Upcoming Meeting Agenda

Call to Order

Pledges

Minutes

Correspondence

Treasurer’s Report

  • Bookkeeper Balance
  • Bank Account Balance
  • Midway Account Balance

Reports

  • Agent Report
  • Fundraising Committee
  • Sponsorship Committee
  • Discipline Reports (A, R, P, SG, WH, H))

Unfinished Business

  • Midway Account

  • Invoice for SS Tournament from Expo Park
  • Foundation Request for Venue Reimbursement
  • Camp
  • Other

New Business

  • Other

Announcements

  • National Shooting Sports Qualifier - May 5
  • Leaders Council Meeting - May 14th
  • Camp Registration Ends May 15th
  • SSLC Meeting - June 6
  • Camp - June 9th-12th

Current 4-H Year Meeting Minutes

 

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President, Coya Williams.

Pledges were led by Jen and Mistry.

Attendance:

Rose M., Samaria K., Coya W., Jody C., Mitsuru B., Donna J., Jen P., Misty A.

Minutes/Correspondence:

Minutes were approved as read.

Treasurer’s Report:

  • $13,499.86 in bank, $11,930.38 on the Balance Sheet and $3302.87 in the Midway account

Reports:

  • Agent Report
    • Rose let us know that there are 3 people interested in the 4-H agent position. There are 311 members and 70 leaders enrolled in 4-H. The office will be closed from noon to 1 each day due to short staff issues. No May project day and the Green Clover baskets are due by June 30th.
  • Fundraising Committee
    • Two people still haven’t picked up their claim tickets for their rifles
  • Discipline Reports
  • Rifle
    • No report
  • Pistol
    • No report
  • Western Heritage
    • Met at the end of March
  • Archery
    • 1 person going to Qualifiers in April & May
  • Hunting
    • Met at the end of March
  • Shotgun
    • Start April 8 from 6-7 p.m.

Old Business

  • Midway Account
    • Sent in new list of Instructors
    • Finding out how to get cash grant and donation

New Business

  • Invoice for SS Tournament
    • Expo park charged $1083.75- check was written
  • Foundation Facility Fee
    • Jody will email Liz to see what the process is for the $240 fee
  • President & Secretary Positions
    • Up for election in October
    • Samaria has one more term that she can run for
  • Camp
    • They decided to do Western Heritage this year with Scott Francis on June 10

Announcements

  • Project Day- April 13
  • SSLC Meeting – May 2
  • Archery Prequalifier- April 7
  • Archery Qualifier- May 5

Adjournment

Jody moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Misty.

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President, Coya Williams.

Pledges were led by Donna and Katrin.

 

Attendance:

Katrin F., Samaria K., Coya W., Jody C., Mitsuru B., Donna J.,

 

Minutes/Correspondence:

Minutes were approved as read.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

  • $12,108.33 in bank, $14,587.60 on the Balance Sheet and $3302.87 in the Midway account

Reports:

  • Agent Report
    • Katrin let us know that she would be our contact person at the office. Katrin and Rose will both be gone on March 14th & 20th. The application process is open for a new 4-H agent.

 

  • Fundraising Committee
    • Send out email to remind those who haven’t turned in their tickets yet.
    • Drawing will be on March 15th.

 

  • Discipline Reports
    • Rifle
      • 1 went to state in .22 rifle

 

    • Pistol
      • 1 went to state in air pistol and 2 went to state in .22 pistol

 

    • Western Heritage
      • Will meet in March

 

    • Archery
      • We had 8 kids go to state

 

    • Hunting
      • Will meet in March

 

    • Shotgun
      • Start April 8 from 6-7 p.m.
      • Registration to go out in March

 

Old Business

  • Live Tournament Discussion
    • Vests for volunteers
    • Walkie/Talkies
    • Timer for air gun
    • Lighting for air gun
    • Sign in divided by discipline
    • Sign-up sheets for tournament
    • QR code for results
    • Internet in building went well
    • Awards- need to order again for next year
    • Stablize barriers for air gun
    • Chalk line for target heights (buy)
    • Train others on scoring system

