Custer Rod and Gun Club membership renewals are due “now”.

Dear Custer Rod and Gun Club member,
The annual CR&GC membership meeting and potluck/ banquet will be held at 6:00 pm on January 17th, 2015 at the VFW (Post 1579) 119 North 6th St. in Miles City. In traditional CR&GC style, the club will provide either pulled pork or roast beef and dinner rolls. Attendees A thru M are asked to bring a dish and N thru Z a salad or desert. With your 2015 CR&GC membership you will be eligible for a door prize of a $500 gift certificate to Red Rock Sporting Goods, there will also be multiple other prizes and drawings available including a Smith and Wesson M&P Shield. More prizes are accumulating as we speak and may include additional firearms. Eligible members must be present to win and legally eligible to own/ possess a firearm if applicable. All prize and raffle availability is terminated at the conclusion of the annual club meeting. Please consider helping with preparation and cleaning after, you may contact any of the board members or the banquet committee chair CJ Truesdale. Also consider nominees for various board and officer positions that will be filled during the meeting.
Please take a moment to thank the local businesses that have helped us out this past year: Car Quest, Cenex CHS, Doeden Const. Glader Electric, Dr. Jeff Williams, Kenny Boschee, MDU, Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks, Pacific, Red Rock, Reynolds Grocery, Western Powders Inc. and Big Sky Components.

Memberships
Just a friendly reminder about the renewal of your club membership. 2015 memberships are available for renewal beginning December 1st 2014 through January 31st 2015 and would make an excellent Christmas present or stocking stuffer. Otherwise please submit your renewal before the January 31st deadline, all members renewed by the deadline simply keep the HID card, it will stay active. The HID card (which is a gate key) is the property of Custer Rod and Gun Club. Any personnel “not” renewing their membership by the deadline must return the HID card to the club by midnight January 31st regardless of intention to renew at any later date. Any membership not renewed by the Jan. 31st date “that has failed to return the HID card” will have the assigned HID card disabled and the former member assessed a $25.00 non-refundable fee for the cost of the card, programming and lock updating.
This incentive to return un-used club property may sound harsh, but this year we had over 60 former members fail to return the HID cards and we ran short by year end. Cards can only be ordered in lots of 100 and programming is extra. Because of those 60+ people we had to spend $375.00 on replacement cards and programming. Having a specified renewal period (Dec-Jan) and getting the un-used HID cards back in a timely manner (they are reissued to new members) will prevent these costs in the future and we can avoid an increase in annual membership costs. In addition members can take advantage of a full 12+ months of use. The additional memberships generated by a more secure access system have funded improvements that are under way as we speak.
As of today (11/5/2014) CR&GC has a record 420 members. Managing this volume of members and maintaining the range facilities has been a time consuming and costly task on part of the volunteers handling it. Please help them as much as you can by submitting your renewals on time and helping out at the range. Remember, this club is maintained by its members, it is not the sole responsibility of the board to maintain it and we do not have a range custodian. Please remind people of this if they complain about our range, it’s their responsibility too.
Please do not go to Red Rock to “renew” or get a second card, they cannot process renewals or sell an existing member a second membership. To renew your membership you can simply mail a check of $40.00 to the address below or renew online via PayPal at the clubs website www.custerrodandgun.com you may also renew your membership at the annual meeting (see above). Please provide clearly printed, current mailing address, phone number and email on new or renewed membership correspondence. If you do not wish to renew your membership please mail the HID card to the address below before January 31st, 2015. If you have any questions regarding membership call Randy Anderson at 406-951-0301.

Custer Rod and Gun Club
Po Box 303
Miles City, Montana
59301

Thank you,
CR&GC Board of Directors