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Congratulations to Greg Watts, our ranch manager, who has been ele-vated from interim manager to Ranch Manager. He has stepped up to the

plate in difficult times and is doing a wonderful job.The members should be aware that the ranch is in an uncomfortable finan-cial position. Some of the reasons are that maintenance fees and other userfees have not kept up with inflation, some members are not paying theirmaintenance fees and other obligations that are owed, extensive costs dueto repairs of buildings, updating of the electrical system; bringing our wellsand our service station up to new state standards and repair and update ofvehicles and other service equipment are just some of the reasons for ourfinancial condition. We are in the process of sending letters to delinquentaccounts and instituting other ways to try and collect this money. It is im-perative that members honor their obligations to pay their maintenance feesso that we can continue to provide all the services that the members de-serve. In previous years we did not have a plan in place to address the issueof repairs and updating costs. With the newly reinstated Planning Commit-tee, we are now able to address these issues. Chairman Ed Cavin and hisdedicated crew of volunteers have spent many hours in research and in

meetings to come up with their recommendations. The plan they have puttogether should help to lead the way towards financial stability. The in-creases in fees proposed by this committee are necessary and will require allof us to bite the bullet if we want our ranch to succeed. The gate will be im-pacted with the enactment of the new guest policy so expect delays but re-member; their efforts in enforcing compliance will be saving all of us money

and helping to resolve our financial problems. Please show patience.The Rules Committee and the By-Laws Committee have also been meetingand I understand that they are addressing many issues that need to be up-

dated and/or resolved.I would like to thank all the committees for their dedication to making the

ranch a very attractive and desirable place to be proud of. We should all vol-unteer some time to these committees to show our appreciation to them.Cloud Nine had a very good year with all the campers filling the place up onthe three holiday weekends and keeping it busy the rest of the summer and

fall. It was a pleasure to see all the people enjoying the ranch.Last I would like to give a big thank you to our employees. They put in manyextra hours to keep the place clean, to make sure everything is kept working,in serving the members and in all the other areas that are necessary to keep

this ranch functioning.~Gene Muenks~

From the President

Cloud 9 Ranch Club

Spring Edition

April 2009

Inside This Issue

Ranch Managers Report 2

Concrete VS. Grass 3

Activities Committee 4

Trading Post & Maids 5Report

Maids Laundry & 6Maintenance report

Obituaries 7

Wrangler Report 8

Restaurant & Office 9Manager Reports

Craft House & 10School House

Ranch Riders Club 11

Unofficial MeetingMinutes 12-18

Fun Addicts 19

Sale Barn 20-21

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Before we were owners of Cloud 9 Ranch we were roller coaster

fanatics, we did the Six Flags thing almost every vacation, now mind you

my wonderful wife and I were married in 1990.

We always go everywhere together on vacation, we would go to placesthat had concrete and very little grass or trees, we would stand in the

lines for hours for 60 seconds of adrenaline rush just to walk and stand in

another line to listen to young kids talking language that would make a

sailor blush, our feet would be sore and for what, it was more work than

it was play.

Fast forward to 2005:

I was always an outdoor enthusiast doing the fishing and hunting thing

regularly gone a lot of weekends looking for that whopper of a fish or that

perfect buck.

My kids would sit in front of the TV of in game land looking for that per-

fect flawless game score of all time, my wife she would read her books ordo housework, before the game system the kids went with me but as they

got older I was not as interesting as I used to be.

Now mind you I could not get my wife to camp or fish, she detested it, she

despised baiting a hook and getting dirty, I took her fishing at Wolf Creek

State Park in Shelbyville Il, and I baited her hooks she caught a boat

load of fish and was enjoying fishing for once, she even had a smile when

other tournament fisherman were upset that a woman had out fished

them.

I mean the nerve that a woman could catch more fish than the pro.

A few years later my wife and I were invited to Cloud 9 by my in-laws so

we decided to go down and visit, WOW we had a good time! By the timewe left I could not believe my ears when the kids and my wife were left

begging for more.

I had to look over and look at the woman sitting next to me when she

proclaimed she wanted to camp more often, I thought my real wife was

abducted by aliens!

