January Alliance Minutes

The January 22, 2013 meeting was called to order by President Jim Kumbier at 7:30 pm at the Oshkosh Lanes.  The Secretary’s report was read and accepted.  The Treasurer’s report was read and accepted with the following balances:  WCSA Checking Acct. $4,479.45, Grooming Fund Savings Acct. $626.58, WCSA Savings Acct. $6,704.75, Certificate $10,648.94 and Passbook Savings $25.15.

Directors Report:

Winter Directors meeting was held in Wisconsin Rapids several weeks ago.  The CAP/STEP Program is once again moving forward.  One of the items that will be voted on at the March Convention is if they should raise the workshop registration fee from $10.00 to $15.00, clubs should let Mike know how you want him to vote.

Trail & Grooming:

Zones 4 and 5 were open for 17 days, Zone 2 was open 14 days and Zones 1 and 3 were open 9 days.   Several clubs reported having some sign vandalism.  There are still some bags that need to be put out.

Old Business:

Trail Map Boxes – it was asked to have the new boxes  made taller.  There was over $300.00 collected so far from the maps, as you collect the money, please get it turned into Diane and keep track from which location it comes from.  Jim had questioned what we should be doing with this money, and was decided to keep it for printing more maps.  There are maps here tonight if anyone needs more.

Web Site:

Jason reported that the website is up and working.  Anyone can get signed up on the website to receive updates.  Every club can have a page on the website and if you get club info to Jason he will get it put on the page. There is also a calendar on the website where monthly meetings can be posted along with any club functions.  The total bill turned in so far was $1050.00 (900.00 for original bid, 120.00 for hosting plan and 30.00 to transfer the domain name).

Reminders:

Get all trail disking / leveling bills turned in along with any grooming bills, all bills need to be mailed or faxed into the parks dept. Also club insurance certificates need to be mailed into the parks dept., if you need a copy contact Schwartz & Shea.

Opening and Closing of Trails:

Jim will not be opening any trails UNTIL he his contacted by the Trail Boss to tell him to open them.  All clubs should be communicating with other club members on the trails and then having the trail boss contact Jim or Mike.  The Parks Dept. will only take the open/close requests from Jim or Mike.

New Business:

AWSC Convention will in held in La Crosse on March 22-24, 2013.

Election of County AWSC Director & Rep. will be held at the Feb. meeting.  Jim opened up nominations and a nomination was made for Mike to remain as the director.