Jack called the meeting to order at 6PM.
Board Members Present: Jack Dyer President, Don Kramer Vice-President, Judy Koski Secretary, and Treasurer was absent.
Minutes of last meeting: Karen made the motion to accept the minutes and Jane seconded it. All approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Maurice gave the report in Karen’s absence. Total income $798.00, reminded everyone of the $7,000.00 we loaned to Arizona Alpine Trails. April Balance for April $9,677.46. Karen made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report and Andy seconded it. All approved.
Club meetings and ride dates for 2023 season were emailed to members but Jack will send them out again.
Support for Arizona Alpine Trail: Letter of support was sent. Also, the financial support money, was sent.
Club Meeting Place??: Since Show Low Café will not be open on Thursday nights, we will be having our meetings at Dickies BBQ until further notice.
Membership: We have about 74 members that have paid. Judy has sent out another notice for people to pay their dues. New Members Pat and Kimberly, welcome.
May Ride: Saturday, May 20th, To get to the staging location take Hwy 260 to Hwy 273 towards Sunrise. Go about 14 miles until you come to Forest Service Rd 116 then turn right. Look for a WMOTA sign at this turn. Go about 1.5 miles on FS116 and when you reach a cattle-guard the staging location will be on the right. Another WMOTA sign will be placed there. I will conduct a pre-ride safety review at 8:45 and be ready to leave by 9am. Bring or wear warm clothes and a rain suit or poncho is a must. Hopefully the trails will not be too muddy from the week’s thunderstorms.
We will head over to Burro Mountain from the staging area, go up and over to Spruce Spring for a short break, then head down the mountain to Big Lake. Next, we will head over to ride around OD Ridge, then up to Pat Knoll, across to Pool Knoll and return to the staging area. Be sure your machines are in good working order, bring your lunch, snacks, and drinks (no alcohol allowed) and hopefully we will see a variety of wildlife.
If you have any questions, my contact information is in the Directory on the club website.
Maurice Colwell, Ride Leader
Forest Service: Would like our help in cleaning trash on the Maverick Trail and around the transfer station. Also talked about Rehab Maverick Trail kioski – July 6th and July 8th Time TBD. If you see an area the is bad with trash let the Forest Service know. Also, an update on the Teddy Roosevelt Tree is still standing. Further investigation will be done to make sure he did sign the tree. It is illegal to cut the tree down.
Thing the Club would like to do.
Breakfast before a ride or two
Poker rides
Maverick trail ride- possibly June
Annual BBQ – usually September
Fall colors ride- TBD in October
Camping for rides
Idea????- let us know
Jack talked about riding the Maverick Trail, the full 50 mile. A bus would pick us up at the end and take us back to our trucks. TBA.
50/50: Total of 80.00 and Snow’s name was drawn for 40.00.
Ride Leader Meeting: Don Kramer had a meeting before the club meeting and made a list of rides. Asked members to think about leading a ride.
Paul said he will be ready to ride in June out in Heber /Overgard. Call him if you want to ride with him during the week.
The motion was made by Karen and Cindy second it to close the meeting at 6:55 pm.
Judy Koski,
Secretary