Well we found ourselves going back for each holiday weekend and a

weeks worth of the Cloud 9 experience in July.

Stephanie was hooked, I found ourselves by my devising a little plan of

visiting the local motorsports shop buying a couple of Atvs, I then started

to see a glimmer in her eye I had never seen, she loved the Atv she loved

getting filthy dirty, now mind you most women want diamonds or flowersfor their anniversary, I soon found out my wife wanted pure power and

the feeling of mud and dirt.

So again by a plan of my devising I bought her very own ATV, I had to

have a his and hers machine RIGHT? Next thing I know we bought a

camper and traded in the kiddie ATV for two more ATVs every member of

our family had their own ATV now.

The best thing about Cloud 9 is it fits our needs, it has camping fishing

and Atving, but better than that it allows you to get to know your family

again and knowing there is actually grass under your feet.

Living in the city desensitizes you, you find yourself not knowing how a

deer inhabits the earth or seeing animals you would never see in the city.

Living in the city you see no streams or timber, you really never experi-ence the power of a fish when its on the end of your line, or the feeling

you get when you bag that buck of a lifetime, you never experience what

God has really put on earth.

Living in the city there is no adventure, no adrenaline rush from trailing

on your ATV all day long.

Living in the city you find yourself in a rut longing for adventure and

thrills of the outdoors.

Camping at Cloud 9 you find yourself with never a dull moment, always

surrounded by new friends enjoying the stars realizing your family just

needed something that every member of it could relate to and partake in

something together, the outdoors trees and grass.Cloud 9 has brought our family together and we always have something to

talk about, my wife and I are proud owners of our Ranch, we are proud

that we are part of something that has a meaning and that meaning is

family.

Now when I look at my family, I see James Michael my oldest the horse

enthusiast , I see Austin Cody my youngest the Atv/dirt bike enthusiast, I

see Stephanie my wife the Atv/camping fanatic, and I see me the proud

father and husband of such an interesting family.

Enjoy each day your family has at the Ranch and take it all in and you will

be the better for it, toss the game system in the trash and live your life to

the fullest, I have a motto in my life, I want to live not just exist!I still live in the city but I am and always have been a country boy, I travel

six and a half hours to Cloud 9 and love every mile it takes us to get there

because the end result is worth it.

Get off the couch load the truck and head to the outdoors, forget the side-

walk forget work and really get to know your family.

~James Phillips

Concrete VS. Grass

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April4th - 9:00am Highway Clean Up Patio Room10th- 5:00 pm Chicos tacos Patio Room11th - 8:00am - Noon Flea Market; 1:00 pm Easter Egg hunt; 12:00pm Poker run Sign up atPatio room; Leave at 2:00pm and return at 6:30pm at Big-Top with drawings to follow.25th 5:30pm Hill Country Dog & Dish/fire ring behind pad #1&2. Bring covered dish & dessert.

May9th 5:00pm Mothers Day Potluck dinner bring dish & dessert - Clubhouse.23rd 8:00am-Noon Flea Market @ T-Top; 8:00pm Band $3.00 @ T-Top24th 10:00am Poker Run Sign Up @ T-Top, Line up @ 1:00pm return 4:30pm @ T-Top Drawings

to follow

June20th 5:00pm Fathers Day Potluck Dinner bring dish & dessert Clubhouse

July4th 8:00 am Noon Flea Market; Poker Run Sign Up @ Patio Room , Leave @ 2:00pm Return @6:30pm @ T-Top drawings to follow ; 8:00pm Band $3.00 @ T-top

September5th 8:00am Noon Flea Market, Ranch Band/ Karaoke6th 10:00am Poker Run Sign Up @ T-Top, Line up 1:00pm @ T-Top, Return @4:30pm @ T-Topdrawings to follow

19th 5:30pm Potluck Dinner ClubhouseOctober

3rd 9:00am Highway Clean Up Patio Room10th 8:00am Noon Flea Market11th 10:00am Poker Run Sign Up @ T-Top, Line up @ 1:00pm @ T-Top return @ 4:30pmto T-Topdrawings to follow

November21st - 5:30pm Thanksgiving Dinner bring side dish Clubhouse

December19th 5:00pm Members/Owners Christmas Party/Gift Exchange - Clubhouse31st - 7:00pm New Years Eve Party/KaraokeClubhouse

served.

