But are they selling or just sitting?

No business has steady income  and steady expenses. Must be a Way to purchase fuel ahead of time, do extra maintaince buy surplus parts etc to get ahead, then just handing out money to clubs at time too. Thanks for insight!  I feel ofsc should have been better prepared for this to happen every 10 years. Disappointing it's come down to this no doubt. 

Was told by local club president the the OFSC being a 'non profit organization' can't carry a surplus. Few years back when season was short and grooming was non-existing in many areas the OFSC sent all the clubs a cheque at end of year (surplus money) to dispose of. Our little club got 6k to spend, just do the multiplication.....

Just strange one steller season in 10 years, would result in a huge deficit. Seems like ofsc had no reserve funds set aside and was just spending all permit money each and every season. 

No idea how old you are ? But I remember when the sky fell in the70, 80s and in the 90s, over a 100 different sled brands, 50,000km of trail over 300 clubs. Heck in 1981 you could still ride to Niagara Falls and park your sled within walking distance to look at the frozen falls. We still have trails to ride because of dedicated volunteers .....