Iosco Sportsmen’s Club
 February 2, 2005

Call to order at 7:08 pm by President Wright.
Pledge of Allegiance and Conservation Pledge.
Roll Call: Present: Carafelly, Pillsbury, Frase, McKinney, Marsh, Dombroski, Anderson, Wright, Smith, Spencer. Absent: Michalski, McNeill.
Previous Meeting’s Minutes: Motion to approve January minutes by Anderson, second by McKinney. Motion carried.
Financial Report: Ending balance for January is $9,677.48. Anderson has started to transfer $10.00 to the raffle account every month to maintain an active account and avoid fees for an inactive account. Motion to approve by Carafelly, second by Smith. Motion carried.
Shoot report: Income of $577.50 from shooting for January.
Old Business:
1. WAFB- Wright has again been promised a deed of sale by the end of February.
2. 501C Nonprofit- Preliminary investigation suggests that we may need to establish a separate entity, as in a Foundation, to apply for nonprofit status for our Foundation.
3. Zoning status- No report.
4. Range improvements- The range rules sign should be finished and posted within about 10 days. New foam backing for indoor range will be put up soon and should be long-lasting.
5. Grants- McKinney sent away and received a packet of grant information from the NRA Foundation. It will be much easier for us to qualify for any grants if we first receive our 501C status. We will ask Lew Rudel to review grant information.
6. Rental house status/ plowing- House is rented. We are paying $50.00 per plowing for parking lot and rental home plowing.
7. Monthly financial shoot reports- We will continue to work on trying to break down shooting expenses and revenue per shooting discipline.
8. Muriel’s certificates- Wright and Neal Miller each paid to have one framed. One will be given to her at the March dinner meeting and one will hang in the clubhouse.
9. Shopper Ads- Pillsbury is writing text for ads and will submit to Shopper. Ads should start next week.
10. Raffle tickets- We discussed different types of raffles. Some seem to require that all tickets be numbered and accounted for and some do not. We decided to send out raffle tickets from the Shooting Sports Association with dues renewals. These tickets do not have to be returned or sold. This is the same raffle we participated in last year.
11. Additional old business: Gun show will be held on March 26. We will consider holding these more frequently- 2-4 times per year. Depends on participation of vendors and buyers.
New business
1. 2005 Calendar- Pillsbury passed out copies of February and March calendar.
2. Consider changing our Women’s Day to a New Shooter’s Day. This could be held in conjunction with Tawas City’s Sesquicentennial celebration and Turkey Shoot.
New members: Michael Minnie from Tawas. Approved.
Mail Bag: Newsletter from Michigan Rifle and Pistol Association Action. Target company is selling targets. Waste Management- Our trash collection fee is increasing by $3.00/ monthly.
Adjourn at 7:45 pm. Motion by Carafelly, second by McKinney. Motion approved.
Next meeting is March 2 at 6:30 pm. Instead of dinner, we will bring desserts and have coffee. All members invited to attend at no charge.