Minutes

Gillett Rail Runners ATV Club

February 6, 2006

1.

President, Chris Engebretsen, called the meeting to order.

2.

Secretary's Report – Kaye Lietz read the minutes from the January 26, 2006 meeting. Troy Sherman made a motion to approve the minutes as read, second by Jordan Rank, carried.

3.

Treasurer's Report – Gary Pemrich presented the Treasurer's Report which indicated a current balance of $557.00. Jerry Wendt made a motion to approve the report, second by Tom Lietz, carried.

4.

Discussion and possible action on WATVA membership – the cost of membership for the club is $80. Benefits include receiving copies of their quarterly magazine plus the opportunity to give input into ATV legislation. Troy made a motion to approve the WATVA membership, second by Brandon Miller.

5.

Discussion and possible action on club logo – Brandon and Gary had worked on a club logo which was presented to the group. Tom made a motion to approve the logo, second by Troy, carried.

6.

Discussion and possible action on membership cards and stationary – now that the club has a logo, there was discussion about membership cards and stationary. Gary will check on options and bring pricing to the next meeting.

7.

Discussion and possible action on club slogan or motto – club members should bring ideas to the next meeting.

8.

Discussion and possible action on ATV Weekend committee members – as of right now, the organizations involved in the SuperChallenge Weekend are Revitalize Gillett, Inc. (RGI), the Gillett Professional Police Association (GPPA), and the club. Each organization is being asked to provide three members for the planning board. The meeting date has been changed from February 22 to February 15. The club would like to stay with the original members named at the last meeting, which are Gary Pemrich, Troy Sherman, Troy Kohn, and Perry Gilbertson. The group discussed topics and ideas of what those members should bring forward as the intent of the Gillett Rail Runners ATV Club.

Shane Rank made a motion to recommend that the ATV club run the ATV Pull, second by Gary, carried.

Brandon made a motion to also ask for an ATV Parade, second by Garth, carried.

9.

Discussion and possible action on letter to snowmobile club requesting support for joint trail use – Shane made a motion to approve the writing of a letter to the snowmobile club and from them too requesting support for joint trail use, second by Jesse Jenerou, carried. Chris will work on the letter.

10.

Discussion and possible action on club insurance – Gary and Shane will work on getting pricing.

11.

Discussion and possible action on representation to City Council committee meetings on February 28 – Kaye read the letter that Chris had presented to City Council requesting the extension of the trail through the city and out to the county line. After Chris had read the letter, Gary had mentioned that the intent of the club is to develop the trail as a multi-use trail, thus opening it up not only to ATVs, but also to bicycling and walking. The request was referred to the Health, Protection, and Licensing Committee. That committee will be meeting on February 28, 2006 at 5:00 pm at City Hall.

Kaye then read the letter that Chris had read at council requesting the use of the Intensive Use Track in the park for the weekend of March 25, 2006. That request was referred to the Parks and Cemetery Committee. That committee will be meeting on February 28, 2006 at 6:00 pm.

Both of these committee meetings are open meetings and club members are welcome to attend for these agenda items.

12.

Discussion and possible action on ATV safety classes – the classroom portion of these will be held at the ambulance garage. Troy has made arrangements for an alternative site for the hands-on portion of the class if the request to use the ATV track in the park is not approved. There will be a limit of 30 participants in the class. Discussion was held regarding registration arrangements for the class. Troy made a motion to approve registration going through Spirits of Gillett, second by Jordan, carried. Gary will put a notice in the paper regarding the class and how to register. The dates will be Saturday, March 25 and Sunday, March 26, from 8:00 am to noon both days.

Chris brought up for discussion the possibility of the ATV club having food and beverages for sale during the class. Tom and Kaye Lietz offered the donation of ground beef for making sloppy joe sandwiches for this. The food will be offered for sale on Sunday. This will need to be discussed further at the March meeting.

13.

Discussion and possible action on web site development and domain name registration – Brandon has offered to donate the web site design and hosting. Jesse made a motion to accept the donation and to approve $30 for the domain name registration, second by Shane, carried. The recommended name is gillettrailrunners.com as first choice.

14.

Discussion and possible action on recreational map – after discussion on map options, Tom made a motion to ask Jordan as trail boss to work on the recreation map, second by Jesse, carried. Shane and Troy will work with Jordan on this.

15.

Discussion and possible action on raffle license – Brandon made a motion to approve the purchase of a raffle license, second by Steve Wetzel, carried.

16.

Discussion and possible action on Fourth of July festivities – Julie Younker from the Jaycees spoke to the group about helping with the beer stand and the pulls at the 4 th of July festivities. After discussion, Bonnie Wetzel made a motion for the ATV club to be involved, second by Todd Rudie, carried.

17.

New Business

Garth made a motion for the ATV club to organize a membership drive with incentives, second by Steve, carried. The drive will begin immediately and end with the May meeting (on May 1, 2006 which is the day that the ATV trails open). The incentive prize will be one year free membership in the Gillett Rail Runners ATV Club.

Also discussed was the definition of “multipurpose trail” as well as discussion on the potential of extending the trail south into Shawano county.

18.

Adjourn – Troy made a motion to adjourn, second by Steve, carried. The next meeting will be held on Monday, March 6, 2006 at 7:00 pm. Georgeanne Henkel will take the minutes of the March meeting.