Minutes for November 28th
2007 Annual Meeting of the General Membership of
Rogue Valley Sporting Clays
Association:
The meeting
was held at the Si Casa Flores restaurant in Grants Pass, OR.
19 Members were in attendance; see Attachment A for list of
attendees.
President Dave Artoff opened the meeting in due form at
5:50pm.
President Dave thanked all members for help and support
throughout the year.
The first order of business was the election of officers.
Bob Rafalovich moved to nominated Dave Artoff for President; Jim Conklin seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Rudy Dierks moved to nominate Bob Rafalovich for Vice-President; Jim Conklin seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Warren Currier nominated Rudy Dierks as Range Manager; Jim Conklin seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Dianne Artoff nominated Myrna Rafalovich for Secretary; Jim Conklin seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Rudy Dierks nominated Warren Currier for Treasurer; Chuck Wiley, Jr seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Warren Currier nominated Tom Tipton for Director to JCSA; Jerry Gunter seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Warren Currier nominated Chuck Wiley, Sr. as Alternate Director; Jim Conklin seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
Summary of election of officers:
President Dave Artoff
Vice-President Bob Rafalovich
Range Manager Rudy Dierks
Treasurer Warren Currier
Secretary Myrna Rafalovich
Director Tom Tipton
Alternate Director
Chuck Wiley, Sr.
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved
with no changes.
Treasurer’s Report: Warren Currier presented a JCSA – Sporting Clays Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet from January 1 through November 28, 2007. The club enjoyed a 29% increase in income and spent money on improvements in the park resulting in a 14.9% increase in gross profit. The club has $8,200 in the bank.
The $6,487.92 reported “Target Inventory Shortage” represents a reconciliation of target inventory over a 21/2 year period. There will always shortages due to equipment malfunctions (range and shooter,) ammunition malfunctions, bird breakage and other similar kinds of problems. The treasurer’s P & L and BS reports are available upon request from Warren Currier.
The report was accepted as presented.
Range Manager Report: Rudy Dierks thanked members for all their help in cleaning up the course. The club now has 34 electric traps. He has spent money on building and rewiring delivery carts. There are problems with broken birds on station 12 and it appears that the gear motor is going out. He is building a walk up tower for stations 9 and 10. It will be 20 feet tall and will replace the mobile tower currently in use which will be utilized elsewhere. Improvements on the road continues. Rudy and Chuck will coordinate with Lura regarding work to be done.
Rudy recommended installing an 8 to 10 foot fence at the Springing Teal Station to provide visual interference “protection” from shooters on the Trap and Skeet fields. Jerry Gunter said that he didn’t think it was a problem and suggested planting shrubs or a hedge instead of a fence.
*Rudy’s Range Manager Report can be view in its entirety
in Attachment B.
Treasurer Warren Currier noted that Rudy is not only
donating the labor to build the new tower but all the materials also.
Membership Report: Chuck Wiley that currently the club has 89 members but expects it to grow to 92 or 93 in a week. The club has 27 new members since January 1, 2006.
New member Jim Whitaker donated a state of the art shot
pattern board. The board will be
installed next to the loading road for use by T & S shooter as well as
Sporting Clays.
Old Business: The official club name is: Rogue Valley Sporting Clays. Jim Conklin will register the name with the State of Oregon.
New member Steve Hale is a graphic artist and offered to help with logo design and promotional materials.
Conflict with the State of Oregon Sporting Clays
Championship and the date for the Porter Ford Open Skeet Shoot has been resolved
with the Porter Ford Open being moved to another date.
We should all thank T & S for graciously making the change.
Rudy purchased a Bar-B-Q for sporting clays.
Dave said that he has an aerial photo of the range.
Bob Rafalovich nominated Dianne Artoff as the Public
Relations Representative of RVSC; Jerry Gunter seconded it.
The motion was passed unanimously.
Lura Johnson is handling problems with the disgruntled
neighbor of the range.
New Business: Range Manager Rudy Dierks presented the following Club Trophies:
A Class Dave Artoff
B Class Jerry Gunter
C Class Dave Thompson
D Class Lowell Royer
E Class Jeff Fineiar
Best Over All
Jim Conklin
Registered Shoot Committee: Dave will hand pick a “State Shoot Steering
Committee” to work on the state meet. Names
will be announced at the January meeting. The
steering committee will then establish subordinate committees.
