SARASOTA AREA ATV CLUB

[MaineToo]

I'll check today. See what they came up with.

[Flat_Out]

Give a new date and there will be more posts.  Just sitting here waiting for a new date

[Nocturnal]

Give a new date and there will be more posts.  Just sitting here waiting for a new date

I agree  

[Yamahonda41]

Hey Guys,

I just read this thread.  My family would be interested in joining.  We are just as busy as eveyone else but will participate as much as possible.  I think that is the key.  You can never accomodate everyone, so as long as there is a large group you should be able to have enough people present at each meeting to keep the ball rolling.

Just my 2 cents.

Mike if you want to carpool to the meetings we can save some of that almost $2/gal motion lotion!

[Da_Mtg_Man]

Hey Guys,

I just read this thread.  My family would be interested in joining.  We are just as busy as eveyone else but will participate as much as possible.  I think that is the key.  You can never accomodate everyone, so as long as there is a large group you should be able to have enough people present at each meeting to keep the ball rolling.

Just my 2 cents.

that would be fine by me.

Mike if you want to carpool to the meetings we can save some of that almost $2/gal motion lotion!

[MaineToo]

Hey

I just this moment got back from being in the woods for 5 days. Ya... I bathed.

We will get a date from SS tomorrow. They couldn't tell me the other day.

[Da_Mtg_Man]

Hey

I just this moment got back from being in the woods for 5 days. Ya... I bathed.

We will get a date from SS tomorrow. They couldn't tell me the other day.

Cool, let us know

[Nocturnal]

I'm all ears. I should also be bringing atleast a few friends with me.

[john holmes]

Me 2 !

[Flat_Out]

Do we have a new date yet?

[Cuzn Lucky]

WHEW!!!   I just read all 8 pages and if I'm off work and after 3pm I should be able to make it. Otherwise I'll get the info from Nocturnal or Muddbuggy.  

[Muddbuggy]

thats watcha get when you been sleeping all this time.  LOL

[vistasign]

SO when and were after all is the meeting ?

[FTRRACER8]

Maine Too!  I've got 4 more for you!  We are local (in Venice) and fairly flexible.  We are FTR members and we also think Sarasota Cycles is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!  Maine, if there's anything we can do, let me know!   [smiley=ThumbsUp.gif]  We just read this thread today, sorry we didn't see it sooner!!!Don't give up, we'll spread the word about it too!!!  Ride on!!!

[Muddbuggy]

Allright MaineToo Im back from ONF and ready to get this thing started...... [smiley=Approve.gif]  Where's the date?

kevin

[vistasign]

ATV group asks for county's assistance to access state land for off-road  
 riding                                                                    
                                                                           
                                                                           
 By PAUL CATALÁ                                                            
                                                                           
                                                                           
 NORTH PORT -- A local group of all-terrain vehicle owners has asked      
 Sarasota County to join its effort to get nearly 400 acres of state land  
 put aside for off-road riding.                                            
                                                                           
                                                                           
 But George Tatge, beaches and natural areas manager for the county parks  
 and recreation department, said he's doubtful the county will help.      
                                                                           
                                                                           
 Tatge said he attended a meeting Tuesday of the ATV-Ad Hoc Committee, an  
 organization made up of area ATV riders and merchants, intending to      
 discuss the environmental damage for which ATVs have been blamed in North
 Port parks.                                                              
                                                                           
                                                                           
 He said he was especially concerned with pollution, soil erosion, habitat
 destruction, and litter at the Myakkahatchee Creek Park at Reistertown    
 Road and Estates Drive, and at county-managed Oaks Park near Sumter      
 Boulevard and Interstate 75.                                              
                                                                           
                                                                           
 But group chairman John Wilson, owner of Action Power Sports in Nokomis,  
 told Tatge that the ATV committee isn't looking to ride in those two      
 parks and would instead like to see an alternate site set aside in the    
 8,600-acre Myakka State Forest.                                          
                                                                           
                                                                           
 Tatge said Wednesday he felt the group had good intentions, but that he  
 did not expect the county to support its efforts.                        
                                                                           
