1) Called to order at 7:09 by
President Pillsbury
2) Pledge of Allegiance and Conservation Pledge
3) Roll Call: Members Present: Pillsbury, Smith, McGrath,
Dombroski, Burtch, Anderson, Dixon, Wright, Frase; Tina Carafelly
was present as representative for her husband Ron
Members Absent: Spencer, McKinney
4) Minutes from January Mtng., 2007; motion to accept by McGrath
and seconded by Wright. Motion approved
5) Financial Report: John Smith: Total income $2409.50
Total expense $1296.96
Ending balance $7262.62
Discussion on report started by McGrath: We seem to have more then
we thought. Paid ~$2000.00 In income tax do to income from
Founders’ Club and wood sales; will show up next month Founders’
Club now $9595.66 Raffle account now $403.06
Discussed that we re-arrange outlay of financial report sheet to
flow easier and all expenses listed as well as incomes. John
McGrath will help John with updated form. Motion to accept by Dave
Wright and second by John McGrath
6) Shoot Report: Frozen Chosen was held; was a good time with
definite temperature challenges. Income vs. Expense: broke even
Motion to accept by D Wright and second by H Frase
7) Front End Loader Repairs: Bid for 4 new used tires, $1660.00.
Second bid for 2 new tires (brand new) all we really need now,
$1530.00 Then there is $100.00 for new fuel injector (only running
on 3 now) And the transmission and cylinders are leaking.
Suggested to just keep adding oil; possibly much as 5 gallon per
day. Discussion: Wait on spending money on tires till spring. Put
the injector in now. Tabled.
8) NRA Grant: Dave Wright still looking into it. Believe we have
been approved; but have not seen any money yet.
9) Calendar: Go thru Dave Wright to add event. Work bees scheduled
for February 10th and the 17th Will be making target stands
and finish painting. Will be from 9am to 3pm. Bring your saws,
drill guns, etc.
10) Wish List: Dale Bertch found us a used gas powered golf cart
in pretty good shape for $700.00. Motion to purchase with up to
$700.00 by D Wright and second by H Frase
11) IDPA: No activity till April. There is someone in Alpena who
is building us two reactive targets.
12) 6 acre triangle parcel of ground: Need $300.00 for application
fee to state of Michigan. This was approved at an earlier date.
Will be doing this now.
13) Tactical Defense Class: Coming up in Alpena; still a few open
slots.
14) Warning Signs: Now hanging on 4 of 5 sides of fence about
every 200 feet.
15) Gun Show: To be held April 21st from 9am to 4pm in conjunction
with a service rifle shoot. Tables will be $10.00 per. See Dave
Anderson.
16) Need to rent a dump truck for $35.00/hr to do 2 more days
work; or possibly get volunteer dump truck. Need one about 10 to
15 yards. Motion to proceed by D Wright. Second by H Frase
17) Trap Range: Discussion for Oscoda range: Need power run to
trap house; Need to build trap house; Trap folks need to raise
funds. Concrete for walkways and house will cost about $1300.00,
plus $500.00 for miscellaneous things. This is if we do the work.
Does not include removal of stumps. Guesstimating this to cost
about $3000.00. Or. . .
The cheap way; we build it out of wood with a cement floor; we do
the work; for about $1700.00. Still need to remove the stumps. Not
really much difference.
Regardless of which way we proceed, we still need to run the power
(more $), plus need to run power for campsites. Need 50 amps per
campsite; and power for lighting.
18) News Letter: Sent with indemnification letter; many have come
back already. Forgot to put the Dates of the work bees in it.
Considering having paid advertisements to help defer the costs of
the next colored newsletter. Hope to have 2 black and white and 2
colored news letters per year.
New Business:
1) Have sew-on “rockers” at $3.00 per for the various disciplines
available for sale now. Were Donated by “Truly Yours”, a business
in Oscoda. “Truly Yours” has been very generous to our club.
2) Still need to determine the wording for the “suspension”
terminology in our bye-laws. We need to discuss the number of work
hours needed to waive initiation fee. This will be a sub-committee
meeting. We want members who are willing to work and to help our
club.
3) Founders’ Club Sponsor Signs: There have been several ideas as
to what to do and where to put them. The board would like to
acknowledge Tawas Sand and Gravel, Truly Yours, and Dave Daley of
the Oscoda Home Center for all their generous contributions.
New Members:
David Evans of Oscoda, he’s willing to work lots of hours.
Stanley Douglas Johns, he’s willing to work lots of hours.
Robert Oaks of Oscoda
Patrick Tack of Oscoda
Motion to accept these individuals as new members by D Anderson;
second by J McGrath.
Mail Bag:
Solicitation by “National Shooting Sports” at a cost of $75.00.
They do a lot of good for kids and felon avoidance. D Anderson
will send in an application.
Discussion to become a member of CMP (Civilian Marksmanship
Program) Would be a good thing. They offer good deals.
Targetbarn.com D Wright will be putting together an order for
bullets and primers if anyone is Interested; they should contact
him.
Respectfully submitted by:
Thomas Dombroski (stand-in secretary)
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