There were 10 members in attendance

Old Business:
    Poker Run went well.
        We received a thank you from Nick Stoner Trailers for maintaining their portion of trails after our poker run.

New Business:
    We participated in the Nick Stoner Trailer Poker Run and had the club with the most members attending. We will be receiving a check. It was suggested to donate the money back to Nick Stoner as an appreciation for providing us with material for bridges.

There are four events. $3.00 per child. Helmets are required. Be back at Fish & Game Club with time sheets by 2:30. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded.

Proceeds from Our Poker Run will be donated to the Meco Fire Department, the Caroga Lake Fire Department and to the Bleecker Community Church.

Our shirt sale went so well, we are going to look into sweatshirts for next season.

We are going to be selling our 1999 Skandic. Checking blue book for price.

Bridge work- discussed doing this before hunting season. Maybe even working on them the same day we do the adopt a highway.

Forum- April 16-18 in Syracuse. Anyone interested in going, may attend.

Old Business:

Christmas party- We served 57 dinners at the Pine Lake Lodge. Dave Cosselman won the     50/50.

Chuck and Paul went to the Grooming Show in Salsbury on January 16th, but there were no used drags.

Poker Run- Voted to go to rain Date of February 20th. We will post cancellation or reschedule date on the website and in the newspaper. Trophies are ready for pick-up.

New Business:

Special Meeting is scheduled for February 17th at the Bleecker Fish & Game Club at 7:00 pm. To discuss the poker run.

Paul C. Transported grooming sleds for maintenance. In the process his axle broke on his trailer. A motion to have the club pay for the new axle was brought up. The Club voted to do this.

There are books at both gas tanks to log your mileage and approximately how much gas you put into your grooming sled.

We have someone interested in buying one of our Skandic sleds. Jamie has his name. At the end of the season we will decide whether this is something we are interested in.

NYS is short on money so they are trying to take 30% of our funding.

Next regular monthly meeting is scheduled for March 3rd, 7:30 pm at the Bleecker Fish & Game Club.

Attendance: Mark Cosselman, Paul Cosselman, Jamie Cosselman, Albie Peck, Chuck Rose, Shari Rose

This meeting was called to discuss and vote on the purchase of a new grooming sled. It was a unanimous vote by all to purchase the new sled.

We discussed our options for a new drag and will further the discussion at our December 2nd meeting after some prices are collected.

While we were all together we discussed our lumber supply for bridge repairs. It was decided to order wood, since repair season is here and we are very low.

Jamie Cosselman has talked to the Chamber of Commerce about trail maps. We will be joining the Chamber. This will give us a link on our Snow Rovers Website to access the snowmobile trail map. When available, we can also pick up maps at the Chamber to hand out to snowmobile riders. We will keep you advised as to when this is available.

Mark Cosselman has been informed of the new owners of the Finch and Pryme land in our area. He is going to try to get in touch with them and see if we can reopen the old club trail.

Jamie Cosselman also brought to out attention that Don VanAlstine donated a Strobe light to the Club for use on our grooming sleds. Thanks to Don for that donation. The club appreciates your donation.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 pm

Mark Cosselman & Chuck Rose

A Meeting of the Bleecker Snow Rovers was held at the Bleecker Fish & Game Club on November 4th , 2009

There were 19 members in attendance

Secretaries Report: Was read by Shari

Motion to accept by Brian Cosselman and 2nd by Brian Pratt

Treasurers Report: Was read by Jamie

Motion to accept by David Livingston and 2nd by Albie Peck   

Old Business:

We will be contacting the State on the bridges needing work.

We have Bleecker Snow Rover long sleeve shirts available. They are $15.00 for members and $18.00 for non-members. See Jamie Cosselman.

CPR Course- Anyone interested in taking the course, please contact Jamie Cosselman 725-3316.

Steve’s sled still needs to be worked on.

Mark had a sample of Poster for the Poker Run. Clarence got a price of $1.75 for each poster.

X-mas party- bring ideas to December meeting.

Elections:

1- Director position- One nomination for Albie Peck. There were no other nominations. Albie Peck Accepted nomination. Unanimous vote by all members present to put Albie in Director position.

Treasurer-Jamie Cosselman

Secretary- Shari Rose

There were no nominations.

Both accepted to keep positions. Unanimous vote by all members present.

Vice President- One nomination for Dave Livingston. There were no other nominations. Dave accepted nomination. Unanimous vote by all members present to put Dave in VP position.

President- One nomination for Mark Cosselman. There were no other nominations. Mark Accepted nomination. A vote by all members by a show of hands (2-17) voted to put mark in President position.

New Business:

Fuel tanks fille.

November 28th -Sleds in for servicing.

Members are looking for maps of trails. They should be available by Chamber soon. They are just going to print. The maps cover Fulton & Montgomery Counties.

Motion to adjourn by Brian and 2nd by Roger

Next meeting scheduled for December 2nd , 2009, 7:30 pm @ the Bleecker Fish & Game Club.

A Meeting of the Bleecker Snow Rovers
was held at the Bleecker Fish & Game Club on October 7th , 2009

There were 10 members in attendance

Secretaries Report: Was read by Shari

Treasurers Report: Was read by Jamie

Old Business:

Bridge by Dave Livingston’s is fixed.

