Call to order at 7:10 p.m. by President Pillsbury.
Pledge of Allegiance/ Conservation Pledge Roll Call: Absent: Carafelly, Frase,
McKinney, Wright.
Previous Meeting’s minutes: Motion to approve by Larry Kindell, second by Phil
Babe. Motion approved.
Financial Report: Balance at end of July is $21,590.57. Motion to approve by
Dombroski, second by Bertch. Motion passed.
Shoot Report: Income of $2,174.50 for month of July. Motion to approve by
Kindell, seconded. Motion passed.
Old Business:
1. NRA Grant- no news
2. Rental House status: Misunderstanding at last meeting. Tenant did not want to
put in brick barbecue grill, but instead fire ring. He was given permission to
do so with size restrictions.
3. No shopper ads lately due to miscommunication. Should hopefully restart soon.
4. Raffle tickets: No report.
New Business:
1. The Range Committee needs new members. This committee requires people to help
with manpower. Please see Lynn Pillsbury if you are willing to help.
2. McKinney has successfully procured furniture from old Oscoda School at no
cost to club.
3. We have obtained a large amount of 8’ cyclone fencing from old WAFB and USFS,
at no charge to the club. We should have enough to fulfill fencing requirements
for new Oscoda range. We need to fence the usable portion of the 50 acres for
safety purposes. It will require much manpower to install this fencing.
Discussion of whether we should do this ourselves with volunteer help or hire it
out. Dombroski volunteered the use of his post-hole digger on a tractor.
4. Penny Wojahn has volunteered to create a newsletter for the Club. All
information for the newsletter should be sent to Lynn Pillsbury, Jodie Spencer
or Penny Wojahn by Monday, 15.
5. Anderson has a bill for the liability insurance for $1,300.00 for year. This
does cover the new Wurtsmith range. Yvonne Babe reviewed our policy and stated
that it only provides for $500,000.00 in coverage. We may consider increasing
the coverage to 1 million. Also it is an umbrella policy that does cover all the
Board of Directors. Anderson will check on the cost of increasing the amount of
coverage. 6. Wright and Pillsbury signed the final papers for the Wurtsmith
range this week. Final deed should be mailed by end of August, per Bob Stalker.
Mail Bag: Chamber of Commerce calendar.
Comments from the floor:
Need 4-H leaders for 22 rifle, BB gun, Air rifle, etc. This is a very important
part of our Club’s service to the community. This provides a commitment to the
development of future shooters. Neal Miller also suggested allowing 4-H youth to
assist on adult Trap shooting days. They could keep score, load the house, etc.
In return, they would receive credit toward their own Trap rounds.
New Members: Membership secretary not here.
Motion to adjourn at 8:10 p.m. Second by Reinke. Motion passed.
Special General Membership Meeting
**Noted that there was a delay in cards being sent to membership. Our By-Laws
require that members be given 30 days notice of all Special General Membership
Meetings. Our cards were not sent out in time and members did not receive enough
notice. Therefore, this portion of our meeting is for discussion and advisory
purposes only and cannot be considered a legitimate General Membership Meeting.
We cannot legally vote on large expenditures.
Much discussion regarding purchase of new Trap. Some important points:
1. Neal Miller voiced concerns regarding the necessity of buying a Trap with
“wobble”. We shoot regulation trap rounds and wobble is not allowed in regulated
competition. The wobble feature may cost an extra $800.00.
2. It was noted that, according to the Shoot Report, Trap is a big money maker
for the Club.
3. The cost of a round of Trap was increased recently with the anticipation of
using the excess towards the purchase of a new Trap.
4. Concerns regarding members who might oppose the purchase of a new Trap. Call
for those opposed to identify themselves.
5. Question regarding who would install Trap. Jan Cartwright volunteered to
install but will be gone for the winter. Company we purchase it from probably
could install also.
6. Anderson voiced concern that we should wait until spring to purchase. Shooter
numbers decrease in winter. Traditionally only one Trap house is used over the
winter anyways. The new Trap would likely sit idle over the winter.
7. Call for Trap shooters to shoot only at scheduled times as other shooting
disciplines may be using the range.
8. Call for Trap shooters to respect other shooting disciplines in the Club.
9. Recognize that other shooting sports may not be as profitable as Trap but are
still important to our Club’s success.
There was a call for a show of hands on following proposal: “Should Board
recommend the purchase of a new Trap?” Vote was 27 Ayes and 2 No’s. This was
strictly an advisory vote from the membership present. **This cannot be
considered an official vote of membership due to above noted delays in
notification, per Club By-Laws. Conclusion: The September meeting is a Regular
General Membership meeting, as posted in the bylaws. We will vote on the
purchase of a Trap at this time.
Next Meeting: September 5, 2005.
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