Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance meeting MinutesJanuary 28, 2020 – Tanners Bowl Bar and Grill January 2020 Alliance Meeting Minutes The January 28th, 2020 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:35 PM at Tanner’s Bar and Grill. The December minutes were read by Jeff Miller. Minutes were accepted with a correction to add Berlin River Riders to the list of clubs in attendance. Clubs in attendance were: Springbrook, Wolff’s Pack, Sno-Pioneers, Drifters, Waukau Driftskippers, Sno Scats, Omro DriftBusters, Poygainaire’s, Berlin River Riders, Winneconne Wolfrunners, Eureka Belt Busters Treasurer’s Report The Treasurer’s report was read by Treasurer Lisa Breu and accepted with a motion by Marice Conklin and seconded by Paul Villwock with the following ending balances. Please join the Alliance to see a copy of the Treasurer’s Report. Director’s Report Winter directors meeting was held in Cable. The cable area had the most rideable snow in years. Pres Dave Neuman said thanks for all of the help in this challenging year, with the wet weather and storm damage. The Drifters Bison road trail was accepted as a funded trail. This provides a funded route to Waupaca county. 3000 more passes were sold this year compared to last year The $10.00 pass sold 2180 over last year as of 12/31. 24,430 trail passes were sold in December The year end total is 51,914. The Military ride happened this year. 34 veterans were taken on the military ride. Mike asked how many people use the commercial sponsors section in the magazine. Reducing the number of times published from 3 times a year to once a year is being discussed. VP Lori Heidemann spoke about Silent Sports people trying to pass a bill only allowing silent sports on state lands. This failed miserably. Safety instructors – Discussed bringing back the snowmobile ride part of the test. Exc Dr – Sam Landis – Sam walked Blue Mounds State Park. He discovered the park mowed the grass on the trail down to 2 inches. Yet some people are worried about the snowmobile trail destroying habitat. The Wolf River Bridge was all set to go. Now the Blue Mounds attorney has gotten involved. They are going after technicalities. The DNR cleaning up the language. Support is still needed at meetings The Legislative committee talked about the 40 ft rule. The current rule is that on any US, State, County letter or numbered highway snowmobile trails must be 40 ft off the edge of the pavement. There is discussion about changing this to 10 feet or closer, and ok for two way traffic. 10 feet or closer with permit from maintaining authority. Stormy at the AWSC office mentioned keeping names updated. The name at the club level needs to match the DNR database. This can be checked on the gowild site. GPS and SNARS – There are 120 GPS units in groomers. This is generating a lot of data. A plan needs to be put in place to process all of the incoming data. AWSC membership – If any club has an increase in membership of over 10% their name will get thrown into a drawing for $500.00. Trail and Grooming Report Trails were open for 43 hours from Saturday noon and closed at 7 am Monday. The website was updated on Monday. The Travel Wisconsin website is typically updated on Thursday. Mary who works for Rob Way sends the updates. The official source of county trail status is the phone number. The WCSA website refers to the phone number. The March 7th trail closing date has been removed from thewebsite. It was suggested Rob Way record a shorter more concise phone message. Put the Village of Winneconne update first Winneconne update – Matt Krueger The trail through the Village of Winneconne is closed for the season After putting matts out, additional snow fence, adjusted the matting, and threats to close the trails. There have been more complaints of people riding off the marked trails. Violators are going around no snowmobile signs, and riding around in Marble Park. The club received another list of problem areas from Police Chief. A decision was made at the club level to shut them down for the season. Rob Way has been notified. The Winneconne administrator was upset it was closed. Moving forward – The situation is in a cooling off period. This may be put on the agenda to be discussed at a Village meeting. Sam Landis from the AWSC suggested discussing at a village meeting so everything is recorded in the minutes. Sam thinks the club is in a good place to open up negotiations. It was suggested to work with the chamber of commerce to get the businesses on the side of the club. Signs have been made and placed on each end of the town informing that the village is closed. Map Committee Update Mike had a box of 400 maps at the meeting. Need to log who takes the maps. Map prices are $2.00 each. Clubs get all of the revenue from map sales rather than returning $1.00 back to the alliance. This was changed years ago. UR here maps are here. Paul Kuehnl showed them to everyone. The maps look great. Recommended replacement is 2-3 years. Cost is $40.00 to recover them. New business Duane Luker read a letter from the Berlin River Riders – The letter voiced concern about trails in Winnebago County not opened. Zone 4 was closed which kept the Mascoutin railroad grade in Winnebago county closed. This railroad grade connects Green Lake and Fond du Lac county. The Berlin would like a say