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Bridgton Easy Riders, March 2009
President Blaine Chapman started the meeting at 6:45pm. Treasurer’s
and secretary’s reports were read and accepted.
Blaine introduced Bill Preis, a former President of the club and Bob and
Judy Pelletier.
Winter Carnival: $400 profit. Leftover food used for poker rally.
Poker Rally: 138 cards sold for poker rally. Blaine thanked Joann
Brill for getting all the prizes. $1,850 profit from the rally.
Trophies were given with gift certificates instead of just $$ prizes.
Winners were pleased with trophies and gift certificates. Steve Brill
suggested bigger trophies for next year. Blaine wants winners to be
able to take tophy home on their sled.
Map Boxes: Jimmy Allen has been collecting money from boxes.
$257 was collected since last meeting. Total this season collected
from boxes is $753. All profit to club. Business ads pay for
the maps.
Bob Grace from Pumpkin Valley grooming 4.3 miles of club trail. Bob
is doing a great job but he doesn’t fill out grooming cards. Next year
he has to fill out grooming cards. Joe Pyne made a motion to give Bob
Grace what we get for grooming - $430. Phil Garbardi seconded..
All other clubs stopped grooming last week. We are done grooming now.
We will be meeting at a different place. CMP does not allow outside
sources to use their facility any more. Where do we hold meetings now.
This month and next month will be at the Community Center. Next year
Community Center not available on Thursday nights. Town office downstairs
but no kitchen facilities. Another day? Bill Preis said they
used to meet at the Congo Church (could be a charge now) but Weight Watchers
meets there on Thursdays.
It was decided to brush the few wet places now as easier access now.
Meet at Chapter 11, 8am on Sunday
Blaine mentioned we need a nomination committee: Phil Garbardi, Richard
King, Bill Kelley.
Election of officers next meeting. Vice President to replace Richard
Sens, Secretary to replace Nancy King, Director to replace Joann Brill and
Trail Master to replace Steve Brill.
Joann Brill made a motion to have the guys build a new bigger snack shack.
JanChapman seconded.
Grant from US Dept. of Agriculture for a groomer is being looked into.
Steve Brill said the Madawaska trip was a good time but he would like to
see more people going.
Richard King brought up the Naples Club letter in the paper thanking landowners.
Blaine will write a thank you to all those who gave prizes for the rally
and the landowners.
Joann Brill made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Donna Grover seconded.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
Bridgton Easy Riders, February 2009
President Blaine Chapman called the meeting to order at 6:45pm. Treasurer's
report was read and accepted. Secretary's report was read by Joann Brill
in Nancy's absence. Correction was made on donation amount to Presque
Isle. Correct amount is $100 not $200 which was a typo. With correction
report was accepted.
Steve talked on chainsaw. Not good. Saw sitting at Blaine's.
Phil made a motion for the club to buy a new chainsaw. Seconded
by Richard. Will be purchased next fall.
94 members which is down from 110 last year.
Maps were discussed. Blaine received a call from Joe Higgins that
he had noticed on the map that it says landowners do not all give permission.
MSA does not like that. Need to fix that by next year.
Winter Carnival: Blaine thanked all who helped. Only
made profit of $400. Need to find things to do on Sunday to bring people
in. Maybe stop selling sausages as hard to cook and maybe bring in french
fries. Lake Region House of Pizza will donate fryerlator. Lake
Region House of Pizza gave Blaine $103.00 for 10% of food sold to snowmobiliers.
Donna Grover said club should give Lake Region House of Pizza some kind
of recognition. Anyone with ideas on how to earn more money during Winter
Carnival weekend, please let us know.
Denise Sullivan donated her winnings from Sebago Rally to our club.
The man who was stuck on our trail with a car, his son sent $100.00 to cover
trail work.
Talked about who takes over club assets if club goes down. Steve found
out from Bill Pries that it is in past meeting minutes that it goes to town.
Blaine talked about equipment brake downs. Steve and Blaine went to
Cooks to pick up parts.
Talked about looking into grant for new tucker through MSDA. Blaine
knows someone to ask to help with this.
Club ride to Sebago Rally with 26 members. Blaine thanked all for
doing it.
Poker Rally looking for volunteers. Will try to stay off lakes. Passed
around a sign up sheet.
Blaine would like to have a Fund Raiser Committee for next year to help
with all this work.