Dave recommended that RVSC share the membership email list
with other shooting clubs. Bob
Rafalovich moved to approve the recommendation; Norm Grennell made the second.
The motion passed unanimously. Dave
noted that members could elect to remove their names from the “share” list.
Dave recommended that the Executive Board be allowed to
review and adjust the compensation to members for work on the range.
Norm Grennell moved to accept the recommendation; Dianne Artoff made the
second. The motion passed
unanimously.
Warren Currier recommended that Range Manager Rudy Dierks
shoot for free as compensation for his tireless work at the range.
Bob Rafalovich moved to accept the recommendation with the understanding
that it is specific to Rudy; Dianne Artoff made the second.
The motion passed unanimously.
After some discussion it was agreed that there should be no
major purchases until after the State Shoot.
Maintenance of the range is separate from major purchases.
Rudy recommended that the club purchase and receive birds
for the state shoot two months before the shoot and estimated a need of 15 to 16
pallets. Purchase will be
coordinated with T & S by Norm Grennell.
The January 2008 meeting will follow the Saturday shoot on
January 5, 2008
Respectfully submitted by:
Myrna Rafalovich
Secretary
Rogue Valley Sporting Clays
Attachment A
Attendees:
1) Ray Cox
2) Chuck Wiley
3) Norm Grenell
4) Doug Winn
5) Allen Logan
6) Robert Hissong
7) Jerry Gunter
8) Tom Tipton
9) Ken Myers
10) Rick Fielder
11) Steve Hale
12) Rudy Dierks
13) Jim Conklin
14) Dianne Artoff
15) Dave Artoff
16) Myrna Rafalovich
17) Bob Rafalovich
18) Warren Currier
19) Roger Smith
Attachment B:
Special thanks to Bob Walden for his donation of $2000 that was used to buy one of the three traps the club purchased this year. The club really appreciates it. Dave Artoff, Jim Rogers, Ray Cox, Bob Walden, Bob Rafalovich , Chuck Vanderveer and Chuck Wiley have helped a great deal this year with numerous projects and they should pat themselves on the back for how good the course is looking.
Sporting Clays now has 34 electric traps. 33 are in use on the course and one is in my shop being fitted for a covered cart. Three traps still need wheeled carts, which I plan to complete before the state meet. Last year I built six carts, rewired five sporters, replaced six relays and installed four new breaker switches. I also removed the metal drop ramps and replaced them with plastic ramps on several traps. This has been a big improvement in having less broken clays. There still are several traps that need these up grades and I will continue that work this coming year if it is so desired by the membership. We have one Ranger trap that has a gear motor going out. I plan to order a new box and replace it before the state shoot.
I am building another walk up tower at stations #9 and #10. It will be a two trap unit. Bob Rafalovich and I have poured the cement and I plan to complete the project in the next couple months. Cost will be approximately $450. This past year I donated $650 to the club and would like to dedicate some of the money to this project. Building this tower will free up the other mobile tower at station # 1 0 to be used on various other stations. A 10' high fence should be placed in front of where the teal trap is located (in between the teal trap and skeet fields). This would block trap and skeet shooters from seeing us on
that station and it would allow us to move freely in that area without being a distraction to those shooters.
The course will need excavator work done at some of the stations and on the roadside in several areas. Stumps need to be removed and stand areas need to be redefined and increased. Also, I would like to organize several workdays and go over with Chuck what we want to do on a certain day and then have Chuck clear the work to be done with Lura Johnson before we start. Chuck is more readily available to contact Lura then I and also has a good relationship with her. At the same time Tracey needs to be informed of what we are doing and be told we have permission.
In June I hired Nigel, my grandson, to fill traps. I was not satisfied how the traps were being filled. Empty boxes were being left in piles at several stations over the course and I felt no one was really excited about doing the job. When I suggested that I hire Nigel for the job to several members they thought it was a good idea. Especially since the job
would be done by someone I could boss around and tell exactly what I wanted him to do. It has been a job for me to train Nigel, but he is doing a good job now. I have been paying him $120 per month and he fills the traps once a week. Dave has told me there are members that want to do the job. If that's the case I can let Nigel go. This could be discussed under new business.
Under new business, I would like to have a motion made to approve the projects I have listed. I did not include road gravel in my proposals. Dave will address that.