States, Canada, Europe and Russia.
We have a lot of members,” he said,
adding that the majority of its mem-bers
reside in the United States snow-belt
stretching from Maine to Wash-ington
state.
Guenther, who started a second
term as ASCOA president in 2015
(his first term was from 1996-2006),
says there are numerous regional
representatives within the organiza-tion,
including an ASCOA eastern di-rector
and an ASCOA western director.
There are also directors from Upper
Michigan, Lower Michigan, Minne-sota,
Wisconsin, Iowa, North Dakota
and South Dakota.
Guenther notes that ASCOA has
issued 2,700 memberships since its
inception and there are currently
between 900 and 1,000 active mem-bers,
who pay $25 a year to belong
to the club. New members receive an
ASCOA pin and patch to wear as well
as a subscription to the club’s Iron Dog
Tracks newsletter that publishes six
times a year
Winter and summer
meetings
According to Guenther, a major perk of
ASCOA membership is the opportunity
to attend the club’s popular winter and
summer meetings that are staged at
different locations every year.
“They’re usually held somewhere
in the Midwest because that’s where
most of our members are. We will
be in North Dakota, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Lower
Michigan, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana,”
Guenther said.
In 2018, ASCOA held its winter
meeting in Minnesota in conjunction
with the Waconia Ride-In, which is
the largest vintage snowmobile show
in the world.
The 2019 winter meeting took place
in January in conjunction with the
Antique Snowmobile Rendezvous in
Pequot Lakes. Rapid River, Mich.,
is slated to host ASCOA’s 2020
winter meeting.
The next ASCOA summer meeting
will be held in Hopedale, Ill., in July.
TRAIL TALES
Guenther says the meeting will feature
a large collection of antique and vin-tage
snowmobiles on display, and
there will also likely be a tour related
to snowmobiling.
Guenther says a special aspect of the
ASCOA summer meeting involves taking
apart an old snowmobile and having
members take the parts home with
them to recondition. The snowmobile
is then reassembled at the next summer
meeting with the refurbished parts, and
the finished product is raffled off to
help raise funds for the club.
According to Guenther, raffle tickets
for a 1964 Mathews Trailmaker utility
snowmobile are currently being sold,
with the winner to be announced at
ASCOA’s 2019 summer meeting.
Those interested in learning more
about Antique Snowmobile Club
of America can visit club’s
website at www.ascoa.org or ASCOA’s
Facebook page.
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