8555-R2_MSA_November2023_Newsletter

From The Executive Board

From the President

one trail at a time. All you have to do is look to social media on some of the Snowmobiling pages and you will see the countless hours of trail work that is being put in by our Clubs each week, it is pretty impressive to say the least. I tip my hat to everyone that puts time into their local club and contributes in one way or another. The MSA has been very busy this fall attending many events with the most recent one being our own Snowmobile show in Augusta last month. The show was very successful for us with record numbers on Saturday and good attendance on Friday and Sunday as well. The Trails workshop on Saturday morning at the show played host to over 80 attendees and was well put together by Trails Chairman Brent Spaulding with lots of great information and good conversation. The Vintage Snowmobile Show was a huge success and had over 60 sleds on display, Big thanks to Chris Ring and company for putting on an awesome display. And finally we can’t thank all of the vendors, volunteers, and sponsors working the show all weekend, without ALL of these people the show would not be a show. November will prove to be busy as well, as we turn our focus to the Big E Sled Expo in West Springfield Mass. Where the MSA will be setting up a booth and representing Maine and promoting its second to none snowmobiling product. We are also closing in quickly on the MSA Super Raffle, which is slated to be drawn on Dec 12 th at the Civic cial thanks to Bob LaFontaine for working two long shifts and we also had a couple of new volunteers. By all accounts the Show was a major success, attendance was up, vendor spots were full and lots of sales and lots of excitement for the upcoming season. By the end of the weekend, the scholarship fund had a profit of about $640, great job by all. Speaking of the scholarship fund, we are always looking for donations and new and cre ative ways to help support our cause. Recently we received a couple of neat donations, Red Barn restaurant gave us the proceeds from an ice cream sale and one of our snowmobile clubs sent us their share of a club 50/50 raffle. Anything helps and we are forever thankful for the support, with the holiday season com ing maybe if your club is in the giving spirit, you could encourage members to make a donation to the scholarship fund. Now the really exciting news is the schol arship committee has decided to increase the scholarship award to $1,500. We all know the cost of post high school education is expen in New Hampshire you made us proud with our MSA display. I attended a landowner’s luncheon in Ripley. What a feed that was! Prime Rib and Great Lakes salmon along with fresh vegetables donated by folks in the area The Ripley Snowmobile Club is a wonderful group of folks that make you feel like part of their family. We had a special evening at The Red Barn in Augusta. The Scholarship Committee had an ice cream social at the restaurant all the money sold went to the committee. They also sold raffle tickets and there was lots of interest on a rainy night. The Fryeburg SC did another record week selling raffle tickets at the Fair. I attended the Bridgton Brewfest with the Bridgton / Pleasant Mountain SC. Another great weekend! Off to Glenburn for a ten-club meeting, another successful night. It was a long night but always worth it seeing lots of friends you don’t see every day! We had a Directors meeting at the Sportsman Alliance of Maine Building, which went very well probably because I was not there. Mark did a great job making it work. Our Granddaughter was nominated and won membership to the Honor Society. Something we could not miss! I’d like to send out a BIG THANK YOU to Steve Shuman from Charlies Motor Mall for sponsoring our MSA Show again this year.

Center in Augusta. Lots of great prizes are up for grabs this year with the top prizes being three sleds and two enclosed trailers, as well as dozens of gift cards and weekend getaways, so get yours today as they are going quick! Lastly there are a few reminders and deadlines that Clubs need to be aware of and that is your Club and Municipal grant application deadlines are coming up quickly and MUST be into Joe Higgins office at the Dept. of A.C.F Snowmobiling division by December 1st. As well as your officer update form and club vendor form. The MSA officer update form needs to be submitted to the MSA office as well and can be found on the website under club forms, or you can find it in your Membership packet that you received earlier this fall. This should be sent in as soon as possible as this is a valuable contact list for all of our correspondence with the club Presidents and Trail Masters to keep them updated on what’s happening and informed on any real time changes or issues of importance through Email blasts and such. So once again, keep fighting the good fight and helping the sport of Snowmobiling become a reality each year. And as always if you have any questions, concerns or just want to talk about anything Snowmobiling my door is always open! I hope to see everyone out and about at the meetings and events over the Winter, so until next month thanks for listening! Mark The Raffle is doing very well the prizes are incredible. We took delivery of the Alcom/ Sno Pro Inline trailer from Scott’s Recreation. Special thanks to Tory at Scotts in Manchester and of course, Dan Mills the head man from Alcom whom makes me whatever I ask for! The Arctic Cat from Kramer’s is a head turner, the Polaris from County Sports is a great looking sled also! And the Ski Doo 200 is just a nice little unit from Mountainside Sports. The Nitro trailer is one great trailer everyone talks about it after seeing it we have all three sleds in it and still have room to spare. Chad Dow is a personal and wonderful friend. The other prizes are just as important. December will be here soon and it’s going to be an exciting night at the Augusta Civic Center. We’ll be having the next Directors meeting in Madison hosted by the Anson/North Anson SC at the hall behind Reny’s off Main Street. Food will be available for $15.00 per person. 5pm social and eating around 6:00 pm everyone is welcome. Thank you to everyone who makes Maine the destination point for snowmobiling in the Country. You folks make it happen! I’m proud of all of you. Be safe out there! AL sive and goes up every year, as a group we are committed to do our part to help our MSA families. This year’s campaign will award two $1,500 scholarships to a couple of very deserving students. Please help us spread the word and look for our promotions in both the December and January paper. Again, the committee is always available to discuss the scholarship, whether you have questions about eligibility or your club wants to help or you might want to get involved, feel free to reach out to any of us. Harvey They’re a GREAT company and Steve is a wonderful gentleman. It’s nice to have him and his family’s friendship.

