The April Board of Directors Meeting, NYSSA educational Forum and Annual Meeting will be held in Syracuse/Liverpool this year. 

An exciting Annual Forum & Meeting is being planned for April 17-19, 2009, held at the Holiday Inn, Liverpool.Reservations will be taken until March 30th only.   No registrations at the door.Many new seminars have been planned, more vendors, grooming equipment and much more.It’s a great time to meet up with fellow snowmobilers and share information.

Friday

Friday’s seminars include Grooming Excellence, an off-site chain saw course,  basic computing, accounting, and
Microsoft office. 

Saturday

Saturday’s program includes new seminars this year: 

· Club Roundtable:  an interactive session which will bring best practice ideas from clubs.
· Volunteerism:  we all gained a lot of members from SRRA, now you need to find ways to get them to help on trails, attend meetings.  This is the session for you. Interactive session.
· Getting the Message out:   PR/Website & Club Newsletter: Learn how to promote your club, what information should be on your website and newsletters…a must for every club.
· Trail Condition Reports:  work with the NYSSA Trails Committee in developing a trail reporting system that’s the same throughout the state.   Helpful for clubs with websites or phone lines that report trail conditions.
· OPRHP Presents:   OPRHP (“Parks”) will have a session devoted to the trail program.  This overview of the program will be beneficial to all snowmobilers and club s and will also review current Snowmobile Law.   

Returning to the seminar roster are:  NYSSA Budget, NYSSA PAC reports, 501c3 Charities, Effective Meetings &     Roberts Rules of Order, Trails Signage, Legal & Insurance,  STEP Program Report, On-line Membership (designed for the Club Administrator),  Automated Work Logs, and GPS training.

The Grooming Seminar has been enhanced this year.  Now called Grooming Excellence, it will encompass 5 key areas to help clubs review their program and work towards the next level of grooming excellence. We’ll have an awards luncheon from 12-2 on Saturday with some special guests. At the banquet Saturday evening,  we have more special guests and the drawing of the OCSA /NYSSA Super Raffle. 

Sunday

Sunday the Annual Meeting begins promptly @ 9:00 am.

Please note: if you are a delegate and are not personally present for roll call, you will not be allowed to vote as a delegate.    

To help support our Charities of Choice (Pink Ribbon Riders, Easter Seals & USO/Support our Troops), we will be having a 50/50 drawing and also a Silent Auction.   We are asking each club to bring an item which represents your area to be used in this auction.    Your club donations to these charities can be sent to the NYSSA office.  As in past years we’re asking donation of $100 per club.  Please mark your charity of choice on your check.    

Looking Good!

As we will be having several honored guests, and there is always the possibility of television and newspaper coverage of such a large event, we are asking that everyone who attends dress in business casual attire -  golf shirts, button down shirts, khaki pants etc. We ask that no t-shirts, or sweatshirts be worn, and no hats be worn during the luncheon and dinner. 

Be sure to get your registration in before March 30th, and remember your voting delegates are 1 for every 30 members of your club that you have submitted to the NYSSA office.    We look forward to seeing you in Liverpool for this year’s Forum.  If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact the NYSSA office.

Holiday Inn Liverpool (I-90, exit 37)441 Electronics ParkwayLiverpool, NY 13088 1-877-863-4780  or 315-457-1122