April 5, 2009
Next Membership Meeting is April 8, 2009 7:00 @ Smiley’s.
Elections
We have accepted nominations
for officers at the February and March meetings. The installation of officers will take place at the April
meeting. To date the following Spuds
have accepted their nomination for the following positions:
Vice President Rick
Rossier
Treasurer Deb
Berkholtz
Secretary Trish
Bey
Director – 3 Mark
Paul
Currently Eric Liazuk has two
years remaining on his Director position and John Herek has one (1) year
remaining on his Director position.
Dave Kreutzer has completed his 3 year tenure as a Director.
At
the March meeting Eric Liazuk was nominated for President. It should be noted that Eric was not in
attendance at this meeting, so he has yet to accept or decline this
nomination. Prior to the election of
officers, we will again address our options on nominations for President of the
Plover Spuds on Snow.
Audit
“The
Board of Directors shall act as an auditing committee and shall audit the
financial books of the treasurer and report the results of such audit at the
next regular membership meeting prior to the election of officers”. This was discussed at the February and March
meetings. I believe the audit of our
books will have been completed by the April meeting.
Summer Campout @ Vista Royale in
Bancroft
For those
club members that are interested in camping, the PSOS have held a campout for
the last several years at Vista Royale in Bancroft. We again have plans to be at Vista Royale the weekend of June
19-21 (Father’s Day Weekend). In the
past, this has been an excellent time for club members to get together and
relax. We need to finalize the details
at the April and May general membership meetings. Please call Brian or Diane Fitzpatrick @ 341-0601 for
details.
Plover Trail to Smiley’s and the
Elizabeth Inn
I received
an email on April 2, 2009 from Dan Bemowski of the Arnott Area Start Riders
that reads:
I am writing to inform you that the
Arnott Area Star Riders are abandoning
the Plover Trail. Due to the added responsibility given to our
club for next
season,
we will no longer be marking, grooming, or maintaining the trail from
the Highway B railroad grade/
railroad tracks south to the Elizabeth Inn.
We
will still claim ownership of the
trail from the Plover railroad crossing access
East to the state corridor.
If the Plover Spuds on Snow
Snowmobile club would like to pick up the
responsibilities of this trail, the
Arnott Area Star Riders have voted to allow this.
If the Plover Spuds on Snow agree to
pick up this trail, they will need to purchase
all the needed signs and arrange for
grooming. You will need to acquire the
annual landowner permission.
As of today’s meeting and once we
pick up all our signs, then that trail no longer exists.
Feel free to contact me with any
questions or if you need a clarification.
This does
not come as a total surprise. I believe
Arnott has normally contracted Almond to do the grooming. This is only a club trail, so there is no
state funding available. I actually
think that as a snowmobile club, it a benefit to now have some portion of a
trail that we are responsible for maintaining.
The Plover Spuds on Snow would be financially responsible for
maintaining this trail. At this time I
am unsure if either Smiley’s or the Elizabeth Inn shared in any of the
financial costs associated with maintaining this trail. .
I will
contact Dan before our Wednesday meeting for a clarification of details.
Time for a Change
This will
be my last meeting as President of the Spuds.
I have served as President for the last four years, and prior to that
was Vice-President for three years.
Last year I agreed to be President for one more year. In recent months my job has required more of
my time.
This will
also be my last newsletter. I will be
willing to provide the new President with assistance during the
transition. I will continue to be
involved with the activities of the Spuds.
Thanks to
all our members for their support over the last seven years.
April 8 (W) @ 7:00 Regular
membership meeting
&
installation of new officers @ Smiley’s
May 13 Regular
membership meeting @ Smiley’s
June 19-21 Campout @ Vista Royale
Dues: $20 for
single, $30 for family, and $50 for commercial membership.
Mail your membership to:
Plover Spuds on Snow, PO Box 661, Plover, WI. 54467
Brian Fitzpatrick
Plover Spuds on
Snow - President