Lori Hemmerdinger (207) 890-5455 544 Plains Road • Poland, ME 04274 Treasurer@mesnow.com Treasurer’s Report Respectfully Submitted, Lori Hemmerdinger, Treasurer

Alan Swett, 207-872-7282 234 County Rd, Waterville ME 04901 snowtraveler@roadrunner.com

Monthly Income Monthly Expense

$ 127,203.42 $ 53,099.13 $ 74,104.29 $ 85,600.00 $211,807.99 $103,943.36

W hat a terrific month for the MSA family. Our show broke attendance records along with many major sales reported from our Vendors! Sleds and trailers were sold along with reservations to far distance motels and B&B’s. People we’re leaving the show with bags full of snowmobile accessories and clothing. Thanks, you to all. Many events happened in October I want to thank the folks who attended the Grass Drags

Net Revenue

Short Term CD

Checking (10/31/23)

Dedicated Account (10/31/23)

Pay Pal (10/31/23) - Special Events Account (10/31/23) $ 4,987.53 Credit Line (10/31/23) $ - Building Fund (10/31/23) $ 54,052.31 Brian Wass Safety Fund (10/31/23) $ 1,285.50 Scholarship Savings (10/31/23) $ 1,867.43 Scholarship CD (10/31/23) $ 60,944.42 $

From The Membership Corner

From the Executive VP

Eileen Lafland, 207-843-7813 PO Box 733, Holden ME 04429 L.andE.lafland525476@gmail.com

Mark Chinnock, Vice President 207-754-9874 544 Plains Road, Poland, ME 04274 napadude66@hotmail.com

W hat a wonderful job clubs around the state have been doing getting their memberships in to the MSA office. The season began with a few clubs a week sending them in and Liz was entering those as they arrived. Then the flood gates opened and boy did they arrive by the hundreds each day!! Liz and I have been working steady to get them all entered in a timely fashion. Keep them coming, everyone! Just a reminder to membership people Please make sure you are checking with the member that their mailing address is correct and how they would like their MSA paper this year. We do know there was a printing error on the renewal cards and the zero at the beginning of the zip code was omitted. We have received some memberships back this year that have the same address as last year, but when we sent the paper to that address it was returned as undeliverable. The box on the right side is for how or if they would like to receive the paper. Please ask them when they renew. Thanks to some clubs that are writing either print or digital on new member cards. That is a great help to us! Here they are the membership total as of Oct 23, 2023. By the time, you read this they will have increased greatly, but our deadline for the printer is about three weeks earlier than when you receive it.

H ello Folks, I am truly excited to be writing another column for you because this can only mean one thing, that we are another month closer to actually riding our snowmobiles! Things are ramping up quickly for most Clubs, MSA and with our partners over to the Dept. of A.C.F Snowmobile Division. With the tremendous amount of rain and wind most of the summer and into the fall it has without a doubt wreaked havoc on most trails throughout the State. But we Snowmobilers are a resilient group and are getting it done one bridge, one washout and

Scholarship Committee

Northern Region Western Region Eastern Region Central Region Coastal region

440 members 339 members 878 members 330 members 110 members

Harvey Chesley, 207-314-0637 25 Hillcrest Dr, Clinton ME 04927 harv.chesley@gmail.com

T hanks to all the volunteers that helped cover the scholarship booth at the MSA Snowmobile Show. We had lots of support from the scholarship committee with a spe

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