8595-R1_MSA_January2024_Newsletter

NOMINEES WANTED! GETYOURS IN NOW! By Eileen Lafland Clubs, businesses, dealers, groomers, snowmobilers- We need nominations! Let’s shine the spotlight on all those that deserve it!

Each year at the annual meeting MSA recognizes a club, a dealer, a groomer, a business, and a snowmo biler of the year with an award and a plaque. In the past few years we have seen nominations for these awards decrease. Why is this happening? MSA has 283 clubs across the state and over 13,000 family and business members each year. With those numbers it would be nice to receive one nomination from each club in each category! These nominations can come from anyone and clubs, you can nominate your own club for Club of theYear. We all must know a club, someone, a business, a dealer, or a groomer who should be recognized and let everyone else know in the state how much they do for snowmobiling in the state! We also recognize individ uals with a Hall of Fame award. The Hall of Fame com mittee welcomes nominations for this award and again anyone can nominate someone. How do nominate? It’s easy! Go to the MSA website: mainesnowmobileassociation.com, click on member ship, scroll down to MSA forms, and then go to MSA recognitions, contests, Hall of Fame. All the nomina tion forms are right there. Fill it out, include as much supporting info as you want such as letters of support, news articles, community projects, etc. and send it to MSA. What are the categories? Club of the Year- Any snowmobile club affiliated with MSA can be nominated for this award. Individuals from the club or another club can fill out the form and submit it. If your club does charity work in the commu nity, makes donations to those in need, has been grow ing memberships at a good pace, etc. or just plain is fun to be a member of- nominate. May be the neigh boring club has always stepped up to help yours out when needed such as grooming if yours breaks down, supporting your fund-raising events, sharing info, etc. Nominate them. MSA Supporting Business of theYear- Every club in this state has business members. These businesses can be big or small. They join your club year after year because they want to support what you do. They might donate items to your club for raffles, meals, or trail work. Maybe they even do trail work for you. They support snow mobiling in your area by providing parking areas, give snowmobilers discounts if they ride in by sled, promote your club, allow you to sell raffle tickets and/or member ships at their business and so many other ways. What ever the way- show them you appreciate what they do

by nominating them.

Dealer of the Year- Does your club have a dealer you do business with on a regular basis? Does the dealer support your events and encourage people to join your club? Do they help the club or individuals out when something breaks or needs fixing? Dealers across the state do many things for snowmobilers and clubs over the season. What better way to recognize what they do than to nominate them. Groomer of the Year- Every club has one, two or more groomer operators that make sure the trails are smooth, safe, and ready to ride whenever someone wants to. A groomer operator is out there on the trails most times late into the night or over night to get them just right for all to ride. Groomer operators don’t always get to enjoy the work they have done by riding their personal sleds on the trails they maintain because they spend so much time operating the groomer. Many riders do not even know who they are because most seem to vanish when daylight comes, leaving behind a ribbon of white for all to enjoy. Snowmobiler of the Year- Do you know someone who goes above and beyond to make sure snowmobiling in Maine is the best it can be? This can be the person everyone goes to when they need an answer to a snow mobiling question, help doing some fund-raising or club event, or just a person who has been involved with snowmobiling for a long time.That’s who MSA wants to hear about. Do you have a young person in your club that goes above and beyond? MSA has presented a youth award in the past. Even though there is not a nomination form for a youth, fill out the snowmobiler of the year award and writeYOUTH at the top. Hall of Fame- Past Hall of Fame recipients have been people who have been involved in snowmobiling for many years and have made contributions to the sport by promoting snowmobiling, doing club work, estab lishing a new club, working at the state level or many other different ways. So, you see there are a few ways to recognize those who have helped make Maine snowmobiling great and known far and wide for what we offer and have offered for over fifty years. Please let everyone else in the state know what you know; how much these clubs, people, businesses, or dealers do for this sport!

The deadline FOR ALL Nominations is FEB 28 th but don’t wait, send yours today!

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