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

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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, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary and two Trustees. Trustee Phil Dyche was absent. There were 35 members present.

Minutes for the 28 February 2022 meeting were read and approved. Motion to accept the minutes, as read, was made by Tom Sheperd, seconded by Bob Berrettini. The motion carried.

Treasurer Report was read and approved.  The total balance of all accounts, checking, savings, CDs, and Training Fund, amounted to $114,998.27. Included in this total is the roof fund, which has $55K. Treasurer reported one-time expense of $5830.81 for range repairs and one-time range lead and brass recycling income of $8682.00…recycling more than paid for the range repair. There was more than 10,000lb of lead and brass recycled. Motion to accept the report, as read, was made by Denny Kuehn, seconded by Mike Kubarek. The motion carried.

Corresponding Secretary Report – Scot Storey. Sent 8 member broadcast emails: 5 announcing the March Work Days for the ongoing range repair, 1 reminding members of the range impact fan and authorized or prohibited calibers, 1 for range closure for cleaning, and 1 reminding members of the 28 March General Membership meeting. Thanks to members for forwarding emails to other members and including the Corresponding Secretary as an addressee. Accordingly, the CGC Membership Database is routinely updated. Please let the Corresponding Secretary know of email changes.

CGC Training Group Activities Report – Denny Kuehn. The CGC Training Fund balance was $$5,274.73. CGC NRA instructors hosted NRA Personal Protection Outside The Home: Basic and Advanced courses on 12 and 19 March 2022. There were 5 shooters registered for the courses: all men. All shooters completed course requirements. CGC NRA instructors hosted an NRA Defensive Pistol course on 26 March 2022. There were 3 shooters in the course: 1 woman and 2 men. All shooters completed the course and passed the shooting qualification course of fire for time and for score. CGC NRA instructors will host an NRA Basics of Rifle Shooting course on 16 April 2022. There are 2 shooters registered. Seven CGC NRA instructors provided 9 hours of firearms safety and proficiency training for 6 shooters during the month of March 2022. See the         28 March 2022 CGC Training Group Activities Report for additional information.

New Members – There were 8 new members voted into the Club.

4-H Youth Small-Bore Rifle Shooting Program – John Gingrich. Three junior youth shooters competed in the Junior Olympics 3-position Small Bore Rifle qualifier. Four youth shooters will compete on 16 April 2022 in the PA 4-H Shooting Sports Competition at the Shenecoy Sportsman’s Association in Huntingdon, PA. The match starts at 8:30am and spectators are welcome. Thanks to the Cowboy Action Shooters for their generous donation to the 4-H Youth Shooting Sports program.

Cowboy Action – Rick Blosser. The first outdoor match of the 2022 season of the Perry County Regulators is Saturday, 2 April at the Ickesburg Sportsmans Club. This Cowboy Action range has 8 bays and can be configured for various stages. Competitors and spectators are always welcome and refreshments and lunch fare are available for sale

Membership Committee – Rob Stewart via email. There are currently 462 active members, leaving 38 remaining available membership slots. There are 24 pending new member applicants, including the 8 who are applying at the 28 March meeting. There is a separate list of 7 applicants who have no sponsor or whose sponsor is no longer an active member. The 25 April 2022 General Membership meeting will be the last time new members will be processed until the 28 November 2022 General Membership meeting.

Technology and Security Committee – John Haiduck. The CGC Security system has not received a recent update, but all systems seem to be operating okay.

WPPL Pistol Team – Gary Gibson. The Blue Team is in 9^th place and the Gold Team is in 7^th place. The WPPL is based on teams of 10 members. The Carlisle Gun Club typically fields only 8 or 9 members per team per match…making competing at the league level difficult. Team scores and standings do not reflect CGC WPPL shooter dedication or capabilities. The last match this season is a CGC home match on Wednesday 30 March at 7pm. Spectators are welcome. The WPPL end-of-season Awards Banquet is 14 May 2022 at the American Legion Post in Linglestown, PA. The CGC WPPL teams need more shooters to be competitive within the league. If interested, contact Gary Gibson, Dick Pryor, Pete Castle, or any WPPL shooter. See the schedule on the CGC Bulleting Board for matches and for names of CGC shooters. The league starts again in September.

