Wolff’s Pack Snowmobile Club Meeting Minutes
Sept 13, 2016 – Vinland Still & Grill

The meeting was called to order at 7:42 p.m. by President Mike Thoma.

First order of business:
April 2016 meeting minutes were read by Jason Ollanketo
Minutes were unanimously approved.

Treasurer’s Report
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Social / Promotions Committee
President Mike Thoma asked for volunteers to form a new Social/Promotions committee. A sign up sheet was passed around the room and Stacy Frakes and Dave Ariola both signed up for the committee. We are still looking for more volunteers if anyone else is interested.

Katie Samuelson donated some old school snowmobile patches to the club. The board decided to give these out for free at the meeting to anyone who was interested in them. The raffle license has been renewed for this year and expires next year in May.

Trail/Grooming Committee
President Mike Thoma asked for volunteers to form a Trails/Grooming committee. This committee will be led by our elected Trail Boss: Mike Giese. Todd Llewellyn, Stu Brazee, Stu Hoelzel, Mark Covill and Jason Ollanketo signed up for this committee at the meeting.

The new Wolff’s Pack storage shed is finished. Mike Giese installed a garage door, installed electrical and lighting and hauled a lot of stone over the summer months. The groomer, tractor and drag are now all under one roof.

It was reported that Paul Kuehnl installed our new tires on the tractor and it is ready for disking this fall. Jason Ollanketo is currently working on an estimate to redo some of the wiring in the groomer to help address our key switch failing issues over the last few seasons. There is some additional work to be scheduled on the groomer. The tracks need to be tightened up and one of the idler wheels needs to be replaced. Stay tuned for groomer work days this fall.

The club had some discussions regarding the possibility of purchasing tools and or tool boxes for working on our equipment. This discussion was tabled until next month.

Safety Committee
Jason Ollanketo will be teaching a joint ATV/Snowmobile class again this year sometime in December. More information will be available once the class is scheduled.

Old Business
The club will be selling corn at Octoberfest again this year. The corn roaster, propane, 150 dozen ears of corn, butter, fire extinguisher and misc supply duties have all been assigned. The club will once again be shucking corn at Harv Harrison’s house on Friday night (Sept 23) and selling corn on College Avenue all day on Saturday (Sept 24). A sheet was passed around the room for volunteers. The club did decide to purchase additional Wolff’s Pack T-shirts for the event. Anyone who helps at Wolf Pack Snowmobile Club Monthly Meeting Minutes 2010-2011

Octoberfest attendees this year will be eligible for a free T-shirt. We ordered additional shirts in all sizes from Small through 2XL, so we should have you covered. Please let us know if you have the time to help at our biggest fundraiser of the year.

New Business
Stu Hoelzel made a motion for the club to give out a free membership at the October meeting to anyone who signs up and pays for the 2016-2017 snowmobiling season. Scott Thoma seconded. All approved. Membership forms will be available at the meeting. If you can’t make the meeting you can always sign up on our website at www.wolffspack.com.

Board of Director’s Report
The Wolff’s Pack Board met before the meeting to discuss 1 year and 5 year goals for the club.

1 year plan
1) Maintain the snowmobile trails between Lake Winnebago and the Wiouwash.

2) Maintain our current equipment in excellent operating condition.

3) Begin the process of becoming a 501c(3) organization that is capable of receiving tax deductible donations.

5 year Plan
1) Continue fundraising efforts to raise money to upgrade our equipment in the future.

A $40 tab was opened to serve pizza at the meeting.

8:16 P.M., Motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded – unanimously approved.

Attendance: Jason Ollanketo, Stu Hoelzel, Mike and Scott Thoma, Paul Kuehnl, Mike Giese, Joel Vernon, Stu Brazee, Dave Ariola, Katie Samuelson, Todd Llewellyn, Eric Kaul, Stacy Frakes, Michele Covill, Brian Reeves, Harv Harrison, Tom Spierowski