MISORVA Board Of Directors 2019

The New Board of Directors

Also adopted, was the makeup of the MISORVA BOD.

Snowmobile Clubs ORV Clubs Combination Clubs Individual Members Commercial Members

6 per Region = 18 6 per Region = 18 6 per Region = 18 6 per Region = 18 1 per Region = 9

(Two per District) (Two per District) (Two per District) (Two per District) (One per District)

Total Number of BOD = 81

Each of the names you see below have attended the appropriate District meeting and asked to step up to the BOD. Thank you so much for your time to everyone who joined us at those meetings! Below you will see a few lines lacking a name, these positions remain available. Should you feel you would like to fill one of these positions please contact the office at 616/361-5861.

DISTRICT		NAME	CITY	Club Name
1	SNOW	Ernie Reimann	Iron Range	Iron Range Trail Club
1	SNOW	Mac McCaughn	White Pine	North Country Snowmobile Club
1	ORV
1	ORV
1	DUAL	Joe Chavis	Iron River	Chippewa Sno- Kats Trail Club
1	DUAL	Dave Karls	Crystal Falls	Chippewa Sno- Kats Trail Club
1	INDV	Mark Saigh	Iron River	DOES NOT APPLY
1	INDV	PJ McCaughn	White Pine	DOES NOT APPLY
1	COMM

2	SNOW	Don Britton	Marquette	Hiawathaland Snowmobile Club
2	SNOW	Will Webber	Trenary	Trenary Northern Trails
2	ORV	Jack Lynch	Ishpeming	Sportsman Off Road Vehicle
2	ORV	Tony Harry	Marquette	Trail Riders Enthusiast Alliance of Marquette
2	DUAL	Keith Churill	Munising	Alger County SORVA
2	DUAL	Karyn Hautamaki	Munising	Alger County SORVA
2	INDV	Rob La Londe	Escanaba	DOES NOT APPLY
2	INDV	Jim Duke	Munising	DOES NOT APPLY
2	COMM	Keith Lynch	Escanaba	Hiawatha Trails

3	SNOW	Daniel Schultz	Sault Ste Marie	Sault St Marie Snow Club
3	SNOW	Charles (Buzz) Medelis	Newberry	TASA
3	ORV	Grant Dewitt	Hulbert	Chippewa County SORVA
3	ORV	Dave Smithers	Sault Ste Marie	Chippewa County SORVA
3	DUAL	Stu Volkers	Cedarville	Les Cheneaux
3	DUAL	John Griffin	Cedarville	Les Cheneaux
3	INDV	Cindy Hammers	Drummond Island	DOES NOT APPLY
3	INDV	Dan Moore	Newberry	DOES NOT APPLY
3	COMM	Larry Johnson	Newberry	North Store FMO

4	SNOW	Ken McCrum	Alpena	Alpena Snow-Drifters
4	SNOW	John Houk	Rogers City	Presque Isle Sno-Trails
4	ORV	Archie Cole	East Jordan	South Arm ORV
4	ORV	Ron Schroeder	Mancelona	South Arm ORV
4	DUAL	Jeff Biggs	Johannesburg	Lewiston Area Snow Groomers
4	DUAL
4	INDV	Colleen Campo	Presque Isle	DOES NOT APPLY
4	INDV	Alan Kava	Ellsworth	DOES NOT APPLY
4	COMM

5	SNOW	Lizz Holzwarth	Mio	AuSable Valley Snow Groomers, Inc.
5	SNOW	Roger Kilbury	National City	Hale Trailblazers
5	ORV	Jeremy Valley	Rhodes	Great Lakes Dual Sporters
5	ORV	Ray Wlosinksi	St Helen	St. Helen Snowpackers
5	DUAL	Dan White	Milford	AuSable Valley Trail Riders Assn.
5	DUAL
5	INDV	Bruce Reetz	West Branch	DOES NOT APPLY
5	INDV	John Padget	Prescott	DOES NOT APPLY
5	COMM

