Since a lot of the out of town members are going to be at the All Breeds show in Nevada later in September it was decided to move the IA4WDC meeting to there. If you have any questions you can contact me. It will be around the same time 10am on Saturday the 24th and will just be a quick meeting about getting the IA4WDC back up to speed next year. Here is a link to info the on show: ALL BREEDS JEEP SHOW AND SWAP MEET

Thanks,
Coleman

Attendance

Brian Mulvihill Jocci
Micheal Francis Damage, Inc
Curtis Thienes Miss.Valley
Matt McVicker CI4WI
John Sandin CI4WI
Scott Dorau 4×4 Syndicate
Eric Echterling
Mary Echterling
Larry Laverty TCC
Clint Hansen Jocci
Bob Rees Jocci, CI4WI
Jim Shanks Jocci
Coleman Young Jocci
Luke Graham 4×4Syndicate
Alison Graham

Association Business
-Treasurer’s report – $2800.79
-Board of Directors will be voted on at the January meeting

– Damage, Inc Nominations:
– Pres – Bob Rees
– VP – Coleman Young
– Treas – Jim Shanks

-Jocci Nominations:
-Pres – Coleman Young
– VP – Bob Rees
– Treas – Jim Shanks
– Sec – Matt Gahm

– CI4WI Nominations
– Pres – Bob Reese
– VP – Coleman Young
– Treas – Jim Shanks

-No nominations yet from any other clubs

Changes to the bi-laws Needed:
– dues should be changed to $6 from $15 because insurance in no longer included in the dues.
– Remove the $100 New Club Fee
-Put info for how to renew the EIN (File a 990 form every two years) in the bi-laws. This is needed to keep our 501C7 tax designation for Recreational Clubs
-Put the IA4WDC address in the bi-laws (PO Box 771 Grimes, 50111)

Land Acquisition
-Scott Dorau gave a summary of his conversations with NORA. Details can be found on the forum. He will also call the city planner of Fort Dodge to discuss land acquisition
-Coleman started a facebook page for supporting a public full size off road park http://www.facebook.com/pages/Support-for-a-public-full-size-OHV-park-in-Iowa/160675920632181?v=wall
-Bob Rees is working on getting David Downing from the DNR to an association meeting.
-Curtis Thienes asked if registration stickers or plates have been considered to fund a public off road park in Iowa.
– Bob Rees and Coleman Young said we have talked about that in the past.
– Coleman said that would probably just need to get 500 prepaid plates or stickers.
– Stickers would be good for non-street legal vehicles, or people from out of state. – Maybe dealerships could sell the stickers.


Events
-Jocci is planning for their next Jeep Show. They hope to have a website ready by January. They are working to get bigger sponsors, such as Jeep. They considered this year’s show a success, despite the rain.

Attendance

Luke Graham    Syndicate
Alison Graham    Syndicate
John Sandin    CI4WI
Matt McVicker    CI4WI
Christina Oleson    Syndicate
Coleman Young    JOCCI
Jim Shanks    JOCCI
Bob Rees, Jr     JOCCI, CI4WI
Clint Hansen    JOCCI
Rich Francis    Damage,Inc
Matt Zuke    Damage,Inc
Larry Laverty   MIOBI, TCC

Association Business
-Treasurer’s report – $2800.79

-Delegates and Board members will be voted on at the January 2011 meeting. Nominations for these positions must be made by the November meeting.
    *CI4WI delegates will be Matt McVicker and John Sandin
    *Damage Inc will stay the same as last year as well.

- The association’s constitution needs updated.
    *Coleman will send links out for everyone to go over it. Revisions will be discussed at the November meeting.

Events
-JOCCI open run. – Plans for a JOCCI open run have been delayed because of rain and conflicting schedules. JOCCI will discuss the event at their next meeting and possibly schedule it for October.

-4×4 Show and Swap Meet – Story County Fair Grounds
    *A booth will be set up for the IA4WDC
    *Damage members will be attending the show.
    *Delegates should tell their clubs about the show and that they can have a booth there for free.
    *A flyer for the event is on the IA4WDC calendar.

- Midwest spring meeting needs planned.

Land Acquisition
-Fort Dodge land
    *Syndicate members will follow up with Scott Dorau to see if he has contacted NORA yet to see what it would take for them to help us get a presentation ready to show the Fort Dodge city counsel.
    *Damage Inc raised a concern that ATV people may be getting more exposure in Fort Dodge because they are local to the area.

-General Land Acquisition
    *Bob Rees will call some contacts with the DNR to see if they would come to our November meeting. He will report back if they are coming so we can prepare for the meeting.
    *If we can get them to come to the meeting, Christina will being a DNR document she has from Minnesota that will help.
    *Bob Rees will get statistics about 4WD magazine subscriptions.
    *Damage, Inc suggested that if we need a bigger meeting room, we could see about using one they have in Ankeny.

