Winnebago County Snowmobile Alliance Meeting Minutes
Nov. 28, 2017 – REVS Bowl Bar and Grill

November 2017 Alliance Minutes
The Nov. 28th, 2017 meeting was called to order by vice-president Mark Koplin 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 county alliance to see a copy of the Treasurer’s Report.

The Treasurer commented that 8 of the 12 clubs have paid their dues. The web site hosting fee was paid (Half by the Wolff’s Pack Snowmobile Club and ½ was paid by the WCSA. Correction: The P.O. fee is a bi-annual. The Treasurer’s report was read and accepted with the following ending balances.

Director’s Report
Mike Giese gave an AWSC update. There are 22 clubs in “snow mobile club jail”, two of which are in the WCSA, for not having an official club of 10 or more members. The annual VIP Ride in Eagle River will be February 18-19th.

AWSC – Coordinator position open, VIP Ride, Looking for workshop ideas, Blue Mounds Trail issue back on the table after judge’s ruling, New “Club of the Year Award” for next year, bridge spec., Be sure groomers have reflective tape in case strobe dies, Should there be just 1 annual meeting instead of 2 (save $600K) and if so when?

DNR Trail Fund Allocation – (approx. totals) 5.6M: $200/mi, 100K for storm damage, 900K in bridge rehab (taking priority until bridges are up to par – 12’ wide, 25,0000 lb rating), 16K in rehab, no new trail funding until maintenance is caught up.

SNARS – Finally got word that Rob is working on entering the groomer info. Mike emailed the regional rep. Faith Murray about contacting him. He has contacted her back about issues he is having with some of the grooming equipment. Clubs can still GPS trails if they are able to.

Dan Meyer has been named the new DNR Secretary.

Winneconne bridge – promised to have a route during construction, maybe 2nd St.

Trail and Grooming Report
Pre-season – Trails are closed.

Old Business
Map boxes are here. Pick yours up.

New Business
Alliance GPS – a motion was made to purchase a GPS for Alliance use. After some discussion the motion was revised with a cap of $400. The motion was seconded and passed. (Scheels had a Garmin 64 on sale for $220.)

Special Officer Election – Dwight Mason spoke and offered to finish out the year as president. Mark Koplin was asked if he was willing to be president. His work schedule was a concern. There were no nominations from the directors in attendance. One proposal from Paul Villwock was for him to be President and Secretary. Another was for Paul to be the Treasurer & Secretary so Jason Ollanketo could be president as the same person cannot be both the president and treasurer per state and federal organization statue. After some discussion a motion was made, seconded and passed for Jason as President and Paul as Secretary/Treasurer.

Mike Giese will again run as the AWSC director. He would ask Mike Thoma if he run again as the County Representative.

At 9:05 PM, the motion was made and approved. Next meeting is December 26th, 2017.

Respectfully Submitted,

Paul Villwock
WCSA Secretary

Location: Rev’s Bowl, Bar and Grill, 275 N Washburn St. Oshkosh, WI 54904
Mtg. Dates: Sept. 26, Oct 24, Nov 28, Dec 26, Jan 23, Feb 27, Mar 27