January 08 WWW Newsletter:
The January meeting for the
Weare Winter Wanderers Snowmobile Club was held at the home of Mike and
Christine Duhaime. As members trickled in, we had 21 in attendance.
This meeting was supposed to
be a ride-in meeting, but Mother Nature had other plans. After the meeting we
enjoyed a bonfire.
President:
Secretary report: Donna,read
and accepted.
Treasure report :
Trails: Danny Johnson submitted bills for the Summer
Grant-in-aid. Lake trail will be groomed on Sunday, discussion of trail work
needed to get to George's Pizza, permissions attained and a work party will be
held this Sunday to finish and signage on the Valley
Trail.
Trail administrator: Greg Seaver stepped forwarded and nominated
himself to the "open" position of Trails Administrator.....the
membership unamiously approved.
Trailheads:
Matt Labrecque: A
possible route on higher ground going through the Valley. Every year we
spend countless hours repairing and
rerouting there........Mike Duhaime, has gone and ribboned
the proposed new trail off.
Mike Duhaime:
Danny Johnson: Thibeault
(development) is finished for the Winter. Dimitri's trail is open and
Membership: Betsy says we now have 237 members to date. The
highest number was several years ago when we had over 500 members .Vote was
taken and (approved) to have more WWW Club stickers printed, changing from
the standard white background to a "reflective" white
background color......The Club sticker looks sharp and will look great on your sled.Questions were raised as to where can you get your
sled registered: Milwaukee Iron Works
is doing a fine job for us and we appreciated Doug for helping us out. Another
place is at the Henniker Pharmacy, however, if you do go there please get your
Club Membership from Betsy beforehand as they do not do Club
registrations for us, whereas Doug will.
Publicity: Gene wants the Membership to know that a lot of
work has been done on the trails this year
.And, the more people who
step up to help out,will result in less people who
get burned out by always being the ones needed to get the projects completed.
The Weare Food Bank was
ecstatic over our
Maps : Can we put the club map on our website ? The B.O.D will look into this. It was brought up by
a member that we could sell the Maps though a Paypal
account.
Easter Seals: Donation of $500 for Easter Seals was made by Bucky Buxton and
2nd by Betsy, motion carried.......Any NHSA raffle tickets
should be turned in to Donna.
Points: No report
Social director:
Dianna Merrill,
mentioned that we have 20 rooms reserved,
till Feb 15th at The Town and Country Motel in
Gorham for the Annual Club Weekend.
Please make your own
reservations and remember to tell them that you are part of the
Weare Winter
Wanderers.......they'll have a special rate for you.
Club trip dates are Feb.
22nd,23rd,24th.
Race Committee: Plans are underway for the
Radar Runs - Charity Event,Feb 16. At the moment,the ice is not good and we
need some very cold weather to insure that the event will take place. Please
contact Mike Duhaime to offer your support for helping to set up the track,
(529-7077)probably on Feb 10. The early snows,
actually prevented the ice from freezing solid.........that said, we have to hope that the weather will get cold. Gene will
contact the Son's of the American Legion and the ATV Club to go over the
details. It should be noted that the Son's of the American Legion are
sponsoring The 2nd Annual Jean Roy Fishing Derby that same day and they will serve hot food.Gene, mentions that he'll need help in putting up flyers
and soliciting prizes.
RTP Grant: Discussion on which vehicle will best suit our
needs. Grant application deadline is nearing, Jan 18th and the application
will be submitted in a timely manner
Tim mentioned that anyone
who wanted to see the grant application to please call him.
Cook Shack: Moved to in back of Bucky's
and anyone who wants to help out cooking on a Sat.or
Sun is asked to call Bucky.Last weekend, it was
opened and $ 175. was taken in. Good job !!!
Bucky (and friends ?) served up Hot Dogs, Hamburgers,Fries
and Onion Rings
Charitable Fund : Motion
made and accepted to establish a Charitable Fund, for local families in need.
Club Rides: Please check the web site for postings on Club
Rides.
Tim , thanked many people for putting in countless
hours of volunteer work and in some of the most unpleasant conditions.Most
active members were named for thanks. Matt was thanked for keeping the
website up-to-date (every other day).
Danny made a motion to
adjourn-Bucky 2nd- meeting ended at 9:08pm