Custer Rod and Gun Club
Board Meeting
March, 15 2016
VFW
Meeting called to order at 7:06 PM
Present: Randy Anderson, Todd Burch, Ty Rainey, Larry Hudson, Marty Scheid, Randy Hart, Daniel Delong, Cheri Anderson
Also present: Keith Hall and Kevin Anderson
Absent: Jesse Smith, Tom Fulton, Jim Keith
Previous Minutes:
Todd Burch moved to accept as posted on web site, (Marty 2nd) passed.
Financial Report:
Cheri Anderson reports $27,145.01 in the account but has not deducted the bills for this month.
Presidents report:
– Club has obtained .22 shells for the youth shoot. Cabela’s is still working on the last of the requests.
– Youth .22 shooting: Keith Hall will finalize dates and report further details at the April meeting. May possibly start around the 12th of May.
– Keith Hall reports Montana Hunters education held a Field Day Course on February 28th at Spotted Eagle. Present were 37 youth 10 years and older along with 10 instructors. The trap and bow ranges were shut down from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm for set up, class and tear down.
– Details are forthcoming from Keith Hall on the June 4th youth shotgun camp, he expects to have most of it by next meeting.
– Randy Anderson reports MLEA (Montana Law Enforcement Academy) will use the Sunday Creek Range on July 12 and 13, they have been granted use under club policy but after discussion by the Board will not be allowed exclusive use of the entire facility. One range will be left for the use of members.
Old Business:
– The Amendment to Article I, Section 1, Sub-Section A, passed by unanimous vote. Dan Delong pointed out that some manner of notice would have to be included on the membership application and there would have to be means of acknowledgement like a box to check or something.
– New memberships applications and temporary ones sold through Red Rock. This will be a time dependent process and with a full schedule Randy doesn’t know when he will get to it.
– The trap at Spotted Eagle is still not working right, Randy will see if he can take a look at it. Cheri believes that it may be a leaking hydraulic cylinder.
New Business:
– Jesse Smith sent report that Eric Fritz of EDC LLC. has requested the use of two pistol bays and the clubhouse at Sunday Cr. on April 30th, the usual $100.00 charge will apply. Passed unanimous.
– Randy Anderson suggests in expectation of a probable fire season we take precautionary measures to avoid range closure. A fire berm should be established around the property. The board discussed measures that the club can take and established a tentative date of April 23rd for a Spring range maintenance day, at which time we will back burn the dead growth. Announcements will need to be sent and work crew commitments will be needed. Randy will contact the college construction program to see if dozing a road/berm would be of interest to them. This would also be beneficial in regards to fence maintenance.
– Appeal of late membership renewal charges was not addressed as the party failed to attend. The Post marked envelope was made available for the boards inspection.
– Discussion on what to do about delinquent memberships that have failed to return HID cards has resulted in a motion to amend club policy and possibly by-laws. A previous motion was made to strictly enforce policy and ban offending members for a five (5) year period, was rescinded. The current proposal is as follows: “All club memberships will be sold December 1 through February 15 at which time no further memberships or renewals will be sold for the remainder of the year. The club may, at its discretion, host a limited number of staffed “Range Days” where the public can attend for a fee per firearm” (to be clarified, there was mention of $10.00 and $20.00 per firearm). Todd Burch made the motion, it received a second (Larry) and will be voted on at the April meeting. This motion if passed will take effect 1 December 2016.
– Cheri Anderson introduce a motion to cease renewals of memberships effective June 1st (2016) final notices will be sent to the delinquent members. This motion also received a second (Marty) and will be voted on at the April meeting.
Nominations and Elections of Officers:
– Jesse Smith sent report that Nancy Okerman has expressed interest in helping out at Spotted Eagle and he will contact her about the possibly of nominating her to fill the vacant board position. Keith Hall also offered to fill any positions if needed. We currently have a vacated board position and will conduct nominations/ selections at the April meeting.
Meeting adjourned 8:55