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CHUGIAK DOG MUSHERS ASSOCIATION
General Meeting – Sep 3, 2003
7 pm at the Red School House on the Old Glenn, next to the CBA building
(across from the carnival storage between the North and South Birchwood exits)
Hotline: 689-7899

Committee Reports:

Treasurer’s Report – Gaming $5,877.28; Checking $12,333.15; Savings $8,586.93
Raffle $4,240

Race Committee – No report.

Business Person’s Race – Has no volunteers for organizing. Harold Capps volunteered to head the effort.

Race Poster Committee – Someone suggested giving Theresa Daily a free ad on the poster in appreciation for all of her hard work on the web site. Val raised the motion and Harold seconded it. Susan tallied the ads at 30 with 14 paid and 4 free. Other free ads will be Simplex Grinnel and Anderson Brothers Construction. An additional 12 organizations still need to pay. AAA Subaru, Johnson Tire, and Sportshop will not be on the poster this year. The club agreed to give a free ad to Anderson Brothers Construction in thanks for the work done during the past year. In addition, the club will offer free entry to the Business Person’s Race to Dick Anderson’s wife.

Clubhouse Committee – The extension on the permit to build the clubhouse expires at the end of September and no more extensions are expected. We need a work party to clean up scrap wood and cut brush along the fence.

Newsletter Committee – A newsletter should go out soon to announce the open house in November, the upcoming educational programs, and to introduce the race rules.

Activities Committee – The Fall programs will include a talk by Kourosh and Deanna Partow on October 1st, the new clubhouse open house on November 5th, and a workshop on making ganglines and necklines on December 3rd.

Membership Committee – No report.

Trail Committee – Need volunteers for a trail clearing party on Saturday. Bill passed around a signup sheet.

Old Business:

Race Rules -- Lexi will bring copies of the latest race rules to the next meeting.

New Business:

Grant Request – The grant request is due October 1st. The club asked for $5,500 last year. Lexi and Jackie will get together with Colton to put together the new request.

Iditarod Seminar – Eric Rogers attended an Iditarod-sponsored seminar on fundraising activities. He will report back to the group at some point. The club agreed to reimburse Eric for half or all of the tuition if the information was beneficial to the club. Val raised the motion and Mary Lou seconded.

Fort Richardson -- Should the club ask Fort Rich if they can fill in the tank trap that interferes with the trails? Yes, Val will send an email to Chuck Canterbury at Fort Rich, discussing the issue.

Lexi and Stan Smith both attended the Fort Richardson Fence meeting. Stan recommended that everyone in the group recruit at least one new member so we can present strong support through our membership when we offer our comments about the fence. Martin Buser joined the club while he was there.

Railroad/Eklutna Land Issue -- Because the railroad straightened the track in our area, Eklutna and the Municipality both lost land to the tracks. As a result of the situation, Eklutna is giving us 13 acres of land. Parks & Rec asked us to provide ideas about which parcels of land we may want. They will work with Eklutna to try to fulfill the request. Stan Smith and Jerry Raychel provided their input to Val Jokela and Lexi Hill and Lexi will take the suggestions to Parks & Rec.

Miscellaneous -- Montana Creek Dog Mushers’ web site is www.mcdma.org.

Education Program:

The education program was Martin Buser’s “Building a Training Plan for Distance Racing.” Buser offered tips on training, including how to work with your dogs and let them know who is in control, as well as talking about miles run and schedules.

Next General Meeting:

The next CDMA meeting and education program will be held Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 7pm at the red school house next to the CBA building. The education program will be Kourosh and Deanna Partow’s “Building a Training Plan for Sprint Racing.”