Talked about trail report. Need to do signing. Will do first
of week.
Blaine went to meeting on new trail to Magic Lantern. All thought
it was a good idea but when it went to Selectment Meeting they tabled for
this year. Reason was concern with narrow bridge and sleds going up
roads and noise. They will look into it for next year.
Steve asked about a Safety Check on trail. Blaine said it was a good
idea, maybe on Munk Rd. Will look into it.
Phil introduced a new member Bob Pellitier.
A motion was made to help Bob Grace from Punkin Valley Restaurant with fuel
for grooming trails. It was approved.
Next Friday February 20th a group is heading for Madawaska. All are
welcomed to go.
Bill made a motion that the meeting be adjourned at 8pm. Seconded
by Joann. Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
Bridgton Easy Riders, January 2009
President Blaine Chapman called the meeting to order at 6:45pm
and wished everyone a Happy New Year. Treasurer's report and secretary's
report were read and accepted.
Members = 77
Maps - If anyone sees anything on map that needs to be changed, please
let Blaine know. 1100 maps at $1.03 each no tax. Need to pay
Henry tax for maps. Jimmy Allen will distribute map boxes. Little
Mountain Store wants a map box (different owner).
Winter Carnival - 1/24 & 1/25 at Highland Lake. We are responsible
for the food booth, fire pit, rides, etc. Lot going on at lake.
Poker Rally - 2/14. License paperwork has been received. Lot
of info to collect for it. Fryeburg has moved their rally date. Question
was asked of what will happen to club dollars if we disbanded. Go
to who? Discussed in detail. What is fine if we don't have a
license? Steve made a motion to allow Blaine to work with the Board
of Directors for approval to go forward. Ronnie seconded.
Trail work was discussed in detail - water hole at Geyger's fixed., Bear
River Bridge has new wooden rail, Carol Rd no longer have , Hio Ridge/302
got a load of fill dumped, Moose Pd Trail coming back up Knights Hill Rd
finished, Groomers - Blaine thanked Gary Allen very much for all his work
and the use of his garage. Steve's trailer fixed, Saw waiting for a
handle, 6 wheeler started having problems. Air filter replaced. Scandex
is at NE Boat because doesn't start. New cleats ordered ($87.08 each).
Letter from Presque Isle received because volunteers getting hurt. Phil
Garbardi made a motion to send them $100 from club. Bill Kelley
seconded.
Blaine questioned if people were interested in having club rides. Most
people were interested. Will try to have a club ride after Winter
Carnival and before next meeting.
Phil Garbardi asked if anyone knew of any children who are handicap who
need assistance (need a wheelchair, ramp, etc.). Looking for names as
the Knights of Columbus would like to assist the family.
Joe Pyne mentioned that AARP (Hartford Ins. Co.) has good rates for snowmobile
insurance $75 full coverage on sleds. Steve asked if you have to have
auto with them. Joe said no.
JoAnn Brill made a motion to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King
Bridgton Easy Riders, December
President Blaine Chapman brought the meeting to order at 6:40pm.
Treasurer’s and Secretary’s reports were read and accepted.
Members = 69 (last year at this time had 60) MSA tickets sold
684 for a profit to the club of $342.
Maps: Final draft meet Tuesday night then goes to printer.
Blaine received correspondence from Shawn Sherman, All State Insurance
stating $75/year for snowmobile insurance. Blaine passed the info around
in case anyone was interested.
Blaine also mentioned that Naples Custom Motor Sports was offering 15%
off all parts and snowmobile service.
Winter Carnival -- January 24 & 25
Poker Rally – February 14. Blaine checked into a gaming license
and paperwork is being sent to him. We will be up against Naples Carnival,
Fryeburg (on Sunday) and Denmark rally. Masonic Hall is all set.
Bill Blake made a motion to replace Steve Brill’s bent axle on his trailer
the club borrowed and to get broken chain saw fixed. Linda Kelley seconded.
Tucker side rails have been put on. Tucker is ready to paint.
Blaine has the paint and asked for volunteers. Drag needs to be washed
, primed and painted. Work will be done at Gary’s garage. Vic
volunteered and Jimmy Allen will help him.
Steve Brill had checked hours spent so far. 407.5 hours this far
not counting the 60+ hours Gary has done.
Rob Moore made a motion to buy new cleats (out of Canada) for new tucker.