if Zone 4 is open or closed. On the day the trails opened Zones 1, 2, 3, and 5 opened initially. There was a 3 hour delay in opening Zone 4 until all of the trail bosses could agree to open. Some trails in Zone 4 were not marked due to unharvested crops. The unmarked trails were marked in the ditches. Jason and Mike suggested that the Berlin club talk to Rob Way to see if there is an option to open the Mascoutin railroad grade separately. Lisa Breu talked about Spring Brook Poker Run Books. Cost of the books is $10.00. The Poker run party at Spring brook Tavern on March 7th. Motion to adjourn was made by Debbie Beyer, and seconded by Scott Hall. Next meeting is Tuesday February 25th, at Tanners Tap at 7:30 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Jeff Miller WCSA Vice PresidentWCSA Acting Secretary Location: Tanner Tap, 207 W Main St. Omro, WI 54963. 2020 Meeting Dates: Feb 25, Mar 24
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance meeting MinutesDecember 18th, 2019 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill December 2019 Alliance Meeting Minutes The December 18th, 2019 meeting was called to order by Vice-President Jeff Miller at 7:35 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. The minutes were read by Paul Villwock. Minutes accepted as corrected. Clubs in attendance were: Springbrook, Wolff’s Pack, Sno-Pioneers, Drifters, Waukau Driftskippers, Sno Scats, Omro Drift Busters, Poygainaire’s, Winneconne Wolfrunners Treasurer’s Report The Treasurer’s report was read by Treasurer Lisa Breu and accepted with the following ending balances. Please join the Alliance to see a copy of the Treasurer’s Report. Motion was made Matt K. and seconded by Debbie Beyer. Treasurer’s Report was accepted. The following clubs have dues outstanding: Eureka Belt BustersSno ScatsWaukau Driftskippers Director’s Report Thanks for the Blue Mound issue support. Get your Trail Passes now or wait later. The AWSC is working on a 24 hr grooming message that they will be recommending be posted on club and Alliance websites in response to a pending lawsuit regarding a grooming getting rear-ended last year. They suggest posting clubs post their own message for now. Trail and Grooming Report Fields are awfully wet out there. There are still crops to be taken off before signing is complete. Sno-Scats has a Fisk Creek reroute. The trail now follows County FF for a bit. Berlin Bridge is not open and since the river is up it and the marsh may not freeze, which may increase traffic going thru Eureka. Eureka Grooming – Mike and Jason went to a club meeting. They just finalized a rental contract and need to get insurance. They still need to contact Rob Way as well. Trail Pass system is working. New trails have been added including some from local clubs. One of clubs has finally gotten a section funded after 20 yrs. The Borth club got the Poysippi Trail added to the list. Wolf’s Pack was gifted a fuel tank. Does anyone need a 275 gallon fuel oil tank? Contact Mike Geise. Old Business Map Committee Update Map are ready for pick up after the meeting. We (Mike & Jeff) are keeping 2700 for next year and will be take note of what is handed out. 23 hours of work @ $50/hr = $1,150. 5,500 maps = $1,780, plus $146.50 tax Where to have Alliance meetings? Tanners Tap is okay with us using their big back room. They would like a 2-3 day. Notice. There would be no charge if patronized. There would be no charge at The Bar and did not look to busy on Tuesday. Mark K motioned to have the meeting at Tanners for next 3 months. Scott seconded the motion. The motioned passed with one objection. UR Here maps were discussed. Did we get a quality map image? Map signs would be 24”x24”. $69.00 per sign in multiples of 8, on a 4×8 3/16 aluminum sheet. Discussed how many and who would buy. It was suggested the Alliance buy map boards for entrances into the county. Mike Geise counted 10 trail entrances and 18 possible locations. Motion to get 16 24×24 county map signs was made by Paul K. and seconded by Kyle G. motion passed. Safety Class Update Drifters had 30 students. Wolf’s Pack had 45 snowmobile and 44 ATV students. All passed but 1 ATV student. Village of Winneconne Belting modified – needed to keep a walking path. New Business Military Ride was cancelled. Since others, advertising support from the AWSC, stepped up to over the event it is on for this year. Mike Geise asked if the Alliance would be interested in continuing its tradition of supporting the event. Paul V. reported that the Sno-Pioneers were and raised $300 last night at the club’s Christmas Party. Motion by Debbie B and seconded by Marcie C to donate $250. Motioned passed. Wolf Pack’s A Drawing A Day raffle tickets are $10. Tickets available at the Bee Hive. Tickets will be drawn @ 6pm daily at the Bee Hive. Mention of a Winneconne High School Ag teacher getting instructor certified with plans to teach DNR ATV & snowmobile safety as part of her class curriculum led to discussion of supporting of Winneconne VIP Ride. Motion to adjourn: Made by Mike, 2nd by Scott HallMeeting adjourned at 8:30 pm. Next meeting is Tuesday January 28th, Tanners Tap 7:30 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Jeff Miller WCSA Vice PresidentWCSA Acting Secretary Location: Tanner Tap, 207 W Main St. Omro, WI 54963. 2020 Meeting Dates: Jan 28, Feb 25, Mar 24
