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4 Snowmobile VERMONT Magazine LETTERS Thomasina Magoon See you on the Trails I know I share the same sentiments with many of you when I say Thomasina Magoon will be missed. I have had the honor and privilege of working closely with her over the past year on Snowmobile Vermont magazine. Her vision energy creativity and passion have been something the entire VAST community has had the benefit of. No matter whats going on you can be sure that youll be greeted with a smile and a genuine hello. What she has done for the VAST community in such a short time is amazing. She had a vision and she has more than executed on itfrom Club Events and VAST News to acknowledgment of the groomers and landowners to our history all of which provide true insight to what is going on in our community. I know I look forward to every issue Spending time with her at events and trade shows is always a hoot. Id love to bottle the energy she has. She truly enjoys meeting each and every volunteer she makes all of us feel special and appreciated. She realizes we are all volunteers and each of us has something of value to offer VAST. She has also worked on many items which many of us are unaware of but which will or already have provided growth to our program. When the new website launches think of her it was Thomasina who did what was required to make it what it is. I envy the company she is going to work for they are getting someone new to their staff that will do whatever it takes to move the business forward. Her energy is contagious. I recently read an article by Michael Hyatt which I believe captures qualities Thomasina has. Id like to share a small portion of it with you Infectious enthusiasm is a key ingredient in a team worth working for. Talent skill and expertise are only part of the picture. If youre not bringing energy optimism and creativity to the party it wont be much fun. Why Motivation. Enthusiastic people bring their own battery pack. You never have to worry about motivating them because theyre already plugged into the business and fully engaged. Solutions. Problems and obstacles are part of business. A former colleague of mine used to say that if work was easy they wouldnt pay us. But enthusiasm unlocks innovative thinking. Instead of seeing the roadblock and turning around enthusiastic people find workarounds. Theyll go over under aroundor just build a new road. Ownership. Can-do people own whatever part of the process and outcome theyre responsible for and theyre usually willing to assist on the rest. That means they dont need heavy management. They just get going and get things done. Achievement. Achievement takes energy. If you have motivated team members who are eager to find solutions and own the outcome guess what happens You start accomplishing goals. Culture. Whether good or bad attitudes are communicable. Enthusiastic people are fun to work with which means they can bring up the mood of the whole team. Its infectious. The net result is a positive team culture. And heres the great thing. Its practically self- perpetuating. Some people might object and say this is really a question of personality. What they mean is that people cant help it. Theyre either positive or not. But thats not true. Enthusiasm is a choice. The attitude we bring to our circumstances is entirely within our own control. Id like to think her work with VAST is not done. I like to think we will see her involved with VAST in the future along side all of us a valued volunteer. Thomasina You ROCK See you on the Trails Patty Companik Chair Publications Committee Snowmobile Vermont Contributor Chester Snowmobile Club Member Volunteer TMAs I just wanted to express how appreciative the Iroquois Snow Beavers are that VAST decided to make the volunteer TMAs free to clubs this year. We have graciously given out our volunteer TMAs to members of our club that have worked so hard and the club absorbed the 400 for the 10 volunteer TMAs we are allocated. For a small club like ours which now has over 20 active volunteers that will work to build 4 full sized bridges with little to no VAST funds selling less than 100 TMAs but operating a well traveled corridor trail it makes a big difference. We offer TMAs to landowners who volunteer their time and equipment to help us out as well. Between those that we provide our volunteer landowners and club volunteers paying for these TMAs could cost the club close to 1000. This will be cut in half this year due to this change in policy. It allows the club to use those funds toward are getting someone new to their staff infectious. The net result is a positive team culture. And heres the great thing. Its practically self- perpetuating. Some people might object and say this is really a Thomasina Magoon new website launches 26Vast Lane feel special and appreciated. She realizes innovative thinking. Instead of seeing the roadblock and turning around enthusiastic people find workarounds. Theyll go over under aroundor just build a new road. Ownership. whatever part of the process and outcome theyre responsible for and theyre usually willing to assist on the rest. That means they dont need heavy management. They just get going and get things done. Achievement. and own the outcome guess what happens You start accomplishing