NYSSA Online Magazine - New York State Snowmobile Association

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Contents

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2020 Super Raffle Winners

President's Message

By Rosanne Warner

The History of NYSSA

By Dominic Jacangelo and Dave Wells

Trail Coordinator Report

By Jim Rolf

Trail Work Obstacles

By Dusty Ramsey

The Official Publication of the New York State Snowmobile Association

P.O. Box 740 Central Square, NY 13036

2019-2020 Officers President

Rosanne Warner president@

Vice President Edward Zalar vicepresident@

Secretary Kelly Grammo secretary@

Treasurer John Occhino treasurer@

Staff Executive Director Dominic Jacangelo, 888-624-3849 x104 dominic@

Trail Coordinator Jim Rolf, 888-624-3849 x102

jrolf@

Office Manager Jennifer Senf, 888-624-3849 x101 nyssaoffice@

Membership Helpline 888-624-3849 x103 membership@

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Congratulations to John Hill of Hastings, NY, 1st prize winner in the 2020 Super Raffle. He picked the 2020 Polaris Indy 600 SP donated by Polaris Industries and

NYS Polaris Dealers.

Jason Burch of Saylorsburg, PA, was the 2nd prize winner in the 2020 Super Raffle, taking home the Skidoo MXZ 600 donated

by BRP and NYS Skidoo Dealers.

Congratulations Tory Hillenbrand from Rochester, NY, 4th prize winner in the 2020 Super Raffle. He took home the Arctic Cat ZR200 donated by Arctic Cat.

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Thank you to our 2020 Super Raffle Sponsors.

We are looking for donations for the 2021 Super Raffle. If you are interested in donating a prize, Please contact Jen at 1-888-624-3849 ext 101 or nyssaoffice@.

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President's Message: State of the Association

by Rosanne Warner, NYSSA President 315-697-8130 president@

Hot, Hot, Hot!!

Hoping you are all well and surviving the heat wave we have been experiencing lately. I am not sure about you, but I, for one am not liking this extreme heat and am looking forward to some cooler days soon.

On the bright side, my Grandmother used to say that for every 90 degree day, we would see a foot of snow. If she was correct (and she lived well into her 90's) then we should be in for a bumper crop winter. Or so we can hope as it is long overdue.

It is no secret that the last few snowmobile seasons have been less than stellar and we are past due for a cold, snowy winter. Last year, I only got 30 miles of riding in and I am hopeful that I will find some more time for riding this year. Thirty miles was just not enough riding for me, but I did make it to a lot of club events, so it was a fair trade off being around other people who share my passion for the sport.

Speaking of club events ? many clubs have canceled annual events and as we round the corner into the grass drag season, there may be more cancellations coming. Let us all keep our fingers crossed that the usual events that we have come accustomed to can go on given the state's restrictions that have been placed on society because of the coronavirus.

This past Saturday, the NYSSA Board of Directors held our monthly meeting via GoToMeeting service, and we discussed the Annual Meeting, which was postponed in April, moved to June and finally moved to August. With the cancellation of the great New York State Fair due to restrictions on congregations of more than 50 people, we are closely monitoring the Governor's Executive Orders to see if those restrictions will be lifted in time for our meeting, which typically brings in 500-600 people.

NYSSA has been ahead of the curve using online meeting services for our committees and board to meet via the web saving NYSSA tens of thousands of dollars over the past four years, but an online Annual Meeting is not possible due to the makeup of our bylaws and state non-profit law which prohibits the use of online services for a full meeting of the delegates.

Our Executive Director, Dominic Jacangelo, has been in contact with The Oncenter who is watching the Governor's orders as well, and we are all hopeful that by August, we may be able to hold our annual meeting.

Please stay tuned as we will notify clubs if we are not able to hold the meeting in which case the officers, bylaw change proposals and budget will be held over until April when we will be more likely to hold an event with enough people to have a quorum.

We also realize the difficulty for snowmobile clubs and county associations to meet for their regular monthly meetings. NYSSA has developed some guidance regarding online meetings for clubs and county associations/federations and the information can be found on our website: Online meeting services are relatively inexpensive and can be purchased for low cost fees on a month to month basis. If you are a club officer, please consider reading the material as it may be of assistance to you in these hard times where we are unable or reluctant to meet in person.

As always, I wish you all the best of health and hope to see you on the trail this winter.

Best Regards,

Rosanne

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