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Club Rules

(1)  There is no tolerance for alcohol or drug consumption when on club trails.

(2)  Tread lightly: Stay on club trails. Do not blaze new trails. Carry out what you carry in.

http://www.treadlightly.org/

(3)  Operate your ATV according to the rules in Ontario Regulation 316/03:

http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/DBLaws/Source/Regs/English/2003/R03316_e.htm

(4)  The speed limit on club trails is 50 km/h

(5)  Safety First: Know your limits and those of your machine and operate within them. Bring appropriate safety equipment each time you ride. Never ride alone. Always offer to assist other riders.

(6)  Ensure that riders within your group are club members or that they have purchased an appropriate day pass.

(7)  Your club membership sticker must be affixed to your ATV in a prominent and visible location. Carry your club membership card every time you ride.

(8)  Any operator under the age of 16 must be accompanied by and supervised by an adult.

(9)  You must report any trail hazards to the trail supervisor ASAP.  (Call Bob or another director.)

Upcoming Activities

We are always looking for volunteers to supervise activities. Please let us know if you would like to organize something like an ATV pull. We need someone who puts safety first and can provide clear instructions.

Season Event Schedule

The dates for the upcoming club runs and events are—

• June 16, 2007

Day Trail Passes ($20)

Available at

• the clubhouse

• Drummond’s Gas Bar in Spencerville

Day Trail passes are required to ride on the Johnstown ATV Club trails if you are not a member. Please contact the club to purchase a membership or day trail pass.  There are areas of these trails that are on private land.  In these areas, you are trespassing if you do not carry a membership card or a day trail pass.  Trails are being patrolled.

More information is available here

Funding

You may wonder why and how your club is trying to raise funds.

• New memberships are critical to our club's success.

• Charges for activities are required to help cover our annual operating costs.

• Insurance costs are substantial.

• Trail Maintenance and trail development is costly. ($25,078.01 in the past three years)

• Clubhouse maintenance and upgrades are always required.

• Heating costs for the clubhouse.

• Clubhouse rental

Trail Wardens

Around any curve, behind any tree, when you least expect it, the warden will appear.

Our trail wardens can answer your questions about the club or our trail system; they can provide helpful safety tips, and they can often sell day passes.

Benefits of Membership: meet people with similar interests, enjoy organized trail rides (ride with a group and you will never be abandoned), year round riding, safety, fun, permission to access over 200 + km of maintained trails, passage over private lands, clubhouse facilities (always open to members), ample parking, and so forth…

About Your Club…

The Johnstown ATV Club is a private club.  We have approximately 200 kms of trails that are open for ATV use eleven months of the year.  We close our entire trail system down in the spring for about one month to prevent excessive damage to the trails during the spring melt. This closure period will be posted on the web site.

We have a large clubhouse that is equipped with a working kitchen and flush toilets for men and women. The clubhouse is open to all members 24 hours a day / 7 days a week.  There is a keyless entry on the kitchen door of the clubhouse and the lock code is shared with all club members.  

In addition to the membership dollars that we receive, we generate additional funds to run our club by having rallies.  We try to have an event each month.  These funds are used for operational expenditures such as insurance and maintenance. For the calendar year 2004, we invested a total of $8,760.25 on trail maintenance, in 2005 we invested $13,375.06, and another $2,942.70 in 2006 -- that's a total of $25,078.01 in the past three years. These costs vary by year, but you can be assured that we will always have trail maintenance expenses.

Your club was incorporated under the name:

Johnstown ATV Club Inc.

on March 7, 2003 by the issuance of Letters Patent pursuant to the Corporations Act of Ontario. The ON Corporation Number for Johnstown ATV Club Inc. is 1555478.

Pursuant to the charter of the Corporation, the number of directors comprising the board is a range with a minimum of one (1) and a maximum of ten (10).

The objects for which the corporation was incorporated are —

1. to acquire, establish, construct, operate, maintain, and equip a clubhouse and recreational facilities and, in particular, for all terrain vehicles.

2. to promote social intercourse between the members and their guests; and

3. to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire lands, buildings, easements, and property, real and personal, which may be requisite for the purpose of or capable of being conveniently used in connection with any of the objects of the Corporation.

Effective January 20, 2007 the managers of the Johnstown ATV Club Inc. are —

Our incorporation papers define five officers who are elected by the membership. Additional directors are appointed by the management team. Directors and officers all have equal share in management decisions, except that the president's vote is not counted in the event of a tie.

Director's meetings are sometimes called with short notice, but planned meetings are announced on the forum and on the web site. Director's meetings are generally open to the membership.

Contact Information

Our club email address has been inundated with SPAM. The old mail@ address is now cancelled. We prefer that you call one of the directors by phone rather than email, but email is still acceptable.

To contact the club directors via email, send your message to one of the following addresses.

To contact us by mail, please send your letter to John Meester at--

JATVC c/o

Mr. John Meester

509 French Settlement Road

Kemptville, Ontario.

K0E 1J0

The official address for the club is provided at the top of this page.

Club Phone Number

The phone number at our clubhouse is 613-925-1598.  Normally, you will only be able to reach someone during a rally or some other club activity.  

We have an answering machine that will  host a message about our trail status when the trails are closed. This machine will not be used to retrieve messages - only to give a message if someone calls.

Access to the Clubhouse

If you do not have the combination for the lock on the clubhouse door, please contact us and we will be happy to provide the combination code to you. All members are permitted to have 24/7 access to the clubhouse.

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