Membership dues are $40.00 per year and run from November to November $25.00 goes to WTT club and $15.00 pays your annual Iowa State Snowmobile Association (ISSA) membership. If you are already a member of the ISSA through another club, your WTT membership dues are $25.00. ISSA is an option to you as a member but we as a club strongly suggest you to join the ISSA to help pay for the groomers that keep our trail in tip top shape. ISSA is an annual payment just like WTT membership. When you join the ISSA membership you will receive a monthly magazine from September until March AND all family members automatically are signed up for accidental death insurance, also the early membership (before the ISSA convention), is registered for a trip to pats landing near Hayward Wisconsin. If you would like to become a member, please copy and paste the Member Information Sheet below and send it along with your $40.00 membership to Winneshiek Trail Twisters PO.. Box 154 52101. |
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Winneshiek Trail Twisters
Member Information Sheet
Membership dues are $40.00 ($25.00 for club Membership and $15.00 for Iowa
State Snowmobile Association) ISSA is an option for you to join.
Make checks payable to Winneshiek Trail Twisters
Mail Information and Checks to:
Winneshiek Trail Twisters
PO.. Box 154
Decorah, IA 52101
WinneshiekTrailTwisters@yahoo.com
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How Many People in Household: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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Member Information Sheet
Membership dues are $40.00 ($25.00 for club Membership and $15.00 for Iowa
State Snowmobile Association) ISSA is an option for you to join.
Make checks payable to Winneshiek Trail Twisters
Mail Information and Checks to:
Winneshiek Trail Twisters
PO.. Box 154
Decorah, IA 52101
WinneshiekTrailTwisters@yahoo.com
First Name:
Last Name:
E-Mail Address:
Telephone #:
Street Address:
City:
Zip Code:
How Many People in Household: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
How did you hear about the club: Member Poster Radio Internet
Other
Any Comments you feel needed:
10. Snowmobile clubs gain land access to create snowmobile trails. Without the clubs securing land leases and paying
insurance costs, no trails would cross private property, and that means the sport as we know it would not exist. All this
takes time, effort and money.
9. Snowmobile clubs clear and create trails. After the land access is received, somebody has to go out and clear away the
brush, cut down interfering limbs, haul out trash and smooth the base of the trail. They also must build bridges over
creeks, rivers and low spots, and that takes a lot of work and a lot of money. This is all done by volunteers who truly love
the sport. Without these hidden heroes, either the trails would not get cleared, bridges would not get built and most trails
would close, or some entity (say, the state) would have to pay a team of workers to do the grunt work. And if that
happened, you could expect to pay several hundred dollars, maybe even a thousand, to register your snowmobile each
year.
8. In most areas, members of the snowmobile clubs groom the trails. Sometimes these groomer operators get a token fee
for their hard work, but the dollar-per-hour rate is menial at best, and that's when a groomer operator actually gets paid.
Again, these are more of the hidden heroes who spend their time in a slow-moving groomer, tending to the trails and
making them as smooth as they are. Remember, if you are not a club member you have no right to complain about trail
conditions.
7. While we're talking trails, who do you think puts up all the stop signs, the directional arrows and the signs that tell you
the distance to the next gas station or restaurant? If you said "the snowmobile clubs," give yourself 10 points and keep
reading, because we've only just begun.
6. When funding is needed to pay for groomers, insurance or trails development, do you know where that money comes
from? Sure, the $15 to $30 people spend to join a snowmobile club helps, but in most states the money comes from
snowmobile registrations and gas tax rebates. Why does our sport get this money from the state? Because our sport is
organized. If the state snowmobiling association can talk about its 25,000 members, for example, and those members call
their local lawmakers and ask for support, the bill has a much better chance of getting funded. Furthermore, it is the
snowmobile clubs and state associations that fight the battles to open public lands to snowmobiler's, and there is strength
in numbers. Become one of those numbers.
5. With some clubs and associations, membership brings financial benefits. I know I get a couple grand worth of
accidental insurance, I get discounts at sponsoring businesses and I get the state publication. All this and more for a
mere $15 to $30 a year.
4. Belonging to a club makes for better, safer snowmobiling. That's right, surveys and accident statistics have shown that
snowmobile club members have a much lower accident rate than non-club members. Why? Because club members tend
to be conscientious, they tend to stress safety and they are aware of safe-riding issues.
3. Belonging to a snowmobile club gives you a great social outlet for your favorite hobby. You can attend club rides, go to
club meetings, take part in club fund raisers or take a club trip to a faraway snowmobiling destination. Belonging to a club
gives you a good opportunity to ride with different people, experience different areas and hang out with people who have
similar interests.
2. Belonging to a snowmobile club makes you a part of the solution instead of a part of the problem. If you think the
snowmobile trails should be groomed more often, that a certain trail should move to the opposite side of the road or if you
consider some corners on the trail dangerous or poorly marked, get involved. Most snowmobile clubs seek fresh opinions
and want more feedback from users.
1. And the No. 1 reason to join a snowmobile club: It's just the right thing to do. For all the reasons listed above and many
more you should belong to a snowmobile club. The costs are minimal, the benefits are nice and it is your responsibility to
support the sport. It's cheap, it's simple and it's right.
Courtesy of Minnesota United Snowmobiler's Association
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