1. I hope you're right - but not sold they won't just do what they want until told otherwise - it's their MO   2. Agreed, in theory it should, but we've seen over the years how fickle our membership can be and how bent out of shape they get over these nominal financial things   3. 100% agree - anything less is hurting more than helping    4. Agree again - this should be common sense - but we know that lacks in all parts of society. It, in my view also hurts more than it helps and is a very very short sighted plan - that will explode in someones face, and not likely the person that made the decision, because they'll be gone!    

On the bold - that should be a given, too bad it was not, but as you have said....things tend to work out, and might have been for the best in an odd kind of way....lol   $50.00 should not be a hard pill to swallow considering the duration since last increase and increase in so many costs across the board....crap, I paid more of increase than that this year by waiting to pay full pop, and I seem to be doing okay after all.....  

Nutter you are spot on for the groomer topic.  Reduce the fleet and wear out your existing equipment that much faster.     Not sure there is a payoff there unless you’re a short term finance guy trying to justify a cutback decision.  And we had hit a low snow winter   

Selling sleds doesn’t mean new riders though, at best just means you probably haven’t lost any, and we know the system can’t operate as it is with current rider numbers, permit pricing, and fixed expenses      

Personally I would think a few things will happen going forward.   The province will no longer mess around with going against the OFSC's permit price recommendation.   After such a great season giving an enormous economic boost province wide, the province will be pressured industry wide to further support snowmobiling by investing in infrastructure with grants.     Coming off such an awesome season province wide will soften the blow of a permit price increase.   Personally I'd like to see us just rip the band aid off and hike it $50 a permit across the board and be done with it.    Hoping that the board realizes trying to do more with less equip and over taxing it isn't working, and certainly not saving any money. It's not hard for those who know equip and grooming to see how it's costing a lot more trying to adhere to the 120-150 km per groomer mandate. Then there's also how taxing it has become on the volunteers themselves.