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 Business
The 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