13 The Safety Committee has met through out the year working on several items. • Collaborated with Vermont State Police to update the snowmobile safety manuals used in our safety classes. • Developed a standard for signage to be used at road crossings to assist emergency responders to locate the best trail access point during an emergency response. These signs will identify the road name, town and trail number. • Conducted a“Train the Trainer”class to certify new safety instructors. • Worked on a recertification process for all snowmobile safety instructors. • Revised a Trail Safety Patrol program to help identify issues on the trails as they come up during the season. This will also be combined with the“VAST Ambassador Program”to welcome and assist new and veteran members. Snowmobile Safety Certifications for the 2017/2018 season: classroom, 252; online,1085; total, 1337. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Trooper Marie Beland for her time as Vermont State Police Safety Education Coordinator and to welcome her replacement Trooper Chris Brown. We would also like to thank Sgt Trevor Carbo for stepping in to assist while the Administrators position was open. We look forward to working together to keep the trails and our members safe. I would like to thank the committee members for their time and efforts; Sgt Trevor Carbo, Lewis Barnes, Juliann Sherman, Roger Gosselin, Vice President Jeff Fay and Ken Gammel. We also thank President Tim Mills, and VAST Staff for their assistance. SAFETY COMMITTEE REPORT Submitted by Patrick Poulin, Chair It was fairly quiet year for the committee with no major changes to By-Laws and only a couple of minor policy updates. POLICY AND BY-LAWS COMMITTEE REPORT Submitted by Jeff Fay, Chair and VAST Vice President