RURAL CASS SNOWMOBILE CLUB MONTHLY MEETING MINUTES

April 18, 2023

Pit 88, Armenia, ND

14 members present & Riley

7:06 pm. Club President Symington called the meeting to order. 

Treasurer report

• $47k in bank
• Still owed a possible $3k from state for grooming reimbursements

Old Business.

• Season sponsorship dollars totalled around $7300. SnowJam netted about $1800.
• season membership was 103 paid memberships

New Business

• Club Goal, Grow club until we get our own state owned groomer
• Sign removal. Hoping to get it all done the weekend of April 29th, weather pending.
• Next season advertise to pay groomer operators to get more participation. State covers $14/hour. Maybe offer $25/hour? Offering to College kids/non-members. We need more active groomer operators.
• Set a summer club get together/cookout/sign building party. Spencer is going to order 1000 new sign faces/posts.
• Look into local summer parades to participate in with a club float(Harwood-o’rama, Casselton summer fest, Leonard Days, West Fest, etc)
• At summer get together, set details for fall kick-off party
• Do a club raffle(200 mini sled?) starting this summer and ending at SnowJam 24’
• Look into trail reroutes next season due to diversion around Harwood. Also look into hooking into Cattails trails in Hunter. Long term goal would be to add a loop into Grandin.
• August the Club officials will be meeting with the Diversion Authority again to see what can be done for next season trails around Harwood.
• Sell the trailer sitting behind the Connex on the north loop

By-Laws

• We updated a number of club by-laws to better suit the current club and membership. 

Annual Club Officer/Board of Director Voting(all 1 year terms)

• Spencer Symington – Re-Elected President
• Toby Bryson – Elected Vice-President
• Zach Bohn – Re-Elected Treasurer
• Jeff Kolnes – Elected Secretary
• Brent Haugen(past president) – Elected Grooming Coordinator
• Rod Clause – Elected Fundraising Coordinator
• Dirk Horak – Elected Communications Director
• Paul Schlabz – Elected North Loop Trail Coordinator
• Tim Tigges – Re-Elected South Loop Trail Coordinator

8:45 Meeting adjourned