4WDABC Posting Apr 27, 2004

[DaveB]

April 20 Region 2 minutes
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
Tuesday April 20th

Call to Order: 7:33pm

Attendance: Rocco Baldassarre - Individual, Ben Bloom - Individual, Ryan Egger — HOT, Nick Chaschin - Individual, Dan Jones - Guest, Jarett Humphrey — Coquitlam Crawlers, Colin Bishop - HOT, Larry Soo — Island Rock Crawlers, Wes Rempel - HOT, Bill Van delight, - HOT, Lynn Anderson — HOT, Lisa Stevenson — Individual, Dan Brama — HOT

Club Reports:
Coquitlam Crawlers — Repairing Trucks lately, Will be going to Quenell Canyon & Mt. Woodside near Harrison.

Heard Of Turtles — Did some wheeling in Sea Schelt, Vedder Mountain and Stave. Wes has finally finished his OBA.

Individuals — Nick did some wheeling up and around Stave Lake.

Old Business:
New Storage Locker needed for 4WDABC equipment, displays and such. Andrea will look at pricing for something larger and in the Langley/Abby/Surrey area.

Land Use:
Eagle Ridge clean-up - still looking good, City likes the idea. Jarret is organizing the event.

Stave Lake Clean up - Bill is heading the Event. Date is June 5th. Accepting donations and prizes. Will be sending a request to the BOD for funding for the event. Need to see if the 4WDABC has an Awning/tent for the event, or look into the idea of purchasing one.

Whipsaw - Chris is going to Whipsaw to sign the documents needed. Gord and Wes will be heading up there July 1 through 4th. Will be needing volunteers to be able to haul tables ect. From the lot to the whipsaw trail. Trucks and Trailers would be helpful. This trip will all depend on the snow levels on the trail. For more information Contact Wes at [email protected] or call 604-878-8444.

Sunrise Lake — We will once again take over maintenance of the Sunrise Lake Camping area. Congratulations to Rocco, who have volunteered as the Project manager to organize the maintenance runs to sunrise. A few mentioned the need of a new sign at the beginning of the trail and a table at the sites needs replacing.

New Business:
Specialty Vehicle Association — Ryan has now taken over as SVA Delegate. He received the fall newsletter, still hasn’t heard back for anyone through e-mail, but will be attending their next meeting. We paid our membership to the SVA in May. They have 150 clubs under them; we are the only 4x4 related club. The SVA has a lot of communication with ICBC, They would have the most information about Modified vehicle issues. Nigel is there contact.

R2 Run — Hosted by the Coquitlam Crawlers. Date: April 24th. Meeting: 9am at The Sasquach Inn. Heading to Mt. Woodside for the day.

Prize Ideas — Asked what people would be interested in for prizes, mentioned was Assoc. Clothing, Camping gear, flashlights, tow hooks, shackles, tree saver, chain, lights & gloves.

Raffle Prizes-
Tarp — Colin
Wrench Set - Lisa
Wrench Set — Jarett
Come-along — Lynn

Reminders:
Next 4WDABC Region 2 Meeting is May 18th 2004
Next Months R2 Run Saturday May 15th Sunrise Lake Hosted by Rocco.

Meeting Adjourned: 8:30pm