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March 2020- Page 1 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * NYSSA Online Magazine N E W Y O R K S T A T E S N O W M O B I L E A S S O C I A T I O N M A R C H 2 0 2 0 NEW YORK SNOWMOBILER O N L I N E RIDE NY TRAILS ABOUT MEMBERSHIP EVENTS SAFETY 2020 Educational Forum/Annual Meeting Postponed Page 7 Photo by Jon Smith NYSSA Online Magazine The Official Publication of the Contents New York State Snowmobile Association P.O. Box 740 Central Square, NY 13036 www.nysnowmobiler.com 03 President's Message 2019-2020 Officers By Rosanne Warner President Rosanne Warner 06 From the Desk of the [email protected] Executive Director Vice President By Dominic Jacangelo Edward Zalar [email protected] 08 Trail Coordinator Report Secretary By Jim Rolf Kelly Grammo [email protected] 12 Two Hands are Better than Treasurer One John Occhino By Dominic Jacangelo [email protected] 13 What our family LOVES Staff Executive Director about snowmobiling Dominic Jacangelo, 888-624-3849 x104 [email protected] By Tina Bartucca Trail Coordinator 14 Meet New Rochelle Chevy Jim Rolf, 888-624-3849 x102 [email protected] 18 Sights of the Season Office Manager Jennifer Senf, 888-624-3849 x101 [email protected] 19 Boondocks Restaurant By Lee Hinkleman Membership Helpline 888-624-3849 x103 20 End of the Season [email protected] By Dusty Ramsey Contact NYSSA: PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036-0740 * EMAIL - [email protected] March 2020- Page 1 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * www.nysnowmobiler.com NYSSA Online Magazine Contact NYSSA: PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036-0740 * EMAIL - [email protected] March 2020- Page 2 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * www.nysnowmobiler.com NYSSA Online Magazine President’s Message: State of the Association by Rosanne Warner, NYSSA President 315-697-8130 [email protected] Attention all vintage snowmobile enthusiasts, WE NEED YOUR HELP!! As many of you are aware, for the past ten years, the New York State Snowmobile Association has tried to get legislation passed to reduce the registration fee for vintage sleds. We have had success several times getting proposed vintage registration bills passed in the State Senate, but the bill has never had any success in the State Assembly where it gets hung up by the Assembly Transportation Committee. NYSSA Government Affairs Committee worked with Park Strategies, who represents NYSSA as our contracted lobbying consultants, to draft a new vintage registration bill. The bill has been picked up by twenty- two assembly members. WE NEED YOUR HELP to get it passed by calling or writing to your assembly representative and ask them to pass A7405. The proposed bill would decrease registration fees on all snowmobiles 1980 and older to $15.00 with a club membership. Five dollars of the fee will go to New York State and the remaining $10.00 will go directly into the Trail Fund! This change will save money for all vintage sled owners who want to ride the trails as well as sportsmen who use vintage sleds to ice fish, hunt and trap. By including the club membership requirement, the fee for registration and membership combined for one snowmobile would be $45.00 and any additional vintage registration would only be the flat $15.00 fee. Currently, vintage snowmobile owners pay either $100 for each sled or if they are a club member the fee is $45.00 for each sled. The passing of this bill could encourage new and younger riders into the sport, as vintage sleds typically cost much less money to purchase and insure. These snowmobiles make great starter snowmobile for anyone just entering the sport because they are so affordable! Continued on page 4 Contact NYSSA: PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036-0740 * EMAIL - [email protected] March 2020- Page 3 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * www.nysnowmobiler.com NYSSA Online Magazine Continued from page 3 This is a drastic saving for snowmobile owners who typically put very few miles on their sleds and provides them with great member benefits like a free $4,000 life insurance or $2,000 dismemberment policy from NILICO and discounts which can be found at the NYSSA website: http://nysnowmobiler.com/membership/member-discounts/ Member discounts are available on a variety of items including car rentals, cruises and travel packages, car insurance, snowmobile insurance, driver educations classes, vacation rentals, lodging (New York & Yellowstone), camping, Ambit energy, American hearing Gifts.com, New York Yankees, Personal Creations, Proflowers, Shari’s Berries, Snowtrails TV, SuperTrax, TireBuyer.com, Impact Global Industries, Whiplash Sports, snowmobile