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The Maine Snowmobile Association Our Mission By Alan Swett, MSA President

rofit volunteer orga he MSA is the state t continues to grow. tments to benefit the

to protect and serve its members. We are a non-p e safe, successful, and a worldwide destination. T d the MSA in 1968. 54 years later this non-profi g with the state legislators and other state depar

The Maine Snowmobile Association has a mission nization dedicated to make snowmobiling in Main voice for Maine Snowmobiling. Six people starte We offer clubs the sense of security while workin best interest of the clubs. We offer safety training and signage, and work The MSA is involved directly with the clubs to p throughout the state. Landowners are thankful that we protect and tak out for litter, and deterring off trail riding and lo trails. We have a full-time office person to assist with d calls from the general public to give them inform tees from Kittery to Fort Kent. They meet throu Our largest fundraiser is the Super Raffle. The M the event, and secures the prizes (thru purchas club that chooses to sell the raffle tickets keep ha chooses. Only the amount due to MSA needs to tickets have been proven to be an easy sell! If you like a little friendly competition, another f open teams, snowmobile clubs can compete for th is included as part of our annual banquet). These part of our popular wall calendar. The photo of t Posters/Banners. Wouldn’t it be fun to have bra Every year our annual banquet honors volunteer a great way to meet some like-minded people and

closely with the State of Maine for groomer o perator certification. articipate in signage and trail guidance so that we have consistency

safety check, looking and preserving the

e pride in the trails with dedicated maintenance, ud sleds. We are directly involved in maintaining

eeds to go, and field dvisory trail commit

ay-to-day issues, funnel information to where it n ation and guidance. We have members on state a ghout the year to discuss trail and landowner sit

uations.

SA prints the raffle tickets, posters, banners, doe es and donations). While the MSA picks up the c lf of the money raised. These funds can then be u sed however the club be sent in, the rest is immediately available for c lub use. These raffle s the advertising for ost of the event, any undraiser that we do is an annual Golf Scramble . Along with the e coveted Club Cup. We also have a Photo of the Year award (which photos are collected and we choose the best of t he best to become he year also becomes part of the ITS Trails Map, and Super Raffle

gging rights?

an attend and it is make friends, and

s and clubs with plaques and trophies. Anyone c share stories of successes and possibly failures,

have some fun! Some of the categories of awards are: • Snowmobiler of the year

• Club of the year • Groomer of the year

• Photo of the year

Business of the Year

• Youth Snowmobiler of the Year • Supporting

• Hall of Fame inductee

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SNOWMOBILE MAINE 2022-2023