Trustees Report – Bob Berrettini. Bob provided a detailed written report on range repairs conducted 22 Feb – 5 March 2022. Volunteers who registered during work days were recognized and thanked. See attached report for details.                                                                                                                                                        – George Lawrence. The CGC roof still has several leaks that need to be repaired before the spring rains. We need to contact Carlisle SynTec Systems for roof inspection and repair. Action Item: Trustees.

Old Business – None.

New Business – None.

For the Good of the Club                                                                                                                                         – Bruce Apgar. Bruce is the 2023 Boy Scout National Jamboree coordinator. He needs 350 instructors/range safety officers for the shooting sports activities during the jamboree, which is scheduled for the last two weeks of July 2023 in West Virginia. Volunteers should contact Bruce Apgar.                                                                                                         – CGC member and Commander, VFW Post 477 Carlisle PA, Rick Olson. VFW Post 477 is an active post that serves veterans in our local community and beyond. Anyone who knows a veteran who needs assistance or encouragement, contact VFW Post 477. Any veteran, regardless of combat service, is invited to visit VFW Post 477 for fellowship, service and possible membership.

Motion to Adjourn was made by Mike Kubarek, seconded by Rick Bloser. The motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:58pm.

Respectfully submitted, Slim Connors, Recording Secretary, Carlisle Gun Club

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

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Officers present: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary and 3 Trustees.  There were 22 members present.

The Minutes for the February 2019 meeting were read and approved.  

Treasurer’s Report was read and accepted.  

Corresponding Secretary’s Report- No Report.

NRA Training Group Report- The NRA Training Group reported on training they conducted in March with a total of 8 students.  All training objectives were achieved. In addition to in-processing new members, CGC NRA instructors provided more than 59 hours of training in March.

New Members- There were 24 new members processed into the Club.  

4H Shooters– No Report.    

Cowboy Action- No Report.

Membership Committee- There are now a total of 446 members.  There are approximately 25 more applicants that will be processed during upcoming meetings.  Membership will be roughly 470 members once all new members are processed.  Those joining in April will have the membership fee pro-rated.   

WPPL Pistol Team- They are currently looking for more shooters.  Contact Gary Gibson if you are interested in joining the team.  

Trustees Report– Please park only in the gravel parking lot and avoid driving across anyone’s lawn.  We want to be respectful of our neighbors.  

Old Business- 

NRA Grant- Mike Kubarek shared that the CGC has been awarded the top NRA Grant.  We are currently waiting on the official NRA letter before placing the order for pistols and supplies that will be used during NRA training activities.

New Business- 

Members’ Skills- It was recommended to take into thought the various skills our many members have and consider them for work that needs done at the club such as cleaning and lawn care.  

Stop the Bleed Program- CGC Member Dr. James Hurley offered to provide a free course on trauma care called Stop the Bleed.  The skills taught would be used in the event of a mass shooting or traumatic accident.  

Basic Laws and other seminars- There is interest in asking an attorney to provide legal seminars for members.  More details to come.  

For the Good of the Club-

De- Lead Hand Soap-More lead removing hand soap is being purchased.  Please use sparingly with cold water.

Guns for Sale- An announcement was made reminding everyone to check the club’s bulletin board for guns and ammunition for sale by members.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:03 pm

Respectfully submitted,

Beth Moul
Recording Secretary, Carlisle Gun Club

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The meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by the Club President; there were 29 members present.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Officers present: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary and 3 Trustee.

The Minutes for the February 29, 2018 meeting were read and accepted.

Treasurer’s Report was read and accepted.  The total balance of all accounts, checking, savings, CDs and Training Fund amounted to $61,916.44.

Corresponding Secretary’s Report.  The corresponding secretary will be sending a message to membership reminding all that only paper-based targets are to be used on the range.

NRA Training Group Report- Reported a total balance of $5,459.81 in the training account.  There was a Personal Protection in the Home Course on 2-3 March and a Personal Protection Outside the Home on 24-25 March, 2018.  The remaining 2018 training courses are posted at the CGC Website.  Questions- contact Slim Connors.

New Members.  There were no candidates for membership.

