Iosco County Sportsmen’s Club
September 7 , 2005

Call to order at 7:10 pm by President Pillsbury Pledge of Allegiance/ Conservation Pledge Roll Call: Absent Carafelly, Dombroski
Previous Meeting’s Minutes: Motion to approve by Babe, second by Reinke. Motion approved.
Financial Report: Balance at end of August is $19,896.64. Motion to approve by Frase, second by Smith. Motion approved. Treasurer Anderson also supplied monthly balance sheets for each of the last 3 months. He also provided a breakdown of income by shooting disciplines. This report shows that club income has many sources, including Trap, rifle range and pistol shooting. Shoot report: Income of $2,573.90 for month of August. Motion to approve by Wright, second by McKinney. Motion approved.
Old Business:
1. NRA Grant. Wright has received notice that our grant was approved but the amount is yet to be determined.
2. Rental house status: House is rented. Renters are in process of putting in firepit.
3. Shopper ads have been in the paper lately.
4. Raffle tickets: McKinney noted that we need to wrap up tickets by October. Please return money from sold tickets to him and also unsold tickets.
New business
1. Range committee needs new members. No one contacted Pillsbury about this after the last meeting. Please let him know if you can help.
2. Furniture: McKinney inspected available furniture from the old Oscoda Elementary. The furniture is sized very small. He will also check out County Line School.
3. Fencing: The US Forest Service has offered .9 miles of chain link fencing from the old WAFB. This fencing is still up and will need to be taken down. Oscoda Township also has some fencing they have taken down and will donate to us. Wright questioned whether the Air Force would pay us to take down the fence, as they would otherwise have to pay someone to remove it. He is pursuing this question with Oscoda Township.
4. Newsletter: Penny Wojahn is going to put out a newsletter after this meeting and after the Women’s Outdoors Day this weekend. Any items should be emailed to her.
5. Anderson investigated cost of increasing our liability insurance coverage to 1 million (from half million now). Added cost is $ 721.00. Wright made a motion “To maintain out insurance coverage at its current level of $500,000.00.” Motion second by McKinney. Motion approved.
6. Snowplowing: Anderson has gotten a bid of $150.00 per plowing event. Members asked to consider other options or helping out themselves.
7. WAFB: No deed yet. Still tied up at state.
8. Anderson: We need a committee for range improvements at the new Oscoda Range, such as cleaning facility, building berms, etc. Wright and McKinney volunteered to man this committee.
9. Trap purchase: A motion was made by Neil Miller “to have the Board authorize the purchase of the trap, create a committee to research and review and make recommendation to the Board regarding purchase.” Second by Reinke. Motion approved unanimously.
10. Wright made a motion “Once the committee makes a recommendation on the trap, it will be bought.” Second by McKinney. Motion approved.
11. Discussed old trap. It is not worth much if sold so it would be best to keep it for potential future use at Oscoda range.
12. Building fund discussion: Pillsbury proposed splitting it in half to help fund improvements at Oscoda. Discussion suggested simply spending money as needed for projects.
13. Club Raffle; President Pillsbury called for a volunteer to organize a club money raising raffle project. No volunteers.
Mailbag: Request from DNR to buy archery kits for schools. No action. Notice of dues from Chamber at $75.00 per year. Discussion that Chamber does lots of advertising for us. Need someone to attend meetings for Club.
New Members: David Schwark Eugene Fuller Michael Singer. Motion to accept new members by Wright, second by McKinney. Motion approved.
Motion to adjourn at 8:10 pm by Wright, second by McKinney. Motion approved.