Wolff’s Pack Snowmobile Club Meeting Minutes
Mar 12, 2019 at the Neenah Hook and Spear Club
The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by President, Paul Kuehnl.

First order of business:
The February 2019 meeting minutes were read by Jason Ollanketo.
Minutes were accepted and approved.

Treasurer’s Report (Ending 2/28/2019)  
Please join the Wolff’s Pack to see a copy of the Treasurer’s Report.
The Treaasurer’s Report was unanimously approved.

Social / Promotions Committee
Fox Valley Winter Expo:
No updates at the meeting.  The club is planning on doing this event again next year.

Club Raffle:
No updates at the meeting.

County Director’s Report
The AWSC Annual convention will be held March 22-24 at the Radisson Hotel and Convention Center in Green Bay, WI.  Mike Giese will be attending as the Winnebago County Director.  Jason Ollanketo as the WCSA President and WP President, Paul Kuehnl are also considering attending just the general meeting this year.

The DNR was having a public forum on the Blue Mound
State park snowmobile access at the same time as our club meeting.  It sounds like the event was well attended by
local snowmobile clubs.  If you are
interested in providing your own public feedback please visit the attached link
on the DNR’s website.  They are
soliciting open feedback until March 26, 2019. 
The AWSC has taken an interest in this case, because they are concerned
that if one State Park goes against their Master Plan and stops allowing
snowmobile access, other parks within the state could follow suit.

https://dnr.wi.gov/topic/Lands/PropertyPlanning/BlueMound/

Once you access this link, you can scroll down the
page and click on the “Blue Mound State Park Master Plan Online Public Input
Form”.

Trail/Grooming Committee
The club had groomed a total of 80.3 hours as of Friday, March 8, 2019.  The trails in Winnebago County were open a total of 40 days as of the final closure date of Wednesday March 13 at 6 AM.

Membership and Safety Committee: 
We currently have 63 members on our roster.  An additional 2 memberships were sent into the AWSC since the February meeting. 

Old Business
No old business this month.

New Business
Meeting Location for 2018/2019 season
The club talked about moving our club meetings to the new Beehive Barn and Grill starting in September of next season.  No voting has taken place on this topic yet.

Nominations for officers
Elections will be held at our next meeting in April.  There are three open positions that need to be filled for two year terms including Vice President, Treasurer and Mike Thoma’s outgoing board position.

Our Treasurer, Stacy
Frakes, will be stepping down from her role over the past few years.  We would all like to wish Stacy the best
moving forward with a special thanks going out to her for her role in getting
our club setup as a 501(c)3 during her tenure. 
We could not have done it without her.

Nominations are open
for all three positions, so please let us know if you are interested in running
for office.

Club Disk
The board met before the meeting and discussed our equipment needs going forward.  The current disk is in desperate need of replacement after a hard year of working up frozen soil.  The board agreed that the club should actively pursue the purchase of an updated piece of equipment.  Guidelines were set to search for a disk that had at least 20 inch discs and a maximum width between 10 and 14 feet wide.  Disks with wings will also be considered as they offer more weight for better tilling if the wings are left in the up position.  After more discussion during the meeting, Eric Kappell made a motion for the board to spend up to $3,500 on a replacement disk sometime during the next six months.  Mike Bresynan seconded and all approved.  Some of our board members plan to visit some local farm auctions this spring to find the right equipment for us moving forward.

8:21 P.M., Motion to
adjourn the meeting, seconded – unanimously approved.

Attendance: Paul Kuehnl, Grant Wilson, Stacy Frakes, Mike Giese, Jason Ollanketo, Mike Thoma, Scott Thoma, Eric Kappell, Mike Bresynan, Brian Reeves, Stu Hoelzel