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Eastern Ontario Trail Blazers

2012-05-18

Welcome to the Eastern Ontario Trail Blazers 4x4 Club

The Eastern Ontario Trail Blazers 4X4 Club (EOTB) is a family oriented, non-profit, incorporated off-roading club with a great deal to offer its members;

We travel Eastern Ontario and the Ottawa Valley area, with some events in Quebec.

Our members drive all kinds of vehicles - Jeeps, Land Rovers, Nissans, Fords, Land Cruisers, and Suzukis. Our members come from Belleville, Kingston, Brockville, Ottawa, the Ottawa Valley, and Quebec. You will see wives, husbands, friends, kids and dogs around the camp site and on the trail. Come explore nature up close with the entire family.

We are neither extremists nor crazy. Our interests are off-roading in a technically precise way. You will almost never see us madly spin our tires as that is the best way to damage the vehicle and trail. We follow the "Tread Lightly" philosophy by off-roading responsibly, respecting the rights of others, avoiding sensitive areas and most of all doing our part by trying to leave the area better than we found it. Tread Lightly!

News

2012-2013 Bring it On!

Contributed by Admin on Mar 29, 2012 - 09:08 PM

On March 24 2012 the club started the new season with a bang with the Annual General Meeting at Biagios.

We had a great crowd and prizes to give away from Capital Dodge, National 4WD, PJF4x4 and 4WD Magazine. Chris Palko was the 2012 recipient of the Kohn Award. Highlights from the AGM are online in our 2012 Photo Highlights.

We start this year with a Fluid Change Day (members-only) at National 4WD on March 31, followed by the Season Opener at the Gorge on April 15, and our spring Adopt-a-Road Cleanup in Calabogie on April 21.

Our board of directors for 2012-2013 will be:

President - Craig Jenkins
Vice-President - Rodney Etienne
Treasurer - Peter Strecko
Secretary - Evan Croskery
Chief Environmental Officer - Ross Macdonald
Ottawa Chapter Director - Mark Woodward
Kingston Chapter Director - Peter Pontbriand

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Trail Leader Program

Contributed by Admin on Feb 28, 2012 - 07:49 AM

Further to our trail leader seminar, which was very well attended, I would like to introduce to you our most recent effort to further develop EOTB – The creation of a Trail Leaders Committee. The Trail Leader Committee is referenced in Article 11 of the Club Bylaws and it’s a committee of trail leaders with a chairperson that makes recommendation to the board for officially adding and removing trail leaders. The bylaws state that the Chairperson is not a board position and it is not a voting position. The Chairperson is appointed (and therefore can be un-appointed) by the board.

This team will be charged with developing new trail leaders and there are two fundamental outcomes we expect this team to deliver to EOTB

To foster an environment to encourage and mentor trail leaders, and
To coordinate and provide trail leaders for club events.

I would like you to note that we also support this committee to play an important role in the education and implementation of safe recovery methods and trail safety generally.

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