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Meeting Minutes - 7/21/2005
Meeting was called to order at 7:05
Persons in attendance: Pete, Bob S, Bob H, Greg, Bill, Tom, Jim, Rhonda, Leif and Josh
MEMBERSHIP:
Rhonda reported that the 2005-2006
membership renewals are starting to arrive.
ANNUAL MEETING:
We have been allotted space for 5 vendors. Tom
has paid up to $20 to have a booth. Motion on
the floor by Jim to accept $10 for our vendor
spaces. Seconded by Greg. All in favor.
Extend offers to dog food distributors if we are
unable to fill the slots with equipment
suppliers and sled manufactures. Additional
speakers have been identified. NHMushers will
provide some food. Would like to see if
members would bring side dishes or consider a
small donation to food we will offer.
WEBSITE ISSUES:
One of the local bulletin boards has been shut
down due to spam. Jaye is going to
incorporate into our new design, a format which
limits spamming capabilities. Jim mentioned
one option that he's seen applied on other sites
is to create a key word question as the means to
access the bulletin board. Bob S brought up
the 5 styles of site design that Jaye proposed.
As a group, we looked at each design and voted
not on the individual designs themselves, but
instead, the various elements. The final
decision is as follows: two dialog boxes on
the home page, navigator blue w. white letters,
blue dog, and red header but so that it extends
all the way to the left above the head of the
dog, welcome in blue text.
BUREAU OF TRAILS WEBSITE:
Mushing section links trail conditions to our
trail conditions page. Have it go to our home
page instead. Navigator reads trail, change to
trail conditions so it follows suit with other
user groups.
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES:
Article II - Meeting, Section 2 - Special Club
Meetings - Jim made an amendment to his
original motion regarding the 25%. Change it
to 15 members. Bob H seconded. All in favor.
Article III - Directors and Officers, Section 1
- Board of Directors -> Bob S addressed changing
vacated his to 'the' more politically correct
unisex reference.
Bob H's issue regarding terminating Board
members with 3 unexcused absences is that we as
a Board of Directors do not have the ability to
terminate an elected officer. There are 5 on the
Board, President etc.Terminating an Officer
must be done by the general membership per our
constitution. The Directors are appointed by
the Officers and can be replaced by the
Officers. After further discussion, Jim withdrew
his original motion.
Article III - Directors and Officers, Section 2a
Ð President -> Rhonda held steadfast to the
proposed reduced approval level. She argued;
there should be no reason an expenditure in
excess of $250 couldn't be quickly approved by a
quorum of the Board via cell phone and or
electronic mail. Lengthy discussion by the
non-proposal making members ensued regarding the
economic reasoning for retaining the $1000 clip
level. Tom used a snowmobile incident as an
example and stated it would not be prudent to
tell someone in the event of an emergency, that
"I have to get back to you" before making a
monetary gesture of reconciliation. Motion
unanimously did not carry.
Article III - Directors and Officers, Section 3
Ð Directors -> Bob S mentioned to change the
working in the proposal to "Statewide Trails
Advisory Committee". Discussion ensued as to
whether we as a group would want for example, a
motorized training rig driver or Horse Council rep to sit on our
board should it happen when Tom steps down as
Committee Chair that his predecessor is not also
a musher. Jim asked if there was a position on
the Advisory Committee presently reserved for
our user group. Answer, no, not officially.
Tom is working to get the term 'mushing' added
to the working of RSA 216 F5. Once this passes
legislation, the Trails Advisory Committee would
have a chair officially reserved for our user
group. Rhonda withdrew her original motion.
We will revisit this concept of another Director
position at a later date.
NEW BUSINESS:
Jim told us that the Judge ruled on the groomer
accident and determined that the club 'as an
occupant' is not valid.
We need to institute an incident reporting
process.
Pete passed out some new copies of our colored
brochure. Suggested finding crisper photos.
Would like to set up a few staged photo shoots.
Romance and newsworthiness of dog sledding goes
much further in the minds of residents of our
State than perhaps the results of an impact
study.
Ideas to generate interest and media coverage of
our sport; a fundraiser, a statewide mail run or
relay. Bob H was surprised that the Make A Wish
ride a few years ago did not obtain greater
media coverage.
One last Bi-Law change: Bob H made a motion to
change our fiscal year to the month of May,
effective in 2006. All in favor. This date
change will allow us time to prepare motorized training rig
permission slips using the current membership
listing of the year in question.
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