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27 January 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana Directors Meeting, 27 January 2012, City Hall Conference Room, White Sulphur Springs. Members Present: Arnie Blair, Jerry Churchill, Tim Allen, Pat McCoy, Don Babcock, Mike Vennard Call to order. Business to discuss: • Nominate and approve members to attend Friends of NRA thank you Banquet in Bozeman. Members selected: George Kirkwood, Arnie Blair, Dean Anderson, Tim Allen. Jerry Churchill motion to accept, 2 nd Mike Vennard. Approved. • Two tickets agreed by all present to award to MCSA members, for the Annual Friends of NRA Banquet in March. Nominated: Don Babcock and • Two additional tickets to NRA Banquet in March donated by the Colonel. Nominated: Pat McCoy, Ron Coleman. Motion to accept, 2 nd , Approved. Project Discussion: List of projects reviewed and assigned priorities. [see attached]. Items discussed at length were asking FofNRA for monetary support to hold certification classes for Rifle, Pistol Instructors and Coaches. Getting a design for a storage room and roof cover at the entrance way, an addition to the Range facility. Mike Vennard will do a drawing of the storage room design and submit it to contractors in the area for quotes on the project. Review of the drainage situation on the north side of the Range House. There was other discussion on several of the projects and final decision was to be at a later date, after presentation to the membership at a subsequent meeting [April]. Pat McCoy made a motion to adjourn, Mike Vennard 2 nd . Accepted. Things to do for the future: Project Priorities The next two projects: This spring – Tim Allen/Mike Vennard- to determine work needed to divert runoff from impacting the Range house and outhouse, perform work as needed. Starting in Spring – All available - Assemble, locate position, and install the steel targets/silhouettes Category 1- Make every effort to complete in 2012 Category 1- 2 - Make effort to complete in 2012-2013 Small Computer (note book size) for sec/tres to conduct business, correspondence, bookkeeping duties. Category 2 - Make effort to complete in 2013 Get FoNRA funds to hold NRA Certification classes for Rifle Instructors, Category 3 – consider projects for completion after above projects Category 5- Get someone else to do it 16 January 2012, White Sulphur Springs, Montana 16 January 2012 Meeting Minutes. Meagher County Sportsmen's Association Pledge of Allegiance and call to order by George Kirkwood, President Members present: Mike Vennard, Pat McCoy, George Kirkwood, Arnie Blair, Curtis Kerr, Tim Allen, Dean Anderson, Steve Hicks, Don Doig, Bill Cummins, Joanne Cummins, Robert Porter, Ron Coleman, Don Babcock Minutes of previous meeting read by Mike Vennard. Arnie Blair motion to accept, 2 nd Pat McCoy, motion passed. Treasures Report read by Mike Vennard, Bill Cummins motion to accept, Don Babcock 2 nd , motion passed. Mike Vennard made an end of year 2011 financial report noting that $6944 was the amount of income, with $5445 in expenses giving a positive balance of $1498. Included was the one time gift toward the Potter memorial of $870, resulting in a revised ending balance of $620. This is the first balance in positive numbers in several years. Mike Vennard also noted that currently 49 members had renewed memberships for a total income of $1777.00. This included approximately $500 in additional deposits yet to be deposited in the bank due to the holidays and was not reflected in the Treasurers report [above]. Several additional membership renewals have come in since the report was generated [including at this meeting] which have not been processed yet. Committee ReportsPat McCoy reported on the status of the Jr. Marksman program, the program being restarted after the holidays. Only one shooter reported with two others away for Basketball. The other three could not be contacted yet. Pat McCoy also reported that Schuetzen postal matches have started with four shooters. He invited anyone else interested in shooting small bore to join the group on Thursday evenings. CorrespondenceA letter had been received from Bridger Friends of NRA inviting interested members to a thank you dinner. President George Kirkwood said to contact him if anyone was interested. Old BusinessThe election of new officers was held, the nominees were as follows: President – Don Babcock Just prior to the balloting Tim Allen indicated that Tami Daily had to remover herself from the race. After the ballots were counted the results are: President – Don Babcock The vote on the Constitutional changes was made and passed with a unanimous vote. There was further discussion about spring drainage flooding the outdoor bathroom. Tim Allen noted that for him to be able to do any dirt work it will have to be before late May depending on the weather, due to his business schedule. New BusinessMike Vennard noted that at the time of changes in the Association Officers that the removal of old Officers being replaced by new Officers on the Bank signature card was to be made. It is necessary to have at least two signatures on checks and there are normally three or four signers to account for unavailability of singers It was there for proposed that George Kirkwood and Arron Blair be removed and be replaced with Don Babcock [President elect] and Pat McCoy [Secretary/Treasurer elect]. Tim Allen made a motion to accept, Steve Hicks 2 nd , motion passed. Mike Vennard noted that this is an opportunity to fulfill a Constitutional requirement of having the Association books be audited. After checking it was found that two independent members of the Association could perform this task. Joanne Cummins and Ron Coleman volunteered to perform the audit as the books are to be moved over to Pat McCoy, the new Secretary/Treasurer. A question if weather or not we should support the Friends of NRA Banquet this year. The dinner will be held in early March and cost $340 to sponsor a table. After a short discussion Mike Vennard made a motion to support, Bill Cummins 2 nd , motion passed. Pat McCoy said that the Personal Protection Class would be held in April this year with the final live shoot on the first Saturday in May. The class will be mentioned it in the monthly news article as well as an ad closer to the beginning of the class. There are already 3 sign-ups, with 5 minimum and 12 maximum for the class. It was decided without descent that a price sheet will be posted for members to purchase targets on an individual basis in order to reduce Association target expenses. Ron Coleman made a motion to Adjourn, Tom Porter 2 nd , motion passed, meeting adjourned to view the examples of pre-WWII arms brought in by members. 