Registration is for 15 minutes only in the entrance to the meeting room at the museum

15min

Lobby

Guests will be welcomed by The Ontario Trails Council, Patrick Connor CEO, as well as The President of each ORV Organization, Dave Baker OFATV, Art Ash OFTR and Peter Wood OF4WD.

15min

Barrie

This networking session is an opportunity who took the time to attend to tell others who they are, who they represent, the reason they attended and what they hope to get out of the day.

30min

Barrie

With the leaders of provincial ORV organizations.

• Ontario Federation of Trail Riders - 20 min with Art Ash
• Ontario Federation of All-Terrain Vehicle Clubs - 20 min with Dave Baker and Mike Chicione
• Ontario Federation of 4 Wheel Drive Enthusiasts - 20 min with Peter Wood

This session is designed for both the public and trail managers wanting to learn more about how these provincial organizations function to secure better and safer trails.

60 min

Barrie

Coffee served

15min

Lobby

The provincial level ORV organizations provide best practices in trails tourism from across the country profiling: The Ottawa Valley Recreational Trail, lessons learned and opportunities revitalized. With input on trail development from the Ottawa Valley and Mattawa Voyageur Country Regions. Presenter Teresa Hebb, President, Renfrew County ATV Club With commentary from Donna Maitland, Mattawa-Bonfield Economic Development and Jason Davis, Renfrew County Forest.

45 min

Barrie

Club Presidents and supporters from throughout Ontario will be speaking to effective club leadership, recruitment and work performed by the clubs in support of local trails. Examples of club excellence will be profiled and celebrated. With Denise Erickson OFATV, Carolyn Richards Kawartha ATV, Tracey Lynn Bell, Quad Niagara and Soren Klemmensen, COATV.

45 min

Barrie

The Simcoe County Off-Road Riders Trail Development Experience Lessons Learned with Brad Obee, President, SCORRA.

60min

Barrie

Leaders talk partnership and development they have for their activity and trails over the next 5-10 years

• Crown Forests– Simcoe with Graeme Davis, Forester; and Ganaraska speak to Trails – 15 min
• ORV'ing and Trails Promotion – Oksana Buhel, COHV/MMIC and Wayne Daub, Canadian Quad Council, - 30 min
• 4x4 Trails – Peter Wood, OF4WD President, highlights 4x4 development 15 min

45min

Barrie

This guided forum discussion sees an overview of trail building, planning, and design to improve the public awareness of, and acceptance for ORV'ing in Ontario.

• Representatives from ORV, Lands, Forests, and Enthusiasts talk about their local and regional inputs to trail building, branding, and marketing strategies. Providing local uniqueness with ORV/Mixed use impacts. - 30 minutes with Ken Hoeverman from Highlands East, and Dave Naulls, Trail builder from North Hastings
• Getting ORV into Trails of Distinction and other branding – 20 min with Patrick Connor

50min

Barrie

Coffee Served

15min

Barrie

Providing Regionally Based Trails and ORV Products and Services (2010-2025)

• Improving Trail Destinations and Experiences – 15 min
• Cataloging Impediments to Success - 380,000 ATV's in Ontario; 1 billion to the economy, participants will have a chance to detail how they can use an ORV Strategic Direction, based on what works and what needs to work better in Ontario - to make Ontario Canada's ORV Destination.

Short list of items -

• a provincial perspective - how trails coming together with activities made the OTC
• legislation and regulation
• governance
• signage
• funding
• volunteer retention
• local clubs, local success - but zero provincial interest
• reducing a confused consumer
• what membership means
• what leadership means
• places where ORV is being developed - we invite community leaders embracing ORV to join online tell us how and why you got into ORV
• local, regional, provincial, national and international roles - what are you doing?
• Stakeholders and level of influence.

 

60min

Barrie

Off-Road and Province-wide Planning– leadership buy-in. In this guided session the visioning and working models from the day will be brought together between clubs, land managers, national and provincial organizations with a culminating statement from the day: Such as, "Going forward the clubs and organizations of ORV here today, agree to work better together, support one another's membership, actively consolidate the ORV sector into a process of building, club support, trail development and responsible use access led by our groups, for our groups and in the interest of safer riding and more riding opportunity for all. In this spirit we declare our support for "ORV Ontario" (or some such depending upon what the groups decide).

45min

Barrie