Carlisle Gun Club Meeting Minutes
25 September, 2023

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

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Officers and Members Present: President, Vice-President, and the Recording Secretary. The Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary and all three Trustees were absent. There were 35 members present.

Minutes for the 28 August 2023 Meeting: The Meeting Minutes were read and approved. Motion to accept the Minutes was made by Dean Clepper, and seconded by Jay Tisserand. The motion carried. Effective 1 October, Ms. Trudie Couser will be appointed by the President to serve as Recording Secretary. Ms. Couser can be elected to the position at the 30 October 2023 General Membership meeting.

Treasurer Report: The Treasurer Report was read by the President and was approved. The total balance of all accounts, checking, savings, and CD of $51,320.78, less the Training Fund of $1814.94, amounted to $96,816.71. Motion to accept the Treasurer Report, as read, was made by Denny Kuehn, and seconded by      Jay Tisserand. The motion carried.

Corresponding Secretary Report: No report. There were two member broadcast emails: one announcing the range closure for cleaning and one announcing the 25 September 2023 General Membership meeting with the ballot slate of officers for election. Effective 1 October, Mr. Patrick Warner will be appointed by the President to serve as the Corresponding Secretary. Mr. Warner can be elected to the position at the 30 October 2023 General Membership meeting.

CGC Training Group Activities Report: Denny Kuehn. The CGC Training Fund balance was $1,814.94. CGC NRA instructors hosted an NRA Basics of Pistol Shooting Course on 8-9 September 2023. There were 15 shooters in the course. CGC NRA instructors will host an NRA Basics of Personal Protection In The Home course on 13-14 October 2023. See the 25 September 2023 NRA Training Group Activities Report for additional details.

New Members – There were two new members voted into the Club.

4-H Youth Small-Bore Rifle Shooting Program: John Gingrich. The older youth shooters will begin practice on Thursday, 28 September 2023 and the younger and newer youth shooters will begin practice on                Thursday, 5 October. Practice times are from @ 6:15pm-@8pm Thursday nights. The Gingriches are still looking for volunteers to assume duties of 4-H Youth shooters, anyone interested should contact the Gingriches. Everyone is invited and encouraged to show up on a Thursday evening and serve as spotters for the young shooters participating in the 4-H Youth Small-Bore Rifle Shooting Program.

Cowboy Action: No report.

Membership Committee: Rob Stewart. There are currently 491 active members. With the 2 new members voted in at the 25 September 2023 meeting, there are 493 members with 7 remaining available membership slots. There might be one member who resigned and there are 2 current, valid applications.

Technology and Security Committee: John Haiduck. The video surveillance recording system still has problems associated with system updates and power outages or interruptions causing the system to fail to reboot and still to record as it was designed to do. There has not been a solution, to date. The Committee Chair is in contact with Kirk from the current service vendor and will continue to look for solutions. Will provide another update at next CGC meeting.

 

WPPL Pistol Team: Gary Gibson. The William Penn Pistol Leage season is underway. The WPPL schedule is posted at the range and on the CGC website. There are 10 teams in the League, with teams as far away as Mount Joy, PA. After the 1^st week of competition, the CGC Gold and Blue teams were both in 1^st place! They are currently in 5^th and 7^th places, respectively. Anyone interested in WPPL Precision Pistol shooting, please contact any WPPL shooter.

Trustees Report: None.

Old Business: The President chaired the election for the FY2023-2024 CGC Club officer and Trustee positions.  Mike Kubarek moved and Tom Sheperd seconded the motion that the current slate of officers be re-elected to continue in their positions for the 2023-2024 CGC Fiscal year. The motion carried. The slate elected is: President – Kurt Uhler; Vice-President – Steve Baker; Treasurer – Darren Snow; Recording Secretary – vacant, but Ms. Trudie Couser agreed to fill the position and will be appointed by the President to do so effective 1 October 2023…Trudie will be presented for vote to confirm at the 30 October meeting; Corresponding Secretary – vacant, but Mr. Patrick Warner agreed to fill the position effective 1 October 2023…Patrick will be presented for vote to confirm at the 30 October meeting; Trustee – George Lawrence. The CGC Webmaster remains Matt Creason. The Membership Director remains Rob Stewart. There are no other changes to committee assignments.

New Business: None.

For the Good of the Club – Dean Clepper asked for an update on the status of the proposed paving of east Pine Street passing through the north side of CGC property. President Kurt Uhler provided the following update:
1. The Conditional Use Agreement was approved.                                                                                                 2. The timeframe to begin construction appears to be in the vicinity of 15 months.
3. There is a possibility of contractor support for helping with parking solutions in exchange for using CGC property for the south lane of the road.

Motion to Adjourn was made by Dean Clepper, and seconded by Denny Kuehn. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:28pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Slim Connors

Retiring Recording Secretary, Carlisle Gun Club