Annual Meeting with Elections
and an Award!
Our
Annual Meeting took place at Duffy's Restaurant in Orland on
April 11th with social hour at 5pm, dinner at 6pm followed
by a meeting . The membership voted for the cost of
meals to be paid for by the membership this year with the
exception of the Member of the Year. Les Grant was
awarded Member of the Year for earning the most incentive
points, largely from selling over 200 Super Raffle Tickets!
Congratulations Les!
We also have some returning Officers as well as newly
elected ones
for the 2010-2011 season.
Chris MacLeod, President
Andrew Osborne, Vice President Elect
Laurie LaViolette, Treasurer
Kathy Gray, Secretary Elect
Kenny Chase, Trail Master
More news from the meeting
Our Club is hoping to have a picnic pool Party on July
17th, hosted by our Vice President elect and his spouse
Venie.
We also hope to participate in the Bucksport Bay
Festival on July 25th this year by having a fundraising
booth and perhaps even a float in the parade.
Additionally, we hope to have more fundraisers in the
fall, through the winter and the spring. Members
expressed a high level of motivation to contribute.
We need to recoup financial losses suffered over this
past season. Your participation is needed and very
much appreciated. a
Visit this page often for updates on upcoming events!!!!
Thank you.
News From the Past
Family Snowmobile Club received
an Organized Land User Group Award Tuesday October 20th at the 2009
Landowner/Land User of the Year Awards Banquet!
We see you taking that picture
Chris
Great Pond Mountain
Conservation Trust nominated us for this award.
In this photo: Andrew Osborne, Les Grant,
Laurie LaViolette, and Chris Macleod
Venie Osborne and Don LaViolette were also in attendance.
photo by Alan Swett, MSA
The event took place at the
Augusta Civic Center with several of our officers and members in
attendance to receive the award. The Awards Banquet was sponsored
by the Mane Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and hosted by the
Maine Snowmobile Association in cooperation with the Landowners and
Sportsmen Relations Advisory Board
The award, nomination letter, and picture will be on
display at our next meeting
Participate
in the ski-doo
MILLION$
club support program.
See page14 in the October 2009 issue of the Maine
Snowmobiler for details!
Super Raffle Time!
Several volunteers braved
the cold at Verso mill in Bucksport on Thursday and Friday October 15th and 16th to sell
Super Raffle Tickets with half the proceeds going to the MSA and the
other half to our Club!
Laurie LaViolette and Michael Hall pictured here.
(Barry Robertson, Al Farah, Chris MacLeod and Sue
MacLeod also volunteered)
Introducing... Member of the Year!
This year we are implementing a
points program to boost motivation and participation in our club.
The member with the most points at the end of the season will be honored
with a $50 gift certificate to Automatic Distributors and a Club jacket!
Points can be earned in a wide variety of ways.
Activities Eligible for Points
Fall trail cleanup
5 points
Grooming or groomer repair
6 points
Participate in fundraising
5 points
Each raffle ticket sold
1 point
Organize an overnight club trip
5 points
Attend an overnight club trip
2 points
Attend an MSA Directors Meeting
3 points
Attend a FSC meeting
3 points
Organize and lead any day trip
5 points
Attend any day trip
2 points
Maintain website
5 points
Bring food to a meeting
2 points
Bring in a NEW member
3 points
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