b'VAST Newsone director from each county) wouldMEMBERSHIP ID CARD & MAGAZINE LABELbe voting, representing the clubs in their county, on the proposals. TheseKeep an eye out in your mailboxeslabel on this magazine and all future meetings were announced in VASTin the coming month for your VASTmagazine mailings. e-blasts and on Facebook.membership ID card. Your VAST IDPlease note: This number IS NOT Going all online will offer a seamlesswill be helpful in pre-loading yourrequired to purchase online. Its point of sale experience for allinformation into the online TMApurpose is to simply make the form members and will make sure, forpurchase form.easier for you to complete by filling in insurance purposes, that we areThis number is also on your mailingyour address and previously TMAd capturing all signatures to guaranteesled(s) information for you. that folks agree they have read the contractual terms, or had them read to them, and understand them. This important insurance covers Vermont landowners (who actually host 80% of our trail system) as well as all our volunteers, grooming fleet, etc. Many of you may not know that VAST liability insurance is extremely hard to get, and it costs a lot of money (about $200,000 a year); unfortunately, we have to constantly defend coverage. Whenever a VAST member has a snowmobile accident that results in a suit, the insurance cost goes up and the insurance company becomes more reluctant to cover us. Capturing everyones signature and agreement on rider responsibilities will help us in the future to fend off lawsuits when the organization is not at fault.Overall, VAST staff and those folks who found the time to join us at our many meetings and presentations are feeling positive about this change. Next up and beginning in early August, will be meeting with clubs and vendors to get them up to speed about the new program; they will also receive a printed guide. For all of you who have bought online TMAs from VAST in the past, you will not see many changes to the system. All members will be mailed out a membership card with their membership ID so the online system can pull up your records for last year; purchasers TMA fields will be populated for each sled they own. Clubs will also be receiving their members ID number in case a member loses it. All Vermont club dues are now at a set rate of $30, which will even the playing field and, again, put more money in the hands of clubs. If you would like to see the online TMA presentations, we encourage you to go to the VAST website www.vvtvast.org to watch them.Summer 2020 | 3'