Activities Committeemeets the second andfourth Wednesdays ofeach month at10:00am in the Club-

house.

Monthly Birth-day/Anniversary Partyis held the thirdWednesday of eachmonth at 1:00 pm tocelebrate birthdays andwedding anniversariesfor that month. IceCream and cake are

Activi t ies Comm itt ee

ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE ANNUAL EVENTS

Need to

know what

is going

on?

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Trading Post

report

Here it is almost Spring time. We are looking for-ward to being open full time again. For some rea-son we like it better when we have a lot of people

out here. The days go by much faster than theslower days. We are starting to get new clothingin some with new designs and some with old de-signs. We will have hot dogs and polish sausageand we are getting Nachos with chili andcheese. Looking forward to seeing everyone verysoon. Come on out and enjoy your summer withus!!

Thank You,Debbie & Staff

Maids Report

Its a very busy time at maids laundry.We have completed cleaning the woodpaneling with lemon oil in all the 17 ftcampers. We are now starting to sham-poo cushions and restocking all of therentals. We are working very hard to geteverything ready for our Spring visitors.

We welcome two new maids to our crewPammy Smith and Holly Towell. Wewould also like to thank everyone whohelped clean up after the ice storm.

Thanks,Pam Locke & Staff

EVERY WOMANSFANTASY MAN!!!

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Maids

Laundry

Report

The flower beds are promising that Spring isvery near. The aim is to refresh all of theflower beds with some new colors for theseason. About 90% of the plants are peren-nials so this will help for next year. We haveplanted evergreens at the 160 entrance. Wealso transplanted 9 native dogwood trees inthe Club House area. We are in the processof completing the garden at the Gatehouse.It is something I love to do and I truly appre-ciate all of the help that I have had with it. At

present we are working on the prowlers fromrepairs to replacing the blinds with new cur-tains.

Thanks,

The Maintenance has been working very hardto be ready for the season. We have been cut-

ting firewood, repairing picnic tables, replacedsewer caps, repairing campers, cleaning firerings, cleaned up the front drive before the icestorm, installed a handicap restroom in theClub House, rebuilding the mini stage stop inWilder and adding one handicap restroom, in-stalling posts on water pipes in LonesomePines, replacing broken posts in all camp-grounds, Cleaning up ice storm debris, brush

hogging all areas, helicopter pad in Foggy hasthe trench dug, wires buried and ran to pad forthe lights, just a few of the things we are doingto prepare for your stay with us. We cant wait tosee you here.

Thanks,

Maintenance Report

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Wrangler Repor t

Hello Everyone,

Weve had a very busy winter season. Along with

caring for and feeding the horses and petting zoo ani-

mals weve also had several other projects we have

worked on.

The horses have came thru the winter in very goodcondition. Well be bringing them in this week to get

them shoed and ready for riding. We plan on having

them ready for trail rides Easter Weekend. The petting

zoo animals are in great condition also, the nannies have

added five new kids to the goat herd.

Some of the projects we have worked on include re-

pairing the holes in the fence along the property bound-ary to help prevent people from entering the Ranch

without our knowledge. Weve worked on the horse

trails, barn, equipment maintenance, and rode some

young horses to prepare them for the trail riding season.

The past month weve spent a large amount of our time

clearing debris and repairing damage done by the major

ice storm we received in early February.

We hope you all have had a great winter and lookforward to seeing you at the Ranch this year.

Thanks.

The Wranglers

Billy, Kellie, and Michael

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The Restaurant is a great place to come

and relax after a long ride. We have great

refreshing salads or try one of our Black

Angus Burgers. During the season were

going to offer Kabobs & Steaks for week-

end specials. We are also going to make

homemade desserts, such as cookies, pies,

brownies, muffins, and many more other

desserts. We are also going to start offer-

ing diabetic desserts and a salad bar dur-

ing the day. So come on out and try some

down home country cooking. Youll leave

with a smile on your face and a full stom-

ach. Hope to see you soon!!

