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Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

May 15, 2021

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

April 17, 2021

The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President J. Greeley @ 0915 hrs. Those in attendance were : John Fox, Matt Bollinger, George Bollinger, Bill Swords, Dave Pavelosky, Janet Pankake, John Greeley, Monique Bates, David Keim and Duane Sterner.

Secretaries and Treasurer Report: Matt read minutes from the March meeting and on a unanimous motion by G. Bollinger and Pankake they were approved. Matt and Janet also provided the financial report and by unanimous motion by Pavelosky and Swords was approved.

Correspondences: There was none.

Old Business: The trail groomer drags are in the process of being upgraded. The PSSA spring meet is on April 21 from 7-9 pm via zoom. Some members do not have internet access to attend. The appreciation dinner has been changed to be held at the Pine Creek Inn due to the fire at Katies and will be at 5 pm. G. Bollinger and Fox will get together with invite names.

Committee Reports:

Membership: 133 with 8 businesses.

Trails: Dave. Pavelosky advised the work details will be held June, July and August on the last 2 Saturdays of each month. St. Mary’s club has a bridge available if the club is interested. G. Bollinger and G. Greeley will go look at it and report back to the membership.

Board of Directors: No report

New Business: Discussion of a club trip will begin at the Sept. meeting.

Good and Welfare: Next scheduled club meeting is September 18 at 9 am.

The meeting was adjourned by unanimous motion at 1016 hrs. by G. Bollinger and Swords.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger, Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

March 20, 2021

The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President J. Fox @ 0915 hrs. Those in attendance were : John Fox, Matt Bollinger, George Bollinger, Bill Swords, Dave Pavelosky, Janet Pankake, John Greeley, Monique Bates, Ted Snyder, Sherry Snyder,Randy Shaffer,Christine Brown, Travis Brown, and Clair Daugherty.

Secretaries and Treasurer Report: Matt read minutes from the February meeting and on a unanimous motion by Pavelosky and Pankake they were approved. Matt and Janet also provided the financial report and by unanimous motion by Pavelosky and Greeley was approved.

Correspondences: John Fox was still waiting to hear if the PSSA spring meet was being held.

Old Business: The groomers are both fixed and John Fox told the membership it took 9 days to get the axle shipped last month. It was motioned by Greeley and Pankake to donate 300 dollars to Mr. Long for the use of his building in the repairs to the groomer. All were in favor and the motion passed.

Committee Reports:

Raffles: No active raffle.

Trails: Dave. Pavelosky gave the trail report as follows: Pipe below the EFSC is out of the ground, the bridge at J. lehmans needs the sides replaced. It was also discussed about the road into lyman park not being open to snowmobiles again this year when it was stated it was opened up. John Fox is in contact with West Branch twp. on this. Also discussed was the biggest problem this season was the plowing of roads. The club will need to get answers from DCNR however meetings with them have not occurred since the Covid started.

Membership: Matt stated that memberships are still coming in and had no official report.

Board of Directors: No report

New Business: Election of Offiers as follows : J. Greeley President, J. Fox Vice President, M. Bollinger Sec. Treas., B. Swords asst. sec. treas, G. Bollinger BOD by unanimous motion of T. Snyder and D. Pavelosky. The appreciation banquet will be May 15th at Kaytees.

Good and Welfare: Next scheduled club meeting is April 17th at 9 am.

The meeting was adjourned by unanimous motion at 1028 hrs. by a Pavelosky and T. Snyder.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger, Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

February 20, 2021

The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Potter Snowmobile Club was called to order by President J. Fox @ 0930 hrs. Those in attendance were : John Fox, Matt Bollinger, George Bollinger, Bill Swords, Dave Pavelosky, Janet Pankake, John Greeley and Monique Bates.

Secretaries and Treasurer Report: Matt read minutes from the Januaruy meeting and on a unanimous motion by Pavelosky and G. Bollinger they were approved. Matt and Janet also provided the financial report and by unanimous motion by Pavelosky and Swords was approved.

Correspondences: The club received a letter from the Pa dept. of State asking the club to respond by the end of the year on weather it continues to operate by our official name. By not doing so may allow other organizations to also use our name. By unanimous motion of Greeley and Pankake it was approved to allow Matt to respond that we continue to operate solely by our official name.

Old Business: The groomers are both broken down right now. 1 with a broken axle and the other with starting issues.

Committee Reports:

Raffles: 50/50 was drawn and R. Hutson was the winner in the amount of 282.50

Trails: Trails are in decent shape so far. Grooming activities are not happening due to break downs.

