October/November Newsletter

Let’s get right down to business! This will be a combined October/November newsletter as we are trying to conserve costs, etc. I think we can get all the business done in one newsletter. First of all I would like to thank all of you who have sent in your 2006-2007 membership renewals. They have been coming in at a steady pace. I would also like to take this time to thank you once again for your kind donations to the groomer fund. Every dollar helps out and it is much appreciated.

This newsletter will be sent to you via e-mail using last year’s list. So if you happen to get this in error and are no longer a member of our club, no longer have sleds, or for whatever reason do not care to receive it, this will be the last newsletter that Jill will be using the 2005-2006 e-mail and snail mail list. So if you have not sent in your memberships for this year, you will no longer be receiving the newsletters and I urge you to check the web site periodically for updates & news. She will be organizing the new list for the next newsletter and those who wish to receive it will get it and those who don’t care to will no longer be getting it. There, now that that is done, on to business.

We will be holding our annual Safety Course for the children on Saturday, December 9th. It will be at the Sportsmen’s Club in Gilford (the usual place). You will need to pre-register your child as we do have a limit on seating. The class normally fills up fast so be sure to give Jill a call at 528-3310 to register your children and/or any neighbor children or friend’s children, etc.

Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 24th at the Sportsmen’s Club. This would normally have been the annual "pizza party" for the after grass drags celebration but this year it will just be a regular meeting. No pot luck, no pizza, just a meeting. It will actually start at 7 p.m. as well so be sure to note the time.

This will be an important meeting as we now have our "fundraiser" in place and ready to roll with it. The board of director’s as well as the club members at our last meeting have voted to try a 50/50 raffle this year as our means of raising funds for the club. This is how it works. It’s a 50/50, meaning the winner keeps half the pot and the club gets the other half. We are only selling 100 tickets and the tickets are $100 each. Sounds scary to try and get this accomplished but everyone feels it’s an easy way to make money for the club and with the over 600 members in the club, we are hoping that we can get these 100 tickets sold in short order. We will draw the winner no matter how many tickets are sold but you have the potential, and most likely probability, to win $5000 if all tickets get sold. We do have a time frame here we are working with though as we voted to draw the winner at the Christmas Party/Yankee Swap on Tuesday, December 12th at Patrick’s Pub & Eatery in Gilford. So here’s the deal, we have 95 tickets left to sell and are looking for club members to either buy one or sell one. We aren’t looking for everyone to try and sell 5 or 10 tickets each, just 1 ticket will do and if all goes well, we will reach our maximum quickly and it’ll be done for another year. We are thinking that if this does sell well that this will be our fundraiser each year which will mean no yard sales, no onion rings at Gilford Old Home Day, no sled raffles, no other haunting the members for fund raising ideas. We are aware that some of you have sent in very generous donations along with your memberships and we do appreciate that and will understand if we don’t hear from you with regards to purchasing or trying to sell a ticket. We are hoping that those of you who have not sent in donations can and will step up and run with this. We feel very confident we can sell all 100 tickets before the December 12th Christmas Party. Give Jill a call or send her an e-mail if you’d like a ticket and she will get one to you. She will also drop off a few at HK Powersports in Laconia as well so you can drop by there and pick one up.

That’s all we have for this month but it’s an important month. Safety Class, monthly meeting and 50/50 raffle! Any questions, comments or suggestions, give us a call or drop an e-mail. Also, be sure to check the web site for updates, work parties and if you have any snowmobile related items for sale be sure to get them to Jill so she can have Linda post them to the classifieds. We have found that the classifieds have worked well in the past for people and it’s free! Think raffle and think $5000 in your pocket!!!

Hope to see some of you at the October meeting!

John Ferguson
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