Thanks, Tammy & Staff

Hello,I hope everyone is gearing up for a wonderful time at Cloud 9 this year. Gas prices are down so now youcan come down an extra time or two. We have been very busy here at Cloud 9. We now have a handi-capped bathroom in the clubhouse and a new handicap accessible stage stop is going up in Wilder. Wehave had some plants put in and are in the process of installing a goldfish pond at the gate.The grass crew has been very busy getting a huge pile of wood cut . They also had the fron t drive cleanedup quite nicely until the ice storm came along it wi ll soon be back to that. They have also worked on pic-nic tables when weather wouldn t allow outs ide work. So we have several new ones and some older re-paired ones.We now have a few food vending machines around the ranch. Yeah we all li ke those late night snacks.The trading post has some new items that I think all will enjoy. She is also serving hot dogs, polish sau-

sages and nachos.The restaurant wi ll be having earlier and later hours . So if we want them to stay open these extendedhours we need to make sure and patronize them. The pavilion wil l also have extended hours and be serv-ing deli sandwiches along with pizza and ice cream.We are look ing for ideas that focus on family entertainment. We need people to step up and volunteer tohelp out this summer. I know you dont want to volunteer on your vacation but it could be an enlighteningexperience.Just wanted to share what has been going on at the ranch.~ Thanks Julie~

Office Man-ager Report

RestaurantReport

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Craft House CommitteeThe Craft House meetings will be held on the second Monday of eachmonth at 10am in the Craft House. Volunteers are always welcome to comeand join us.This year we will be having a Flea Market on Easter weekend, April11th. Flea Market tables will be $4.00 each, and lines or things on theground will be another $1.00. See Doris Hutto H.C. 29 or Doris Thomas H.C.35 to sign up for a table.The Craft House will be open for the season on May 12, 2009. We willbe having a bake sale on Memorial Weekend May 22nd thru May 24th, andwill be accepting donations for the bake sale. You may bring them to theCraft House at 10am. The bake sale will start at 1pm.Please come and join us!!

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School House CommitteeSchool House meetings will be held in the second Tuesday of each

month at 6:30pm in the Patio Room. The First Meeting will be on May12, 2009. Everyone is welcome to come to the School House meetings.

The School House committee will be having a flag ceremony heldby the American Legion and we will also be honoring our veterans. Ifyou have American Flags that you would like to be burned in the cere-mony you may bring them to Doris Hutto H.C. 29 or Doris Thomas H.C.35. The Flag burning ceremony will be on Memorial Day Weekend2009. Please come and be part of the ceremony.

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Unofficial Meeting MinutesBoard of Directors

Cloud 9 Ranch Club, Inc.March 21, 2009

The meeting was called to order at 10:15am by Gene Muenks. He then asked Don Scott to give the invoca-tion. Roll call was taken Gene Muenks, Pres.; James Phillips, V. Pres.; Larry Armstrong, Sec.; RexTackett, director; Skip Wyman, director, & Don Scott director with Greg Watts, Ranch Manager. MattMaher, treasurer was absent and asked that he be called if his vote is needed during the meeting.

Approval of Nov. 15, 2008 open meeting minutes and closed minutes, Jan 17, 2009 open meeting minutesand Feb, 2009 phone meeting minutes. Skip made the motion to approve all, James 2nd the motion. Votingresults are; Larry, yes; James, yes; Rex, yes; Don, yes; Skip, yes.

Skip read the Feb. phone meeting minutes; James motioned to do away with the $24.95 charge for the

2night/3day ranch visit for first visitors only, Rex 2nd

it. All BOD approved. Skip made the motion to do a$200 discount on the $950 sale price for the next (3) weeks, Don 2nd and all BOD approved. This allowsthe office to contact anyone and offer them this discount.

Skip protested calling Matt if his vote is needed.