Passed.
Trail work was discussed in detail. Still a lot of brushing to do.
Blaine mentioned the passing of a long time member, Rena Ward. A
card was sent to Basil.
Blaine thanked Steve Brill for all the work, attending meetings, etc.
that he does for the club. Applause followed. Linda Kelley thanked
Blaine and Jan for all the work they are doing for the club. Again,
applause followed.
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 7:16pm. Christmas party
followed.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders, November
President Blaine Chaptman brought the meeting to order at 6:43pm.
He thanked everyone for the food that they bring. Treasurer’s and
secretary’s reports were read and accepted.
Wood was sold. Money deposited.
Family members to date: 43 Business memberships
to date: 37 MSA raffle tickets sold to date $420 with a
profit to the club of $210.
Map meeting: Blaine got map back to make changes, etc. Pressed
for time to complete maps. Blaine was sure that there are things
that can be done differently another year. Blaine will get map back
one more time for changes. There may be a paper issue.
Sold 33 ads at $29 each plus Chamber of Commerce equals $1107.00.
Memberships have been mailed out and are coming back. Landowner
letters have been mailed out and are coming back.
Harold Clark gave us a $50 donation. Secretary to write thank you
note.
Fire Department Operation Angel requested a donation. Last year
we gave $250. Phil Garbardi made a motion to give $250 again this year.
Richard seconded.
Chamber of Commerce requested a donation for Christmas Wreaths.
Phil Garbardi made a motion to donate $50. Bill seconded.
Trail work was discussed in detail.
Poker Rally will be February 14, Valentine’s Day, at the Masonic Hall
in Bridgton. Contact person now is: George Driscoll.
Winter Carnival January 24 & 25 for food booth, rides, etc.
Liability insurance for winter carnival has already been paid.
Blaine mentioned we should do a couple of local club rides around 80
to 100 miles each. Everyone agreed.
Next meeting is December 11th which will be our Christmas party.
Bring a unisex gift. Price limit $10.
Joann Brill asked if there was any objection for the club buying drinks
for Sunday trail workers and if they worked 8 hours to buy a sandwich too.
No one objected.
Phil Garbardi questioned whether our map was okay because of Bill Preis’
copywright for map. Blaine said that Bill got his plates back so
he is okay.
Gunther questioned whether we got state approval for sign. It was
mentioned we do have a sign by Lamprons. Blaine mentioned that we should
have a sign “Pass at your own risk” wherever trails go across any lake.
Lake Region House of Pizza is giving the 10 percent discount again to
those coming on snowmobiles.
Dunkin Donuts is also giving a 10 percent discount to those coming on
a snowmobile. They also give a 10 percent discount to those over 50.
Ron made a motion to adjourn. Steve seconded.
Respectfully submitted,
Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders, October 9, 2008
President Blaine Chapman brought the meeting to order at 6:45pm.
Treasurer's and Secretary's reports were read and accepted.
Maps: a couple of meetings have been held at Henry Hudson's. Fryeburg
and Denmark doing their own maps. All clubs need to buy 5,000. Costing
us 90 cents to a $1 per map. Last year sold 30 ads. Maybe we
could get more ads this year. Business membership $30 plus map ad equal
$59. Cannot get an ad without a membership.
Winter Carnival date is January 16th through 25th. Snowmobile
part is 24th & 25th.
Poker Run will be February 14th.
Wood: 3 to 4 cords. Wood in Blaine's yard. Had an
offer for $300. Will leave 1/2 cord of wood for Winter Carnival.
Bill made a motion to sell the wood.
Snowmobile registrations can be done online and at Hannafords. Season
out-of-state registration is $88 per sled.
Blaine mentioned Paul Bechard's e-mail regarding his lost sled.
Trail work on Sundays. Meet at Chapter 11 at 8am. Discussed
trailwork in detail. Bridge needs railings, brushing, work on drags,
etc.
Blaine thanked Gary Allen for rebuilding motor and putting it back in,
etc.
Donna made a motion to adjourn at 7:23pm. It was seconded.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders, September 11, 2008
President Blaine Chapman brought the meeting to order at 6:45pm. Treasurer's
report was read and accepted. Secretary's report was skipped as old
news.
