April 2006
Greetings:

Here we are, into April and "still" waiting for that big snow storm!! Guess it’s not going to happen this year. What can we say? Some of us actually did get in quite a few miles this season, had to trailer to do it but it was possible. Had some nice riding up north as well as north of the border.

This newsletter will be our last one for the 2005-2006 season. The next one won’t come out until late August/early September, when renewals are sent out. All in all we had a pretty decent turnout of renewals, considering a lot of people never registered their sleds this year. We thank you for joining, even if you didn’t actually register a sled. The revenue certainly is appreciated as we have received the official letter from the Airport Authority’s attorney not to come back next October for our grass drags. So we’ve put the club in "cost cutting" mode.

Our last meeting of the season will be held Tuesday, April 25, 2006. This will be a pot luck supper as they are the most popular meetings. So bring your favorite dish & beverage and we’ll see you between 6:15 & 6:30 at the Sportsmen’s Club. After the supper we’ll hold our meeting with the election of the board of directors, whose terms have expired. They are as follows: Bill Bickford; John Decato; Norm Daigle; Eric Lovering; Smitty; Steve Whalley. I would like to know if any of you would not like to renew for 2 more years. We will need to find replacement(s) if any of you are looking to step down, so please let us know ahead of time if you will be stepping aside. Also, if there are other directors whose terms are not up for expiration but would like to step down as well, please let us know. Seems that everyone has tons of things going on and some of you seem to have lost interest and are not attending the director’s meetings for some reason or another. So if this is you, by all means let us know.

Trails are all gated & closed for the season. Jersey barriers are still the method we are leaning towards for the problem areas to keep out the 4 wheel drive trucks, etc. We are putting out a call to see if anyone out there has machinery, or the use of machinery, capable of moving the jersey barriers to some of the remote locations in the woods. We are unable to reach some of these locations using a truck/trailer combination so a machine capable of lifting one end and pulling them to the location will be required to get this accomplished. Give us a call or send an e-mail along if you have access to any equipment and can lend us a hand getting this done before the trucks get out there and destroy the trails further.

We thank all who showed up to help dismantle the Lakeport draw bridge as well as the palates on the bridge by Irwin Ford. Your help was much appreciated and after having the RR car misplaced, it was found far from where it was supposed to be. It was found in good shape. We’ll have to double chain it this year.

The 37th NHSA annual meeting will be held at Camp Sno-Mo on Saturday, May 6th. We are allowed 11 delegates for voting purposes and if anyone is interested in attending, please let Jill know before April 30th as she needs to get a head count to them by that time. There is a BBQ lunch planned and last year it was very good. Registration is from 10 a.m. - 11:30 with lunch from 11:30 - 1 p.m. with the meeting actually starting at 1 p.m. I believe last year it was over somewhere around 3 p.m. It’s a great chance to see Camp Sno-Mo if you’ve never been there. Be sure to get in touch with Jill by the April 30th deadline if you are interested in attending.

That’s about all we have for this year. The grass drags were a nice source of income while we were able to have them but now will have to come up with a Plan B for money making ideas!! Have a safe summer and check the web site periodically for any happenings over the summer!

John Ferguson - President
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