Custer Rod and Gun Club
Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
September 20, 2016
7:00 PM
Sunday Creek Range

Call to Order: 7:15 pm

Attendance: Randy Anderson, Ty Rainy, Jesse Smith, Todd Burch, Randy Hart, Jim Keith, Chris Schlepp

Reading of Previous Meeting Minutes: Jesse Smith motioned “We approve the minutes from the August meeting as posted on the website.” The motion was seconded and passed.

Reading of Current Financial Report: The Treasurer was not present and had not submitted a report to be read.

President Report:
Randy Anderson had nothing to report.

Report of Board and Standing/Special Committees:
– Rifle Range: Jesse Smith reported that he had ordered the signs for the pistol range but they are not done yet. Jesse turned in a $100 check from EDC. LLC. for use of the clubhouse and pistol bay for their Basic Pistol/Concealed Carry class in Aug. Jesse reported that Chris Schlepp had emptied all the trash cans from the 200 yard rifle range and around the clubhouse, and Chris and Jesse would empty the rest of the cans from the 100 yard range and pistol range before the dumpster is emptied. Jesse reported he intends to winterize the clubhouse after the pistol classes the 1st of Oct.

– Chris Schlepp reported there are some target backer boards that need replacing which he will do in the next week or so.

-Action Pistol: Jesse Smith turned in $82 collected from the last two weeks of Action Pistol shooting, and $317.66 raided at the Jackpot shoot September 18th.

– Cowboy Action: Randy Heart turned in money for last month shoot. He reported there was only had 2 people at last shoot.

– Trap Range: Jesse Smith turned in $339 that has been collected at the trap/skeet shooting since the last Board Meeting. Chris Schlepp volunteered to start opening the shotgun shooting on Sundays at 1:00 PM and they will end the Wednesday night shooting for the season.

Old Business:
– Jesse Smith motioned at the last Board Meeting, “We revise the club’s Bylaws Article 1, Section 1, Sub-Section C to read, “C) Membership renewals will be sold December 1 through February 15 at which time no further renewals will be sold for the remainder of the year. New memberships will be sold online throughout the year, only to applicants who have never been a member before. The club may, at it’s discretion, host a limited number of staffed “Range Days” where the public can attend for a fee per firearm.”” The motion was seconded by Daniel DeLong, and was voted on at the Sep. Board Meeting. The motion passed.

– 22 Youth Instructors needed: No new information about certified rifle instructor classes in the area, has been found.

– Spotted Eagle remodel: After discussion about the remodel schedule it was decided that Randy Anderson will let warriors on Water know we don’t need the trailer, and the remodel of the Spotted Eagle clubhouse will probably be postponed until Spring.

New Business:
– Possible suspension of a member’s range privileges: A member who has, for the second time, lost his range key card by loaning it to non-members will not have his membership suspended, but will not be issued a new key card for the remainder of the year.

– Boy Scouts’ use of Spotted Eagle and shotguns: Chris Schlepp reported that John Reed had inquired about using the club’s shotguns and Spotted Eagle range for a Boy Scout instructional shoot. The Board sent word that he will need to present his proposal to the Board when he has dates and has a certified instructor lined up.

– Annual Banquet: Jesse Smith motioned, “We schedule the Town and Country Club for the annual meeting if we can get it for the same price as last year, and we set a budget of $1,200 to purchase one gun for the door prize and two guns for the raffle buckets.” The motion was seconded and passed.

– Todd Burch reported that someone has inquired about the gun club putting on a gun show. The Board didn’t think the club had ever held a gun show before as far as they knew and currently had not plans to do so.

Nomination and Election of Officers and Board of Directors:
n/a

Good and Welfare:
n/a

Adjourn: 8:09 PM

Custer Rod and Gun Club
Board Meeting Minutes
Aug. 16, 2016
Spotted Eagle

Call to Order: 7:00 pm

Attendance: Randy Anderson, Ty Rainy, Jesse Smith, Shane Adams, Todd Burch, Daniel DeLong, Randy Hart, Larry Hudson, Jim keith, Marty Scheid, Chris Schlepp.

Reading of Previous Meeting Minutes:
Jesse Smith motioned “We accept the minutes from the July meeting as posted on the website.” The motion was seconded and passed.

Reading of Current Financial Report:
Randy Anderson read the Cheri Reed’s Treasurer’s report that stated have $23,846 in the bank.

President Report:
Randy Anderson reported that he talked to Brush trucking, and we can borrow a truck trailer to store the contents of the Spotted Eagle clubhouse while we remodel but they want to know when they will get it back. Randy will schedule the truck to be delivered ASAP and we will contact contractors about scheduling someone to start the block wall on the new vault.

Reports of Boards and Standing/Special Committees:
Rifle Range:
– Jesse Smith reported that EDC, LLC. held their scheduled Concealed Carry class on Aug. 13th. The class had 8 students and 6 instructors. Chris Schlepp reported that he attended the class and it was well run.

– Jesse Smith reported the Action Pistol attendance has been down to around 14 or 15 people the last few weeks. He reported that he collected $303 over the last 8 weeks, spent $138.81 of that on targets and pasters, and turned in $164.19

– Randy Hart reported the Cowboy Action Shooting has been slow, but they are expecting several shooters from Billings at the next match.