Don Scott read the financial report: General $201,281.90Payroll $ 12,904.71Assess. $ 10,346.02LOC $ 6,071.62Acct. Pay. $149,876.44

Committee Reports: Coffee Club financial balance $785.63

Activities financial balance is $2119.27 and $1000 of this is dedicated to the helipad construction.Lynn Thomas is now the chairman and they presented a plaque to Donald Chico Valencia for his tirelesscommitment as chairman for the last several years. They will be doing a Highway clean-up on April 4 thmeeting at the clubhouse at 9am to start and there will be lunch provided afterwards. All volunteers arewelcome to join in.

Conservation: The Purple Martin birdhouses did not get up as soon as they should have but they aredone and the birds moved in immediately. Thank you to all the people who revamped them for this year.

Because of lack of participation the two gentlemen who have worked tirelessly for the past several yearsstocking the fish and walking the Ranch boundaries to mark them have asked the BOD to find volunteersto do these tasks as they are not doing the work by themselves anymore.

Craft House: They will be having a flea market Saturday April 11 th if there are enough participantsright now there are not enough. Financial balance is $5941.86

Schoolhouse: They will be doing the funnel cakes this year for fund raising; the first time will beSat. April 11th at the clubhouse. Financial balance is $1314.29.

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Ranch Riders: General checking $ 221.73Interest Bearing Acct. $1792.64CD-helipad & skid fund $5547.75CD mature 7/17/09Total in all Accounts $7562.12

Expenses: paid in February 2009New order of hats & visors- 172 hats $1094.Garmin GPS $ 100.

Raffles: ATV winch-to be given away @ Easter50/50 drawingTrail #117 to be named by winnerGarmin GPSQuilt

The Ranch Riders club is very thankful to the people who have been helping after the storms. Ournext online meeting will be April 4, 2009 @ 7pm. They are still taking donations & the Ranch Manager istaking bids for the cement of the helipad.

Ranch Managers report; Greg reported on the Jan 26, 2009 ice storm that caused a lot of tree dam-age and since there was a lot of volunteers who showed up on weekends and whenever they could to clearthe campgrounds the grounds & maintenance employees were able to resume their regular duties. There isstill a lot work to be done on trails and broken high limbs on the trees in the campgrounds. We have foundout that we do not qualify for Fema but we may qualify for Sema because of the work we did on the countyroad. Greg and Julie have been looking into buying an ice machine and bagging our own. We would save aconsiderable amount by doing this and only have to use a vendor during major holidays to keep up.

Don made the motion to approve $10,000 with a leeway of $1500 to purchase 2 ice machines,James 2nd the motion votes were; Larry, yes; James, yes; Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip, yes.

Next Greg informed the BOD that from the (2) mowers we have now (1) might be pieced togetherto use. He has been calling around to get prices and compare quality and durability by the different brands.

Skip made the motion to allow the Ranch Manager $21,000 to buy (2) mowing machines and tofinance up to 36 months, James 2nd the motion, votes are Larry, yes; James, yes; Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip,yes.

We lost our primary pump truck this last winter. Rex will work with Greg to find one.Lonesome Pine , Melody, and trailer row will open up April 1st, Wilder Springs and Fogey Hollow

campgrounds will open May 1st.

The Board then approved for Greg Watts and Julie Booth to be added to the direct deposit, ACHaccount, with Cheryll Duvall for payroll and to delete Mel Hands and Nancy Taylor.

Gene announced a new committee, called the Fun Addicts. They will be organizing activities forkids aged from 1year to teens. They will begin their activities on Easter weekend.

James asked for the BOD to start thinking about creating a marketing program to put ads in maga-

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zines, go to local town celebrations, & even free radio advertising. He would like to further discuss thisand decide on this at the April 18th meeting.

James motioned to leave the membership price at $750 thru Dec. 31, 2009, Larry 2nd it, votes are:Larry, yes; James, yes; Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip, yes.

Planning Committees Report March 21, 2009The Planning Committee is still spend all of its time trying to find ways to solve the

financial crisis of the ranch, instead of laying out a near term and long term plan for theranch.

In October 2008, we reported an "Uncovered Debt" of $128,000.00 and warned that itwas still growing. We were right. By the end of the year, 2008, the "Uncovered Debt" hadgrown to $155,000.00", and is still growing. The new Maintenance Fees and the New Feesfor Non-owners will have a small impact on the debt, but we are still keeping involved infinding other sources of revenue.

