Hi Friends! Feb 4-6 Tuesday-Thursday at Boyne Mountain is Test Fest. It's a demo event for ski industry and shops. Though you may not be there with the event if you mentioned being a member of Michigan Backcountry Alliance we can get on a Cardiff Demo. See you out there!

This is a great time to learn the weather maps we have linked! I find these to be most accurate! Current Snow Depth Map: -click on the Go button • a map of the US shows, then click on the state of MI to get a closer look 24 hrs Snow Fall Map: also provides a 6,12,24,30,36,42,48 hr window. • this is not a cumulative map, it's a what to expect the following 6hrs

Attendance: Matthew Emeott, Kirk Ranney, Josh Reyes, Matt from Marquette, Grant Clarkson Board Roles: ● President: Matthew Emmeot ● Vice President: Josh Reyes ● Treasurer: John Curtis ● Secretary: Kirk Ranney ● Special Projects: Marc Collier PRIORITY ACTION: Rough draft of content/description for pitch deck for 12/10/24 Meeting New Business (11/20) ● DNR trails advisory council meeting December 10, 2024 1:00-4:30 (Grant Clarkston) ○ Kirk reached out to Brian Beauchamp (will update) ● Letter needs update with letterhead and then ready to send ● Mt. Holiday reached out about a partnership, Dan Packer is a board member ● Board discussion about adding liaisons and sub groups (events, work groups, ski areas and nonprofit ski areas, grants, DNR.) Matt E. Needs to address the members looking to fill spots ● Tim Olsen with Cardiff snow craft has offered members discount on products! ● 23 members $720 in account New Business (11/14): ● Parks and Rec contact Boyne City: Michael Sheean ○ Avalanche Preserve Letter Copy of Boyne City Letter ● Meet second Thursday of the month at 5:00. 319 N. Lake St Boyne City ● PRIORITY ACTION: Rough draft of content/description for pitch deck Old Business: ● Volunteer Day w/Ski Area ○ Resort Group/Committee ■ Nubs Nob - existing uphill access ■ Location for winter meetup ● Logo Deck - ○ Do any of these images work as a logo? (I am personally not married to any of these and can certainly keep working on more ideas. I did use the one I prefer in the assets) ● Land Use Pitch ○ I did my best to create a layout that got us through the basic info people are going to want from us E.G= Who we are, what we do, issues, solutions, call to action with collaboration information, timeline, reasoning, active use data, target markets, intro to our team for credibility, and contact. ○ Ideas (From Granite BC) ■ Terrain Management and Stewardship. Michigan Backcountry Alliance will seek partners to provide access to property with permission to glade favorable terrain with beneficial aspects and elevation. Michigan Backcountry Alliance will steward properties in conjunction with the local land manager and be responsible for monitoring the terrain for compliance. ■ Community and Education. Creating an educated culture of backcountry skiers and riders is important to maintain access to public and private land, create safe recreational environments, and increase interaction and communication amongst skiers and riders. Backcountry skiing is the fastest growing segment of winter recreation and we aim to introduce this new sport to winter enthusiasts young and old. By focusing on the social side of backcountry skiing, we hope to foster an inviting community that shares its knowledge with each other. ■ Safety. Inherent risks abound in backcountry skiing. Accidents happen. We want to encourage well-prepared skiers to expect the unexpected. We will partner with groups and industry professionals to provide clinics, seminars and tutorials on best practices in the high alpine environment. ■ Advocacy.Michigan Backcountry Alliance strives to represent the interests of backcountry skiers and riders. Representation is not just in what you may see publicly, such as our efforts to expand terrain, but also what happens behind closed doors. Getting a seat at the table. Making backcountry experiences count. We are in this together and want to have a unified voice that represents the interests of the user group at-large. ● Promo Image Deck ○ I designed these to be generic place holders for information based advertisements via IG and FB. Each one can hold a specific bit of info regarding different aspects of what we're trying to do with MBA E.G= Mission, member recruitment, donations, safety / best practices, news and more ● Dates for Winter Meeting - In Person: ○ When? ○ Where? ○ Activities: ■ Group Tour ■ Uphill/Downhill Event (1.5 hrs/3 hrs/6 hrs) ■ Potluck ● Old Business: ● Avalanche in Boyne - potential to glade here. ○ Letter to city council/city manager?? ● Nubs and Caberfae - need to establish relationships ○ Uphill Access ○ Meetup ● Meet up for members this winter ○ Annual meet up ○ Identify some dates ● Look into insurance ($2500ish) and legal waivers/coverage: ○ www.skikind.org/toolkit ○ Backcountry skiing and riding is dangerous and unmarked obstacles and hazards may exist. Each skier/rider is responsible for their own safety: know your limits, ski/ride with a partner, and when in doubt turn around. ● Winter Wildlands Alliance: ○ Re ● Phone List: ○ Matt- ■ 989-859-0007 ○ Kirk- ■ kirk.ranney@gmail.com ■ 720-612-8987 ○ Josh Reyes ■ Jreyes4805@gmail.com ■ 810 210 7768 ○ John Curtis: ■ johnc@nmlifestyle.com ■ 231-468-8149 ○ Marc Collier: ■ mcollier@alumni.nmu.edu