Cowboy Action.  No Report

Membership Committee- There were several new candidates who submitted applications.  The waiting list stands at about 60.

WPPL Pistol Team.   Gold team is in 5^th place and the Blue Team is in 6^th place.

Trustees Report.- The club has been offered a donation of furniture (love seat).

Old Business

CMP- The club renewed its membership in the Civilian Marksmanship Program.    

Match w/ Carlisle UK Gun Club. The Club President will be talking with members of the Pistol and rifle teams and develop a committee to help develop a course of fire to be used during our competition with the Carlisle UK Gun Club.  Anyone who is interested should contact Tom Richwine.

New Business 

There was a discussion on the possibility of a group such as US Law Shield or others conducting a seminar on concealed carry or another topic at the club.  Chris Rodite volunteered to look into this further and report back to the club.  This was followed by a discussion on open carry during a Commonwealth declared state of emergency and its potential effects on the carrying of firearms, concealed or open.

For the Good of the Club.

No comments

The meeting was adjourned at 7:24 pm

Joseph Wasiak
Recording Secretary
Carlisle Gun Club

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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.

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3/28/2016

The meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Tom Richwine, there were 34 members present.

The meeting began with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Officers present: President –Tom Richwine, Vice President – Randy Nichols, Treasurer – Jeff Clippinger, Corresponding Secretary – Gary Gibson, Recording Secretary – Joe Wasiak, and Trustees – Mike Kubarek, and Phil Dyche.

The Minutes for the February 2016 meeting were read.  There was an amendment to note that the topic of the future of the club needed to be discussed at a future date.

Treasurers Report was read and approved.  The total balance of all accounts, checking, savings, CDs and Training Fund amounted to $64,308.17.

Corresponding Secretary’s Report– No Report

NRA Training Committee Report.  Frank Cummings reported  the Committee had an ending balance of $5,142.35.

-Four new NRA instructors were certified on 18-20 March.

-The tentative class for future training includes:

April 15/16:  Range Safety Officer Training
April 22-23: Basic Pistol Shooting
May 20-21: Personal Protection in the Home
June – Possibly a Personal Protection Outside the Home

-The NRA First Steps Training program is being retired on May 15, 2016.

Processing New Members.  There was one new club candidate who was introduced and the dismissed to in process.

4H Report- The 4H Shooters are still practicing.  There are no events until late summer.  They have room for new members.

Cowboy Action–  The Cowboy Action Shoots for 2017 are scheduled for January 7 and February 4.

Membership Committee– Tony Chiarella reported that with the addition of the new members this evening the total club membership stood at 399.

There was a question about the possible use of the FOB access system to determine the usage of the range by membership.  Tony Chiarella will develop some some usage metrics and report back to the club.

Pistol Team–  The next three Wednesday matches (April 6, 13, and 20) will be here at the club.

Trustees Report–

-Phil Dyche asked for feedback from the general members on the effectiveness of the heater system on the range.

Old Business.

-It was requested that the Club form a Building Committee to consider all capital improvements required for this facility and develop a comprehensive plan for all expenditures.

-Tom Richwine suggested the formation of a Capital Expenditures Committee.  Andy Henry stated he would be willing to take on the responsibility of chairing this committee if others are willing to assist.  Tom then directed the Corresponding Secretary to send a message to the general membership announcing the formation of this strategic planning committee and solicit volunteers to serve on it.

-There was a question about whether a one month delay on the decision to contract for repairs on the exterior of the building.  It was reported that this work could be delayed.

-Tom Richwine directed the Corresponding Secretary to disseminate a message to the membership informing them that at the next meeting we will be discussing possible major expenditures for capital improvements and encouraging all to attend.  At this meeting there will be discussions and decisions on spending funds for facility improvements.

New Business.

–Website-  There was a general discussion on the management and maintenance of the club website.  It was recommended that we create the position of a webmaster with a possible assistant to manage the updates of the Club Web Site.  The position would come under the supervision of the Vice-President.  Tome Richwine will investigate the hiring of a web design service to renovate the website and report back to the club.

Good of the Club.  There is a Concealed Carry Seminar at Shippensburg University on April 2, frim 9-11:00.  Registration is required As seating is limited.

The meeting adjourned at 8:30pm.

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