On the trails with Rural Cass Snowmobile Club

Monthly club meeting called to order by VP Toby Bryson at 7:03pm. Hagge’s Bar, Mapleton, ND

14 members present. 3 new/potential members joined as well! Club President Symington absent.

Old Business Discussion. most items tabled.

Treasurer summary. Zach Bohn. Sign post bills. $2,400 West Side steel. 600 posts. $259 Sanders for 600 step ins.

New Business.

1. Sign building. Wyatt Kram. Wyatt stated he has 125 sign posts welded and ready for faces. we need more faces. We have faces on order with the state. Rod Clouse is heading that direction next week and can potentially pick some up. however, the state may not have anything until state convention. Jeff Kolnes reached out to the Red River club President Pete Miesen to see if they had anything. They will be getting back to Jeff. Potentially doing sign building Friday evening at Wyatt’s shop.
2. Trail Signing. 0% done trail wide. Sounds like this weekend many members are going to try knock out their sections. We need to have completed by December 15th. Trails can potentially open Dec. 1st.
3. State Convention. Dec 8th-9th in Jamestown. Would be nice to get a solid club presence since its close. Brent Haugen is going for sure. Other members expressed interest. As in the past, the Club is willing to cover bills for those that attend.
4. Diversion. Club members had a meeting with ASN last week. We expressed that we want to continue our trail system to include Harwood from the West and North during diversion construction. They are permitting us to run the trail through their work zones. We need to make sure the trail is well marked in those locations.
5. Trail section signing breakdown. was discussion of changing out some members that may be stepping aside. This will be discussed in further detail at meetings going forward. As a club, we will step up and assist all sections to make sure signing gets completed.
6. Groomer operators. Toby had spoken to an interested individual that runs groomer in MN. He would be willing to run Mondays/Tuesdays for our club. Discussion on pay, etc.
7. Gaming. Zach Bohn. All paperwork has been submitted to the Attorney General with state of ND. Zach has been following up and has not been given a time table as to when it will be approved. “they are behind” is all he is being told. Jeff Kolnes reached out to Allan Schimmel, who works under the attorney general to see if he could assist in getting the paperwork approved. waiting to hear back on that. Once approved, we will have gaming in the Harwood Grill & Saloon!
8. Snowmobile safety class. discussion of holding a class in Harwood Community Center. Snowmobile ND does not require in person safety classes, but Brent was going to see what we could put together after the state convention.
9. Club Sponsorship Coordinator Rod Clouse will be reaching out to Acme to see if we can get another Milwaukee Rivet gun so we have two of them to assist in building signs. Zach motioned, Jeff approved purchase of one if needed.

VP Bryson adjourned meeting at 8:25pm. Next meeting set for December 19th at Pit 88, Amenia, ND.

Think SNOW!!!!

Club Meeting.
Tuesday, August 29th.

7pm. Harwood Grill and Saloon.

Our club has been presented an opportunity we need to discuss and vote on ASAP. It could be a great opportunity to improve and sustain the club for years to come. Please make it out if you are available!

we will also address regular start of season items.

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