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Join us December 5th in Oak Ridge, TN for our Annual Meeting where we wrap up the progress of 2015 and discuss the challenges, opportunities, and upcoming events of 2016.
Everyone is invited.
Whether your a life long member or just now heard of us, you are all welcome to join us at this important meeting. We'll meet at the DoubleTree Hotel conference room for our 9am meeting to cover all current events, budget & financials, web and social media growth, grant developments, current land use matters, plans for 2016, future events, and 2016-2017 elections. There are also several important BOD positions open. If you or anyone you know of might be interested please contact us.
Special Guests.
We're very excited and fortunate to announce several special guests this year. We've scheduled a special call in guest and a couple of attending guests from the Blue Ribbon Coalition and United Four Wheel Drive Association.
Interactive.
This will be an interactive event. Everyone is welcome to attend. For those attending in person take this opportunity to meet and interact with fellow enthusiasts, industry leaders, land use representatives, OHV park owners and more. Webinar attendees can ask questions online using the Citrix chat box, vote online for upcoming BOD positions, and follow along on each discussion topic. All active eligible SFWDA member attendees can even vote during our BOD elections.
Online Meeting Broadcast.
If you can't attend this important meeting in person you can still participate. We want everyone who can't make it in person to join us online in our webinar. That's right, everyone can join us on your phone, tablet, laptop, smartphone, PC, or Mac.
Register for the Webinar and attend the meeting from the comfort of your home. No other special equipment is necessary to listen and vote.
Discount Rooms.
Special room rates have been arranged at the host hotel, DoubleTree and are valid through Nov. 25th., so act now. The reserved block of rooms at the discounted rate are available for all attendees if you follow this link below.
Book a Discounted Room
Let's give a warm welcome to our newest supporting Business Member.
Miracle Truss Buildings was born out of the desire to supply a better structural product and a better customer experience than what was available previously in the DIY steel building market. The owner has been in the steel building business going on 2 decades and as a Veteran of the Armed Forces he believes that it’s Miracle Truss’s duty to offer a great product at a reasonable price – instead of the cheapest product with no customer service backbone.
Hangars, Garages (perfect for car lifts with the raised ceiling), Homes, Storage, Workshops, and Commercial applications to name a few. With the Do it yourself (DIY) design you can bolt the building together yourself, with friends and family, or hire a local contractor to easily erect the structure. Save cost on labor and get a better building by building with open web steel trusses.
Miracle Truss Building Design
This months newsletter is being distributed to more enthusiasts than ever before. For the complete newsletter with images included check out our past issues, where you can subscribe as well if you are not already.
This past Saturday at a local GBR event Curtis Barhart was proudly awarded the United Four Wheel Drive Assoc. "Four Wheeler of the Year" award. Curtis was proudly nominated by SFWDA and considered among other dedicated and qualified applicants but Curtis was ultimately chosen to receive this great accolade for 2015.
"We are now official! Our adopted two mile stretch of Hwy 31 is now all "signed up". Proud of my Jeepers who are willing to put a little community service effort in and not just show up for the fun stuff." - Troy Blackwood
Just a quick note....we've just completed a transition from one software solution to another for our membership database. What that means is you will have received an email triggered automatically notifying everyone that their recurring plan was cancelled. Rest assured nothing is necessary on your part and your membership will remain active up until your individual renewal date. From now on you will be notified by email before your membership renewal date to remind you to log into the SFWDA website and update your membership for 2016. Remember you can always check your renewal date and modify your billing, etc. from within your membership profile at www.sfwda.org
A huge thanks from all within the OHV community. Great work; Sam Baggarly, Oscar Indreland and all the WRJC gang. Very nice!
Jeep Club of Warner Robins presents a $600 check to Jim Waters, Director of Donor Relations for the Methodist Children's Home South, GA. The Jeep Club held an ice cream social for the kids and brought toiletry and school supplies along with a monetary donation. Thank you!!
Southern Four Wheel Drive Association
SFWDA Leadership and Board of Directors Online Meeting
Monday, June 22, 2015 8:00 PM EST
Attendees:
Ray Stanley, President
Doyle Punches, Treasurer
Flint Holbrook, Director of Conservation and Land Management
Walter Shafer, Web Administrator and Public Relations
Jon Plaza, Director of Public Relations
Aimee Darnell, Recording Secretary
Jeremy Rose, Co-Director of Membership
Brian Overly, Vice President
Tony Wilson, Rock Corp 4x4
Brian Staley, East TN 4WD Club
Al Sweney, Trick N’ Traction
Barry Flowers, Stones River Jeep Club
Jim Berliner, Trick N’ Traction
Aaron Roddy, Ohio River Four Wheel Drive Club
Denver Issacs, Scenic City 4WD Club
John Galbreath, Hardline Crawlers
Tony Chaapel, Georgia Bounty Runners
Jay Bird, Georgia Bounty Runners
Roger Theurer, STLC Association
Membership updates
• Clubs – 28 Clubs + 843 Members
• 1360+ Total Members (Total 1700 +)
• Premium Members Update – 69 Total
• 2886 Facebook Members as of 06.22.2015
Clubs with active dialog on becoming members:
West TN Off Road (Jackson TN)
Triad Jeep Club (Troy NC)
Evansville Area Jeepers (Indiana)
CNC 4x4 (North Carolina)
Business Renewals
Black Mountain Off Road (Harlan KY)
EVAC Emergency Preparedness Equipment & Supply LLC (Rock Island TN)
Business member target: Coghill Jeep (Knoxville TN)
No contact has been made with Coghill Jeep at this time.