Unfortunately a good number of board members either do not understand the prob-lem or don't want to understand the problem, so we are having to look at revenue pro-grams on our own. We have continuously asked board members and ranch members forsuggestions, and have received very little positive input, but have received considerablenegative input. One board member has recently posted 5 different times with negativecomments on other board members and the total operation.

Anyhow, here is what is going on:We are looking at the cost of various types of structures for cabins. We have

looked at other commercial offerings of cabin rentals. We see nothing in the near future,but we have to have the information available.

The ranch is still pursuing Fema trailers. We support the acquisition of Fema trail-ers. The 17 foot trailers have to go. We suggest that the entire board take a walk throughof these units to see how bad they really are.

We will develop a bid proposal for ATV dealers to bid on developing an ATV Salesand Service program. This is not a near term item.

We have asked the office for information on the number of units in the storage com-pounds and the number that are actually registered. We know that we need additionalstorage, but not how much and we will also do a study on the possibility of charging forstorage.

We have asked for an inventory of all ranch vehicles with a maintenance schedulefor each and the condition of each. We also have asked for a projection of the ranchneeds for vehicles.

We are deferring comments on the adult pool and the mini golf to the ranch man-ager. These are work in process items.

(At this point I want to ask the board members if they understand what "UncoveredDebt" means. I also want to ask the audience the same question. I will then offer to stayafter the meeting to discuss this subject.)Ed Cavin

Gene read a statement that our Auditor wrote in 2005 concerning our tax-exempt status saying thatwe are well within the 35% rule for not-for-profit organizations.

Adult Pool; The BOD decided on Joes Concrete to do the cement repair of the pool then we would

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put pool Rhino liner on and this will fix the problems. James motioned to allow Joes concrete to do poolrepair per his bid, to include additional wall brace. Skip 2nd the motion, votes are Larry, yes; James, yes;Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip, yes.

Mini-Golf course, James made the motion to continue the repairs on the original miniature golf

course, and to discontinue any other plans. Rex 2nd

the motion, votes are; Larry, yes; James, yes; Don, yes;Rex, yes; Skip, yes; Gene, yes.

A letter was read from Frank & Connie Gauthier asking to have the 20-day leave rule extended toMay 15th instead of April 15th. James motioned to allow 20-day extended leave rule to go until May 15th .Skip 2nd the motion, votes are; Larry, yes; James, yes; Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip, yes.

Insert assessment description

James made the motion to approve Planning Committees Plan for assessments in order to clear up

the misunderstandings. As per list of items: well upgrades $60,000 estimate, adult pool repairs $5,000 esti-mate plus money left from 2008, stage stop repairs $3,000 estimate, mowing machines $21,000 estimatepaid over 36 months, and upgrade old pump truck $15,000 estimate. Larry 2nd, votes are; Larry, yes;James, yes; Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip, no

Line of Credit- Larry informed us that it will be renewed in April and the bank has suggested welower the limit to $150,000, which the BOD agreed to do.

Rules Committee James made a motion to approve the rule change on Pg 32 section I, violationof rules be added to the ballot, motion failed no second.

The BOD gave approval for the Rules Committee:1. That the Rules Committee be assigned the task of maintaining a master

copy of the Rules Book, and that the Rules Committee Secretary or other designated RulesCommittee member be responsible for entering into the master copy any new Rules approvedby the membership at the annual meeting, any changes in existing Rules approved by themembership at the annual meeting and correction of any errors or omissions noted from theprevious years book. Once completed, the master copy would be given to the Board for finalapproval. Upon the Boards approval, a master disk would be given to the Ranch office stafffor printing and distribution. No member of the Ranch office staff would have any responsibil-ity for editing or be required or allowed to make anychanges to the master copy. The officewould onlybe responsible for printing and distribution after being directed to do so by the

Board and/or the Ranch Manager.2. That notification to the membership of any new or changed rules submit-

ted by the Rules Committee and approved by the Board after the annual meeting is held, butprior to the next annual meeting, would be (a) printed on a separate hand out sheet(addendum); (2) included in a section of the 9-Lines called Rules Updates; and, (3) mailed tothe membership as a part of the newsletter until voting takes place at the next annual meet-ing. Once these changes are voted on and approved by the membership at the annual meet-ing, the Rules Committee would update the master copy and make arrangements with the of-

fice for the new book to be printed and distributed.

