Many area residents have already had a taste of snow this year. Are you getting everything in order for a fun filled season of snowmobiling?

A change to our bylaws ARTICLE IV DUES, Section 3 is being proposed.

Current wording: Dues shall be paid for the membership period of November 1^st to the following October 31^st. Any member joining the Club after January 1^st will not be charged a renewal fee for the following year.

Proposed wording: Dues shall be paid for the membership period of December 1^st to the following November 30^th.

Charity Drive: The first of three collections for the area food pantry was taken. While not many were in attendance the collection was very generous - $83.00 was donated. You too have time to add your gift to this worthy cause. Donations will also be taken at the November and December meetings. If you don’t think you will be able to attend either of these meetings but would like to donate, you can mail your donation to; Wales Sno-Drifter, Inc., PO Box 7223, Wesleyville Station, Erie, PA. 16510. Your donation will enable them to buy $34 of food with each $1 donated. Lend your support behind your Club’s charity drive.

Trails: Continued progress has been made at clearing and preparing the trails. Great job by Marc Matczak and all his fellow trail workers! A special thanks to everyone that has helped with our trail work so far. The next major undertaking is to place all the trail signs and markers.

The weekend of November 22^nd and 23^rd has been planned for this task. If you can help, please plan to meet at the Greene Township Building at 8:00 A.M. each morning to get assignments. With enough help, this one weekend should be enough. Please consider lending a hand.

This year’s ride leader coordinator is Marc Matczak. Please remember to stay on the trails when you are riding. Do not stray from the trails onto other’s private property – especially when marked with signs to stay off.

Acknowledgements: Dan Postlewaite is working to improve our trail drags by looking into obtaining better actuators and installing them on our drags. His efforts should improve their reliability. Thanks Dan!

Memberships: Have you filled out and submitted your membership application for this season yet? There are two big reasons to get it done. First, your current membership expires at the end of this month. Could this be your last Wales Tales? Secondly, your membership fee helps the club’s bank account so we can pay the bills. Grooming is not free or cheap. Although it’s only been a few weeks since this year’s applications were first mailed, we currently have 1 new member and more than 30 renewals.

To assist those that have not yet renewed their membership, an application has been included in this mailing. If you haven’t yet joined, please take the time to fill it out and return it. We need every one of last year’s members to renew their membership and help keep Wales Sno-Drifter’s trail system open and groomed. If you have already sent in your renewal, thank you very much, but don’t throw the attached application away! Give it to a friend or riding buddy that’s not currently a snowmobile club member.

Poker Run: With good snow conditions and great support from the membership, this event should be fantastic. Please reserve Saturday, January 31^st 2009 for this big event (2/7/09 will be the no-snow date). More info to come as plans are finalized.

Next meeting: The next general membership meeting will be held Thursday, November 20^th at 8:00 P.M. at the Greene Township Building. Please take note of the week earlier date. This happens in November and December due to the Holidays. Mark your calendar, plan to come out and hear what the club is planning, make a donation to our charity drive or just to deliver your completed membership renewal. Whatever the reason, see you there.