 

New Business

  • Reimbusement for trailer hitch
    • Coya bought a new trailer hitch for $62.99
    • Donna moved to reimburse Coya $62.99 for the trailer hitch. Jody 2nd the motion. Voted and passed.
  • Facebook Page
    • Katrin will be taking care of recreating the Shooting Sports page under MSU-Extension
    • Agent approved posts only
    • Will pull a list from the old page for name invists
  • Gun Show- Spring
    • Coya will be gone April 26-28 so we will not be doing the spring show
    • We will revisit in June for the September show

 

Announcements

  • Project Day- March 9
  • Leaders Council meeting- March 12
  • SSLC Meeting – April 4

 

Adjournment

Jody moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Donna.

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by Vice-President, Jody Cope.

Pledges

Pledges were led by Samaria.

Attendance:

Allyssa P., Samaria K., Coya W., Misty A., Jody C., Donna J., Isis B., Conn M., John G., Mary K.

Minutes/Correspondence:

Misty moved to approve the minutes as read. Mary 2nd the motion.

Treasurer’s Report:

  • $8,495.33 in bank, $10,035.06 on the Balance Sheet and $302.87 in the Midway account

Reports:

  • Agent Report
    • Allyssa let us know that her last day of working in Cascade County Extension is February 6th. She also said the office will be closed on February 19. Katrin will be helping with the Shooting Sports program until a new agent is hired. Rose is on call for our tournament and Jody will be the office representative at the tournament. She also let us know that we are waiting on Facebook to get back to the office on what is going to happen the 4-H Facebook pages due to the fact that the SS gun raffle has gotten them taken down.

 

  • Fundraising Committee
    • Tickets are on sale.
    • Email went out to all shooting sports families about selling the tickets.
    • $5559.90 is the cost of the guns
    • $4440.10 will be our profit

 

  • Discipline Reports
    • Rifle
      • Air Rifle
        • We had 2 kids go to Helena on January 6th
        • We have 1 kid that is looking at going to state.
      • .22 Rifle
        • We have 6 kids signed up for the project.
        • We are working on all 3 positions with the kids.
        • We have 1 that will be going to State.
    • Pistol
      • Air Pistol
        • We had 3 kids go to Helena on January 6th
        • 2 of those kids placed in the top 5
      • .22 Pistol
        • We have 5 kids signed up for the project
        • 3 of the 5 are already standing
        • At least 2 of them are looking at going to state
    • Western Heritage
      • Email went out to the parents about getting a date set for practices.
      • Still working on getting guns for the project
    • Archery
      • We had 8 kids go to Helena on January 6th with 4 of them placing
      • We had 7 kids go to Shelby on January 28th with 5 of them placing
      • We had 1 go to Kalispell on January 27th and placed in Hunting.
      • We have 2 going to Red Lodge on February 3rd.
      • It’s going great
      • We are getting ready for our tournament.
      • We are good with the light that was broken during practice at the church.
    • Hunting
      • Email went out to the parents about getting a date set for practices.
      • We had one member get high point at the Kalispell tournament.
    • Shotgun
      • April start date

Old Business

  • Live Tournament
    • Awards have been picked up by Jeremy.
    • Registration closes on February 9, 2024
    • No contract yet
    • We will have pipe/tables/chairs/wifi for the tournament
    • We can set up on Friday afternoon starting at about 3 p.m.
    • We need to be cleaned up on Saturday by 9 p.m.
    • We will have a spot at the registration table for kids to sell raffle tickets at.

