7:00 pm \u2013 The board of directors met before the general membership meeting. These are the items that were discussed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Reviewed the year-end income\/expense report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Talked about adding some new signs around the outside perimeter of the club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7:35 pm – Meeting was called to order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Introduction of Officers<\/strong>: Mike Cumberland- President, Chris Smith- Treasurer, Brian Jesteadt- Membership, James Hacke- Secretary\/Trap, Joe Urish- Pistol, Mike Ripley- Black Powder, Al Vogan- rifle, Tom Fischer- Appointed by the membership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/strong>: Chris read the report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bills and Communications<\/strong>: Chris was looking into renewing the current CDs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Pop: <\/strong>Nothing to report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Rental Committee Report:<\/strong> Jan 17th<\/sup>, 18th<\/sup>, and 19th<\/sup> Boy Scout Troop 33 will be using the main hall<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pistol Team<\/strong>: Joe took in $247, expenses were $179, kept $20, and turned in $48. Thursday nights from 2 pm till dark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Trap Team: <\/strong>Jim reported that the winter league is ending on January26th. The banquet will be held on March 22 from noon till dark at the trap field. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Black Powder \/ Meat Shoots<\/strong>: Nothing to report. There is a meat shoot on the 2nd<\/sup> Sunday of every month. The shoot starts at 11 am and is open to members and the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Junior Rifle Team<\/strong>: Looking for anyone interested in leading junior shooting classes. Contact Mike Ripley if interested. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Archery:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fun Indoor Shoot:<\/strong> No report. The fun shoots happen on Mondays. Doors open at 9 am with the first shoot starting around 10 am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rifle:<\/strong> Al reported the next 200-yard gong shoots will be on Jan. 25th<\/sup> and Feb. 23. The gong shoot held on Jan. 25th<\/sup> will have a limit on the ammo used. He is also introducing an offhand shoot for gongs located at the 100-yard range. The ammo used will be required to be made in America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Membership<\/strong>: Brian took in $3,970, maintenance fund $465, general fund $3,505. Key cards were $290. The total membership is 336 of which 481 are senior\/life charter members. There were 70 new members for the year 2024 and 11 new members for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Old Business:<\/strong> Election for the 2025 year officers were completed. The only change for the year 2025 was Al Vogan was appointed to be the new rifle director. <\/p>\n\n\n\n New Business: <\/strong>Steve said the indoor shooting exhaust fan will need to be looked at. It runs for a minute or two then stops. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Good of the Association: <\/strong> Brian Dobson donated $200 toward the club renovations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 8:30 pm \u2013 Meeting adjourned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 7:00 pm \u2013 The board of directors met before the general membership meeting. These are the items that were discussed: \u00b7 Reviewed the year-end income\/expense report. \u00b7 Talked about adding some new signs around the outside perimeter of the club. …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-minutes"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1558,"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions\/1558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morainesportsmen.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}