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance meeting Minutes October 22nd, 2018 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill October 2019 Alliance Meeting Minutes The November 26th , 2019 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:32 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. The minutes were read by Jeff Miller. Minutes were accepted. Clubs in attendance were:Springbrook, Wolff’s Pack, Sno-Pioneers, Drifters, Waukau Driftskippers, Sno Scats, Omro Drift Busters, Poygainaire’s, Winneconne Wolfrunners Treasurer’s Report Please join the Alliance to see a copy of our Treasurer’s Report.The Treasurer’s report was read by Treasurer Lisa Breu and accepted with the following ending balances. Motion was made Debbie Beyer and seconded by Paul Villwock. Treasurer’s Report was accepted. Director’s Report Highlights from the Fall Workshop in Appleton.The next time the workshop will be in Appleton is 2021. Gillian Steffens – 16,000 more trail passes than year before. 2 million set aside for storm damage. 30 new bridges, 600 miles of new trails were funded April Dombrowski – Focus this year will be on off trail riding, sound, alcohol violations President Dave Neuman – Was asking for ideas for future workshops. Executive Director Sam Landis – Thanked everyone for showing up to snowmobile related meetings. We have the numbers to make a difference. 4.2million went into the snowmobile program due to extra trail passes sold. Wolf River bridge group filed a lawsuit again and we will most likely have to do this all over again. Public Relations – Paula Gilbrecki talked about relationships with towns. Use Local media, on air personalities. Get to know your county government and your government officials. Know your plow people. Try to work with them. For our county Let Mike know if you have an issue with plowing, for example if they are not winging up at road crossings. Legislation – A Law was passed years ago where you could only have so much money in our trail segregation fund. Nygren and Luther Olson have introduced a bill to raise the ceiling. 40 ft rule only applies to state numbered highways. Legislation is being sponsored to get rid of it down to 10 feet or less if needed. Another bill out there. Kwik Trip is asking for anything up to E15 to be on one hose. Nobody has sponsored it. We want separate hoses for E10 and E15. Magazine – Do you use the commercial sponsor pull out. It costs a lot of money and the AWSC is looking for ways to reduce costs. In the future the magazine may just be online in the future. All memberships expire July 1st 020 12:01am. Memberships sent after April 1st will be held until July. As of Sept 30, 2019 – there were 36, 662 members, and 1188 commercial members. Rothschild will host the workshop in 2022. 533 attendees attended the Fall Workshop Trail and Grooming Report Fields are awfully wet out there Club Trail signs were handed out. Groomer contracts – Mike handed out corrected groomer contracts. There are two contracts. Sign and return the last 2 pages on each contract. ATV Routes – No ATV route on county roads with greater than 1000 cars a day. To designate an ATV route a plan needs to be submitted to the highway department and township. Jason showed the group what the no ATV sign looks like. Wolf’s Pack was gifted a fuel tank. Does anyone need a 275 gallon fuel oil tank? Contact Mike Geise. Old Business Map Committee Update Map ad sales. No payment from Ecklund or Team Winnebagoland. Proof review – Map proof arrived tonight. Jason hasn’t reviewed yet. Please look at your adds and make sure they are correct. Goal is to print on the first week of December. Village of Winneconne Snowmobile fence around basketball court. Fence was added in various areas in the village. North 9th. Layed down all available snow belting. Turning and accelerating areas covered. Belting not secured. Hopefully it will freeze down. Connected pieces lengthwise. Belting donated, stakes donated. Should be ok financially for now.. New Business Revs came in last month and didn’t know we had the room reserved. Rev’s wants $25.00 per night (26.25). We reserved the room for this month and next month. The Bar is available January thru April. They will not charge us. Other alternative Locations suggested were: Westward Ho Tanners in Omro Fin and Feather Eureka Grooming – Mike and Jason may go to the meeting on Monday. Heard from Berlin they bought a drag, possibly a tractor. Rob Way has not heard anything from them. They need a contract, insurance, etc. Website: Last year motion passed to spend $100.00 to change website. Now require $150.00 monthly service. Jason has asked for a motion to spend $300.00. Jason would like to fix the website after Thanksgiving. Jason needs to fix the dealer map ads because now we provide a website add with the map add. Will fix the Wolf’s Pack and the WCSA website with the same access. Motion: Debbie Beyer – Motion to spend $300.00 max to fix the website. Second: Scott Hall Motion passed unanimous by voice vote. UR here maps were discussed. Basically it is our map on a sign. 24”x24”. $69.00 per sign in multiples of 8, on a 4×8 sheet. 3/16 aluminum. Decals only would be $30.00 each for ten or more. $40.00 each for single decals. Discussed that maybe alliance buys one for each club. Locations discussed included one by the lake, intersection 5, and the Wiowash. There are 3 clubs that converge at the Wiowash. Will table until December. Should also be at the county borders. Motion to adjourn made by Marcie Conklin, 2nd by Debbie Beyer. Meeting adjourned at 8:47 pm. Next meeting is Wednesday December 18th, Rev’s Lane’s 7:30 pm. Respectfully Submitted, Jeff Miller WCSA Vice PresidentWCSA Acting Secretary Location: Rev’s Bowl, Bar and Grill, 275 N Washburn St. Oshkosh, WI 54904 2019 Meeting Dates: Sept. 24, Oct 22, Nov 26, Dec 18(Wed), 2020 Meeting Dates: Jan 28, Feb 25, Mar 24