Trails and trail changes were discussed in detail. Two tuckers
need to be painted and drags getting thin on bottom, etc. Bill Blake
made a motion to repair drags and do maintenance. Richard seconded.
Maps - as of right now no maps. Henry Hudson will do maps. $2
donation per map.
Membership person: Linda Kelley needs help. Denise Sullivan
will help her. Business memberships will be done by Bill Kelley and
Richard King.
Raffle tickets - last year's profit was $550. Steve suggested
raffling off a cord of wood. Blaine will take a look at the wood
he has to decide if it's okay. Decision next month. It was decided
not to have a $10 raffle. MSA tickets $2 each or 10 for $6
Fund Raisers - Winter Carnival and Poker Run
Landowner letters hope to have out this month.
40% reimbursement from state for equipment
Membership forms going out in a couple of weeks.
Blaine to get price from Cardinal printing for Bridgton Easy Rider banners
(18 or 20 inches) for doors of tuckers.
Once we are ready to start working trails will be on website, e-mails,
etc.
Bill Blake made a motion to end the meeting.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders
April 10, 2008
President Blaine Chapman brought the meeting to order at 6:45pm. Treasurer's
and secretary's reports were read and accepted.
113 family memberships - biggest membership ever. 26 business
memberships
Fuel bill this year $5,300. We projected $4,000. Grants
don't cover what we spent.
VK540 was sold to Rob Knowles for $1200.
Blaine called the Millinocket Club again. No reply. Blaine will
try to contact the President of the Club.
Snowmobile registrations in state are increasing by $2 and out-of-state
by $20.
Carl Hatch questioned if there could be club trips around this area
next year. Blaine said yes, it doesn't have to be Blaine or Steve
to head it up. Any club member can get one going.
Blaine mentioned that there is a cheaper way to go on the club trip
north. There is a place that has large camps which hold 8 to 12
people. These are about 1/2 the price of last year's motel. These
also have kitchens and could save by cooking meals instead of eating at
a restaurant. Sandra Garbardi mentioned when they went on a trip
each couple was responsible for one day's breakfast and dinner.
Linda Kelley mentioned that the car club does not need our snack shack
for their show this summer.
Blaine mentioned that he just became a first time Grandpa. Congratulations
to Blaine and Jan.
Trail work for next year was discussed. Concentration on West
Bridgton trails and behind New England Boat. Also discussed was
Tucker and Drag maintenance. Tucker if we are going to keep needs
to have engine rebuilt. Motion Gunther and seconded by Vic. Drags
are in real need of repairs. Talking about more time than money.
Nominations were requested from the floor. Voting took place.
Those elected were: President, Blaine Chapman; Treasurer,
Donna Grover; Director, Gary Allen, and Director, Phil Garbardi. Congratulations
to all!
Steve Brill mentioned that in another week or two we could probably
take signs down. Vic mentioned getting groups of people from different
areas to sign certain areas next year.
Next meeting: September 11, 2008. Motion to adjourn at
7:45pm by Gunther. Seconded by Ken Towne.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders
March 13, 2008
President Blaine Chapman brought the meeting to order at 6:45pm.
Treasurer's and secretary's reports were read and accepted.
House of Pizza gave us another $77.86 for a total of $151.80. Secretary
will write them a thank you note.
Blaine commented on next year's poker rally and the need to get
a license. There is currently a bill to remove the need for a license.
Blaine called Millinocket Club to say we are interested in their
Tucker but he hasn't heard back. Blaine will call again.
Blaine also found out that the S10 design of track system is not
holding up.
Total expenses for the season were $8445.46. Total income
(grooming, grants) $14,702. We need to pay Harrison club $1356.
Net profit is $4,900.54.
Trail change - down by Thurlow's going towards Lamprons. Trail
is now water.
Steve and Blaine suggesed that it was time to stop grooming. Still
snow on the trails but we are to the point that we have to wait until
dark for it to be cold enough. Groomers are expensive machines to
fix. Financially it is best thing for the club to stop grooming. One
drag is broken. Both need serious work. All in all we had a good
year with grooming. This weekend we will go get sleds, etc. Phil
Garbardi made a motion that grooming be stopped. Richard King seconded.
Richard Sems mentioned that Naples and Harrison were charging $2
for their maps. He thought we should start charging. Blaine
mentioned that maps will cost us more next yer.