19 December 2011, White Sulphur Springs, Montana 19 December 2011 Meagher County Sportsmen's Association Meeting Minutes. Pledge of Allegiance lead by George Kirkwood, President, and meeting called to order. Members present: Mike Vennard, Pat McCoy, George Kirkwood, Arnie Blair, Curtis Kerr (prospective member), Tim Allen, Dean Anderson, Steve Hicks, Don Doig, Otto Ohlson, Boyd Briggs, Dan Rader, Ron Coleman, Karen Coleman Minutes of previous meeting read by Mike Vennard. Pat McCoy motion to accept, Arnie Blair 2 nd , motion passed Directors Meeting of 17 November 2011 minutes read by Mike Vennard and approved by membership. (see attached) Treasures Report read by Mike Vennard, Pat McCoy motion to accept, Ron Coleman 2 nd , motion passed. Appreciation letter to Ben Forkn for his generous donation to the Association Jr. Marksman program read by Mike Vennard and approved by membership. (see attached) Committee Reports Pat McCoy reported on the status of the Jr Marksman program, noting that one junior has dropped out and the rest are progressing nicely. Pat McCoy also reported that the indoor traveling target installation has been completed and is in operation and being used by the juniors on a weekly basis. Correspondence There was no correspondence. Old Business George Kirkwood called for nominations to replace several Officers on the Board of Directors, noting that most Officers had been in office way longer that allowed by the Constitution, thus putting the organization at risk. After much discussion the following were nominated: President – Don Babcock There was considerable discussion about spring drainage flooding the outdoor bathroom. Several solutions were suggested and finally Tim Allen said he could take a look at the situation and probably provide the necessary equipment for a late spring 2012 solution. New Business Mike Vennard presented the new 2012 budget. (see attached) Mike explained the various categories and the 2011 estimates and actual costs; he then answered a couple questions. Arnie Blair made a motion to accept, Tim Allen 2 nd , budget accepted. Several Constitutional Changes have been presented (see attached)[constitutional changes posted below on this web page]. Mike Vennard read and explained the reasons behind the proposals. It was noted that this is the first reading, and the Constitution with changes will be left on the board at the range as well as being posted on the web site in order the membership have a chance to review them. The changes will be voted on at the January 2012 meeting. The Association meeting dates for 2012 were presented, and with no further discussion Mike Vennard made a motion to accept, George Kirkwood 2 nd , dates accepted. It was decided that for the January meeting if you wanted to show your gun, older than 1941 manufacture, you could do so at the January meeting. Arnie Blair made a motion to Adjourn, Ron Coleman 2 nd , motion passed, meeting adjourned to view the examples of military rifles brought in by members. 19 December 2011, White Sulphur Springs, Montana During the December Meeting several changes to the MCSA Constitution were proposed. Below are the changes excerpted from the complete Constitution [which may be viewed by clicking the appropriate link above] These changes will be voted upon at the next general meeting to be held on January 19, 2012 at the Range Facility. Items in Bold are to be deleted and replaced by wording in Italic. Proposed Changes to: Constitution of Article: I NAME no changes Article: II PURPOSE C. To issue bulletins to inform each member as to major problems and issues affecting the M.C.S.A. members and/or to act report on proposed actions and pending legislation, so the membership may make its will known to the duly elected representatives. Article: III MEMBERSHIP A. There shall be three four classes of Membership. 4. Daily Membership. Daily Membership does not have a vote. C. Annual membership dues shall include one of the following categories: 1. per individual membership 2. per individual membership with class B range access 3. per family membership 4. per family membership with class A range access D. Annual and daily membership fees shall be recommended by the Board of Directors and then voted on by the members at the December meeting. Article: IV MEMBERSHIP DUES AND FEES DATE A. All dues for the Meagher County Sportsmen's Association and range access fees are due and payable on January 2nd each year with a grace period extending until March 1st. Fees and dues become delinquent on March 2nd. New membership dues run from January to January and will not may be prorated. This does not apply to Class C (One Day) range access fees. Article: V MEAGHER COUNTY SPORTSMEN'S SHOOTING RANGE ACCESS A. There shall be three classes of range access which may not be separate from membership in the Meagher County Sportsmen's Association 3. Class C range access fee: per individual and shall provide access to the shooting range facilities for ONE DAY. This fee would apply to visitors other than first time prospective members accompanying all other class of members. Article: VI OFFICERS no changes Article VII MEETINGS A. The members shall meet at a time and place designated by the President on a third Tuesday at least once a quarter and should include December and January. Article VIII ELECTIONS No changes Article: IX AMENDENTS TO CONSTITUTION no changes Article: X COMMITTEES no changes Article: XI BOARD OF DIRECTORS no changes Article: XII AUDIT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION no changes Article: XIII BYLAWS no changes
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