Board Meeting MInutes

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                              Yankee Springs Trail Riders Association

                                          Board  Meeting Minutes

                                                     April 14,2021

Our meeting was held at YS Horsemen’s Campground at the Pavilion starting at 6:20. Pizza was provided by the club.

Attendance: Travis and Sarah Buehler, Kathy Taylor, Ron and Carla Walker, John Soaper

Excused: Jenna Corson, Ruth & Ken Terpening, John Dermody, Tom Chaffee 

Attending Member: Heather Slocum 

There were not enough board members to put into a vote to accept the Secretary’s report.

Upcoming Events:

Shot Clinic will be April 24th 9:00am -12:00.  The Location this year will be at the Buehler home, 10370 Parmalee, Middleville 49333 Signing up for a time slot is appreciated, but NOT required. You may just show up. Head to our Facebook page to sign up for a specific spot if you’d like. OR, come. This event will be rain or shine as we do have covered area should the weather not cooperate. 

Planned Events:

Judged Trail Ride June 26th this is a tentative date. 

Annual Meeting September 4th.

Halloween October 9th this is a tentative date. - Sarah Buehler Chair

Barry Roubaix Bike Race will be October 2nd. Volunteers will be needed for road crossings.  This is YSTRA big money maker so please volunteer.

Road Side Clean Up: We would like to thank Jeanne, Skip, Dick Smith and Kathy for their hard work on this

There is nothing to report on the solar well or electrical Grant.

New Business:

We are checking with our board member Tom Chaffee about making new trail signs on the 9 mile. We understand there is confusion at times where the 9 mile meets the walking trail. 

Ron will be contacting Andru about our upcoming events and what guidelines we have to follow in order to put them on. 

YSTRA has open board seats. If you would like to become a board member, we encourage you to come join our meetings and see what we are all about. 

Don’t forget to pay your 2021 YSTRA membership dues!

Next meeting will be May 12th at the YS horsemen’s campground. Meeting adjourned at 6:45. 

Sincerely,

Sarah Buehler, YSTRA Secretary