                                                                           
 A state forestry department report submitted to the governor Jan. 1 lists
 390 acres of the pine tree-covered Myakka Forest as one of three          
 finalists to become an ATV recreational area.                            
                                                                           
                                                                           
 At a discussion about the state report in April, the Sarasota County      
 Commission voiced opposition to the plan.                                
                                                                           
                                                                           
 During this week's meeting, Wilson defended the use of the forest by      
 off-road vehicles.                                                        
                                                                           
                                                                           
 "A state forest is for the consumptive use of the public," he said,      
 noting that 33,000 off-road vehicles were sold in Florida in 2002, and    
 110,000 are now registered.                                              
                                                                           
                                                                           
 He said the demand for off-road riding would continue to grow, and part  
 of a state forest is the place to do it.                                  
                                                                           
                                                                           
 "I hope you guys will realize the value of letting the state give us an  
 area to ride and get us off your parks," he said.                        
                                                                           
                                                                           
 Setting aside part of the forest for riders would help prevent further    
 damage to Myakkahatchee Creek Park and The Oaks, he said.                
                                                                           
                                                                           
 "You'd get more people here (the forest), so people would quit riding in  
 places where they shouldn't be riding," he said.                          
                                                                           
                                                                           
 Wilson said an ATV park would do less environmental damage than any one  
 of the dozens of golf courses built around the area.                      
                                                                           
                                                                           
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[MaineToo]

OK Kevin

Saturday March 27th at Noon and Suzuki of Sarasota has once again promised us a BBQ. I hope all interested people will attend. I also hope I don't have to try to switch this date!

4583 Clark Rd
Sarasota FL 34233
941-925-0376

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My number 941-587-0819

[MaineToo]

BTW Vista.... Is that a new article or the one that is a few months old?

[FTRRACER8]

Sorry,
We would have REALLY liked to attend the meeting, we have been checking this thread twice a day waiting for you to post the date.  Unfortunately, the FTR race (Hare Scramble) in Clewiston is the same afternoon.  That's just something we're not gonna miss!!!!!!!! If you guys come up with a schedule PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post it so we can attend the next one.  We really want to be a part of this.  Have a great time, and say hello to Sarasota Cycles for us.      Thanks!!!!!    [smiley=Approve.gif]

[Da_Mtg_Man]

OK Kevin

Saturday March 27th at Noon and Suzuki of Sarasota has once again promised us a BBQ. I hope all interested people will attend. I also hope I don't have to try to switch this date!

4583 Clark Rd
Sarasota FL 34233
941-925-0376

Hompage: http://www.classiccycle.net/classic_!_001.htm

Directions: http://www.classiccycle.net/classic_!_002.htm

My number 941-587-0819

I'll try to make it but 2 days notice isn't much time. I have some plans that I have to try and change.I'm in no way being negative here but this is very very short notice. I do aplaud you for your  efforts on this Don and I hope I can juggle things around and make it.

[john holmes]

ill be there

[MaineToo]

da_mtg_man;

2 weeks notice wasn't enough either. They had this date open for us so I said let's do it. I doubt we would ever find a date that would make everyone happy.

What IS important is to get the club set up, elect officers, and get a by-laws comm. in place.

[Da_Mtg_Man]

da_mtg_man;

2 weeks notice wasn't enough either. They had this date open for us so I said let's do it. I doubt we would ever find a date that would make everyone happy.

What IS important is to get the club set up, elect officers, and get a by-laws comm. in place.

That is true but I was ready for that one. This is just so short. How are they going to know how much food to cook on such short notice? I am going to try and make it but just in case I can't then I will be at he next one. Thanks again for getting this whole thing rolling.

[Nocturnal]

I can't make it. Neither can the 6 friends I was planning on bringing. We are all going to be at croom. I too appreciate all the hard work Mainetoo has done  [smiley=Clap.gif]

 And I know that no matter what date was posted. There would be people that couldn't attend for one reason or another .... but 2 days notice just isn't sufficent in my book.

Anyways... good luck with the first meeting and maybe I'll be able to attend the next one

[MaineToo]

OK

Why dosen't someone else set a date? I have told them that it wasn't enough notice. When someone else is ready to set this up call Gil at 941-925-0376. Let us all know when the first meeting is.