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance meeting Minutes October 22, 2018 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill October 2019 Alliance Meeting Minutes The October 22, 2018 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:35 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. The minutes were read by Jason Ollanketo. Motion to approve the minutes was made by Mark Bombinski and seconded by Debbie Beyer. Minutes were accepted. Clubs in attendance were: Springbrook, Wolff’s Pack, Sno-Pioneers, Drifters, Waukau Driftskippers, Cruising Paths, Sno Scats, Berlin River Riders, Omro Drift Busters, Poygainaire’s, Berlin River Riders Treasurer’s Report Please join the Alliance to see a copy of the Treasurer’s Report. Motion was made Debbie Beyer and seconded by Mark Bombinski. Treasurer’s Report was accepted. Director’s Report 2019 Fall Workshop: October 25,26,27, 2019Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley333 West College AveAppleton WI.You can still register at the $25.00 price. Agenda DNR safety instructor Certificate and Recertification Snowmobile friendly community – Cities have to apply for this designation. 9 communities got it last year. Mostly up North. Applications are on AWSC website Membership Chair and roundtable discussion – Two Saturday Sessions KAOS – workshop how to start one in your club KAOS Silent Auction – They are looking for donations of mittens PR with Paula Workshop – Paula Gilbeck General Session – Sarah Meaney, Secretary of Tourism Jill Steffens April Dombrowski SNARS people Miss Snowflake Contest Banquet Saturday Night SNARS – keep updated every other week. This allows Rob Way to keep an eye on county budget throughout the year. A couple clubs had to be prompted to fill it in SNARS last year. One club didn’t submit anything, and didn’t receive any money. Supplemental is rumored to be 100% Trail and Grooming Report Winneconne – Did anyone check on belting? Groomer contracts – These were at the meeting. For those that groom and those that have funded trails. Some errors were found and all contracts were given back to Mike Giese to get revised. Old Business Map Committee Update Proofs were on display at the meeting. Attendees encouraged to look at the map ads and make sure they are correct. Map ads will be sent to the printer after the meeting. Village of Winneconne Fencing Mark Bombinski will check their storage for fencing Is there any interest in the Alliance funding for signs and fencing? These are road routes and are not funded $500 was brought up with Winneconne businesses donating the rest. 50% matching with copies of invoices was also mentioned. .Winneconne would like to replace all the route signs. This will be a topic at the next Winneconne club meeting. They might need manpower help Motion made by Paul Kuehnl to match 50% up to $1000.00. WCSA would pay up to $500.00 Copies of invoices must be provided. Paul Villwock seconded the motion. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. New Business The Sno Pioneers had a route change. Route will be changing back to the original route through the woods. Map Update -Open discussion Corridor numbers did not change. Club Trails were renumbered. Jason asked if there is an interest for the alliance to pay for two club trail signs for each club trail? There are 18 club trails, which would equal 36 signs. Sign dimensions are 6 inches by 6 inches signs and should cost less than $10.00 each. The Alliance has funded zone signs in the past. A motion passed last year for the alliance to fund intersection signs. There are 25 intersections. If the Alliance orders the signs this would help with consistency across the county. A motion was made by Paul Villwock and seconded by Mark Bombinski to buy the first 2 club signs for each club trail, C1 to C18. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Jason will review the sign handbook and order the proper colors Green Lake, and Waushara County will have a holiday deer hunt. December 24th to January 1st. Duane Luker provided a summary of citations and warnings written by the county snow patrol. Hilltop road by the rec trail was a popular spot. On the lake during fisherees is a popular patrol. We can ask the patrol captain to patrol Winneconne when the trails are open. Someone asked Duane if anything be done about unleashed dogs on the Wiowash trail? Duane said the Sheriff’s Department receives about 100 anonymous complaints a day, so don’t hesitate to call. The county trail map should say no ATV’s on trails in a box somewhere. It was suggested the alliance order some no ATV signs for clubs to get if needed. Jason asked the clubs to check there no ATV sign inventory. Paul Kuehnl from the Wolff’s pack spoke about their Fox Valley Winter Expo on January 4th. This year they will feature Vintage sleds, atv’s and groomer rides. Paul talked about award sponsorships for the various classes of machines. The deadline for sponsorship is December 1st Paul asked if the Alliance would want to participate or help with anything for the Expo? Would the Alliance want to take over the youth events? This will be discussed more during the next meeting. A motion was made by Jim Kumbier and seconded by Marcie Conklin to spend $25.00 to sponsor a trophy class for the Winter Expo. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Debbie Beyer made motion to adjourn. Seconded by Dave Conklin. Meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm. Next meeting is November 26, 2019. Respectfully Submitted, Jeff Miller WCSA Vice PresidentWCSA Acting Secretary