New Business

  • Leaders Council Meeting Recap
    • Samaria let everyone know that Leaders Council has asked her to go look to see if there are any grants that we can apply for
      • John and Conn suggested talking to the following organizations:
        • Pheasants Unlimited
        • Safari Club
        • Ducks Unlimited
        • Turkey Club
        • Farmers Union
      • Samaria needs to report back to Leaders Council in March on our findings and they would be willing to help buys 2 smaller priced shotguns
    • Midway Account
      • Samaria let everyone know that we need to donate a minimum of $100 per year to the account and remove our annual cash grant each year to be able to keep our account active and not lose that money.
      • John G. said that he would donate the $100 to the account for us.
      • Samaria is going to check with Jeremy to see how the donation works and how to get the Cash grant.
      • Samaria will report back to the committee in March with an update

Announcements

  • Project Day- February 10
  • Live Tournament- February 17
  • MSU Extension Office Closed – February 19
  • SSLC Meeting – March 7

Adjournment

Isis moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Conn.

Call to Order 

The meeting was called to order by Secretary, Samaria Kirby. 

Pledges were led by Samaria. 

 

Attendance: 

Allyssa P., Samaria K., Coya W., Misty A., Jody C., Donna J., Jen P., Isis B. 

 

Minutes/Correspondence: 

Donna moved to approve the minutes as read. Misty 2nd the motion. 

 

Treasurer’s Report:  

  • $7, 663.31 in bank, $7,944.11 on the Balance Sheet and $3111.37 in Midway account 

 

Reports: 

  • Agent Report  
    • Allyssa let us know the office will be closed on January 15. There will be spring instructor trainings. She sent the tournaments out. 

 

  • Fundraising Committee 
    • Coya, Jody, and Samaria talked about the ideas that they had for fundraising. 
    • It was decided that we would do a 10-gun raffle through Scheels again. 
    • Jen moved to sell 500 tickets for $20 each for the 10-gun raffle to go towards shotguns, cases, and Western Heritage and to be drawn on March 15th. Donna 2nd the motion. Motion passed with a vote. 
    • We decided that we will draw 3 names from the members who sell tickets for 3 $25 gift cards from either Scheels or North 40. The member will get their name in the drawn for each book of tickets that they sell. 
    • Samaria will work with Scheels to get the raffle set up. 
    • Coya will work on the raffle tickets. 

 

  • Sponsorship Committee 
    • None 

 

  • Discipline Reports 
    • Rifle 
      • Air Rifle 
        • We have 2 kids going to Helena on January 6th 

 

      • .22 Rifle 
        • We have 6 kids signed up for the project. 

 

 

    • Pistol 
      • Air Pistol 
        • We have 3 kids going to Helena on January 6th 
      • .22 Pistol 
        • We have 5 kids signed up for the project 

 

    • Western Heritage 
      • Samaria will get ahold of parents 

 

    • Archery 
      • We have 57 kids shooting during 3 sessions 
      • We have 6 kids going to Helena on January 6th 
      • It’s going great 

 

    • Hunting 
      • Samaria will get ahold of parents 

 

    • Shotgun 
      • April start date 

 

Old Business 

  • Live Tournament 
    • Registration went out on January 1st 
    • It is on Fair Entry 
    • We need to order more awards for the tournament. 
    • Samaria will talk to Jeremy about ordering 25 gold; 15 silver; 10 bronze. 

 

New Business 

  • None 

 

Announcements 

  • Leaders Council Meeting- January 9 
  • Project Day- January 13 
  • MSU Extension Office Closed – January 15  
  • SSLC Meeting – February 1 

 

Adjournment 

Misty moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Donna. 

Call to Order 

The meeting was called to order by President, Coya Williams.

Pledges 

Pledges were led by Jen and Donna.

Attendance:

Allyssa P., Samaria K., Coya W., Misty A., Andrew K., Mary K., Jody C., Donna J., Jen P.

Minutes and Correspondence 

Donna moved to approve the minutes as read. Misty 2nd the motion.

