January-2020 Club Meeting Minutes
General Membership Meeting Agenda
January 9th, 2020 Called to Order at: 7:04pm
Idaho Off-Road 4×4 Club is an association of people brought together to share a single passion: Four Wheeling! We are a FAMILY oriented club dedicated to keeping our public lands open while practicing the policy of TREAD LIGHTLY!
Bell Of Shame: ____ “Yank Me” – William Hellwig ___ “I'm Broke” Christian Dahlstrom
I. Call to order –Justin Simms: president@idaho4x4.com
II. Sergeant at Arms – Maintains order in the room. There is a $1 charge for unnecessary disruptions.
III. Roll call: Visitors: 6 Members & Family: 31
Visitors: Bill & Natalie, Raleigh Varnell, Jim Kokgly, Jason Anderson, Dan & Les Bonney, John & Paula Tuttle, Raffi Kassardjian.
IV. Vice President’s Report – Mark Hartnoll: vicepresident@idaho4x4.com
Current member count – 65
V. Treasurer’s Report – Christian Dahlstrom: treasurer@idaho4x4.com
· General Fund: $9,792.60
· Joe Aldape Land Use Fund: $1200.00
· Raffle Fund: $3,555.93 ($300.00 made in tonight’s raffle. Thank you, Tony & Tara Eiguren!)
· Last Month’s Raffle brought in $342.00. (Thank you, Christian Dahlstrom!)
· Grand Total: $14,548.53
Questions have recently come up to council: “IOR is sitting on an awful lot of money in their bank account. What are your plans for use of it?” Christian explained tonight to the Club, that we are saving to help possibly restore/maintenance of our Club adopted Trails or use for possible future land battles in court. Both options are very possible. A large portion of our monies go towards donations yearly to Blue Ribbon Coalition and IRC for your lands, these two are our major fight against land closures to our recreating areas.
VI. Active and New Business
• Jan 19th Club Run, hosted by Mark Hartnoll. May possibly have snow. Cow Creek area
• Club Membership Dues being accepted now until March 12th, after there will be a $10 late fee applied. Club Member Dues are $30, New Member’s Dues $40 ($10 goes to the State Association). There will be a PayPal link on our website for Members to use for renewal.
• Jan 11th IRC meeting at Kopper Kitchen 10am-3pm. (you needed to have RSVP’d by 1-5-20)
• Nominations for Club Council have begun, all positions are up for election. Curt Blount has shown interest in the Vice President position.
• Next Rocket Run Planning Committee Meeting will be hosted by Curt & Stretch Blount, February 11th at 6pm.
VII. Education : Rory Olsen & Daniel Roberts came to speak to our Club on behalf of Search and Rescue. Search & Rescue current have 125 members, that answer calls in WA, OR, ID, UT, MT, &WY. They are called in by Sherriff’s Dept for each call. 3 times a year they have Orientation Sessions for new Volunteers. To begin training there are 3 evenings (Search & Rescue Academy) of classes before a volunteer is asked out on calls. You have to work your way up from field calls to specialty groups. They can even place a volunteer into maintenance dept to care for their equipment and machinery. They touched on things to remember to take with you before to venture out on trips: tell someone responsible where your going and when to expect you back. If something should go wrong stay put or leave a note where you said you’d be to tell searchers what direction you headed. Take synthetic clothing, fire supplies, extra water and food. A sleeping bag if your headed a great distance, shell jacket, long sleeved clothing (good for sun protection), Compass, HAM radio, SPOT or IN REACH satellite locator beacons. If you’d like to contact Rory Olsen (Volunteer Coordinator/Public Relations) his email is: olseror@yahoo.com
VIII. Sunshine: Ginny Simms: sunshine@idaho4x4.com
• Ray Turner’s dad & Tom Cota’s Father-n-Law passed away. Bob McDonald passed away Jan 4th, he had previously been an IOR club member. Amy Weidner received the Tooth toucan, Jane Knes received the Lumbar Llama. Sherry Coble took a tumble off her steps due to ice today, experiencing lots of scrapes on her leg in addition to bruising. She will be receiving Tumbleweed the Bull very soon to help her heal???? Today is Marcy & Dan’s 30th Wedding Anniversary.