Blaine mentioned that we got audited this year. If we claim
it on our grant, we have to have a receipt for it. Never a big deal.
Signs were discussed in detail.
Serious bridge work needs to be done and was discussed. Need
more brushing done next year.
Bill Kelley mentioned the Car Show at Shawnee Peak on June 7 &
8. Blaine asked if this would be a chance for the club to run the
snack shack. Volunteers would be needed for this as it is during racing
season. Please let Blaine know if you are interested in volunteering.
Nomination Committee: Linda Kelley, Steve Brill and Carl Hatch.
Positions needing to be filled are: President, Treasurer and two
Directors. In order to be an officer, you must attend 80 percent
of the meetings. Blaine asked the nominating committee to find out
how many people are interested -- not to stop asking just because they find
someone. Comittee needs to come back next meeting with all interested.
Blaine also mentioned when Martha and Bill Clark were president
that they instituted a Director of Signage and asked the members if they
thought that position was still needed. General consensus was not
needed. Blaine also mentioned that Linda Kelley had been doing
memberships for 3 years. If someone else would like to do memberships,
please let someone on the nominating committee know.
Blaine also mentioned that the state is going to try to do something
to reimburse for fuel. How much? He did not know.
Steve Brill was approached to see if we were interested in selling
a groomer - Yamaha VK540. Steve thought it was worth $1200. Steve's
recommendation to sell it. Richard Sems made a motion to sell VK540
for $1200 or best offer. It was seconded.
Phil Garbardi asked if we were going to start the maps. Phil
thought a decision should be made early for the date of our poker rally.
Phil thought it should be during school vacation. Saturday
best day but could do it on Sunday.
Blaine mentioned that the Winter Carnival will be held same dates
each year (Martin Luther King week).
Phil Garbardi brought in two ski tickets to be raffled off. Richard
Sems won them. $33 profit to the club. Thanks, Phil.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders
February 21, 2008
President Blaine Chapman brought the meeting to order at 6:46pm.
Treasurer's and secretary's reports were read and accepted.
Family members: 110 Business members: 26
MSA tickets sold = 301 for a profit of $301.
155 tickets for the club raffle were sold for a profit of $550.
Bill Warren $500 Bob Lemons $400 (He donated $100 back
to the club - thank you Bob!) Shannon ONeil $150.
Poker Winnters: Bill Moulton $100 Ron Moore $25
Greg Porter $50 Blaine is looking into rules for holding
a poker rally for next year.
Winter Carnival: Ride donations were $289. Jack Knight
and his family handled giving all the rides. 50/50 of $125 was
won by Bill Mead, a new member. Food booth brought in $1120. Total
profit was $1534.
Poker Rally: $50 in donations, 50/50 of $82 was won by Nancy
King, $849.70 food and raffle prizes for a total profit of $1131.75.
Total profit for both events was $2665.75.
New Business: Lake Region House of Pizza has given us a check
for $73.95 for 10% of their sales from snowmobilers. Also any fundraisers
that need food, they will give it to us at their cost.
Tuckers were discussed in length. Ron Moore made a motion
for Blaine to research prices for maintenance articles and get back to
the club next meeting. (spare track, belts, and fixing cleats).
Trail inspections were done - ITS 80, ITS89 and ITS89 South. Biggest
issue was signing. If there is a bridge, need a sign Caution Bridge
Ahead. Must write on caution sign what caution is. Every
stop sign suppose to have Road and Town on them. Overall, not a
bad report. Bridges were discussed.
Blaine mentioned that Mark Heath, John Brill, and David Grover
have been out by themselves grooming and have done a good job. Need
to train one or two more.
Road crossing signs were discussed in detail. Blaine called
State and signs are $150 a pair. We need to make an application.
State comes out to decide whether a crossing is safe. Jim
Kidder will help with town roads. Gunther made a motion to let Trail
Master and President decide where signs should go. Motion accepted.
Joe Pyne asked if we could trim trees where we can't see at road
crossings. Joe will do the work if someone will go with him.
Carl Hatch asked about redoing the bridge down behind Dunkin Donuts.
Bridge would cost $6,000 - $7,000. There are new landowners
so we were waiting. We can go up Willette Road cheaper. We
can spend our money more wisely.
Club trip to Madawaska was a good time had by all. Another
trip will be planned for next year.
The group stopped at a Groomer's Show in Millinocket on way back.