Adopt a Highway- Thanks to all who helped, your time is appreciated.

We have Bleecker Snow Rover long sleeve shirts available. They are $15.00 for members and $18.00 for non-members. See Jamie Cosselman.

Dave Livingston has his strobe light for grooming sled. Steve’s sled still needs to be worked on.

Hay is available anytime for trails.

New Business:

Donation- $200.00 to Kathy Mandriola. Benefit to be held at the Fish & Game Club, October 10, 2009.

Bridge work up in Hog Back desperately needed. Need to contact State again.

Poker Run- We are going to try to put together a committee at November meeting. Anyone interested in helping please come to the meeting. We will have some ideas for posters, so we can get them printed by December.

NYSSA Raffle tickets should be available in November.

NOMINATIONS

Secretary- Shari Rose and Treasurer- Jamie Cosselman, No Nominations.

There were no other nominations from the floor. All will be voted on at the November Meeting.

Next meeting October 7th , 7:30 pm

A Meeting of the Bleecker Snow Rovers
was held at the Bleecker Fish & Game Club
on September 9th , 2009

There were 8 members in attendance

Secretaries Report: Was read by Shari

Motion to accept by Neal and 2^nd by Mark

Treasurers Report: Was read by Jamie

Motion to accept by Dave and 2^nd by Chuck

Old Business:

Bridge at Pecks Lake is fixed.

Landowner Appreciation Dinner- We held the dinner at the Sport Island Pub, there were 26 in attendance.

We have Bleecker Snow Rover long sleeve shirts available. They are $15.00 for members and $18.00 for non-members. See Jamie Cosselman.

New Business:

We will be having a Poker Run this year. The date will be February 6^th with a rain date of February 20^th. The Run will start and stop at the Bleecker Fish and Game Club with registration between 9:00am and 12:00pm. We will be running this through Caroga Lake with eight additional stops before returning to the Club. Maps will be available on the day of the Poker Run.

Bridge work planned for Sunday September13th, bridge behind Dave Livingston’s is the location for this day. Extra manpower is always needed.

Mark is going to check on getting hay for water holes.

Grooming Sleds to be serviced staring in November. Dave Livingston needs strobe light for his groomer. Steve Cosselman’s jack need attention.

Adopt a Highway- Sunday, October 4^th 8:00 am, meet by Sawdust Café.

Gas- Going to try Mohawk Valley Heating this year. We will top off tanks in November.

CPR and First Aid Course- Club members interested in taking this course, can contact Jamie Cosselman 725-3316. First set of classes are September 21^st and 22^nd at the Fish and Game Club from 6:00pm to 9:30pm. This is a seven hour course and is paid for by the Club.

Elections of officers will be held at our November 4^th meeting.

Motion to adjourn by Dave and 2^nd by Mark

Next meeting October 7th , 7:30 pm

A Meeting of the Bleecker Snow Rovers was held at the
 Bleecker Fish & Game Club on June 3rd , 2009

There were 6 members in attendance

Secretaries Report: Was read by Shari

Treasurers Report: Was read by Jamie

Old Business:

Chuck talked to Dave Briot regarding poker run, he sees no problem with having one again since we used to have one before and never had a problem. More discussion in September.

We also have a check coming from Nick Stoner Trailers for the most riders from a Club to participate in their Poker Run.

Peck Lake Bridge project will start in August, anyone interested in helping contact Paul Cosselman or Brian Pratt. It is still a go.

Landowner Appreciation Dinner- We will schedule this for a Friday night in late August. More information to follow upon scheduling.

New Business:

We have Bleecker Snow Rover long sleeve shirts available. They are $15.00 for members and $18.00 for non-members. See Jamie Cosselman.

Funding reports have been turned in. We met our funding with no problem.

Suggested Sport Island Pub for Landowner Dinner since they did such a nice job for our Christmas Party.

A Meeting of the Bleecker Snow Rovers was held at the
Bleecker Fish & Game Club on May 6th , 2009

There were 6 members in attendance

Secretaries Report: Was read by Shari

Treasurers Report: Was read by Shari

Old Business:

Peck Lake Bridge project will start in August, anyone interested in helping contact Paul Cosselman or Brian Pratt.

New Business:

Mark Cosselman would like to have a Poker Run again, We will start and stop at the Fish and Game Club, we will try to have 8 stops available but only five will be required. We will be checking with Nick Stoner Trailers to make sure we do not interfere with their annual event and with local restaurants and stores to make sure that they would like to be a stop on our run, since we only have a few stops in our area. We will also check with the Fire Depts. to see if they would be crossing guards for certain areas. We talked about having participants sign a waiver at the time of registration for Liability purposes.

Chuck is going to talk to Dave Brio before next meeting.

We now have Bleecker Snow Rover long sleeve shirts available. They are $15.00 for members and $18.00 for non-members. See Jamie Cosselman.

Chuck talked to Brian about Website, he is going to set it up so Chuck can access sections of the site and input information and update information as needed. We are going to have a trail condition section, so snowmobilers can check the site for the latest conditions of our trails and whether they are open or closed.

We need a bill for the concrete blocks for bridge built by sand pit.

Appreciation dinner for landowners will be planned for August. More discussion at next meeting.

Next meeting June 3rd, 7:30 pm