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance meeting Minutes September 24th, 2019 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill September 2019 Alliance Minutes The September 24th, 2019 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:33 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. Clubs in attendance were: Springbrook, Wolff’s Pack, Sno-Pioneers, Drifters, Waukau Driftskippers, Cruising Paths, Sno Scats, Berlin River Riders, Omro Drift Busters The minutes were read by Jeff Miller. Motion to approve the minutes was made and accepted. Treasurer’s Report Please join the Alliance to get a copy of the Treasurer’s report. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s report was made and accepted. Director’s Report 2019 Fall Workshop: October 25,26,27, 2019 at the Red Lion Hotel Paper Valley 333 West College Ave, Appleton WI. Discounted room rates are available until September 26th. Early Bird Registration $15.00 if received by October 9, 2019. $25.00 if received on or after October 10th, 2019. Agenda DNR safety instructor Certificate and Recertification Snowmobile friendly community – Cities have to apply for this designation. 9 communities got it last year. Mostly up North. Applications are on AWSC website Membership Chair and roundtable discussion – Two Saturday Sessions KAOS – workshop how to start one in your club KAOS Silent Auction – They are looking for donations PR with Paula Workshop – Paula Gilbeck Miss Snowflake Contest Banquet Saturday Night Send your Website to Stormy at the AWSC office. There have been a number of wrong addresses sent in to the AWSC office. Make sure your name and address match in the DNR system and your club or it will get kicked back. The Alliance found out in August, that the village of Winneconne was concerned about damage caused by snowmobiles this last year. Village government representatives wanted a meeting or they were going to shut down the trail through the village. Damages included scratches on the concrete on the new bridge. The issue is the whole south side of the bridge was supposed to have a snowmobile friendly coating put on the concrete. Due to cost issues the coating only spans from water line to water line. The ends of the bridge without the coating was scratched by carbides and spikes. There were scratches to concrete in various places in the village along the snowmobile route. Basketball court in Marble Park was damaged. The court is not near the trail and was in need of resurfacing prior to the snowmobile damage. WCSA officers met with village government representatives and agreed to work with the Winneconne Wolfrunners to protect these areas from further damage. Ideas were discussed during the alliance meeting on how to best protect the bridge. Ideas included rubber belting laid down on the bridge to protect the concrete and snow fence in residential areas to keep snowmobiles on the trail. Belting 4 ft in width would be ideal. It is estimated the west end of the bridge could take a piece 60 yards in length, and east end would need 40 yards. Mark Bombinski will check on the leftover fence from the nationals. Michaels Quarry would be a good candidate to see if they would have any belting to donate. There will be reroute through the village on 9th street south to Riverview Drive. This is a more direct route with less turning. Jason proposed spending some Alliance money on snow fence and other materials to prevent damage to city and residential property. No numbers were discussed. Just trying to gauge interest. Supplemental paid out at 50%. The payout will be sometime in October. There may be a second check but not sure of percentage or when it would be paid out. Trail and Grooming Report The wet weather this year has resulted in lot of fields that did not get planted. This could result in more winter wheat being planted across the county. Please remind your clubs to keep up with SNARS reporting. SNARS should be filled out within two weeks of doing work. Timely updates to SNARS will not only ensure that clubs get the money that is owed them but will help Rob Way from the county understand how much money is left in the budget. As the end of the season approaches Rob can predict if money is left over for extra work projects. Grooming contracts are not ready. Contracts should be available next month at the WCSA meeting. Make sure reimbursement checks are sent to the right person in your club so they get cashed in a timely manner, otherwise it could affect supplemental. Mike will check if contracts can be scanned and emailed after signing, or