Membership: Matt stated that memberships are still coming in and we have 110 so far with 7 businesses.

Board of Directors: No report

New Business: Nomination of Offiers as follows : J. Greeley President, J. Fox Vice President, M. Bollinger Sec. Treas., B. Swords asst. sec. treas, G. Bollinger BOD.

Good and Welfare: Next scheduled club meeting is March 20th at 9 am.

The meeting was adjourned by unanimous motion at 1045 hrs. by G. Bollinger and Pankake motion.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger, Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

January 16, 2021

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, George Bollinger, Bill Swords, Dave Pavelosky, Janet Pankake, and Clair Daugherty.

Secretaries and Treasurer Report: Matt read minutes from the November meeting and on a unanimous motion by Pavelosky and Pankake they were approved. Matt also provided the financial report and by unanimous motion by Daugherty and G. Bollinger was approved. There was no December meeting. Janet provided the calendar account balance.

Correspondences: Letter from Crown Park Inn in Caribou Maine inviting the club to join them sometime

Old Business: Snowplowing continues to be an issue on a lot of roads. The club will contact state forest offices to help get some answers.

Committee Reports:

Raffles: Postpone until February meeting

Trails: Trails are in decent shape so far. Grooming activities as time permits.

Membership: Matt stated that memberships are still coming in.

Board of Directors: No report

New Business: By unanimous motion of Pankake and Pavelosky it was decided to send a 100 dollar donation to the Cherry Springs Store for maintaining the Skandik. Also by unanimous motion of Pavelosky and M. Bollinger it was decided to donate 500 dollars to the East Fork Sportsmans Club for the use of their building. Additionally by unanimous motion by Pavelosky and M. Bollinger it was decided to have both groomer drags modified to fit each groomer properly so each groomer could be placed in a better location with the correct drag .

Good and Welfare: Next scheduled club meeting is February 20th at 9 am.

The meeting was adjourned by unanimous motion at 1028 hrs. by a Pavelosky and Daugherty motion.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger, Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

December 19, 2020

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

November 21, 2020

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, John Greeley, Monique Bates, Bill Swords and Clair Daugherty.

Secretaries and Treasurer Report: Matt read minutes from September and October and on a unanimous motion by Greeley and Daugherty they were approved. Matt also provided the financial report and by unanimous motion by Greeley and Daugherty was approved.

Correspondences: Due to not meeting in October Matt had asked the membership to Back approve the purchase of the annual raffle tickets that the club has purchased in previous years, which was approved by unanimous motion by Greeley and Swords.

Old Business: There will be no club trip for 2021 due to the ongoing Covid travel restrictions in place.

Committee Reports:

Raffles: No report

Trails: John reported that the trails are looking pretty good and that a few members have did some cleanup in preparation of the upcoming season.

Membership: Matt stated that the memberships would be done today and ready to go out if those in attendance helped get the postage on the envelopes.

Board of Directors: No report

New Business: By unanimous motion of Greeley and Daugherty it was decided to renew the web site hosting fee for the club in the amount of 250 dollars.

Good and Welfare: Next scheduled club meeting is December 19th at 9 am.

The meeting was adjourned by unanimous motion at 1007 hrs.

Respectfully,

Matthew Bollinger, Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

October 17, 2020

The October meeting of the SPSC was called to order at 0920 am by President J. Fox. In attendance was : John Greeley, Clair Daugherty, Janet Pankake, Monique Bates, and Bill Swords.

Secretaries Report: No minutes available for review

Treasures Report: No financial report available for review. Janet gave a report on the calendar fund.

Correspondences: None.

Old Business: None.

Committee Reports:

  • Trails: J. Fox stated trail from Rt 607 to Keating Summit is clear.

    • Also end of Whitney’s to Wharton is reported clear.

    • Groomers have been run to make sure they are ready for use.

    • Bridge @ Burge Run: Boards are broken on both sides. Need a work detail to fix and/or assess.

  • Membership: Matt needs 100 more membership tickets. John G. motioned to get 300 more tickets (500 total), 2nd by Bill Swords. All in favor, motion carried.

  • Kids Winter Ride: More info forthcoming and to be announced at time.

Board of Directors: None.

New Business: There was no new business.

Good and Welfare: Jean: doing well. Ed Lawver, no change. Leo Miller was in the hospital and is now in rehab. He is dealing with several health issues at this time.

Black Forest Club has canceled breakfasts due to COVID-19

Adjournment at 1010 by motion of John Greeley and Clair Daugherty.

Respectfully,

Bill Swords, Asst. Secretary

Southern Potter Snowmobile Club

September 19, 2020

 

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