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Larry reminded everyone the deadline for resumes for BOD are due no later than March 30th, youraccount must be in good standing or zero balance and be willing to sign a back ground check form.

James motioned to approve the screening committee of Julie Booth, Kayde Ward, & Ed Horton,

Larry 2nd votes are; Larry, yes; James, yes; Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip, no

Chapel Committee report:Since the January 17, 2009, Board meeting, contact has been attempted by our Attorneys at

Pointer Law Office to Cloud 9 Chapel, Inc., with no response. As a result, Mr. Raymond Gross, PointerLaw Office, has prepared a Petition for Declaratory Relief on behalf of Cloud 9 Ranch Club, Inc., thathas been filed with the Circuit Court of Ozark County this past week. A Copy has been given to all of ourBoard Members.

In brief, the Petition is asking the Court to enter a declaratory judgment to Cloud 9 chapel,Inc., as follows:

Respondents do not own or control the Property or any part thereof except any deeded in-

terests consistent with the Ranch and that Respondent has no lawful right to set the terms of use, access orcontrol of all improvements situated on the Property, and for such other and further relief as the Courtdeems just and proper.

According to Mr. Gross, who has been in contact with Mr. Gene Muenks, Board President,the court will serve the Cloud 9 chapel, Inc., through its Agent, Mr. Dennis Renken, with this Petition andthey will have 30 days to respond. His office will keep us up to date on the progress of the case.

Bylaw Committee report: Read by GeneThe Bylaws Committee has worked reviewing the Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation. At-tached you will find seven motions the Bylaws Committee is sending to the membership for the 2009Annual Meeting.

One additional motion should be completed in time to send then Annual packet and that is amotion to create an entire Article in the Bylaws that specifically address Committees. A draft of thatarticle is being reviewed and edited by the committee at this time.In addition the Committee has discussed issues related to nepotism, an ethics form, and theissue of outside organizations setting up business on the Ranch. Those items are still being consid-ered by have been recommended for further research and discussion by sub-committees.As always, the Committee encourages members to contact them on any issue that membersfeel the committee should address.

Skips states that the 2008 April and May BOD minutes were never approved because Larry refusedto rewrite anything and updates were never approved. Skip made a motion to have the minutes released as

unofficial to inform members that they are not formally approved and official. Don 2nd

the motion votesare; Larry, no; James, no; Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip, yes; Gene, no; failed due to tie.

Skip asked to have the cost of attorney fees for the BOD disciplinary committee released to themembership. The estimated cost was $1800.

Skip made motioned to send out his sheet of statements. Don 2 nd the motion votes are; Larry, no;James, no; Don, yes; Rex, yes; Skip, yes; Gene, no. Motion failed

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not, arising either directly or indirectly out of his employment by Cloud 9 Ranch Club, Inc.and/or the termination of that employment.

He also furnished the board copies of three checks. The first one was for $5,390.38 (this is the

$6,536.94 figure less tax with holding) signed by Ricky Johnson & Nancy Taylor. The other two wereafter the agreement was signed and they are $14,270.53 (this is the $21,463.06 figure less tax withholding) and the $15,000.00 ($5,000 + $10,000) which had no taxes with held. These were signed byLarry Armstrong & Nancy Taylor.

Skip made motion to have Larry Armstrong, Charlie Baker and Gene Muenks investigated. The Presi-dent ruled this out of order.