if they can be dropped off. Old Business Map Committee Committee discussed a blowup of the Village of Winneconne on the map. We can mark each of the businesses on the blowup portion or mark all of the business with one number which would allow the road route to be shown better. Eureka would benefit from a map blowup because Eureka is so small on the map. The committee doesn’t anticipate needing a blowup for Omro because there are not as many businesses. The goal is to have a map proof ready for the October meeting and maps ready for the November meeting. Springbrook is getting and add from West Side Tire. New Business Omro Driftbusters have been an active for 50 years. They received a certificate in the mail from the AWSC. Received a check for $161.50 from the Winnebago County Fair for bartending on Thursday Night. Next year we have Friday night so we should be busier. Some people in attendance were not aware of this event. WCSA meeting dates were set. They are: Sept. 24th, Oct 22nd, Nov 26th, Dec 18th(Wed), Jan 28th, Feb 25th, and Mar 2nd. Additional meeting reminders were requested. A week ahead of time and a second one a day or two before would be ideal. A request was made to add the meeting minutes to the website. We could use a volunteer to update the website. This might be a good activity for a younger member of one of our clubs. 09/25/2019 Update: Jason updated the website with all of our scheduled meetings for the 2019/2020 snowmobile season. Minutes have been added through our March 2019 meeting. See the attached link. http://winctysa.org/calendar/minutes/ Jason will be teaching a snowmobile/atv safety class the second week of December. The Drifters will be teaching a class on December 4th and 7th. A request was made for a sno patrol update from the sheriff’s department? Duane Luker will put some numbers together. A question was asked if the bridge in Winneconne could be groomed? It would require a small narrow groomer. Skippy from Springbrook has a small groomer used to groom the Springbrook trail. Jeff Miller will check with Skippy to see if he would be interested. At 8:40 PM, a motion to adjourn was made and approved. Next meeting is October 22nd, 2019. Respectfully Submitted, Jeff Miller WCSA Vice President WCSA Acting Secretary
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance Meeting Minutes Mar. 26, 2019 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill March 2019 Alliance Minutes The Mar. 26nd, 2019 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:30 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. The minutes were read by Paul Villwock. Motion to approve the minutes was made and accepted. Treasurer’s Report Please come to our meetings to see a copy of the Treasurer’s Report. Director’s Report Convention report: Will know by Aug. about funding trails next season. FEMA funds available for public lands & private with 25 yr easement. GPS units in groomers future possibility and might be able to make units an expanse. There have been 19 deaths this season. Memberships will end on June 30th – recent renewals won’t be entered until April. A PR person was hired to counter recent anti publication and he seems to have had a positive affect giving the reporter a new perspective. Same law firm is making these cases against the DNR on hopes of a technicality. Stouber Lake sled access pushed ahead by the county. The 40ft/headlight barrier rule is under review and the AWSC hopes to make it 10ft. AWSC and DNR hope that the redirection of State gaming funds in the Governor’s budget was a mistake. Early (Deer) Hunts are to be voted on in mid-April. Our county didn’t have one last year. They could delay marking trails until February. Watch CRP rules change for something that might affect us. There were 157,084 trail passes sold. No “dealer’s” portal. Larry Erickson suggests to always have access to a tracked unit. Please update SNARS weekly. All 72 counties open for 6 days. Supplemental Funds do carry over so there is a sum available for tapping. Couple fatal groomer accidents. Law suit in process against groomer after being hit by sled. Forest County had a fatal groomer-sled accident. This year $7,224 was raised for KAOS (14-18 yr old participants). World Vintage Museum is looking for (club, etc.) patch donations. Trail and Grooming Report Trail were open for 40 days (all zones even). Mike doesn’t remember the when the last time was. The Driftbusters resolved an issue with a landowner over a sled passing to close to their chicken coup. Winneconne trails remain unchanged – still plowed bare with a 7am-10pm restriction thru the city so most take the waterway. Old BusinessThe Map Committee has only received a few ads. Please submit any renewed ads. There will be a Map Committee at 7:30 pm meeting on April 23rd at Rev’s. Motion made and seconded to accept unanimous nominations. The Vice-President will serve as the acting Secretary. The Secretary position is open. Duties per By-Laws: Section 3. Secretary a. The Secretary shall take the minutes of all meetings. b. The Secretary will prepare the agenda with the Chairman; c. The Secretary shall read at each meeting the minutes taken at the last meeting; d. The Secretary shall be responsible for maintenance of the official list of the organization members, to include mailing addresses and telephone numbers; e. The