I. Pledge of Allegiance and Conservation Pledge
II. Roll Call: Present: Carafelly, Pillsbury, McGrath, Dombroski, Dixon,
Anderson, Wright, Smith, Spencer. Absent: Frase, McKinney, Bertch.
III. Minutes from October: Motion to approve as presented by McGrath, second by
Wright. Motion approved.
IV. Financial Report: Ending balance for October $20,742.21. Motion to approve
by Carafelly, second by Anderson. Motion approved.
V. Shoot report: Shooting income of $1,317.15. Motion to approve by Wright,
second by Carafelly. Motion approved.
VI. Minutes from Special Board Meeting on October 22 held at Wurtsmith Range.
Motion to approve by Wright, second by McGrath. Motion approved.
VII. Old Business
A. Fence project at Wurtsmith is completed.
B. CCW Training Class: Director Dixon has talked with a CCW Master Instructor
who will train other Instructors for $300.00/ student. He will work with our
schedule. We would consider having 3-6 members trained to teach CCW classes.
Proceeds would benefit Club. It was noted that we need to investigate cost of
insurance rider for this. Motion to table this discussion pending insurance
information by Carafelly, second by McGrath. Motion approved.
C. Dues increase: Motion to increase annual dues to $75.00 per year by McGrath,
second by Anderson. Motion approved unanimously.
D. Initiation Fee: Motion to establish an Initiation Fee of $100.00 to become a
member of Club by Wright, second by Smith. Vote was 7 yes, 2 no. Motion
approved.
E. Work requirement: Motion to establish a work requirement of six (6) hours per
year per member, or a contribution of $75.00 by member in lieu of helping at
club. Members to keep their own records of volunteer time (endorsed by a
Director) and present with Membership dues for the following year. Exceptions
and extenuating circumstances may be considered by Board. Motion by Wright,
second by Carafelly. Motion approved unanimously.
F. Bylaw Changes: Changes in italics.
1. Article II, Section 3. Membership Dues. Third sentence to be changed to read
“New member’s dues shall be prorated, one time only, from and including the
entire month of approval of membership to the end of the fiscal year being May
31.”
2. Article II, Section 3. Membership Dues. Fifth sentence to be changed to “Any
member 30 days delinquent in payment of dues or any other indebtedness of the
club shall be considered terminated and their membership stricken from the
rolls.”
Motion for Board to approve bylaw changes by Anderson, second by McGrath. Motion
approved. Motion approved with 7 yes, 2 no. Bylaw changes must be published for
all members and brought to General Meeting in March for membership voting.
G. Conflict of interest policy- see attached. Motion to adopt Conflict of
Interest policy by Smith, second by McGrath. Motion approved. Policy was passed
around room and read and signed by all Directors present.
VIII. New Business
A. Women in the Outdoors and Jake’s Shooting Event: Penny Wojahn presented a
report from the shooting events held at the Tawas Range. They had a good turnout
for both events. They are sponsored by the National Wild Turkey Federation. We
received a nice Thank You note with a donation of $125.00 to the Club.
B. Berms: The Wurtsmith Range is progressing well and the original $3,500.00
allocated for berm work has been spent. Motion to approved expenditure of
additional $1,000.00 to finish the 300 yard berm was made by Wright, second by
McGrath. Motion approved.
C. Tawas Sand and Gravel has made an offer to purchase sand from the Wurtsmith
Range and will pay us 75 cents per yard. They may create a hole with slanted
sides that could be used for future shooting opportunities. Motion by McGrath,
second by Wright. Motion approved.
D. Newsletter: Penny Wojahn passed around business cards with her current email
address. The deadline for the next newsletter is November 20th. She will publish
the proposed bylaw changes, schedules for winter shooting sports and any other
information submitted to her.
E. We will mail a letter of appreciation to William Deckett for letting us
borrow his bulldozer for the summer and another letter to Northern Truck of
Oscoda for the donation of 400’ of fence. We will also give Deckett $200.00 for
the wear and tear on his dozer. Motion by Wright, second by Carafelly. Motion
approved.
F. A Bulldozer was donated to us but must first be repaired. Motion to spend
necessary funds to move dozer to Haglund’s garage, for repair and to move back
to range when repairs completed. Motion by Wright, second by Carafelly. Motion
approved.
G. Calendar: We will add pistol practices and league starts.
H. Director Anderson mentioned changes in State Law regarding minimum age to
hunt in Michigan. We will allow 10-12 year olds to shoot in 4H but parent must
be present.
I. Snow Plowing in Tawas: Keith Wojahn will submit proposal for winter snow
plowing.
J. Wurthsmith range may host organized shoots in December but will not be open
to the public until Spring.
K. December meeting will be Christmas dinner with ham and scalloped potatoes.
Cost to members is $5.00 and members can bring a dessert to pass if they choose.
L. New Members: John Squires from East Tawas, sponsored by Lynn Pillsbury.
M. Mail Bag: 4H Newsletter, Chamber of Commerce newsletter, solicitation from
Dr. Horne, chiropractor.
N. John Smith presented summary of income and expenses from 2005.
IX. Motion to adjourn at 9:10 pm by Carafelly, second by Anderson. Motion
approved.
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