January Birthdays: Alex Rezansoff, Klint Breeding, Roger Nelson, Dave Simmons, Rob Robinson. WebMaster: Micke Barnes: webmaster@idaho4x4.com
· IOR Club Member 2020 Survey will be available for club members via our Website: idaho4x4.com
· Micke also requested info for Apple users to forward on any HAM learning programs/apps that are Apple friendly to share to Club Members wanting to study for their HAM tests.
IX. Land Use – Christian Dahlstrom
· Spoke to the Club about the use of our Finances for Land Use.
X. State Association: Nathan White: Not in Attendance tonight.
XI. Previous Events:
· HDOR hosted Hangover Run Jan 1st, 2020. (Nathan & Gabe had attended, but no one at tonight’s meeting had gone)
XIV. Trips & Trails:
January 2020:
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Trail: 19th Snow Run? Meet at Dan’s Ferry Roll out of the parking lot at 9am (hosted by Mark Hartnoll)
February 2020:
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Trail: 8th Atlanta Run (Christian Dahlstrom will host)(possibly an overnighter at cabins in Atlanta)
March 2020: 21st 2 Headed Dragon/Lost Trail Clean Up (hosted by Nathan White)
Rock/Trail: 28th Multi-Club Run in Bruneau w/IOR Club Sponsored BBQ (hosted by Justin & Ginny Simms)
April 2020: 25th 7th Annual Chuck Coble Memorial Rocket Run
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Trail:
May 2020: 16th Hwy CleanUp, Go Topless BBQ, Tech Inspection
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Trial: 9th Snow Run at Warm Lake (hosted by Dan & Marcy Sullivan)
June 2020: (TBD) HDOR Ride-n-Rally (not father’s day weekend)
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Trail:
July 2020: 18th Club BBQ hosted by Justin & Ginny Simms
4th of July Campout hosted by Glenn & Patti (Stanley area TBD)
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Trail:
August 2020: 15th or 22nd CareyTown Run (hosted by Bill Hargreaves)
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Trail:
September 2020: 9-2 to 9-7 Labor Day Campout Pen Basin CG
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Trail:
October 2020: 3rd Hwy CleanUp/Christian’s Oktoberfest
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Trail: 31st Idaho City/Miner’s Grave
November 2020:
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Trail: TBD HDOR Turkey Run
December 2020:
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Trail:
XV. Upcoming Events – Ginny Simms/Lola Hartnoll
• Signs have been reserved for May & Oct already. Shelter at Lucky Peak State Park has been reserved for May 16th Hwy Clean Up/Tech Inspection/Topless Jeep Event.
• 2020 IOR Christmas Party will be Dec 12th (tentative) at Riverside Hotel. Planning for a larger room and an earlier start time.
• 2023 IOR Ride & Rally at North Shore Resort & Campground, ID (Warm Lake). Dan & Marcy Sullivan have begun planning & talking with owners.
XVI. New Applicants Eligible for Vote: no votes tonight
XVII. Raffle:
Jan 2020: Tony Eiguren Feb 2020: Dan & Marcy Sullivan
Mar 2020: Micke Barnes Apr 2020: Rochelle & Louis Keller
May 2020: Jun 2020: Michael Shroll
Jul 2020: Aug 2020: Mark Bennett
Sept 2020: Justin/Ginny Simms Oct 2020: Chuck & Sharon Callahan
Nov 2020 : Rob & Brenda Robinson Dec 2020:
XVIII. Next Meeting/Adjournment:
· Council meeting: Feb 6th, 2020-7pm at Smokey Mountain Pizza in Merdian on Fairview.
· Club meeting : Feb 13th, 2020-7pm at Idaho Pizza in Meridian on Fairview.
· Adjourned meeting at: 8:18 pm
