Called To Order @7:05 – Moved to Social @7:55

• Trail Updates
  • Watatic
    • Reached out to DCR – want us to get trails going in Watatic mountain area
    • Meeting coming up next week – President and Secretary will attend @ Willard Brook St. Park Building (Wednesday).
    • Trails in the Watatic region are within about 2 mile of our existing (extended) trail system.
    • We reviewed the DCR contracts with SAM – we all agree they need to be adjusted prior to the club signing on – the disagreement points will be discussed at the Wednesday night meeting.
    • We also reached out to the Friends of Willard Brook – they do trail maintenance and general work in the Willard Brook park (and area). We will meet with them Thursday February 7 also at the Willard Brook State Park Building.
    • They have an event coming up on March 1 @ the Main gate of Pearl Brook – perhaps we can get the SAM trailer and go there to promote snowmobiling.
  • General
    • Trail behind 13 is currently not in grooming condition – too much mud – we need a big freeze to get the trail back on track – warm weather and rain has killed the Rt 13 to Power Line passage.
    • Net to get the groomer logs submitted – hopefully the Secretary can consolidate these and get them into SAM by the next SAM meeting. (NOTE: If you did not get your grooming time to the Secretary yet, now is your last notice). Also note – no guarantee SAM will honor the late logs (we have to get better about collecting and submitting these).
    • The Grooming sled is underpowered – could be clutching – not sure – gets stuck and track does not spin – just revs full speed, and belt smokes up.
    • Club suggested selling the grooming sled and looking for something with more power, and perhaps a longer track (like a 2-up) – Secretary suggested a Ski Doo 377 2-up like he had previously – those machines were great groomers.
    • Secretary has GPS maps for all the various trails, and will try to put together a master map – Really need it for the Poker Run.
• Events
  • Poker run is scheduled for Feb 11
  • Last year the person who closed the trail by Page St mentioned we could use that route for special events. President will reach out to them to see if we can get a 1-weekend pass for traveling over this area.
  • Need to do Poker Run setup on Saturday before
  • Donation this year will go to the trust fund set up for Canna's son – the trust has been set up through the Bank of America
  • President will create a flier for distribution – focus will be on contacting the club for details on how to participate.
  • President will look into getting it posted on the public TV station as well.
  • Club members are encouraged to distribute locally – pizza shops, Powell's, Culley's, etc.
  • In order to complete planning – we will have a special club meeting Wednesday February 6.
  • Tentatively we can set up either in Powell's pit, or at Shady Point – President will contact both land owners and determine which place is best.
  • President will also contact Hickory Hills association to let them know there may be more traffic than normal on that weekend in the HH land and lake.
  • Club will bring grills and supplies to base camp via car/truck the morning of the event – more details will be covered at the special meeting.
  • Hoping to have hamburgers, hotdogs, chips, soda, etc. - Food will be via donation
  • Need to see if we can get a porta-pottie donated for the event.
  • Lastly we will need some firewood so we can get a warming fire going at the base camp.
• Club Trip
  • Rangely Trip was a great success
  • Had 18 sleds in a row at one point – no break downs – nobody got lost
  • Everyone had a great time
  • Need to plan another Club Trip – February perhaps.