– Jess Smith reported the shotgun range has shot a combined 47 round by members, and 7 rounds by non-members, of trap and skeet. Since Aug. 3rd they have sold $236 worth of tokens and taken collected $169 worth of tokens for rounds shot, leaving $67 of tokens in circulation in addition to any tokens that were in circulation before they started tracking them on Aug. 3rd. Jesse turned in the $236 collected, to Randy Anderson who will get it to the Treasurer.

– Jesse Smith read an email in which Keith Hall reported that the Montana Hunter Education field day held at the Spotted Eagle range on July 31, had 46 students age 10 and up including 4 adults. They had 7 instructors and and the shotgun and archery ranges were closed to members and guests from 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM.

Old Business:
– Randy Anderson reported he hasn’t heard anything more about the Montana Wildlife Federation wanting to put on a sponsored shotgun shoot.

– Rifle instructors for Youth Shoot: No one has found any NRA Rifle Instructor certification classes yet.

– The board discussed the wording to be printed on the signs for the pistol & shotgun bay signs. Jesse Smith will order the signs as discussed.

New Business:
– Jesse Smith motioned, “We revise the club’s Bylaws Article 1, Section 1, Sub-Section C to read, “C) Membership renewals will be sold December 1 through February 15 at which time no further renewals will be sold for the remainder of the year. New memberships will be sold online throughout the year, only to applicants who have never been a member before. The club may, at it’s discretion, host a limited number of staffed “Range Days” where the public can attend for a fee per firearm.”” The motion was seconded by Daniel DeLong, and will be voted on at the Sep. Board Meeting.

Nomination and Election of Officers and Board of Directors:
N/A

Good and Welfare:

Adjourn: 7:36 PM

Custer Rod and Gun Club
Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
July 19, 2016
Sunday Creek Range

Call to order and Roll call of officers: 7:07 pm

Reading of Previous Meeting Minutes:
Marty Scheid motioned “We accept the minutes from the June meeting as posted on website.” The motion was seconded and passed.

Reading of Current Financial Report:
Treasurer was not present.
Jesse Smith reported he transferred $1,350.36 from the PayPal account to the checking account, which was the entire balance in the PayPal account from online renewals and new memberships.

President Report:
Randy Anderson reported he was told the MLEA had canceled their planned use of the riffle range for qualifications but ended up calling and asking to use it the day of the event. He made sure they had access to the range.

Reports of Boards and Standing/Special Committees:
– Rifle Range: Jesse Smith reported that FWP was using the entire 200 yard range for qualifications when he arrived to set up for Action Pistol on Thursday July 14th.

– Shoot Dog Day’s match: Todd Burch reported the Shoot Dog Days match had 12 shooters, and was done about 4pm. He said it was ran very well, and safe. He also reported that Bob Brown said he isn’t going to do a shoot in Miles City next year, and instead will just hold one shoot in Baker.

– Action Pistol and LEO shoot: Jesse Smith reported he hasn’t turned in any money for the last month yet, he’ll do it at next month’s meeting. He also reported that no law enforcement personnel attended the LEO match, except the three guys who shoot regularly.

– Cowboy Action: Randy Hart reported that only 3 people shot in last month’s match.

– Trap/Archery Range: Jesse Smith reported that after speaking with Ken Boschee, he didn’t believe anyone has opened the trap range in the last two months. He also reported that three club members have volunteered to be on the trap range committee opening committee.
– Jesse Smith motioned “The Trap Committee meet at Spotted Eagle next Wednesday July 27th, with league and/or open shooting to start the following Wed. Jesse will advertise it online, and place an ad in the paper if it’s not to expensive.” The motion was seconded and passed. Ty Rainey offered to check on the price of putting an ad in the paper.

Old Business:
– MWF sponsored trap shoot with donated shells
Randy Anderson reported he hasn’t heard back from MWF, and will contact them.

– Spotted Eagle Clubhouse plans
Randy Anderson reported we need to empty the Spotted Eagle clubhouse out, then we can resurface the floor and start a new floor plan for the building. He will check with Brush Trucking about borrowing a cargo van to store the stuff from the clubhouse while work is being done.

– Rifle instructors for Youth Shoot
Randy Anderson and Daniel DeLong will look for instructors classes to become rifle instructors, and we’ll look at volunteers to take the class and teach the future youth classes.

– Trap/archery range volunteers
(see trap report above)

New Business:
– Scott Zeitner membership situation
Randy Anderson will contact Scott and look into the situation.

– Chris Schlepp asked about adding some option for selling new memberships during the year.
Chris motioned “We resume online membership sales for the rest of the 2016 calendar year, for new members who have never been a member before.” The motion was seconded, and passed.

– Signs for pistol bays
Jesse Smith motioned “We set a budget of $200 to purchase two signs for the pistol bays, and Jesse will coordinate with the other directors via email to determine the wording on the signs.” The motion was seconded and passed.

– Action Pistol Jackpot shoot Sep 18th and prize budget
Todd Burch motioned “We hold the annual Action Pistol Jackpot Shoot on September 18th with a budget of $150 for food and prizes.” The motion was seconded and passed.

– Jesse Smith motioned, “We approve EDC LLC. to hold a concealed carry class on Aug. 13 and Oct 1, and a night class on Oct. 1 with all shooting finished by 9pm. and charges will be $100 for the 13th and $150 for the 1st.” The motion was seconded and passed.

Nomination and Election of Officers and Board of Directors:
n/a

Good and Welfare:
– Correspondences: Jesse Smith read a couple of emails that had been sent to the club’s email address.

Adjourn: 8:48