Superior Trap & Gun Club Meeting

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

 

 

 

Present: Pat Martineau, Jocko Fairchild, Doug Vana, Cindy Gronski, Jerry Bolin, Absent:  Ed Abrahamzon, Wayne Johnstad; Others in Attendance: Rick Washkuhn, Kirk Krause, Larry Brooke and Dave Compton

Call to Order

Jocko Fairchild, President, called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM.

Approval of April 13, 2010 Minutes

A motion was made by Doug Vana and seconded by Kirk Krause to approve the minutes of the April 13, 2010 meeting as corrected. Motion carried.

Treasurer's Report

The Treasurer's report was presented &: filed as follows:

Checking & Savings: $8,525.68  -- Junior Shooters: $416.86  --  

Total Cash on Hand: $8,942.54

 

Old Business

Trap Club Camera Purchase:  A brief discussion took place regarding the purchase of a club camera.  A motion was made by Jerry Bolin and seconded by Kirk Krause to purchase a camera in the area of $150.00.  Motion carried.  Kirk will speak with Sam Jacobson and ask his assistance in purchasing the camera.

 

Patterning Board:  This project was tabled until further interest.    

 

Lead Reclamation:  A discussion took place regarding contacting some individuals regarding the lead reclamation.  Wayne Johnstad’s brother has been contacted and as soon as the field is dry he will ditch the field.  Bill Nicoski will be contacted and ask his assistance in burning off the field and future control of the area.  Kirk Krause will contact the person who will be responsible for the actual lead reclamation and Rick Washkuhn suggested that we contact someone else as well for another bid on reclaiming the lead.   He suggested that there is information on the trapshooters.com website and Kirk said he would look into it.

 

2010 Arrowhead Shoot:  The shoot is scheduled to take place at the Hibbing gun club on August 14. 2010.

 

Lights on Field Three:  As of this past week, it was reported that the lights on field three are back in working order.

 

Summer BBQ:  At a previous meeting a suggestion was made to have another BBQ, similar to our Winter BBQ.  It was suggested that for the meal we serve BBQ Ribs and Chicken.  The date set to hold the event is Saturday, August 7th.  Kirk and Doug will get together and discuss the event further as we get closer to the event they will report back to the board.

 

New Business

 

Youth Program:  Rick Washkuhn reported that the Junior Program received a $500.00 contribution from the Douglas County Fish & Game League.  Rick announced that the summer awards banquet for the junior shooters will be held on August 21, 2010 and also asked if the club would support purchasing T-shirts and hats for each of the youth.  T-shirts will run around $12 to $15 and we still have hats left over from several years ago that can be distributed to all of the juniors on the junior league.  A motion was made by Doug Vana and seconded by Jerry Bolin to have T-shirts purchased for the team members and that the remaining club hats will be provided to the junior shooters members as well.  Motion carried.  Rick also reported that he working on getting the letters out for donations toward the youth program.  Kirk suggested contacting National Quality Inspections and Pat Martineau asked that a request letter be sent to Tri Star Electric for a contribution to the youth fund.

 

Pat Traps:  Doug Vana reported that the Pat Trap on field 2 is not in good working order.  Parts for the thrower have been ordered and will arrive early May 12th.  The estimated final cost of repair will be $250.00 for the valve assembly, $30 for switches and the cost of pins and fuses.  The trap should be in working order in time for the shoot on Wednesday.  Doug also asked that a file be made available of the throwers in the event any of the throwers go down, the serial numbers and important data is readily accessible.  Cindy will make copies of the necessary papers and ensure that a folder will be kept on hand for future reference.

 

Trap Help Issues:  A brief discussion took place regarding the loading of the trap houses.  Loading the targets is taking too much time and it was discussed that the kids need adult assistance to load the targets.  It was also suggested that the kids be spoken to again regarding safety issues concerning the traps and pulling and marking and that the trap houses needed major cleaning up again.

 

Signing Up: A discussion was held concerning a few shooters who have approached board members to request signing up multiple times and shooting on a selected trap.  Currently, our practice is that you are only allowed to sign up once and return to the desk to sign up again after shooting.  Since this is an issue that affects the entire membership, the discussion was tabled.  If this continues to be a concern, it may be necessary to address this issue at the annual meeting in September for further discussion.  

 

Lights on Field 2:  Cindy Gronski noted that we are running approximately 45 squads an evening and suggested that in the future it be a consideration to put lights on field 2 as many times shooters are shooting later or when it is getting dark.  A brief discussion took place regarding the cost of putting lights on the field and it was also discussed that a Capital Improvement Committee be formulated to assist in making decisions on large purchases.

 

Meat Auction:  Dave Compton suggested that we purchase additional meat from Jim’s Meat Market and have a meat auction each Wednesday to raise funds for the club.  Dave will contact Jim Klinge from Jim’s Meat Market to purchase different meats and auction each Wednesday.

 

Publicity:  In light of another commitment, Jocko Fairchild had to leave the meeting at 7:30 PM and turned over the chair to Kirk Krause.  Kirk brought up the concern of scores not getting in the paper or on the website and asked if there was anything that could be done to ensure the results and standings were published.  Following a brief discussion, it was decided that Kirk will prepare the information for the newspaper and drop it off at the Superior Telegram.  He will also fax the information to Cindy’s office and she will put the scores on the Website.

Adjournment

A motion was made by Jerry Bolin and seconded by Larry Brooke to adjourn the meeting. Meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM.

Submitted by,

 

Cindy Gronski