Brian suggested Jared Slabel as a contact at Coghill Jeep.
Jon has started a conversation with Rice dealership.
• SFWDA Traffic
Bleeping Jeep website has logged almost 22K views for the SFWDA Educational Videos with a total of 60K estimated minutes watch.
Calendar Updates:
• July 28, 2015 – UFWDA Annual Meeting (Flint Holbrook SFWDA Rep)
•September 22, 2015 – Board of Directors and Leadership Council Meeting
•September 24-27 – Dixie Run 29, Golden Mountain Park, Sparta, TN
•October 3, 2015 – Knox Off Road "Wheeler's for the Wounded” benefiting Smoky Mtn. Service Dogs" event at Windrock Park
•October 20, 2015 - Board of Directors Work Session
•October/November, 2015 – SFWDA Meet and Ride, TBD (Morris Mountain, AL)
•November, 2015 - Board of Directors Work Session (As Required)
•December 6, 2015 – SFWDA Annual Meeting and Leader Council
TrailFest 2015 Recap
•Total Attendance – 392 Total
•150 Full Weekend Driver
•110 Full Weekend Passenger
•95 Saturday Only Driver
•22 Saturday Only Passenger
•392 Meals Sold, Served 295 Meals (Commitment for 300)
•AOP Costs for TrailFest 2015 - $7,735
•Total Revenue $23,050
•Total Expenses $14,383
•NET - $10,130 including adjustments
Survey feedback on Trailfest 2015
Overall rating: very good
Value for the money: a lot of value
Organized: very organized
Online registration: very good
Onsite registration: very good
Desirable features: open park trails/ guided trail rides
Receiving add’l information: email
Comments from Leadership group:
Traffic: Over all everyone thought the traffic flow was good. The only negative comment was when guided trail groups going through there seemed to be an overlap of general park traffic that intercepted the guided trail traffic.
In the future we need to think about traffic management for large guided groups on the trail systems.
Registration: We need to have the registration for rides open the entire time of event.
Newer members want to know about the trails, we need a knowledgeable person who can answer questions about the trails skill levels.
Volunteers: Need to start considering a process for individuals or clubs that step up and volunteer. A suggestion made for a volunteer only raffle. The amount of time volunteered would equal one raffle ticket; 4 hours = 4 tickets.
Unlimited Off Road Expo Recap
Total visitors June 5 - 7, 2015: 13120
Total vehicles at the Tavern & Cavern Charity Night Crawl: 1887
This is the first event SFWDA has set up as a vendor. Something to consider for other large scale events.
June SFWDA Meet and Ride Recap
• Hosted by the Georgia Bounty Runners
• 48 Vehicles and approximately 75 people
• Jay Bird conducted the meeting portion of the ride
• One Issue: Ford Ranger PU Rolled over on an off camber trail.
Curtis and Rita Barnhardt are OK.
Bantam Jeep Recap
2937 Jeeps in attendance
Jeeps from 38 states and Canada
25,000 people over 3 days in attendance
Guinness World Record Parade was comprised of 2,420 Jeeps
6th annual Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival on June 10-12, 2016
Additional Updates
UFWDA Four Wheeler of the Year
Curtis Barnhardt Nomination
ORBA National Advocate
· Jeffrey Dozier Contribution Page 29 on the Sand Lick Area
· Daniel Boone National Forest Scenic Byway
Preliminary Agreement on Access, appeal has been withdrawn
Scheduled Ride 26-27
Vandalism Update Uwharrie National Forest
Chris has organized a couple of work days to put up barriers to prevent ATVs cutting road trails through the forest in areas they could not make it over the obstacles. Since the work day (6-13), the fencing has been torn down, the barriers relocated.
We are continuing to work with the archeological reports that keep threatening the existence of the Uwharrie system.
SFWDA Grant Program
•2015 Educational YouTube Video – Phase 2
Should see a late summer for video release
Future topics for consideration:
Fire Safety
Managing fluids and other materials on the trail
Advanced Recovery Techniques
•2015 Rock Solid Picnic Area Grant Request
Target completion: late August 2015
•2015 Review of Grant Process
We are not getting the attention or traction from clubs.
Set something up to send a club individual to get trained and use the grant process to fund the educational training.
Example: Certified Master Trainer for Tread Lightly Training Classes
Big Creek possible SFWDA Grant Request
Entrance road issues getting to the park property.
Rain has made road worse.
Grant request of $10K for gravel, new gate, drainage work, etc.
SFWDA has asked Scott to revisit grant request with new quotes.
Dixie Run 2015 Planning
38 registrations
21 passengers
5 registered for the Ladies Ride
Pre-registration has increased from years past.
To encourage early registration, SFWDA has offered as perks:
First 50 SFWDA Member registrations receive a SFWDA LED Flashlight
Next 100 SFWDA Member registrations receive a SFWDA First Aid Kit
Next 100 SFWDA Member registrations receive 10 Raffle tickets
Registration Costs
SFWDA Member $99.00
SFWDA Passenger/ Child Over 6 $29.00
SFWDA Saturday Only $49.00
SFWDA Saturday Only
Spectator/Passenger/ Child Over 6 $19.00
Meeting adjourned.
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