Carlisle Gun Club Meeting Notes
March 31, 2025

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 by the Club President.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Officers and Members Present: President, Vice-President, and Treasurer, and one Trustee were present.    There were 24 members present.

Minutes for the 24 February 2025 meeting were read and approved.  Meeting Minutes were read by the Vice-President.  Motion to accept the minutes as read, was made by Darren Snow.  Motion to accept was seconded.  The motion carried.  

Treasurer Report was read and approved.   Treasurer report was submitted as written and read by the Treasurer.  The total balance of all accounts, checking, savings, CD’s amounted to $129,193.78 Motion to accept the Treasurer Report was made by Mike Kubarck and Seconded. The motion carried.  

Corresponding Secretary Report – Matt Starcher – Emails were sent to club members informing them of the April 4^th and 5^th workday at the club, the passing of club member/4H Rifle Team Coach John Ginrich, and the Carlisle Fish and Game Swap meet.

CGC Training Group Activities Report – Written report submitted by Slim Connors and read by Denny Kuehn. Slim reported that during the March 15th and 22nd the NRA Training group hosted an NRA Personal Protection outside The Home course. There were 4 shooters in the class, 3 who met the requirements of the course. NRA Instructors hosted an NRA Defensive Pistol Course on March 29, 2025. There were 3 shooters that completed the course. CGC NRA Instructors provided 7 hours of firearms safety and proficiency training for 4 shooters during the months of March.  On April 12, 2025 CGC NRA Basics of Rifle Shooting course has been canceled due to no one registering for the course. Future training class dates are posted on the website. See attached report for more details. Training group fund had a balance of $3,311.40

New Members – 7 new members joined the club.

4-H Youth Small-Bore Rifle Shooting Program – no report- President held a minute of silence in memory of John Ginrich passing. Motion for club to pay for background checks of 4H coaches, if they are not paid for by 4H organization, was made by President, motion was seconded, motion carried.

Cowboy Action – Rick Blosser-   no report

Membership Committee – Wanda Bonasera- read by Mike Bonasera-The club membership is 435 current members.  There are 0 pending applications.

Technology and Security Committee – John Haiduck via Matt Starcher – working on IT upgrades and relocation of security cameras.

WPPL Pistol Team – Dick Pryor- last match is 9 April.  Matches starting again in September.

Trustees Report – Mike Bonasera- Workday for April 4^th and 5^th is scheduled. Talked about pricing for range fans noise reduction.

Old Business – President gave update on meeting with Sheetz staff and how club is concerned about storm water runoff of Wrightstone Road. President is scheduling a meeting with site engineer. Sheetz has a planned start for construction on Feb 2026. 

New Business – Denny Kuehn made a motion to donate $1500.00 to Cumberland Co. SRT. Motion was seconded, motion carried. President updated membership on the status of the clubs 501c(7) tax exemption. It has been discovered that the exemption has been expired since 2011. President asked for motion to hire a tax lawyer to get the exemption reinstated. Mike Kubarck made a motion that $5000.00 be authorized for tax lawyer. Motion was seconded. Motion passed. President will keep membership up to date on status. 

For the Good of the Club – 

President thanked Larry Kell for acquiring belt material for the range backstop. Will send thank you to New Enterprizes Toland Plant.

Motion to Adjourn – was made by Larry Kell and seconded.  Motion carried.  The meeting was adjourned at 8:12 PM.  

Respectfully submitted,

Kurt A. Uhler

Vice-President, Carlisle Gun Club