b'Annual MeetingAmbitionThe recipient of the Ambition AwardMotivator Executive Directors Award of has been the President of his local clubThe Motivator award is going to aExcellencefor 4 years and counting. Since he haslady who is, among other things, theThis awardee has become a major taken over as President, his positivesecretary for her local snowmobilecontributor to the VAST community.ambition has created a comraderyclub. She was nominated for the within the club that many would beposition because she is so highlyHe holds an officer position for his envious of. motivated and well organized. club and has been an active VAST Upon accepting the presidency forHere are some of her accomplishmentsSafety Ambassador since the program his local club, he immediately put hisas secretary: began. His ability to build positive ambitious nature to work institutingrelationships with people has served changes for the betterment of theBeing instrumental in crafting by-lawsas a strong value add to their club, the local club trails and snowmobiling infor her local snowmobile club after itcounty, VAST and the local community.general: merged with an adjacent club a fewOne of his relationships has provided He owns and operates his ownyears ago. VAST to have a customer relationship business, selling TMAs to customersMaintaining detailed meeting minuteswith KLIM, which provides a cost during business hours and even after,at all club meetings. savings for needed wear, including the thereby helping his club to increaseSending out pre-meeting remindersbackpacks ambassadors received at the membership numbers annually. and other details to club membersannual meeting.He leaves his phone on when theregularly. When there are events in the county, he groomer is out so he can be a phoneMotivating area businesses todoes his best to attend as many of them call away. donate/assist with the clubs annualas possible.Hes the first person to get out andSnowmobileAppreciation DayHe is a visionaryalways looking repair the groomer if a breakdownheld along the clubs trail system. towards the futureand he occurs.Being proactive with the clubs socialunderstands the need for clubs to He plans group rides with the clubmedia and news page. work together to reach their goals and members for Friday afternoon/ Motivating the clubs trail crew bycontinue to grow and be productive.evenings and allows machines to bejumping in to help whenever she can. His involvement at the community parked in his shop so they are warmlevel has also been impactful; he has and ready to go for the group ride. Her overall motivation andgiven people a reason to come to a organization are a positive asset to thesmall community to spend money and Hes always willing to lend a handclub, and without it the club wouldsupport local businesses, which is very with anything that makes a bettersuffer!critical to their survival.snowmobiling experience on the trailWe present Olivia Laporte of the ColdHe has coordinated several town-system, even if it does not involve hisHollow Bearcats of Franklin Countywide events that have supported the own club. with the 2020 Motivator Award. snowmobile club he belongs to and the He is just an all-around good guy tolocal community, such as the annual know and work with. His ambitiousWheel in the Fields BMW ride. He efforts have earned Tyson Blouinhas participated in providing weekly of the Washington Snow Flyers ofreduced rate produce boxes for the Orange County the Ambition Awardcommunity to purchase during these this year. difficult times. In these examples, he 18 | Snowmobile VERMONT'