Treasurer’s Report 

  • $7, 036.84 in bank and $3,111.37 in Midway account

Reports 

  • Agent Report
    • Allyssa let us know that there are 7 in Hunting, 2 in Western Hertiage, 16 in Shotgun, 6 in .22 Rifle, and 8 in .22 Pistol. She also told us that John Ganon got certified in Pistol. Karcie would like to get certified in Pistol and Shotgun and Emery would like to get certified in Archery. Samaria is going to the Advanced Archery training, while Josh L. goes to the Advanced Rifle. The office will be closed December 25th and January 1st. Allyssa will be gone December 22nd-January 1st.
  • Fundraising Committee
    • None
  • Sponsorship Committee
    • None
  • Discipline Reports (A, R, P, SG, WH, H)
    • Rifle
      • Air Rifle
        • We have 11 kids shooting
        • 7 in air and 4 in BB
        • 1 practice left
        • 2 kids would like to go to tournaments
      • .22 Rifle
        • January 9-February 27
        • 5:30-7:00
        • $20 registration fee
        • 12 kids limit
    • Pistol
      • Air Pistol
        • We have 7 kids shooting
        • One practice left
        • 3 kids looking at going to tournaments
      • .22 Pistol
        • January 11-February 29
        • 4:30-6:00
        • $20 registration fee
        • 10 kid limit
    • Western Heritage
      • Samaria will get ahold of parents
    • Archery
      • December 4th start
      • 55 kids signed up so far
      • 3 sessions
    • Hunting
      • Samaria will get ahold of parents
    • Shotgun
      • April start date
      • Talk to Jeremy about purchasing another shotgun

Unfinished Business 

  • Live Tournament 
    • January 20, 2024 at Expo Park
    • $15 entry fee
    • We will do Air Pistol (8:30-11:30), Air Rifle (12:00-4:30) with only prone and 3P. Archery times will stay the same.
    • Registration will go out in January on Fair Entry

New Business 

  • Fundraising Committee
    • We called for a committee to meet to discuss ways to be able to purchase more shotguns for the upcoming season.
    • Jody, Coya, and Samaria will be on the committee

Announcements

  • Project Day - December 9
  • MSU Extension Office Closed - December 25
  • MSU Extension Office Closed - January 1
  • SSLC Meeting - January 4

Adjournment

Jody moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Donna.

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President, Coya Williams.
Pledges were led by Coya.

Attendance:

Allyssa P., Samaria K., Coya W., Misty A., Andrew K., Mary K., Jody C., Isis B., Jeremy G. 

Minutes/Correspondence:

M moved to approve the minutes as read. Mary 2nd the motion.

Treasurer’s Report: 

  • No report

Reports:

  • Agent Report 
    • Allyssa let us know that the office would be closed until November 6th. It will also be closed on November 10th & 23rd. Jody is still out. Project books are not in yet but ordered. Project Fair/ Achievement Night went well. She let us know that there were currently 8 members enrolled in Air Pistol, 10 enrolled in Air Rifle, 4 enrolled in BB gun, 34 enrolled in Archery, 7 enrolled in Hunting, 1 enrolled in Western Heritage, 12 enrolled in Shotgun, 4 enrolled in .22 Pistol, and 6 enrolled in .22 Rifle.
  • Fundraising Committee
    • None
  • Sponsorship Committee
    • None
  • Discipline Reports
    • Rifle
      • Air Rifle
        • Started October 24th
        • We have 11 kids shooting
        • 7 in air and 4 in BB
        • Orientation went well
    • Pistol
      • Air Pistol
        • Started October 26th 
        • We have 7 kids shooting
        • Orientation went well
    • Western Heritage
      • Registration up will go out soon
    • Archery
      • Registration will go out later in November
      • Start December 4th with 3 sessions of 14 kids
    • Hunting
      • Registration will go out soon
    • Shotgun
      • April start date

Old Business

  • MRSA Storage
    • Joe and Coya got it handled.
  • 2023-2024 Budget
    • Jody moved to approve the budget as it was presented. Andrew 2nd motion. Voted and passed
  • Bylaw Vote
    • Jody moved to approve the bylaws as presented. Misty 2nd the motion. Voted and passed.

