May 3rd Meeting Notes
Mark Lynch called the meeting to order with 26 members present.
The treasurer’s report was read and accepted. The secretary’s report was read and accepted.
Old Business:
Connellsville Heritage Parade The Connellsville Bicentennial Parade was full and we were unable to participate this year. We will plan on the Mt. Pleasant Glass Festival and Scottdale Heritage Parade.
BBQ Tickets We still have our semi-annual BBQ/Meat tickets for sale. The tickets are $3/each and there are 80-100 of them left on the Daily number for Sunday, May 21, 2006. The ticket is sponsored by Espey’s Meat Market. The winner receives $250 cash or Gas Grill and ¼ Beef and ½ pig. ALL tickets must be turned in and/or mailed to Fred Lamolinara with money previous to Saturday May 20th, 2006 in order to be valid. If the winning ticket is not turned in with money, it will not be a valid ticket. Tickets and stubs can be mailed to Fred Lamolinara, 259 Clairmont St, North Huntingdon, Pa 15642.
Quad Tickets Quad tickets will be handed out at the rally or sent through US Mail next week.
ATV Safety Class The safety classes on May 20-21 are full.
Letter from Attorney – Landowner concerns There is a fence up on the property outlining our parking area. The club signed an agreement with property owner to cover any and all attorney fees if applicable.
Rally Work List - Rally A rally work list was passed around for members to sign up and volunteer for the day. We have decided to host a bake sale for Ms. McFeely to manage. Members are asked to bring bake sale items, individually packaged to the rally on Sunday.
There is no camping for the rally. We need additional help on Saturday to get ready for the rally and at least 5 members will need to be posted on the trails on Sunday. We are looking for a new parking area for both the rally and future events.
PaCleanways Our PaCleanways was completed on April 22nd, 2006. 5 members worked over 4 hours in the pouring rain to gather garbage and pile it on the road for the township supervisors to collect. The supervisors collected 2 dumpsters full of garbage. We still need to arrange another day to do another section of Wash Run Road. We will organize this day in June or the fall.
New Business:
Marienville Fire Department Tour De Forest We received a brochure promoting the Marienville Fire Department’s Tour De Forest on May 20-21st, 2006.
Scottdale Heritage Festival We will be setting up a booth at the Scottdale Heritage Festival on September 15-16-17th to promote the club and our Open House in December.
Polaris T.R.A.I.L.S. Grant
http://www.polarisindustries.com/en-us/OurCompany/News/PressReleases/PolarisGrantsMoreThan260000toATVClubs.htm
We are pleased to announce that Polaris has awarded ICV a $5000 grant to assist with repairing our trails and parking area in 2006. The official press release is linked above. After the meeting on 5/3/06 we had a reception celebrating the receipt of the award with ice cream cake and a presentation from Eric, owner of Polaris of Donegal. Eric indicated that Polaris is the first, and to date, the ONLY manufacturer giving back to the ATV community in the form of grants. He expressed his gratitude for the club and working alongside the club to assist us with anything we need.
Polaris of Donegal
http://www.polarisyamaha.com/shop/index.htm
POLARIS/YAMAHA OF DONEGAL 3407 Rt 31 West DONEGAL, PA 15628
Phone: (724) 423-7897 Fax: (724) 593-4289 email: yamaha@lhtc.net
50/50 The collection for 50/50 was $58, Gary Morris for $29.
There was a motion to end the meeting and eat cake by Ray McFeely, Dave Schomer 2nd the motion.
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