Board of Director Meeting
July 30, 2024
Y’s Men Club
Call To Order: Dwayne Atherton, Vice President
John Carson approved agenda
Quorum Met: 3 Executive; 3 Directors plus 14 members
Minutes of last meeting: Donna Carson
Donna read and submitted the July 2, 2024 minutes for approval; Linda seconded. Motion carried.
Old Business Items:
Face Book administration will remain with both Linda and Dwayne as administrators.
ATV Training Course – August 10th Dwayne reported that there are 5 signed up at this juncture
TIF application – need to provide Federation with more detail
Bylaw review still in progress – intent is to have it finalized for August 30th meeting
Woodstock Street access – moving slowly but still work in progress with investigation on needs
Treasurer Report: Wade McLellan, Treasurer
Financial Report – Wade submitted and Scott seconded for approval of both the Chequing and Savings report. Motion Carried.
Trail Permit Sale Report: Linda McHatten, Vendor Co-ordinator
Linda gave the monthly status report on the YTD trail permit sales from SNB and vendor locations. Past month, 78 passes were picked up so with last month’s total (413) we have a YTD of 491. Patty and Linda have begun training in preparation for hand off in September. New passes will be available in September.
Facebook Report: Linda McHatten, FaceBook Co-ordinator
Linda reported that we continue to grow with currently 1326 followers.
Trail Report: Brian McHatten, Trail Coordinator
Debec washout between Dugan Road and Debec was fixed, and thanks to Justin Wort for the quick
response and got right on it.
There was a large boulder on the trail between Ryan Road and Oak Mountain that was removed by Justin Wort. Also fixed 3 low spots in the same area.
Also besides the grading, Brian Keilty filled in a low spot at Scott Siding and brought the trail up to proper height at Canterbury.
Thanks were given to member Don Calhoun for clearing the bushes away at the McKenna Road.
Brian reported that he originally had a budget of $20,000 and to date, the budget is over by $6,800.00.
Brian made a motion for $10,000 budget to begin grading between Carr Siding towards the river. For this year do 7km and 7km for next year. Donnie Atherton seconded. Motion carried.
Committee Report: Donna Carson, Secretary
No committee activity at this juncture
Correspondence: Donna Carson, Secretary
Federation Office CBF – Eligible Categories abr.pdf
(~853 KB)
FDCC – Catégories admissibles abr.pdf
(~998 KB)
Message from Jacques Ouellette:
It is with great pleasure that QuadNB received the major announcement from the Local Government that the Canada Community Building Fund was renewed for the next ten years and $254 M will be made available to cover the first five years.
This funding includes bridges construction, deck replacement, bridge replacement and culvert pipe replacements or new installations. Also, trails needed to lead to the new bridge construction are also eligible. There is no ratio of financial involvement for the clubs. Therefore, the more you put in financially, the better your chances will be to get approved.
They will consider first the projects that are for multiuse. We will give priority to the clubs that have the proper funding in hand, have the owner’s land access agreements signed, site visits completed or done prior the application.
In other words, ready to go projects. Once again, there are already a few clubs that were pro-active by having me visit the sites and acknowledge the needs.
Please don’t expect anything for this year. This involves a lot of commitment on my part and we still need to close the last projects from the first program, not counting the other projects already in the works.
Federation Office: Scams going around
Hi there :
We would like to advise you that someone pretending to be QuadNB is calling our members from a private number to tell them that they have won a prize and all they need to do to claim this prize is to provide their email address. THIS IS NOT QUADNB. It’s a scam. When we do call, it is not from a private number. If you ever receive a call like this, please hang up the phone and above all, do not give out any personal information.
Natasha
Federation Office – A new ATV Club
A new club has joined QuadNB
June 13, 2024- Hanwell, NB:
Just recently, QuadNB approved the application of a new ATV club on a one-year probationary period.
Congratulations to the Hampton ATV Club! They are club #59 in Region 8.
Contact person: Club President Mervyn Mullin
Email: hamptonatvclub@gmail.com
Phone: (506) 343-4258
Once their probationary period is over, the board of administration will conduct a follow-up review to potentially accept their application to become QuadNB’s newest member club.
Natasha
Dwayne received an email from Lindsay Rec Council inviting us to participate to their community parade, the theme is Country Life and is on Saturday, August 10th. Dwayne received another email from the Debec Rec Council for another parade on Saturday September 7th and the theme is Hillbilly County Hoedown.
Skedaddale Club is also having a night run on Friday, August 10th.
An information session regarding the Brighton Windmill Farm is being held on August 8th at the Juniper Community Center.
New Business: Dwayne Atherton
Still thinking about a membership appreciation event possibly in the Fall.
The Meduxnekeag train bridge is now closed and our club has applied for a HUP to get around it.
Brian will reach out to get two ‘Bridge Closed” signs. Motion made by Calvin and seconded by Kendall. Motion carried.
Kendall McLean was elected as the Trail Manager through acclamation.
Bob Stokes announced that Vance Johnson will become the interim Federation General Manager, while maintaining his current Trail Coordinator position.
Bob also advised that there is a Chapman Wind Mill project around Glassville coming in 2025. The St. Mary’s and Tobique First Nations are leading this project.
Dwayne announced that there was a special presentation. As part of the QuadNB 25th anniversary, the federation requested each club to submit a club volunteer as well as a long term builder/contractor which has assisted in growing and supporting the club as well as having a role in building our sport locally and provincially. We are proud to say that both John Carson and Aggcon Construction, Sheldon Accot were chosen as winners by the federation for the province.
Brian McHatten made the presentation to John which was followed by a cake reception. Congratulations!!
Next Meeting: September 24, 2024 – Y’s Men Club; 7:00pm
Adjourn Meeting: Brian