January 18th, 2014
Eagles Club, Miles City
5:00 PM – Pre-banquet meeting with Montana Wildlife Federation
6:00 PM – Custer Rod and Gun Club Banquet and Annual Meeting
What to bring?
This year’s banquet will be a pot-luck, unlike last year’s banquet which was a special 100 Year Anniversary event, in which the club provided the entire meal. This year the club will provide the meat, potatoes, and rolls, and ask all members attending to bring their favorite side dish or desert to share.
Guest Speakers – Montana Wildlife Federation
Two representatives from the Montana Wildlife Federation will be in attendance and will provide a short presentation about how the work they do as lobbyist in Helena benefit all Montana hunters and firearms enthusiest. They have also agreed to be available for about an hour before the banquet, for anyone who would like to have a more detailed one-on-one conversation with them. We highly encourage anyone interested in the work their work and policies, to come at 5:oo PM and take advantage of this great opportunity.
Door Prize
If you mailed in your membership renewal fee or renewed online by Jan. 14th, you should receive your membership packet in the mail before the Annual Meeting. BE SURE TO BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD WITH YOU TO THE MEETING! The stub attached to the membership card is your ticket to be entered in the door prize drawing, and the main part of your membership card will be needed in order to vote at the meeting.
This year’s door prize will be a Ruger American bolt action rifle chambered in .270 WIN with a synthetic “Digital Camo” stock.
(Note: Stock photo of similar rifle, not the actual rifle to be given away.)
Elections of Directors
BE SURE TO BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD WITH YOU TO THE MEETING! Each membership purchased is entitled to one vote only! In order to have your vote counted, you MUST hold up your membership card when voting. Spouses, or other guests/family members of the individual who holds the membership are not allowed to vote, unless they purchase their own membership. Your membership card will be needed in order to vote at the meeting. Members who have already renewed but left their card at home, will NOT be allowed to vote. So please, BE SURE TO BRING YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD WITH YOU TO THE MEETING! If you’re purchasing your membership at the meeting, or you purchase your membership between Jan. 15th and jan. 18th, your membership packet, including your membership card will be provided to you at the meeting.
This year we have a total of eight Director positions to elect, six regular 2-year terms, and two 1-year terms to fill positions that were vacated mid-term. Nominations will be accepted for candidates for each position at the meeting. When a member nominates another member for one of the vacant positions, the person being nominated will be asked if they accept the nomination or not.
Being a club director requires more than just showing up to a meeting once a month. Custer Rod and Gun Club directors are the backbone of our club and perform MANY of the duties that keep the club running including anything from mowing the grass at the ranges, meeting with City Council members, organizing and running the many events and activities put on by the club each year, leading work parties, as well as serving on and attending sub-committee meetings. For the sake of the club, we respectfully ask anyone who is nominated for a Directors position, to be sure they are willing and available to commit the time and effort required for these tasks, before they accept the nomination.
The following six positions up for elections this year will be for 2-year terms:
President – currently held by Todd Birch
Treasurer – currently held by Cheri Reed
Director – currently held by Fred Tetschner
Director – currently held by John Olsen
Director – currently held by Jeremy Kueffler
Director – currently held by Ken Boschee
The following two positions have been vacated midterm and will only be 1-year positions:
Vice President – currently held by Keith Hall who was appointed by the other Directors to fill in until the 2014 election
Club Secretary – vacant
2014 Memberships
Don’t forget 2013 memberships have expired, and any membership which has not been renewed by the end of the January grace period will be shut off on Jan. 31st. Any member who has their key card shut off will be charged an additional $10 to replace the key card that can not be reactivated once shut off. Memberships MUST be renewed online, by mail, or at the Annual Meeting. Red Rock Sporting Goods does not sell renewals, only new memberships. Even if a member goes to Red Rock and purchases a “new” membership later in the year, they will still be charged $10 unless they return their old key card before the Jan. 31st deadline.
To renew your membership online, or for our mailing address, please see our Membership Page.