Groomers were discussed in detail. A Millinocket guy asked
if we were looking for a tucker. He has one that he will sell to
us for $40,000. It has 3800 hours on it. It's a diesel. They
will let us know when they decide to sell. If it's in good shape,
might be something we could not pass up. Blaine said if we sold our
old 85, we could very easily sell for $10-$15,000. Steve Brill mentioned
that this would be a chance to upgrade. Members agreed that this was
something we should entertain..
Trails: We need to take time to decide what we want to do
in West Bridgton. Don't think we will ever get permission to get
tucker through.
Basil Ward went for a ride (52 miles). He was extremely amazed
at the difference in the trails. Basil is willing to donate his
Ford Bronco (mechanically sound but rusty) to the club if the club can
use it. It was mentioned that parts for an S10 are more readily
available than would be for the Bronco.
Bill Blake made a motion to adjourn at 8:18pm. JoAnn Brill
seconded.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders
January 20, 2008
President Blaine Chapman welcomed everyone and called the meeting
to order at 6:47pm. Treasurer and secretary’s report were read
and accepted.
Family members to date are 74. Business members to date
are 26.
MSA tickets sold are 259 which means $259 profit to the club.
100 of our raffle tickets have been sold so any more sold will
be our profit.
All map boxes are out and all maps are out. Cost is 26 cents
for maps and 16 cents for labels.
Muni grant last year $9,500. This year $11,402. We
added 6 miles of Harrison trails.
Signs were discussed in detail. Motion was made by Joe Pyne
to buy road warning signs. Motion not seconded.
Another motion was made by Phil Garbardi for Blaine to investigate
and report back on signs next meeting. Ken Thomes seconded.
Club ride is scheduled for February 10-14. Staying at Gateway
Motel in Madawaska. Phone number is 728-3318. Leaving at
6:30am from Food City.
Winter Carnival: January 26 & 27 is our part. We
will be only food booth at Highland Lake. Need help with setup/take
down, cooks, chowders. selling tickets, giving rides (using club sleds),
getting fire pit and wood. Chambers to reimburse some of our insurance
cost.
Poker Rally: February 2nd. Need signers night before.
Need help with food, reservations, Masonic Hall setup Saturday
morning. Will see if Lisa at Brill's will do the calling for raffle
prizes. Anyone willing to help, please let Blaine know. Advertising
for rally in Bridgton News next 3 weeks was approved by all.
Trails were discussed. Brushing needs to be done.
Blaine received a letter from the MSA on Bill LD633. Proposed
snowmobile registrations $33 to $38 for club members. $78 to $108
non-club members. Would go into affect summer of 2008 if passed.
Blaine mentioned that the horse that fell through the bridge had
a thank you in the Bridgton News.
Gary Allen brought in $115 out of the map boxes.
Blaine introduced Bob Grace of Punkin Valley. Moose pond
trail was discussed.
Vic Rutana questioned if anyone had received a soliciation from
MSA for a credit card. Rob Moore said he would still have the
correspondence and would get it to Blaine to check out. Question
about MSA selling member names for credit card.
Motion was made to adjourn by Gary Allen. Seconded by Richard
King.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders
December 13, 2007
President Blaine Chapman welcomed everyone and called the meeting
to order at 6:45pm. Treasurer and secretary’s report were read
and accepted.
Family memberships = 60 Business memberships = 21
MSA tickets sold = 229 81 of our $10 tickets have been
sold. We need to sell 19 more to break even.
We have always gotten money from the town for snowmobile registrations.
This year they are requiring multiple pages be filled out for this.
Blaine
wrote the Town Manager an excellent letter and read it to the
members.
2088 Maps - new rally dates on label on back of map. We
have 600 maps we bought off Naples as they had paid for them. New
map being
planned for next year. Would be more accurate and better
quality of paper. A lot needs to be discussed such as ads, more
towns, etc. $218 to buy maps.
Club grant $3300. Muni grant approval not back yet.
Letter from Bridgton Historical Society thanking us for our $250
donation for Naramissic.
Loon Echo requested a donation but members decided not at this
time.
Group got together and put signs up. Blaine recognized
that it took at least 120 man hours.
Lake Region House of Pizza would like to help us do a couple
of fund raisers. If we arrive on snowmobile and purchase food
there and you let them know, they will take 10% of sale and donate to
Bridgton Easy Riders. A trail to the restaurant has been established
with Hayes approval.
