COUREURS DE BOIS
General Meeting January 19, 2016
Members present - 13
George
H opened meeting at 7 pm, welcoming all
Minutes of Meeting of November 17, 2015 approved by Phil B and seconded by Gerry J
Presidents Report ( read by George H)
The agreement for the Highway Cleanup between our club and the MTO has been renewed. The agreement is in effect for five years and automatically renews every year unless we advise MTO otherwise
Trail-Masters Report
Ron will be calling out for help for removal of many fallen trees from the wind storm in December past
This
will include Snowshoe Trail, Helen's Trail, Horne Island trail, and
others as they become known
Coureurs de Bois members put in 200 volunteer hours for clearing the golf course for skiing
Many thanks go to Gerry R and Don R for using their machines and grooming the golf course trails for skiing
Secretary-Treasurer Report
Donna reported all incoming and outgoing transactions and bank balance since last meeting of November 17, 2015
Copies of the VTA newsletters are available
Our membership stands at approximately 95
Motion to approve the report by Gerry J and seconded by Gerry R
George H made suggestions for the Paddle and Hike Days. In order to promote attendance by more paddlers, we could have each club host one of the days, being either late spring or fall
Many thanks go out to Sheila, Donna, Gayle, Emily, June, Shirley, Diane, Pam, Nickie and all those who helped made the Christmas Party such a success
New Business
A motion was made to invite the Algoma Paddlers and Penokeans to join us at our next Christmas Party by Phil B and seconded by Jim M, all were in favor
George H suggested we continue on with car-pooling as much as possible to our hike destinations
The upcoming Winterfest sign-up sheets for volunteers are available
The upcoming Snowbirds Fun Run sign-up sheets for volunteers are available
Monthly Rio Algom newsletters are available for those interested
Gerry J spoke to us about the snowshoes – anyone wanting to borrow them will call him
Gerry J spoke of Hike Ontario putting on a 55+ safe hiker course for $ 15.00. If we have a minimum of 6 people in our club Gerry J will do the course in May
George H spoke about the various difficulties of snowshoeing or hiking, reminding us that Monday are leisure, Tuesday and Saturday are easy and Thursday are intermediate.
We
should be concerned about the pace, all hikes are supposed to be as
fast as the slowest hiker
We
should all stay between the lead and the sweep, with the lead always
in sight for the sweep to see
It should be the sweep who give the
“ go ahead” for the leader to continue when the group stops
A suggestion was made by Donna to possibly have a social spagetti supper this spring
A petition is available for the Algoma Paddlers for those to sign regarding what is happening with them
When trail clearing we will continue to have someone in high traffic areas on the trails to advise of trail clearing ahead being done when a hiker comes upon it
Upcoming Events
The Winterfest Snowshoe Hike will be March 5, 2015
The Snowbirds Fun Run will be March 6, 2015
Our next general meeting will be March 22, 2016
Our
next hike leaders meeting will be April 12, 2016
Motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:45 pm by Phil B and seconded by Jim M
Minutes of Meeting prepared by Donna Condon