Secretary shall be responsible for all organizational correspondence; f. The Secretary shall keep the Chairman informed of organizational correspondence; g. The Secretary shall be responsible for providing copies of the minutes of the previous meeting to each board member prior to an Executive Committee meeting and to each officer prior to the beginning of any regular meeting; h. The Secretary shall keep a list of scheduled events of all clubs activities and attach them to the regular meeting minutes. New Business Omro Drifter Busters have the Festival brat stand on April 27th. Springbrook is having a Dewalt Lawn Care raffle for blower, hedger and string trimmer on April 9th. Liberty Mutual Insurance representative made an appearance – 10% AWSC discount. At 8:22 PM, the motion to adjourn was made and approved. Respectfully Submitted, Paul Villwock WCSA Secretary Location: Rev’s Bowl, Bar and Grill, 275 N Washburn St. Oshkosh, WI 54904 Next meeting will be on September 24, 2019
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance meeting Minutes Feb. 26, 2019 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill February 2019 Alliance Minutes The Feb. 26nd, 2019 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:34 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. The minutes were read by Paul Villwock. Motion to approve the minutes was made and accepted. Treasurer’s Report Please come to our meetings to get a copy of the Treasurer’s Report. Director’s Report The Spring Convention is at the Radison in Green Bay, which is full, on Mar. 22-24. Early registration ends 3-7. The AWSC and DNR want all trails GPS’ed by April 1st. Keep applying for grants to add routes, trails or improvements. Trail and Grooming Report At this point trails have been open 24 days. At the present, drifts are a problem and watch for downed trees and other debris. Only 2 clubs have their SNARS records up to date. Please submit reports promptly. One club has had a problem with trespassing – riding all the way up the hill to trail. They put up gates and signs. Speaking to the county supervisor solved the issue of the county plow winging out to far. Old BusinessMap Committee – Jason worked with the county and got the trails marked as desired but when zoomed out to the county level a lot of the detail is lost. Jason met someone from Douglas County that who was able to add our GPS tracks added to Polaris Ride Command. Jason is not impressed with current printer. It was suggested to list ads by zone. New Business DNR/County funds don’t cover GPS’ing reimbursement so Jason asked if the Alliance wanted to reimburse members and suggest various ways. A motion was made and seconded to pay $.58/mi for a total of 500 mi max. and it passed. Officer Nominations – open this and next month. Jason nominated Lisa and Mark for their positions and Lisa nominated Jason for president and they accepted. There are 5 map boxes left. Hexco and Team Winnebago have maps. The Wolff’s Pack has maps if anyone needs them. Website Updates: Motioned and passed to spend $100 to get website software working. Omro Drifter Busters have the Festival brat stand on April 27th. At 8:22 PM, the motion to adjourn was made and approved. Respectfully Submitted, Paul Villwock WCSA Secretary Location: Rev’s Bowl, Bar and Grill, 275 N Washburn St. Oshkosh, WI 54904 Mtg. 2019 Dates: Mar 26
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance meeting Minutes Jan. 22, 2019 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill January 2019 Alliance Minutes The Jan. 22nd, 2019 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:40 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. The minutes were read by Paul Villwock. Motion to approve the minutes was made and accepted. Treasurer’s Report Please come to our meetings to get a copy of the Treasurer’s Report. Director’s Report Mark Bombinski attended the AWSC meeting in Mike Giese’s place. The proposed membership dates are July 1st to June 30th. There will be a $2/member dues increase. (Last was $6 to $10 in 2003.) Most clubs said they won’t be increasing club dues. The increase to a $50 trail pass mentioned earlier is not likely. Trail and Grooming Report No trails were opened yet this year. Snow in southern WI and northern IL is may be enough to open trails in some southern counties. Remember tails are open by Zone so call Mike Giese with updates and he will contact Rob Way and Jason Ollanketo. Old Business Map Committee – All but Marble Park trails GPS’ed. Such trails/spurs are too small for map. They must be longer than 0.2 mi. There are 18 club trails, 8 are main (funded) trails. Trails numbers go left to right, top to bottom. There will be some slight renumbering of trails & intersections. ATV routes will not be added at this time. The committee would like current ads renewed so a total of new ad spaces can be determined. (Pricing $75 single, $150 double or $225 triple. Clubs get $25/ad.) Jason is working with the printer on the format issue and has contacted the county for help. Warriors Ride – Good turnout. Sno-Pioneers got recognition and an award for highest club donation. They rode with Mike G’s rookie group. Toilet seat award to a member in their group. AWSC elections – Mike Giese is Director and Mark B is representative by unanimous election. New Business Springbrook Poker Run books are due March 9th. Books are available at the stops. At 8:10 PM, the motion to adjourn was made and approved. Next meeting is February 26th. Respectfully Submitted, Paul Villwock WCSA Secretary Location: Rev’s Bowl, Bar and Grill, 275 N Washburn St. Oshkosh, WI 54904 Mtg. 2019 Dates: Feb 26, Mar 26