July 10^th 2010 Meeting Minutes

Attendance

Clint Hansen – JOCCI

Larry Reinsch – JOCCI

Belinda Lawler – JOCCI

Luke Graham – Syndicate

Alison Graham – Syndicate

Coleman Young – JOCCI

Jim Shanks – JOCCI

Michael Francis – Damage, INC

Scott Dorau – Syndicate

No delegates from TCC or CI4WI
attended.

Association Business

• Treasure’s report – $2800.79

• All club dues are in.

• T-Shirts were reordered. $198.50 was spent on them.

• Officer and Delegate Nominations for 2011

  • Each club needs to send a list of nominations by the next meeting.

  • Voting will be during the November meeting.

  • Two Delegates from each club need to be nominated as well.

• The association’s constitution needs updated.

  • Luke will post up the most recent copy so that everyone can come to the next meetings with changes they would like to discuss.

  
  

Events

• Midwest Fall Meeting – Unable to find accommodations for us to sponsor the meeting, either because of price or late notice. We would like to try again for the spring meeting.

• Midwest Spring Meeting

  • Damage, Inc is going to work on planning this

  • It is estimated that we will need 35 double occupancy rooms, and a meeting room to hold up to 50.

• JOCCI Open run – The planned event was rained out. They will discuss new dates at their next meeting and report back.

  • They may possibly wait until September because everyone’s schedule seems pretty full until then.

• Syndicate Open Run

  • Scheduled for July 24 and 25 at Area 51. (Syndicate’s wheeling land)

  • MUST be a member of the association for insurance reasons.

  • Because of the terrain, participates must have front and rear lockers, a winch, and 35’s

  • Tow points, and first aide kit will also be required.

  • Participants should expect that getting body damage is highly likely.

  • Because the area is relatively small, the event will be limited to twenty rigs.

  • Prepare for a high level of poison ivy.

  • Luke will email directions on how to get there to each club.

  • Concrete Cruisers car show. -We did not attend, because we didn’t get enough info back about the event.

• Windsor Heights parade – The promoters of the parade did not return information to us about entering. We didn’t pay anything.

  
  

Land Acquisition

• Fort Dodge quarry land. (500 acres)

  • The land has not been given to the city yet, from the gypsum company. We are unsure of how soon the land will become available, or when the city will be deciding what to do with it.

  • Scott Dorau has been keeping in touch with the mayor and a city counsel man about the land.

  • The IA4WDC has decided we need to prepare a presentation before the land becomes available so that we are ready to go before the city counsel.

  • Scott Dorau will contact NORA to see if they have presentations available and to see how much consulting fees would be for using their help.

  • Someone suggested that we start gathering pictures and videos of club members that we could use at the presentation to show how family oriented and safe we are.

  • Someone suggested that we invite Fort Dodge City counsel members out to see what wheeling is all about.

• General Land Acquisition

  • Jim Shanks suggested that we get side by side users as allies because they usually are not permitted in ATV parks.

  • Mike Francis suggested that we become proactive and prepare letters to other communities, so that they know the benefits a off road park in their area would bring to their community.

  • Troy Henrickson (not present) is looking into how to gain federal grant money for this project.

  • Mike suggested we get a list of national off road events and their requirements so that we can use this data in getting communities on board with having a park. He volunteered to start gathering this information.

  • Someone suggested that we concentrate on changing the publics perception of off road enthusiasts.

  
  

New Business

• 4×4 Show and Swap Meet – Story County Fair Grounds

  • Larry Reinsch (SkunkRiver on JOCCI forum) and Mike Potter (not present) and other have been planning this show for September 25^th (tentative).

  • It will consist of a 4×4 show, swap meet, camping, raffle, vendors, and driving skills competitions

  • Any proceeds would go to the IA4WDC for use in land acquisition.

  • The show needs help with insurance, and needs lots of volunteers from the clubs.

  • Each club could put up a display to solicit new members.

  • The IA4WDC could lobby at the show for land acquisition

  • The event would start with registration on Friday night, go all day Saturday and Sunday, with an awards ceremony on Sunday night.

  • The event is kinda being modeled off of PA All Breeds Jeep Show. They have lots of information online, and they are willing to give advice about how to run the show smoothly.

  • Larry would like us to get the word out to the other clubs and get a contact person for each club.

  • Larry will get a list of what he thinks we will need from each club.

  
  

Print this flyer to hang up at your work, church, gym, etc!

July 4×4 Day letter edit 2 .pdf