Attendance: Matthew Emmeot, Kirk Ranney, Ricardo, Matthew Anderson Board Roles: ● President: Matthew Emmeot ● Vice President: Josh Reyes ● Treasurer: John Curtis ● Secretary: Kirk Ranney ● Special Projects: Marc Collier New Business: ● Avalanche in Boyne - potential to glade here. ○ Letter to city council/city manager?? ● Nubs and Caberfae - need to establish relationships ○ Uphill Access ○ Meetups ● 20 Members and $700 in account ● Meet up for members this winter ○ Annual meet up ○ Identify some dates ● Look into insurance ($2500ish) and legal waivers/coverage ● Create copy/paste letter Old Business: ● Kirk to send out calendar invites and meetings minutes (still need to do this) ○ 6/27 - Board ○ 7/11 - Board and Members ○ 7/25 - Board ○ 8/8 - Board and Members ○ 8/22 - Board ○ 9/5 - Board and Members ○ 9/19 - Board ○ 10/3 - Board and Members ○ 10/17 - Board ○ 10/31 - Board and Members ● Kirk to create verbiage about “know before you go” and best practices for safety ○ www.skikind.org/toolkit ○ Backcountry skiing and riding is dangerous and unmarked obstacles and hazards may exist. Each skier/rider is responsible for their own safety: know your limits, ski/ride with a partner, and when in doubt turn around. ● Winter Wildlands Alliance ● John to start marketing materials

Today at 7:30 will be a Director/Board virtual meeting. We will be checking in with each other, seeing how our new task are going and how to help. We will be discussing our upcoming Board/Members meeting that will take place 7/11 @ 7:30

Hi members here is the latest: Next meeting will be for all members and guests June 13 @7:30 on Zoom. The 3 directors spent 120 minutes at the 5/23 7:30 meeting. We introduced ourselves and talked about our backgrounds. We went over the nonprofit bylaws, and discussed the future and a good direction for us to move forward. -We want to start having Board Meetings bi-weekly to get things moving! -We want to create a business pamphlet to bring our project to life! -We plan on electing a President, Secretary and Treasurer and possibly a Vice President next board meeting. -Next meeting is 6/13 @ 7:30pm

We have 3 new directors! Thanks for stepping up and overseeing our new nonprofit Michigan Backcountry Alliance! The Directors are Kirk Ranney, Matt Emeott and John Curtis.

April 25th Thursday 7:30 on Zoom All members are welcome! Please message me if you need a link We will be electing 3 directors to oversee the start of the nonprofit Also discussing the path forward, intentions and future plans🙂 Possibly electing board members Possibly going over bylaws Thanks!

Hi Friends, soon an email will be sent to members and invited individuals for our very first board meeting! We have a lot to discuss! Hopefully we will be able to choose board members, and get moving on opening downhill glades! Hope to have the virtual meeting April or May! Thanks This month I have made contact with DNR Gaylord Forest Management, Lonnie with Mount Bohemia, TOMMBA and CMMBA, also Granite Backcountry Alliance. We also have raised enough money for two years website development and fees!

It’s good to have you here. Thanks for being part of the growing community. Feel free to share what's on your mind.