Maine's Flagstaff Area ATV Club

Flagstaff Area ATV Club Meeting – 05/16/2010

May 16, 2010/Author Peter  & Nancy Wagner

1.  Meeting brought to order at 10 AM by President Don Plante damp@tds.net 

2. Presidents Report: Don Plante

• Our club is represented on FABA’s new booth backdrop.
• Don’t forget Family Fun Days, June 25,26,27.   Theme “God Bless America”  Decorate your ATV, ride with the club in the parade.  Buy fried dough boys & strawberry shortcakes at our booth.
• FABA asked for a donation to help with Family Fun Days events $100.  Motion made and passed.
• All lobster raffle tickets have been sold.  Drawing will be held Family Fun Days.
• Cathedral Pines landowners & club member appreciation day will be September 18th.
• Club would like to host the Stratton Rec Dept kids ride.  Date t0 be set.
• The club voted to buy insurance on our equipment for $335.00.
• Motion made & carried to transfer funds to the trail fund so we can continue working.

3. Vice Presients Report: Sandi Isgro whwolf@tds.net

• Our club board is talking to State representatives about a weekend pass with lower registration fees for out of state riders.

4. Treasurers report: Bob Dennett rdennett@maine.rr.com

• Bills are paid to date.  Funds are still coming in from memberships and the lobster raffle
• Motion made & carried to sponsor Bob in the Tour de Cure (for diabetes) $100.00

5. Membership Secretary:  Ruthanne Smith Dooer@tds.net

• 195 paid members to date.
• Thanks to all members who have donated & are donating their used goods to our  Eclectic Treasures booth.  We intend to sell lots of “treasures” to fund work on the trails.

6. Trail Master Report:   Dick Smith Dooer@tds.net

• April 21 – Don and I went to Old Town with Carrabassett.  The counsel ok’d the transfer of the trail to Carrabassett ATV.  They turned down my request for the side roads in Alder Stream.  I talked with Jon Roebuck of Life Flight and set up with him to come up to our June 13 meeting to do a presentation.  I picked up a half  lift of  lumber in Stratton and Don and I unloaded and stacked it.  I took the excavator to the top of  Bugeye and graded the rock pile as best I could  Neal, Mark, Jeff and I cleared and put in metal signposts and signed the Eustis Split Rock and Pines trails.  I took the excavator to the center section of the Eustis trail and graded it.  I took the excavator to the end of the Airport road and grated the trail, put in water bars and drained waterholes up to the rocks.  I took the excavator to the End of the Lake Loop and graded, ditched, and cut blowdowns to the halfway point.  Neal and I picked up 4 telephone poles and delivered them to the meadow at Barnard then delivered 30 planks to the board walk on the Stratton trail.  I am planning a work party for Saturday May 22nd.  We will meet at the end of the 1st road to the left on the Rangeley Road between 8:30 and 9:00.  If you are later just follow the trail in.  Rubber boots and quads are mandatory for your comfort.  If you need any more information feel free to call Dick at 246-3201

7. New Business

• Trails intend to open May 28
• Carrabassett Club intends to open May 28
• Any members wishing to help the club on trail work e-mail or call Dick Smith for a note.  This note will make it legal for you to be on our trail before the open.
• We do not have all landowner permission for dirt bikes, motorcycles, or duel sport vehicles to be on our trails
• We will mark our trails that are available to bikes which we do have landowner permission for.
• Members suggested our logo include Maine so we are not confused with Arizona.

Meeting adjourned at 11:12 am

Next Meeting will be on June 13.

Flagstaff Area ATV Club Meeting – 4/11/2010                                                                                                                         Authors Nancy & Peter Wagner 

1.) Meeting brought to order at 10 AM by President Don Plante damp@tds.net  21 members in attendance  

2.) Presidents Report:   Don Plante

• Opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance
• Welcomed Neil Trask and John McCatherine from the Carrabasett ATV Club
• Thanks to all who manned the club booth at the Wilton Sportsman’s Show
• NOTE:  Next year we will need to have a raffle;  it seems other clubs are using it to cover the cost of the booth 
• Lobster Bake raffle tickets are on sale.  Sponsored by the Lions and ATV clubs.  It is a good money maker for us.  $5.00  a ticket.  See any of us to buy one or call Don.
• Family Fun Days June 26th.  Crew will be selling Strawberry Short Cakes and Doughboys.
• Business Member-Arnold Trail Quality Fuel will be under new management, we will need to talk to the new owners about the trail.
• Carrabassett Trail:  Carrabassett Club now has 12 members. We requested Alder Stream and Carrabassett Trail from the Penobscott Nation, we would like to transfer the Carrabassett trail to the new Carrabassett Club.  Motion made and carried to help the Carrabassett Club pay for the Carriage trail this year so that their club can pick up the mileage.  Dick and Don will go with Neil and John to the meeting in Old Town to help them with the process.

3.) Vice Presidents Report:  Sandi Isgro whwolf@tds.net

• We have had requests for extra large and small sizes of our vests.  Should we order more?  Motion made and carried to order a dozen vests and a dozen hooded sweatshirts.
• A money maker for the club. There is an opening at the Eclectic Treasures for $10.00 a week.  Members can drop off items such as furniture, tools, dishes, pots, pans, handbags, crafts etc.. to the White Wolf anytime.  We will get it to Eclectic Treasures.  This is a great way to help the club and clean out our basements.  Motion made and carried to try it out.

4.) Membership Secretary:  Ruthanne Smith Dooer@tds.net

• 159 paid members
• Chuck Estes, thank you for the generous donation to help with postage
• Stickers came in and will be distributed in memberships

5.) Treasurers Report:  Bob Dennett rdennett@maine.rr.com

• Excavator repair of $640.00 has been paid
• Winch will be paid when the bill comes in
• Side by side needs to be registered.  Don will take care of it with the trail fund
• Insurance for club equipment is being sent out for bid
• Thank you to Ron Francoeur for the donation of the lobsters to help our club

6.) Trail Master Report:  Dick Smith Dooer@tds.net

•  I have put up the stop signs because of mud with the tentative date for opening of May 28.  I talked to the Plum Creek forester and he will look at my request at the end of April.  Phil Hill is looking into getting us some metal sign posts.  We have the excavator back and I painted it.  I checked to see if the North Branch Bridge was closed and it was and I will check Brochu Bridge this afternoon.

7.) New business: 

• Neil Trask gave us an update on the new multipurpose bridge to be built over the Carrabassett River
• Barry Craft – We need to start thinking about our landowner’s appreciation picnic.  He offered to do a pig roast again.  Thank you.  Don will contact Cathedral Pines Association for a site for the picnic
• Peter Wagner (Web Advisor) asked for pictures and any other items that anyone would like to put on the web site Peterwagner2@tds.net

Meeting adjourned at 11:10 AM

NOTE: This will be the last newsletter mailed to non club members

Next Meeting is May 16th