Dec 2018 WCSA Mtg Minutes
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance Mtg Minutes Dec. 19, 2018 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill December 2018 Alliance Minutes The Dec. 19th, 2018 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:32 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. The minutes were read by Paul Villwock. Motion to approve the minutes was made and accepted. Treasurer’s Report Please come to our meetings to see a copy of the Treasurer’s Report. Director’s Report Mike Giese was absent. President Jason Ollanketo read notes from Mike. There will be a board meeting to the AWSC membership term changes so it can be voted on in March. Seven Lakes Trail issue was a win for the motorized groups. There will be immediate allowance per the Master Plan. Trail and Grooming Report All clubs have their trails signed for the most part. There has been progress GPS’ing the trails. Some sections still need to be GPS’ed. Remember trails are open by Zone so call Mike Giese with updates and he will contact Rob Way and Jason O. Old Business Maps – Map printing company couldn’t open any of the GPS file formats. Jason is working with them on the issue. The Wolf Pack’s Snowmobile & ATV Safety Class had 8 snow and 10 ATV students. Drifters Snowmobile Safety Class had 8 students. WATVA is working on legislation changes to mimic the snowmobile’s Safety Class online age limit. Warriors Ride – Sno-Pioneers donated $1,420 after a fundraiser during their Christmas party on Tuesday. Langlade County Bridge issue – it was reported that over 300 showed up at the council meeting. The lack of space nearly canceled the meeting. There was plenty of support – no objections to continuing with the project’s approval process. New Business Liberty Mutual Insurance Representative to be at next meeting. Website Updates – new Poyganaires membership. Watched a video of the Winneconne bridge pilons being blown up. AWSC nominations – Mike Giese for Director, Mark Bombinski for representative (accepted). Winter Expo – space is still available to promote club (approval needed). At 8:22 PM, the motion to adjourn was made and approved. Next meeting is February 26th. Respectfully Submitted, Paul Villwock WCSA Secretary Location: Rev’s Bowl, Bar and Grill, 275 N Washburn St. Oshkosh, WI 54904 Mtg. 2019 Dates: Jan 29, Feb 26, Mar 26
Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance Meeting Minutes The Nov. 27th, 2018 meeting was called to order by President Jason Ollanketo at 7:35 PM at REV’s Bowl Bar and Grill. The minutes were read by Paul Villwock. Motion to approve the minutes was made and accepted. Treasurer’s Report Please join the alliance to see a copy of the Treasurer’s report. Director’s Report Mike Giese’s dog ate his notes from the AWSC Fall Workshop. (He brought proof.) That was a good thing as the agenda had him limited to 10 minutes. The KOA report response from the snowmobiling community was low and we are the largest group. It was reasoned that was because we are interested in keeping the trails we have rather than getting new trails. Still, in the future we need to be more responsive and voice our opinions. Stephanie Klett debuted some new tourism videos made by brothers from Wisconsin. Blue Mound issue is stalled by law suits. The new Miss Snowflake is a UW-Stevens Point student. The membership date change to the AWSC By-Laws will be voted on in March. Trail and Grooming Report SNARS data is available for all to see without logging in. There are ranking and rating spreadsheets for new trails. There is $500,000 set aside for storm damage. Sno-Pioneers, Wolf Pack and other clubs plan to sign trails on Dec. 1st. Remember trails are open by Zone so call Mike Giese with updates and he will contact Rob Way at the Parks Dept and Jason Ollanketo to update the website. Old Business Maps – Map printing company did not reply back as to which GPS file format works. New mapsize of 19.75×29 adds a fold for a cost of $470 (approx. $140 increase). The Wolf Pack’s Snowmobile & ATV Safety Class is December 6-9pm on the 4th & 6th and 8am-3pm on the 8that the Boys & Girls Brigade. Drifters Snowmobile Safety Class is Dec. 5th & 8that Headliners. New Business Insurance – Immunity Clause protects landowners if they are not paid (over $2,500). Land owners’ names must be correct if listed. It costs $10 per owner to list to have coverage until clause settles issue. Some clubs list owners while others do not. Verbal agreements between snowmobile clubs and landowners suffice. A 210-230 hp JD tractor rental is $3,300 for 100 hrs. Wolf Packs Vintage Show is Jan. 5th and has free admittance, 16 classes, and a max. class fee of $20. Meeting in Langlade County this week Wed. at 1 pm over bridge proposal. December meeting date will be Wednesday the 19th if room is available. Alternate date is the 26th. At 8:25 PM, the motion to adjourn was made and approved. Next meeting is December 19th,2018. Respectfully Submitted, Paul VillwockWCSA Secretary
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