Tuckers have been at Gary Allen's getting new mufflers, windshield
wipers fixed, etc. Blaine thanked Rob Moore for hauling them
and Gary for fixing them.
Next fund raiser is the Musher's Bowl Carnival. We will
have food booth and give snowmobile rides.
Our poker rally is February 2nd.
Trails were discussed in depth.
Joe Pyne mentioned Sunday River handicap skiing program and giving
snowmobile rides - Phil Garbardi and Bill Kelly already doing this
on Thursdays.
Bill Blake made a motion to adjourn at 7:43pm
Christmas swap started and was enjoyed by all.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
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Bridgton Easy Riders
November 8, 2007
President Blaine Chapman welcomed everyone and called the meeting
to order at 6:47pm. Treasurer and secretary’s report were read
and accepted.
Memberships: 25 families (14 of which are out of
state).
33 of our raffle tickets have already been sold.
Maps: Donna Bullerwell has decided not to do the maps
at all. Henry Hudson decided to do maps. Meeting was held
Tuesday night with only 5 out of the 9 clubs showing up. Consensus:
Use last year’s maps with labels covering 2007 info. Bill Preis
owns the copyright of maps. Henry wants to do maps next year.
Fryeburg had extra maps left over that maybe we could buy.
There are 29 business ads on 2007 map. Bill Kelley volunteered
to go to these businesses and ask them for a $30 business membership
with no charge for the ad already on the 2007 map.
Ken Towne made the motion.
Carl Hatch asked about the MSA and Snoopy stickers in store
windows, wondering if we can get a discount. Blaine said the
businesses being a member is a help to us and we ask them for donations
at rally time.
ITS Trail and getting Harrison on our grant: A meeting
was held and Blaine wrote and had them sign that they are responsible
for all things previously discussed. We could get up to $1,000
that we could give them from grant money. We will try for one year
and see how it goes.
Trails: Blaine spoke with Scott Ramsey. Blaine told
him we did $5,000 worth of work on an individual’s land but he won’t
sign for it. Scott Ramsey immediately knew it was Davis Kimball
and said we could claim on our grant. $2,047 was spent on culverts,
which Davis Kimball reimbursed us for. One culvert left over which
Davis said we could use on his land or anywhere. Celebra pit all
fixed. Behind hospital all fixed. Tappewingo Bridge tore apart.
Replaced with pressure treated so should last a long time. Basil
Ward will make up grooming cards for us again. Otherside of Thurlows
to Hannafords all brushed. Everlast Roofing we’ll do this weekend.
Richard King and Carl Hatch to do signing this year. Richard
asked for help. Steve Brill said could start any time. Need
to do trail heading to Punkin Valley this year. Rob and Prim to
do some permanent signing.
Blaine sent letter to Ginn Realty to Mark Ginn regarding a trail.
Found out that Mark had passed away and he needed to speak with Herbert
Ginn. Blaine called Herbert and he would not talk about it.
Blaine will talk with Mr. McKegney. Richard Sens said to contact
Peter Lowell as he is supposed to have maps of whole town. If there’s
an existing trail, it should be on Peter’s map. Someone from Rifle
Club might also know the boundaries.
Our rally will be February 2nd (Saturday) with rain date or
no snow date on March 1st (Saturday) 2008. January 29 & 20
is Bridgton’s Winter Carnival.
Club Ride: To Madawaska on February 10th – leaving 6am.
Staying Sunday night through Thursday night. We will be heading
back Friday although anyone can leave at any time during the week.
Joann will call to say we need so many rooms and then everyone will make
their own reservations.
Christmas Party December 13th. Bring a unisex gift for
$10 or under and potluck.
Blaine welcomed back Gunther Radau after his heart attack this
past summer. Blaine also mentioned that Jack Weymouth has joined
the club again.
Trail work this Sunday. Meet at Chapter 11 at 8am.
Your help is needed to have nice trails to ride.
People interested in grooming or have groomed, there is a video
with a test. You have to answer 56 questions correctly.
Anyone interested, let Blaine or Steve know. We might be able to
get our insurance cheaper.
Kenny Towne made a motion for adjournment at 7:55pm. Jim
Allen seconded.
Respectfully submitted, Nancy King, Secretary
