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President’s Message By Mark Chinnock, MSA President

The Maine Snowmobile Association’s first and foremost mission is to provide information, materials and guidance, and to serve its more than 280 clubs and its members. The MSA is a non-profit volunteer organization, which started back in 1968 with a handful of people and has grown every year since to what the association is today. The MSA is a multifaceted organization with many teams, committees and personnel within its walls. At the end of the day, our mission is to do the best that we can possibly do to set the association and its membership up for success and to protect the future of our sport. One of our main focuses is to make certain that your voice is heard loud and clear at the State Legislature when any snowmobile related legislation or issue comes across the table, and to make sure that it is handled in a timely and professional manner with the associations best interest at heart. To ensure that this is done and done correctly we have put in place a paid Lobbyist to be our eyes and ears at the State House in Augusta, and to keep the association and its membership informed on a regular basis. The MSA works closely with the Dept. of A.C.F. Snowmobile Division on promotion and education in regards to safety, laws, snowmobile grants and trail signage. In addition, the MSA Trails Committee contracts with the Dept. to assist with safety and signage education through Trail Inspections and regional signage workshops. We have a dedicated Safety Chairperson as well to help bring safety awareness into our schools and to our young riders. We have recently collaborated with Polaris and Ski-Doo in regards to incorporating the Maine ITS Trails into their onboard GPS systems, Polaris Ride Command and BRP GO, to help provide guidance and a sense of security when navigating Maine’s vast trail system. When it comes to keeping our membership informed as well as snowmobilers traveling within Maine or traveling to Maine looking for information we have a number of ways in which we communicate. Each year MSA puts together the “Snowmobile Maine Guide” which can be found at most snowmobiling hotspots, MSA events, the MSA office as well as the Maine Tourism Association helps with the distribution of these Guides and can be found at most of the State Information Centers throughout Maine. “The Maine Snowmobiler” newspaper is another great resource for all kinds of valuable information like lodging, restaurants, snowmobile rentals, registration and membership info, club events and much more. Our social media FB page is always another great avenue for up to date snowmobiling information, and don’t forget to check out the Maine Snowmobile

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