WE HAVE MOVED TO A NEW WEB SITE.
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You can now follow us on our new web site, note as of December 31, 2014 it is still under construction.

http://fundytrailsnowmobileclub.ca/

Left to Right: Bryan McLellan- Past President, Craig Cameron - President

Fwd: Proposed SANS By-Laws

Stan Slack

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From: Bryan McLellan
Date:05/19/2014 9:21 AM (GMT-04:00)
To: Stan Slack
Subject: FW: Proposed SANS By-Laws

Hi Stan

Can you send this out the club membership.

Thanks

Bryan

 

From: Reg Crewe [mailto:crewe.reg@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2014 11:13 AM
To: 'Andrew Wallis'; 'Cheryl Joseph'; 'Cock Floyd / Sherry'; 'Dunlop, Martha'; 'Eddy, Mike'; 'Mike Conrad Driftclimbers'; 'Pat Burke'; 'Pugsley, George'; 'SANS President'
Subject: Proposed SANS By-Laws

 

Hi All,

As promised, attached is a copy of the proposed By-Law changes for your review before the May 31^st Board of Directors meeting. Note that red indicates proposed new additions and yellow/crossed out indicates deletions. Please forward to any members mistakenly omitted. We would like to discuss any ideas or comments at the meeting, in order to prepare the final draft for the AGM on November 16^th.

 

I had previously emailed some of the info used to determine and justify the proposed changes and have subsequently prepared a PowerPoint slide presentation for the Executive Committee meeting and am attaching that as well.

 

You will note that there is reference to the SANS Policy Manual at times. The Policy Manual is next on the list for review and of course, as such, some of the policies will change or have to be written to reflect the revised by-laws. The reason we refer to the Policy Manual, is that we can change our policies from within SANS, without having to go to the Joint Stocks Registrar. We have to submit our by-laws every time we change anything to the Registrar, so it just makes it easier to manage, when details can be addressed and voted on, within SANS, in the policies.

 

Also, some points/objections that have come up are as follows:

1.      Why do the By-Laws need to change?

2.      Why fix something that isn't broken?

3.      We have never had a problem in the past so why does it need to be changed, at all?

 

In response to these objections, we feel that change is necessary to better reflect the business models that are enabling organizations to move forward in today's very busy and competitive marketplace. Most organizations are moving to a more business like model to better use the resources available to compete for funding, legislative recognition and maneuverability. SANS wants to remain a stable and progressive organization ready to better deal with the demands of more restrictive guidelines, legislation and funding opportunities.

 

The present structure has a very large Board of Directors which was based on a need to represent each and every club within the organization. The large board was created because there was the need to manage the SANS organization when there were no staff to run the daily operations of the organization. We feel this is no longer the case and unnecessary. In fact, the executive committee is really doing the work of the board.

 

The board's purpose should be to guide and determine the future strategic direction and purpose of SANS which is certainly not the current case. With a new structure, more meetings at the Zone level, a more even distribution of clubs with in the Zones and a smaller board with a more strategic purpose may hopefully move the organization into the future in a more progressive and dynamic manner,

 

Please review the attached and bring your comments and suggestions to the BOD meeting, May 31…see you there! If anyone is unable to attend, please don't hesitate to send your comments by email.

 

Have a great summer!

Reg

 

Reg Crewe          

Secretary, SANS Executive Committee

Proud Member of Snowmobilers Association of Nova Scotia (SANS)

R.R. 1, 39 Loganville Drive, Scotsburn, NS, B0K 1R0

T: 902-351-2390

www.snowmobilersns.com

 

 

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As a great season comes to a close, the Fundy Trail Snowmobile Club would like to thank you the riders and permit holders for your support this season along with a special thanks to Mother Nature for providing us a winter to remember. We would also like to thank our numerous volunteers, businesses, Permit Distributors, and especially a really BIG THANK YOU to our Landowners without whom our 150 kms of well groomed trails could not exist! Hope to see you all on the trail next winter!