Larrys response to Skip:You cant change History. History is history and trying to rewrite it, isnt going to change it.What went on was a circus of mistakes and unethical happenings.In your effort to reallocate blame, you are doing yourself and those who aided you more harm.Any wrong doing was done under your guidance.The firing was done in an unethical manner without proper legal counsel.You and those who supported you authorized the $43,000 settlement in order to not undo yourunethical firing, as the Ranch Attorney had given you as an option to get out of the mess you hadcreated.You are dragging down with you the other three board members that supported you. I wouldntthink they would appreciate being placed in that sinking boat.The other members of this board have moved on from that terrible period and are trying to doRanch business.You seem to be having a very hard time letting go and helping us move forward.This is wasting your time and the boards time. We have much more valuable things to do.Larry Armstrong,Skip would also like it stated that the draft petition from Pointers lawyers office was returned to theattorney without BOD approval, not all of the BOD had read it before it was submitted. (Reference Jan.17, 2009 official minutes just approved)

Skip noted that the guest pad fee is incorrectly stated on the current 2009 fee schedule and needs to bechanged to $5 and that there is no processing fee approved. Office will do these corrections Monday23, 2009.

Gene had a forester do a survey and read the report. He found out we could designate a certain acreageto be overseen by the Missouri Conservation and they will help us for free to create a plan to improvethat area for future logging.

Meeting adjourned for closed session.

Closed session was on misinformation and not Ranch business and was dismissed.

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The Fun Addicts plan to have fun and educational crafts,

games, and many more various activities for childrenstarting at age 1 up to age 10 (older children may partici-pate if they choose, no one will be left out!) We also want

to have family fun nights to let everyone have fun withtheir family without riding atvs or just sitting around acamp fire, we would have activities for everyone to partici-

pate in.We will have meetings every Monday of the month at4:00pm in the Patio room and anyone who wants to come

can.

Easter Poker Run Winners1st Place - Jason Pearson2nd Place - Jeff Jaromack3rd Place - Ed Mosiers4th Place - Jack Scalf5th Place - Nick Helmins

50/50 WinnerJoan Guerrant

*If you would like to help on the poker run for the 4th of July weekendplease contact Doris Thomas at Lonesome #75 or call 417-293-4500.*

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*EVERYTHING SOLD AS IS!!!*VEHICLES

1985 Custom 10 Chevy Truck - $800.00(Title)

1970 Ford 1 Ton Truck - $150.00

(Title)

1976 Chevy Van - $150.00(Title)

1971 Ford F-250 Truck - $500.00(Title)

CAMPER TRAILERS* ALL CAMPER TRAILERS ARE FOR SAL-VAGE ONLY!*1994 34 ft Camper With Slide Out -

$1,000.00 (Title)

27 ft Camper Trailer - $200.00(Title)

1979 17 ft Camper - $150.00(No Title)

1990s Chevy Camper Shell - $50.00(No Title)

1990s Ford Ranger Camper Shell -

$50.00 (No Title)

12 ft Mosure Camper - $250.00(No Title)

Prowler Travel Trailer - $1,000.00(No Title)

LAWN MOWERSFord Cickle Mower - $50.00

720 K Grass Hopper - $300.00

Cub Cadet - $600.00

EQUIPMENTInternational Hay Rake - $75.00

Horse Walker - $50.00

OFFICE SUPPLIESRicoh Copy Machine - $35.00

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Our Wranglers will be providing a basic horse training class , onthe Saturday before Memorial Weekend at 10:00 am, for the own-

ers and non-owners who are interested in learning the following:1. How to catch, halter, lead, and tie a horse.2. How to properly groom a horse.3. How to correctly saddle a horse.4. Proper hand and leg position while riding.After your class you will be taken on a trail ride. This will cost$20.00 per person.

Basic Horse Training

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Were on the Web.

www.cloud9ranch.com

Members WEbsite

www.cloud9ranch.net

Cloud 9 Ranch Club, Inc.Po box 50Caulfield, mo 65626

Eugene Muenks159F Frene CtHermann, MO 65041President

James Phillips1470 W Forest AveDecatur, IL 62522Vice President

Matthew Maher4002 S Fauser LnMapleton, IL 61547Treasurer

Larry Armstrong3219 Edwards DriveWest Plains, MO 65775Secretary

Rex Tackett1150 CR 8630West Plains, MO 65775Director

Skip Wyman18208 East 19th NorthIndependence, MO 64058Director

Donald Scott2019 E. Ridge Dr.Excelsior Springs, MO 64024Director

2008-2009 Board Members