Minutes from December 13, 2003 MAJ Meeting

Don Hudson opened the meeting at approximately 3:00 p.m. This months meeting was held at Cory and Cindy’s House. Nine active members, one supporting member, and five guests attended the meeting. Following are the details from the meeting.

President’s Report:

• Virginia 4 Wheel Drive Association has set the date for the annual Casino Night. It will be on March 27^th. Don will be picking up the tickets at the end of January, so let him know if you would like one. Tickets are 15 dollars.
• A gentleman who sells after market ATV products is trying to form a coalition to open up additional property for off highway vehicles.
• Don handed out flyers for “Meals On Wheels”. Meals on Wheels is always looking for volunteers, especially during bad weather. Use the numbers in the pamphlet to help out.
• Meeting locations will likely be round-robin at peoples houses. It has also been suggested to look into the Ukrops meeting rooms. Jerry suggested that he might also be able to reserve a meeting room at the rescue squad.
• Don has business cards for helping to spread word of the club for new members.

Vice President’s Report:

• Not able to attend the meeting.

Treasurer’s Report:

• Not able to attend the meeting.

Secretary’s Report:

• Secretary reminded everyone to sign the attendance sheet.

Land Use Officer’s Report:

• Nothing to report.

Board Member Reports:

• None of the BOD members were able to attend the meeting.

Miscellaneous:

• Cory is always looking for information for the website, especially the “Tech Section.”
• Members requested that the schedule for next year have more day trips, look into visiting other off-road parks like Paragon and Rausch Creek, and the annual Hatteras trip. Pete also suggested that possibly someone in the club be designated to bring extra parts.
• The annual Jeep Show will be later in the year and tied to “Toys for Tots.”
• It was also suggested that the club look into entering next years Christmas Parade.
• Camp Jeep is trying to build additional trails so it is likely that several pre-run/work-weekends will be scheduled.
• Pete said he wanted to do more installs.

Meeting was closed at approximately 4p.m. Members then went to the Marine Corp drop off center for “Toys for Tots” and then went to dinner at Pietro’s Pizza.