Iosco Sportsmen's Club
Board of Directors Meeting
October 6, 2004 Minutes

Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by vice-president Wright. Pledge of Allegiance and Conservation Pledge.
Roll Call: Present: Pillsbury, McKinney, Dombroski, Anderson, Wright, Smith, Spencer
Minutes from September: Amended minutes to say that David Wright is also working on 501C application with Neil Miller. Motion to approve as amended by Pillsbury, second by McKinney. Motion approved.
Financial Report from Anderson: Ending balance for September is $13,469.56. Treasurer also noted that we had to pay a $5.00 fee for an inactive account for our raffle account. Motion to approve financial report from McKinney, second by Smith. Motion approved.
Shooting report from Pillsbury: We took in $1,914.15 in shooting fees in September. Motion to approve shooting report from McKinney, second by Dombroski. Motion approved.
Old business:
House rental: Noted that tenant is late on rent payment.
Shooting shed: Work completed.
Fundraising: McKinney is finishing off the raffle fundraiser. He will have report on profit next month. Discussed other ways of encouraging the membership to sell tickets.
Range rules: Pillsbury is just completing this work and will mail (or email) a copy of the new range rules to all Directors for their review.
Grants: Wright noted that the NRA approves their grants in May so work on a grant application should begin soon to be completed before NRA deadlines.
WAFB: Wright updated the board that work has progressed slowly because this is the first time that the state has done this type of a land transfer. He noted that conversations with Bob Stalker suggest that there might be zoning issues to be overcome. The land transfer may have to go before the Oscoda Township Zoning Board for approval. The zoning board may require that we obtain a Special Use Permit which could require all the nearby land owners to be polled regarding their opinions toward the development of the shooting range. Also the zoning board could require that we have a paved parking lot. More information will be available as Bob Stalker has conversations with the Zoning Board and updates us. 501C Application: paperwork is completed and ready to be submitted. Cost for submitting application is $500.00. Wright noted that, if our 501C status is granted, we will save more than this amount in property taxes within the first year. Motion to allow board to spend $500.00 to summit application by McKinney, second by Smith. Motion approved.
Presidency issue: Motion that Ron Carafelly was approved as president at the August meeting by Pillsbury, second by McKinney. Motion approved.
New business:
Supplies: We need more shells. We will watch sales at Gander Mountain for a good deal.
Calendar:
Oct. 2 Service Rifle- cancelled.
Oct. 9 Work bee
Oct. 16 Refresher CCW
Oct. 20 CCW
Oct. 23 CCW (day) & IDPA (late afternoon)
Oct. 30 Start sight-In Days through Nov. 14.
Nov 15- Jan 2 Ranges closed
IDPA evening shoot: Board agreed to allow IDPA league to shoot in the late afternoon and early evening. This is outside the regular shooting hours.
New members:
Kurt Beck Renewal
James Fisher Renewal
Dennis Baldwin New member
Harry Stevens New member
New member (& renewal) applications all approved.
Correspondence: We received a Thank-you note from Brandon Schroeder from the MSU Extension thanking us for allowing them to use our facility for a FISH training program. We also received and responded to a survey from the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
Sight –In days: Pillsbury requested authorization to spend between $50-60.00 advertising our Sight- In Days. Motion from Smith, second by Wright. Motion Approved.
Marksmanship rifles: Pillsbury requested permission to investigate and purchase 2-3 marksmanship rifles for $100.00 each. This would be used for our 4-H shooting sports program. It was noted that this was a very good price for this quality of weapon. Motion by Spencer, second by Anderson. Motion approved.
Letter of Appreciation: Neil Miller recommended that we recognize the donations of time and money by Muriel Koepp for greater than 35 years. Spencer offered to create a certificate of recognition and Wright suggested he could have it framed at cost.
Trap costs: Discussion regarding purchase of new trap. Recommended that we try to better define all costs associated with operation of trap range, including cost of birds, depreciation of equipment (including replacement cost) and overhead. Other fundraising: Suggested that the Club could sell targets for a profit. It was noted that shooters often inquire as to the purchase of various targets.
Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm. Motion by Wright, second by McKinney. Motion approved.