6	SNOW	Don Wing	Cadillac	Cadillac Winter Warriors
6	SNOW	Terri Norey	Mancelona	Kalkaska County Snow
6	ORV	Terry Martin	Traverse City	Grand Traverse ORV club
6	ORV
6	DUAL	Howard Campbell	Baldwin	Manistee Forest ORV
6	DUAL
6	INDV	Michael Marz	Luther	DOES NOT APPLY
6	INDV	Bob Meyers	Manistee	DOES NOT APPLY
6	COMM	Rick Norey	Mancelona	Norey Metal Art

7	SNOW	John Newman	Fair Haven	SNOMADS
7	SNOW	Wayne R McCarty	Carsonville	THUMBS UP SNOWMOBILE
7	ORV
7	ORV
7	DUAL	Cheryl Ziola	St Charles	Mid Michigan Club
7	DUAL
7	INDV	Stephanie Hubbard-Bergen	Wales	DOES NOT APPLY
7	INDV	Brian E Hicks	Millington	DOES NOT APPLY
7	COMM

8	SNOW	Rich Rottier	Hudsonville	Northside Sno Vets
8	SNOW	Ron Corbett	Flushing	Chesaning Area Snowmobilers
8	ORV	Dave Nuechterlien	Frankenmuth	Gotta Go Gang
8	ORV
8	DUAL
8	DUAL
8	INDV	Aaron Cook	Saginaw	DOES NOT APPLY
8	INDV	Steve Veltman	Montague	DOES NOT APPLY
8	COMM	Ed Richter	Mecosta	Lakeside Motorsports

9	SNOW	David Low	Wayland	Wayland Snowmobile Club
9	SNOW	Lee Palmer	Niles	Four Flags Snow Club
9	ORV
9	ORV
9	DUAL
9	DUAL
9	INDV	Jeff Mariucci	Charlotte	DOES NOT APPLY
9	INDV	Mark Evans	Hopkins	DOES NOT APPLY
9	COMM	Charlie Forest	Gobles	Forrest Automotive LLC

How does the Michigan Snowmobile & Off Road Vehicle (ORV) Association sound? That is the name that has been chosen for the organization that will represent snowmobilers and ORV enthusiasts in Michigan.

At their December Michigan Snowmobile Association (MSA) Board of Directors meeting in Munising, the MSA BOD established an exploratory committee to research how MSA’s bylaws could be changed to allow MSA to transition smoothly into an association that would represent both snowmobile and ORV riders – an association that would represent motorized recreation in Michigan.

The BOD asked that the committee work together with attorneys in a “reasonable” amount of time to rewrite MSA bylaws as well as come up with a name for the new motorized recreation association. This includes ATVs and UTVs, not jeepers, rock crawls, mudders or dirt bikes.

At the March 16 2019 MSA BOD voted to accept and move forward, to hold a special membership meeting to vote on this transition. All currently paid MSA members will be invited to come and cast their ballot to move forward on this change. All current MSA members will see no changes to their current memberships, MAY 18 2019 members of MSA will gather at MAckinaw Beach & Bay to cast their ballot.

The first and most important thing all MSA members must understand is that snowmobile trail permit funds will not be commingled with ORV permit funds. All involved in this transition process felt that the funding mechanisms in Michigan — the snowmobile trail permit and the ORV trail permit would stay the same and those state funding accounts would be kept separate. Funds will be separate, but we will join together as motorized recreationalists to maintain and enhance our sports.

Committee members also felt it was important that there be a snowmobile side, an ORV side, and in the middle there would be a place for the combination snowmobile/ORV clubs to be represented. These combination clubs already exist in Michigan. The new MISORVA will be one umbrella organization working for both motorized groups. New bylaws will reflect those same thoughts. Snowmobile representation and ORV representation will consist of equal representation for each of three established regions in the state.

Why Join Forces?

By joining the forces of both snowmobilers and ORV riders, we will have greater legislative power. MISORVA will be your voice in Lansing, monitoring regulations and proposed legislation that will affect motorized recreation. Make no mistake, without MISORVA’s involvement, continued monitoring and influence, you will not have the trail system we have today!