TRAIL PERMIT REVIEW

SANS has undertaken a complete review of the Trail 
Permit System and will be holding meetings to present 
the findings of the committee and to seek your input. 
Please try to attend one of the sessions. 
SANS Trail Permit Presentation Schedule 
Zone 2 East March 3rd
– Museum of Industry 
New Glasgow 
Zone 2 West March 4th
– Best Western Glengarry 
Willow Street, Truro 

All meetings start at 7:30 PM

SANS Youth Program

Youth Program Kicks Off at the club this weekend.

Snowmobile Operators Course Saturday Feb 1st

We will be starting at 9 am and runs til approximately 1:30

 

You will need to register as soon as possible: $65.00 per person cash or cheque

 

Please be at 120 King Road in Wellington at 8:45, so you can unload your machines and be ready to start at 9 am

Take the exit at Fall River head towards Wellington, once you go past the Wellington Bakery, you will take the next left on Sunnylea, then left on King Road and we are the second house on the left past the third bridge.

 

You will need

Your sled in proper working condition, insurance, registration and membership to a club in Nova Scotia

( I have Driftclimbers membership forms if you are not already a member of a club which you can purchase the day of the course $25 family)
(Children will need their own sled too which fits them properly – they must be able to sit on the seat and their feet are flat on the running boards and their arms should be at a 90 degree angle to allow proper movement)

Proper snowmobile clothing including a helmet, boots, mitts and suit

 

Agenda:

9 am Theory portion will be inside

11 am break ( I will provide a snack, tea, coffee and hot chocolate) You can bring a lunch which you can eat before we go out for the practical

11:15 Out on our sleds

 

If you have any questions, please email Cindy at cindy@health1.ca or call 880-1460

 

Cindy Patriquin

Youth Program

On behalf of the Youth Program Coordinators’ I am sending all of you this poster regarding the Kick Off Meeting scheduled for February 16^th. Please circulate this poster as widely as possible and please make sure to target families who have youth who may wish to participate in this SANS Youth Leadership Program. If you have any questions you can contact Carole Fisher at carole@ditchdoctor.ca or Marsha Eddy at mjeddy@ns.sympatico.ca

 

SANS Ride For Dad March 1st

You can register for the SANS Ride For Dad at the link below.

http://support.pcff.ca/site/TR?fr_id=1160&pg=entry

Operator Safety Training

We have received the following message from Dave Timmons regarding snowmobile safety training please contact Dave directly if you are interested.

I will be putting on a course this Saturday in the Wentworth Valley at the FUNDY Club House (January 11 2014)
Registration 08:30 Class starts at (09:00) should finnish up by (3:30-4:00)

I will be putting on a course at the Cumberland / Springhill on January 25 2014
Registration 08:30 Class starts at (09:00) should finnish up by (3:30 -4:00)

I can put on a course in your area provided you can guarantee me (10) people (it’s a four hour drive /return to Greville)
I can do your area on January 12 2014 (Sunday ) if you have the people

Dave Timmons
452 3103

To All Members & Fellow Snowmobilers,

We have received the updated tracks for the groomer, a crew spent all day yesterday 

and today (Jan 31st)putting the new tracks together, a group have headed to the Club 

this evening New Years eve to install the tracks out in the cold. 

A special thanks goes out to this crew of volunteers as well as all those that helped 

to clear the trails.

 

Trail Clearing

This is an example of what type of conditions we are trying to deal with.

Groomer Update - The new tracks we purchased and installed were not correct and we are currently awaiting for the parts from Germany, once the parts arrive we have to install the new parts on the new tracks and reinstall the tracks on the groomer :-(

Just a reminder to take care if you head out on your sleds as the Club has not had the opportunity to do a trail assessment after the storm and there may be trees or other obstructions on the trails. 

If you come across any trail issues if possible please mark with flagging tap and/or report to the club. Thanks for your assistance and understanding in this matter.