Carlisle Gun Club Meeting Minutes
3/27/2017

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by the Club President; there were 45 members present.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Officers present: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary, and 2 Trustees.

The Minutes for the February 27, 2017 meeting were read and approved.

The president recognized Ernst Forbes, a member for 30 years, who passed away.

Treasurer’s Report was read and approved.  The total balance of all accounts, checking, savings, CDs and Training Fund amounted to $45,556.16.  The president raised the issue of possibly investing some of the funds currently held in certificates of deposit (CDs) in other types of investments that might have a higher return.  He asked the membership to consider this and possibly having a discussion on it at a future meeting.

Corresponding Secretary’s Report.  He will publish the additional instructions on the fan controls in the near future.

NRA Training Committee Report- The NRA Training Committee reported that there was $2,266.50 in the Training Fund.

-There was a NRA Personal Protection In the Home Course on 24-25 March w/ 12 students.

-There will be a Personal Protection Outside the Home Course on 29-30 April and then again 18-19 November.

-The next Basics of Pistol Shooting Course is on 27 May.

-Denny Kuehn was recognized for his work in building 8 sets of barricades used in the personal protection classes.

– Bruce Apgar informed the club that he will be conducting an instructors course in May for rifle and in June for shotgun.  See Bruce for more details.

-At the next meeting Mike Kubarek will be reporting on the Utah & Florida non-resident concealed carry courses scheduled for May.

-See the attached report for full details.

New Members.  No applications for tonight.

4H Shooters.  There are now 17 active shooters, an increase of two from last month.  They recently purchased two cases of ammo.

Cowboy Action– There will be a Cowboy Action Shoot in Ecksburg on 1 April for anyone interested in attending.

WPPL Pistol Team.  There will be the last regular season match on 5 April at the club.  It was noted that the Club website needed to be updated with the current points of contact for the Pistol Team.

Safety Committee-  Slim Connors developed an outline of approved safety measures for the range.  This was distributed to selected club members for their review and will be available and distribute via email to all members in the future for their review and comment.  There are 10 members on the Safety Committee representing the various activities within the club. These are

-Cowboy Action
-WPPL
-4H Shooters
-NRA Training Group
-Corresponding Secretary
-Membership Committee
-Building and Facilities
-President

The findings of this committee will be presented to Range Management in the form of two documents.  Range Management consists of the 4 Officers and 3 Trustees.   These documents will be called: 1. Range Policies and Regulations and 2. Administrative Policies and Regulations.  These will be given to all new members.

Long Range Capital Improvements Committee.  The members of the committee were finalized and are:

-Andy Henry
-Darren Snow
-Phil Dyche
-Tom Richwine

Andy will send out an email and schedule the group for their first meeting.

Trustees Report– No Report.  The Vice President recommended that we install a rheostat control for the new fan control panel.

Old Business-  

AED–  The president recommended that we not pursue this further.

Temporary On-Site Weapons Storage.  Mark Weston, following up on previous comments, provided a handout on a temporary storage device which club members could use for temporary storage of a personal forearm on the club premises.  The cost could range from a very inexpensive system to a more substantial programmable system and from $50 up to possibly $900.  The club will need to review the insurance implications further before adopting one or more of these for use by members.    The president directed the Capital Improvements Committee look further into the possibility of NRA Insurance for firearms and how it might apply in this situation.

Membership Applications- Matt Creason spoke on the topic of Online membership payment through PayPal and a possible $10 application fee for new prospective members.   This application fee is nonrefundable but would count towards a new member’s club membership.  The actual cost would be $10.61 which includes the PayPal fee for the transaction.  This will need to be approved by the club as it is a change to the existing Bylaws.

Tony Chiarella followed with a discussion on the process of changing the bylaws to enable this and any future modifications to membership applications and renewals.  Considerable discussion followed.  The president directed that the “PayPal” Committee look into this further and if there is a needed change to the bylaws this will be communicated to the club membership so that those who want to vote can do so.

New Business- 

Andy Henry commented on Members smoking on the range.  This was followed by a motion to make the Gun Club a smoke free facility.  The motion was seconded but was not voted.  This was followed by a motion to table the original motion to a later date.  After considerable discussion it was suggested we communicate this to the entire membership with a date that the motion will be voted.

For The Good Of The Club.  

Sound Off.  

-There was a suggestion that the club create an area to recognize members who have passed away.

-It was mentioned that this was a great facility because it is functional, usable, convenient, user friendly, and available.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:22 pm.