To further your voice in Lansing, MI-SORVA will have a full-time legislative consultant and a full-time office staff, all working on snowmobile/ORV-related issues; both locally and statewide.

Our recreation is under constant attack. MI-SORVA will protect and preserve OUR chosen recreation, and make sure that we have a place to ride our snowmobiles and ORVs!

Your support will allow staff and the officers to attend important meetings and monitor the issues that affect our trails and access. If we are not there, motorized trails are the last thing to be thought of!

What’s in It for Snowmobilers?

This does not mean that we will quit trying to keep wheeled vehicles off our trails during the snowmobile season. We will stick with our snowmobile legislative agenda.

Establish into law the Snowmobile Advisory Workgroup (SAW), a subcommittee of the Michigan Trails Advisory Committee.
Firm up the Definition of a snowmobile, with all of the aftermarket add-ons to ATVs, Motorcycles, and 4X4 trucks. We need to restrict the width, and give law enforcement the tools to keep our trails safe.

CURRENT:

“Snowmobile” means any motor-driven vehicle designed for travel primarily on snow or ice of a type that utilizes sled-type runners or skis, an endless belt tread, or any combination of these or other similar means of contact with the surface upon which it is operated, but is not a vehicle that must be registered under the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.

PROPOSED:

“Snowmobile” means a vehicle that meets all of the following requirements:

Is Engine-Driven, has an endless belt tread, was originally manufactured solely for operation over snow, is steered by 2 sled-type runners or skis in contact with the snow, the distance between the centers of the spindles of which, except in the case of a Historic Snowmobile, is not more than 48 inches.
Snowmobile does not include any of the following: An ORV required to be licensed under section 81115, A vehicle required to be registered under the Michigan vehicle code, PA 300, MCL 257.1 to 257.923.
Look at Historic section (Fix the Date to be stationary) Change in “Definitions” from 25 years old to Manufactured before 1993.
Restrict wheeled vehicles from our marked groomed (designated) snowmobile trails between Dec. 1 and March 31 of each season. This needs to happen for our safety and the safety of others and to prevent the damage to the groomed surface during this time period.

Update the standard sound test. Manufacturers have updated the original test, and we need to inforce that update out on the trails.

Increase the amount of the fine for riders with no trail permit, and look at fines in all of snowmobile act. We also need to look at what sections of the snowmobile law are “misdemeanors” vs “civil infractions”

Working with the ORV Community

As MI-SORVA, we will now work with the ORV community on the changes they would like to their program! To take a look at their law and how their program funds are distributed. We will work close with them legislatively. We also need to take a look at providing a place for their funds to be distributed as grants to ORV clubs — grants that would allow those ORV clubs to maintain the trails and groom them. Yes, I said groom. That’s how they take out all of those moguls. There will be a lot to look at. There are ORV funds available that could be used to reimburse snowmobile grant sponsors for use of any of their equipment. We would be working together to make motorized recreation the best it can be in Michigan.

MI-SORVA will do everything in its power to preserve and enhance both snowmobiling and ORVing in Michigan.

MI-SORVA

The committee agreed to divide the state into the three regions in terms of BOD representation. The three regions will be:

MI-SORVA- 3 Regions

Region 1 Upper Peninsula

Region 2 Northern Lower Peninsula

The line between the two regions shall follow the Southern county lines starting in the west of Mason, Lake, Osceola, Clare, Gladwin, Bay, and the northern boundary of Tuscola, and Huron.

Region 3 Southern Lower Peninsula

Within all three regions will be three districts, Region 1 will have District 1, 2, and 3; Region 2 will have District 4, 5, 6, and Region 3 will have District 7, 8, 9. The District borderlines are shown on the attached map.

The New Board of Directors

Also adopted, was the makeup of the MI-SORVA BOD. The following is what is being proposed:

Snowmobile Clubs ORV Clubs Combination Clubs Individual Members Commercial Members

6 per Region = 18 6 per Region = 18 6 per Region = 18 6 per Region = 18 6 per Region = 18

(Two per District) (Two per District) (Two per District) (Two per District) (Two per District)

Total Number of BOD = 81