Wolff’s Pack Snowmobile Club Meeting Minutes
March 10, 2020 at Bare Bones Brewery

The meeting was called to order at 7:09 p.m. by President,
Paul Kuehnl.

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

Treasurer’s Report (Ending 2/29/2020)
Please join our club to see a copy of the Treasurer’s Report.

The
Treasurer’s Report was accepted and approved. 
A total of 29, $100 checks were paid out for the raffle.  An additional $150 in raffle expenses were
for ticket printing and advertising posters. 

Social / Promotions Committee
Fox Valley Winter Expo:
Paul Kuehnl and Stacy Frakes led a discussion regarding the 2021 Fox Valley Winter Expo.  The Westward HO, Van Dyne Lion’s Park and Headliners were all discussed as possible venues.  Dates were also discussed.  It was decided not to have the event on Jan 9, 2021 due to a conflict with vintage weekend at Eagle River.  It was decided not to have it on Jan 16, 2021 due to Eagle River Race weekend. 

Mike Bresnyan made a motion to have the 2021 Fox
Valley Winter Expo at Headliner’s Bar on Jan 23, 2021 without the use of
Headliner’s ballroom.  Stacy Frakes seconded
and all approved.  Headliners will handle
the bar and food for the event allowing Wolff’s Pack club members to focus on
other tasks.

Club Raffle:  The Wolff’s Pack February Calendar Raffle is over and
ended up being a huge success for our club netting a profit of $2,930.  We will most likely be planning on doing a
similar raffle next season.  Congratulations
to everyone on a great job supporting this raffle and a special thanks to the
Beehive Barn and Grill for their participation. 
We could not have done it without them.

County Director’s Report
The AWSC 2020 Spring Convention was supposed to be held from March 20-22 at the Madison Marriot West in Middleton, WI.  Shortly after our meeting, the AWSC postponed the event due to Covid-19, which has now been rescheduled for May 29-31, 2020.  The AWSC does have rooms blocked and any previous reservations will need to be rescheduled.  The AWSC room block closes on May 8, 2020.

Alliance Meeting Discussions: 
There were multiple discussions at the latest Alliance meeting.  The Winneconne Wolfrunners are still working with the Village to allow snowmobiles in town again next season.  There were also discussions at the meeting regarding the opening and closing of trails in the county.  Some people were upset that we closed the trails before the final weekend of the season for a storm that never happened the following Tuesday.

Trail/Grooming Committee
At the time of our meeting the trails were closed for the season.  On Saturday, March 14, the Trail committee got together and picked up all but four of the signs on the trail.  A special thanks goes out to Mike Giese, Ben Case and Jason and Sawyer Ollanketo for making quick work of the trail pickup.  Ben had to use two different 4 wheelers to get the job done and converted his four wheeler to a three wheeler for a brief time to make it back to the truck.  Check out our facebook page for evidence.

Membership and Safety Committee:  
At the time of the meeting there were 64 members on our active roster including 10 free memberships given to the gracious landowners along our trail.  All memberships this year will expire on June 30, 2020.   The Wolff’s Pack snowmobile club will be teaching a joint ATV/Snowmobile training course in the October timeframe of 2020 at the Boys and Girls Brigade.

Old Business
Nominations:
The Wolff’s Pack Snowmobile club will be holding elections at the April meeting.  The following positions are up for a 2 year re-election:  President, Secretary, Trail Boss and a 2 year board member position.

Paul Kuehnl has accepted the nomination for
President and Mike Giese has accepted the nomination for Trail Boss.  The Secretary and 2 year board member
position currently do not have any accepted nominations.

UPDATE:  Due
to Covid-19 and the Wisconsin Governor’s “Safer at Home” policy, the Wolff’s
Pack April Meeting has been canceled. 
Our planned elections will take place at the September Annual meeting in
light of this new development.

New Business
Club Membership Drive:

The first full year of
the new AWSC membership is coming to a close. 
All current AWSC memberships will be expiring on June 30, 2020.  The Wolff’s Pack Board is interested in
idea’s to try to get our club to start renewing memberships in the April
through June timeframe instead of September through November.  Long term this will be a more viable strategy
to make sure that everyone continues to get their first AWSC magazine in the
late August timeframe.  Jason Ollanketo
agreed to review the club bylaw’s to see if any modifications should be
suggested for future club membership changes. 
Please be on the lookout for future emails on this topic.

8:04 PM, Motion to
adjourn the meeting, seconded – unanimously approved.

Attendance:
Paul Kuehnl, Jason Ollanketo, Dave and Stacy Frakes, Mike Bresnyan, Stu and
Patty Hoelzel, Casey Jost, Don Westbrook

Location:
Bare Bones Brewery, 4362 County Hwy S, Oshkosh, WI  54904