PCAA Monthly Meeting
EOC Room, Pierce County Courthouse
Ellsworth, WI
October 20, 2008
Meeting called to order by President Eric Markwardt at 7pm.
Secretary's Report
The minutes from the September meeting were offered by Dick Wall.
Motion by Darren Place, second by Terri Klawiter to accept minutes as
is. Motion carried.
Treasurer's Report
Copies of the Treasurer's Report were provided by Tony Brantner and
discussed by Eric Markwardt. For the month of September income was
$33.75 from dues and donations. Expenses were $196.05 for check blanks,
advertising for the Family Fun Day, postage, map printing, and
miscellaneous expenses. Motion by Dave Swenson, second by Darren
Place to accept treasurer's report. Motion carried.
Old Business
- Discussion on routes and trails offered by Darren Place, Larry Johnson, Scott Jones and Eric Markwardt. More emphasis to be given to new trails going forward.
- Trail Patrol Update offered by Larry Johnson.
- In
absence of Training Coordinator Clark Goodwin, Todd Johnson
offered and was able to secure the dates of Jan 21, 22, and 24, 2009
for the next training class to be held at the American Legion,
Ellsworth, WI. Eric Markwardt will contact the DNR for the most recent updated training materials.
- Club Ride update offered by Larry Johnson. No ride is
planned yet but hopefully something will be nailed down in the near
future and an exact date to be published on website.
- Gross proceeds from the Family Fun Day and Landowner Appreciation
event at the Gas-Lite on Saturday, October 11th were approximately
$3000. Net proceeds should be in the neighborhood of $2500.
Further financial details will be available at the next monthly
meeting. Thanks to all of the volunteers for donating their time
and to the businesses that donated items for door prizes and the silent
auction.
New Business
- Discussion to concentrate on trying to develop new trails off the already approved routes.
- Motion
by Todd Johnson, second by Larry Johnson, to permit Terri Klawiter to
offer T-shirts for $10.00 instead of the previous $13.00 in order to
more closely align with the prices being charged by the snowmobile
clubs. Motion
carried.
- Todd and Jody Johnson offered update on the fund-raiser being
conducted by several bars in East Ellsworth. The donation is expected
to be $800 with the possibility of a $200 matching grant from State
Tavern League. Jody will be coordinating publicity for the donation
with the bars and the PCAA.
- Dick Wall offered his resignation as Secretary for personal reasons effective this date.
President Eric Markwardt stated an election to fill Secretary vacancy
will be held at the November meeting. Postcards will be sent to all
members notifying them of the vacancy and soliciting nominations.
- Dave
Swenson offered that the club could take over the meat raffle on the 3rd
Thursday of each month from the snowmobile club at the Bighorn Bar,
Beldenville. Motion by Todd Johnson, Second by Scott Jones, to accept
this offer. Motion carried. Meat raffles to be coordinated by Terri Klawiter
and Scott Jones.
Motion to adjourn by Scott Jones, second by Terri Klawiter at 8:15p.m. Motion carried
Respectfully submitted,
Dick Wall, Secretary