion carried.

Correspondences: Friends of Lyman Run Club; John was going to check on getting a renewal form for next years support. John also going to be putting reminder in the gazette about the new years party.

Old Business: Reminder that a new 50/50 drawing will be started after the New Years Party . Drawing for this one will be held after the Bush dam ride Feb. 17. John is checking on different tickets to sell instead of the red strip tickets.

Committee Reports:

Raffles- Matt reported that the membership raffle was at 276 dollars.

Trails- reported by Dave , all trails are open and clear. Fence needs put up in Wharton.

Membership- Matt stated the memberships are doing ok, with a slightly less response this year so far.

Board of Directors: No report. 1 BOD present

New Business: Membership approved donating 300 dollars to the East Fork Sportsmans Club for the use of the building and grounds for another year.

Good and Welfare: The club is going to donate a calendar book to Ed Lauver. John and Janet said there are very few left.

The meeting adjourned at 1015 hrs . by motion K. Walther, 2nd by D. Pavelosky , all in favor , Motion carried.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

November 18, 2017

    The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President J. Fox @ 0900 hrs. Those in attendance were : John Fox, Matt Bollinger, Janet Pankake, Clair Daugherty, Dahl Eppinger, John Greeley and Dave Pavelosky.

Secretaries and Treasurer report: Matt read minutes and financial reports. Motion by J. Greeley ,2nd by J. Pankake to approve the minutes and financial report , all in favor, motion carried. J. Pankake also gave an update on the calendar account balance and expenses.

Correspondences: The club received a 90 percent match grant from the PSSA totaling 1631.70. Club Members also agreed to renew the Friends of Lyman Run Membership for the year 2018.

Old Business: PSSA show report, we sold 29 calendars, there was an average turnout for the show and the following people helped with the club stand from Friday till Sunday: John, Matt, Jeff, Karen, Clair, Dave, Kathy and Leo. The club thanks everyone for the help.

Committee Reports:

Trails- Schoolhouse has been trimmed. Other trails are being trimmed out and have been back bladed and are ready for the snow season. The club trailer needs inspected; J. Fox will take care of this.

Membership- Matt stated that the memberships were mailed out on Friday 11/17.

Safety Course- No report

Board of Directors: No report

Bush dam ride and the New Years Party are both scheduled

New Business: None

Good and Welfare: J. Fox is going to start working on getting an article back into the PSSA newspaper.

The meeting adjourned at 1000 hrs . by motion J. Greeley, 2nd by C. Daugherty , all in favor , Motion carried.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

October 21, 2017

    The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by Secretary Matt Bollinger @ 0900 hrs. Those in attendance were : Matt Bollinger, Bill Swords, Jeff Krone, Clair Daugherty, and Dahl Eppinger.

Secretaries and Treasurer report: Matt had minutes and financial reports available. Motion by Jeff ,2nd by Clair to approve the minutes from September meeting all in favor, motion carried. A motion was made to accept the treasures report by Clair, 2nd by Dahl , all in favor motion carried.

Correspondences: Update on the clubs attendance at the PSSA show the end of this month

Old Business: None

Committee Reports:

Trails- No trails report

Membership- Matt working on the membership raffle going out with the membership renewal cards

Safety Course- No report

Board of Directors: No report

Bush dam ride and the New Years Party are both scheduled

New Business: None

Good and Welfare: Club discussion on giving J. Fox 100.00 dollars donation for the passing of his wife and long time member Yavonne. Motion by Dahl 2nd by Jeff all in favor motion carried.

The meeting adjourned at 0945 hrs . by motion Dahl, 2nd by Jeff , all in favor , Motion carried.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

September 16, 2017

The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President John Fox @ 0900 hrs. Those in attendance were : Dave Pavelosky and Matt Bollinger. There was no quorum. No official action was taken at this meeting .

Secretaries and Treasurer report: Matt had minutes and financial reports available. No action.

Correspondences: Quarterly meeting at DEP

Old Business: None

Committee Reports

Trails- Dave gave a report on trail work to be completed

Membership- Matt working on the mailing, will be mailed out after the Powersports show.

Safety Course-

Board of Directors: No report

New Business: John will work on coverage for the PSSA show the end of October.

Good and Welfare: None

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger Secretary

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