tours and the Whirlpool Jet Boats in Niagara Falls, NY. Please help the vintage and sportsmen community by helping us make enough noise to get this initiative finally passed into law! To find your representative’s contact information, please follow the link: https://nyassembly.gov/mem/ To view the full text of the bill click here Contact NYSSA: PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036-0740 * EMAIL - [email protected] March 2020- Page 4 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * www.nysnowmobiler.com NYSSA Online Magazine Thank you to everyone that has donated to the Trail Defender Fund this month P CRAMER JR. J FITCH There are three ways to donate to the Trail Defender Fund 1. Donate $20 to Trail Defender at the time you renew your club membership on-line. 2. Mail a check (please put Trail Defender in the memo line) to NYSSA, PO Box 740, Central Square NY 13036. 3.Donate using PayPal Click Here Contact NYSSA: PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036-0740 * EMAIL - [email protected] March 2020- Page 5 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * www.nysnowmobiler.com NYSSA Online Magazine From the Desk of the Executive Director By Dominic Jacangelo, Executive Director [email protected] 888-624-3849 x104 If you are like me, you are not feeling good about this year’s snowmobiling season. I went to take a look at the snowfall in Syracuse and they were running 2ft behind their norm the first week of February. The average is 10ft of snow over the season. In the first week of February, they were at 69 inches. We are coming up on March 18th and the ground for all of the state except a few small exceptions is as brown as the bark of a tree! There may be a trail here or there that still has snow on it, but the riding experience can’t be good. I was supposed to close out my riding this year with a trip to northern Vermont to meet with several other state and provincial snowmobile associations to talk about issues of common interest. It looks like the Coronavirus has taken a toll on that meeting also. Even though there may have been snow in some areas, there is no doubt that low snow takes its toll on the sport. Binghamton averages 80 plus inches of snow in winter. They got 20 in December, but nearly half of that came in the first days of December and quickly melted away. While many of us ride where snowfall is measured in feet and not inches, it is those outlying areas like Binghamton that drive registration totals. No matter how much we trailer our sleds around, there are still many people who like to ride from their yard. This was by far not the worst year either for snowfall, registrations or membership. The snow will be better next year. A decent year always seems to follow a year like this. Snowmobilers are the eternal optimist. What else can explain our proverbial attitude that next year will be better than this year? PS. I could not find a snowfall number for Binghamton. If you have one, send it to me. Enjoy your spring, summer and fall. Volunteer where you ride. Contact NYSSA: PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036-0740 * EMAIL - [email protected] March 2020- Page 6 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * www.nysnowmobiler.com NYSSA Online Magazine The 2020 SLEDNY Educational Forum and NYSSA Annual Meeting has been postponed. The scheduled date is June 5-7, 2020. Anyone who paid a registration fee may request a refund or have their fees applied to the new date or to a new registrant from the club or organization. Please call Jen at the NYSSA Office at 888-624-3849 ext 101 or email at [email protected] if you require a refund of fees. Register NOW $80 for Full Forum until April 30th $120 for Full Forum May 1st-May 21st Register before May 22nd http://nysnowmobiler.com/membership/sledny-forum/ Contact NYSSA: PO Box 740, Central Square, NY 13036-0740 * EMAIL - [email protected] March 2020- Page 7 TOLL FREE: (888) 624-3849 * FAX: (888) 317-2441 * www.nysnowmobiler.com NYSSA Online Magazine Trail Coordinator Report by Jim Rolf, NYSSA Trail Coordinator 888-624-3849 x 102 [email protected] INTERACTIVE WEBMAP ALL clubs/towns should be editing their trails to be shown as CLOSED unless there truly is rideable snow left on a trail or two in the Adirondacks or Tug Hill. If your club’s trails on the NYSSA Interactive Webmap are still showing OPEN right now, BUT they are indeed CLOSED, please have your selected Webmap Editor(s) go into the system to change the trail status, please. Thank you! https://webapps2.cgis-solutions.com/nysnowmobile/ . Save that link to your phone and computer bookmarks, but for clarity sake, know that it only works when you have Wi-Fi or cell service.
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