Meeting Minutes     February 2002 Ron brought the meeting to order at 7:35PM there were 18 members present. Jerry Thompson Dave Langlier Mark & Emily Stoller Mike Stoller Chuck Ouimette Dean Dark Rand James Del Albright Pete Elmer Bob & Sharon Sutton Rich Hughes Wes Cross Guests: in attendance were Larry & Carol Whitehead and Bob Hughes Reports: President: Ron had the lettering changed from the sample hitch cover, he showed us a proof of the final design and has 16 on order they should be available for purchase at the next meeting for $26 each. The folks from Jackson Ford contacted Ron about the 4X4 show and Ron told him our reasons for declining the invitation. Vice President: Has t-shirt news to be covered under new business Treasurer: Our current balance is $497 there are some uncollected membership dues pending. Membership: The club received a letter from Don Weber requesting consideration for membership for him and Ann. Mark made the motion to accept them as members and was passed by voice. Welcome Don and Ann. Delegate/Land use: The FOTR meeting in Sacramento went well and the cease and desist order was rescinded so Rubicon remains open for now, it seems that there is a problem with human waste disposal along the trail, it seems that the environment just can’t handle the 17,000 pounds per year that trail users leave behind, and trail toilets present a logistics problem, so for now we will be asked to pack it out. The Boxer-Fienstien team has their eye on another 7 million acres to turn into wilderness. Correspondence: Newsletters from Southwest 4-wheel drive assn. And United 4-wheel were received and distributed to members, Cal. Rockcrawlers invited us to compete in their event. An e-mail from Dan arrived, it seems that he tore his achillies tendon playing basketball and will be laid up for a while, get well soon Dan. Old business: Med cards, some people still haven’t returned their completed cards, as of yet, you know who you are, Winter Fun Festival, Chuck was somewhat disappointed in the way the event turned out this year there was a small turnout for the games and the riverbed area was overrun by non-participant vehicles causing delays in the games and safety issues. New business: T-shirts, Mike has taken over the t-shirt issue and has consulted a vendor, he along with Richard and Mark offered to bankroll the venture and sell the shirts to members in order to recover their investment. Several color options were offered and the club voted on gray for this run. Bylaw changes: There were motions made and passed to change the bylaws Mike and Jerry will write up the changes and have them ready at the next meeting. Calendar change: Richard made a motion to switch the dates for the adopt-a-trail and the Rubicon run in order for the adopt-a-trail run to fall on the same date as the Bear River Fishing Derby, it was passed, details will be on the website soon. The meeting was adjourned at 9:20PM Richard Yeargan12/25/02