To the person/persons that were/are thinking of starting a new ATV club in the area, here are my thoughts on the subject:

1. The club name should be something fun. Should actually have the word "fun" right in it. And the number one objective in the by-laws should reflect that. Something like "The Constantly Riding Fun ATV Club", or even "The Many Parties ATV Club".

2. It should not replace existing clubs, nor be their competition, but be their opposite, so to speak. The existing clubs are mostly business, or are becoming that way. The new club should be all fun. Let the old clubs handle all the trail patrolling, safety classes, route maintenance, and all the other mostly boring stuff. The new club should let it be known that it is just a riding/fun club, but that it would be willing to come up to bat as a backup if the old clubs should fail in their route/trail maintenance duties due to loss of active members. This way nothing existing would be lost, if it came to that point, and hopefully the "fun" club would never have to worry about anything more than riding anyway.

3. The new club should not endorse trail patrolling or safety classes. Entire clubs are not trained for this stuff anyway, but the individuals are. This should be up to the individual patrollers and instructors to setup and handle if they wish to do so. In which case the club could donate some money to them for safety class fees or vests, but it should not be up to the club and it's officers to handle this kind of thing. Let the "business" clubs handle it, or leave it up to the individuals.

4. Keep it simple with the main emphasis being on riding your ATVs with people that also like to ride their ATVs. Leave the "business" to the "business" clubs. Keep the dues minimal because the club wouldn't need much money. The only money needed would be to buy a couple beers or whatever for the members at their picnics etc.

That's about it. A new club may or may not really be forming, but that's my thoughts on it. Besides, the area has room for two "different" types of ATV clubs if necessary. I wouldn't be opposed to paying dues to a "business" club and a "fun" club if that's what it takes. Might actually be a good way to keep the "business" from ruining the "fun". People could belong to whichever club suits their personalities best, or to both clubs.