New Business

  • Live Tournament
    • January 20, 2024 at Expo Park
    • All instructors must take part
    • Parents need to help also

Announcements

  • Leaders Council Meeting - November 14 
  • MSU Extension Office Closed - November 10 
  • Project Day - November 11 
  • Foundation Meeting - November 21 
  • MSU Extension Office Closed - November 23 
  • SSLC Meeting - December 7

Adjournment

Jody moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Mary.

Call to Order 

The meeting was called to order by Vice-President, Coya Williams. 
Pledges were led by Coya.

Attendance: 

Samaria K., Coya W., Misty A., Conn M., Andrew K., Mary K., Donna J., Phil M., Jody B., Isis B., Jenn P.  

Minutes/Correspondence: 

Conn moved to approve the minutes as read. Mary 2nd the motion.

Treasurer’s Report:

Jody reported that we have $3,143.90 in our Midway USA account. The balance sheet says we have $7036.84 and the bank says that we have $7036.84 in our account.

Reports: 

Agent Report  

Allyssa was gone from the meeting, so no report.

Fundraising Committee 

None

Sponsorship Committee 

None

Discipline Reports 

  • Rifle
    • Air Rifle 
      • Registration is open 
         
  • Pistol 
    • Air Pistol 
      • Registration is open
  • Western Heritage 
    • No report
  • Archery 
    • No Report
  • Hunting 
    • No Report
  • Shotgun 
    • No Report

Old Business 

  • MRSA Storage
    • Joe is still waiting for other ammo to be moved out so ours can go in.
  • 2023-2024 Rule Changes
    • Mary moved to approve the rule changes as written. Conn 2nd motion. Voted and passed 
  • Officer Elections 
    • President: Coya Williams 
    • Vice-President: Jody 
    • Treasurer: Misty Ayers 
       
      Conn moved to accept Coya as President, Jody as Vice-President, and Misty as Treasurer. Jody 2nd motion. Voted and passed. 

Conn moved to put Misty on the bank account and to remove Joe from the account. Andrew 2nd the motion. Voted and passed.

Budget Presentation

  • Coya presented the budget 

Bylaw Presentation 

  • Coya presented the budget 
     

New Business

  • No new business to report.

Announcements 

  • SS Instructor Training in Lewistown- October 13-15 
  • Air Rifle begins- October 24 
  • Air Pistol begins- October 26 
  • SSLC meeting- November 2 

Adjournment 

Jody moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Andrew. 

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by Vice-President, Coya Williams.

Pledges

Pledges were led by Coya.

Attendance

Samaria K., Victoria K., Allyssa P., Coya W., Misty A., Conn M., Andrew K., Mary K.,
Donna J., Josh L., Brett S.

Minutes and Correspondence

Misty moved to approve the minutes as read. Conn 2nd the motion.

Treasurer’s Report

Samaria reported that we have $3,143.90 in our Midway USA account. The balance sheet says we have $7,845.64 and the bank says that we have $7036.84 in our account.

Reports

  • Agent Report
    • Allyssa took over all 4-H programs in August when she came back to work. The office will be closed on September 4. October 1st is the first day
      of the 4-H year. You need to sign up as a volunteer leader to be able to vote on the committee.
  • Fundraising Committee
    • We received a $250 donation from the Great Falls Trap Club.
  • Sponsorship Committee
    • None
  • Discipline Reports
    • Rifle
      • Air Rifle
         October 24-December 12
         8 weeks
         6:00-7:00 on Tuesday nights
         12 slots
      •  .22 Rifle
         January 9-February 27
         8 weeks
         6:00-7:00 on Tuesday nights
         12 slots
    • Pistol
      • Air Pistol
         October 26-December 14
         4:30-6:00 on Thursday nights
      • .22 Rifle
         January 18-February 29
         4:30-6:00 on Thursday nights
    • Western Heritage
      • We will be purchasing guns for our own practices.
      • Depending on who is interested will determine when we start.
    • Archery
      • December 4-February 26
      • Off December 25
      • 3 time slots with 14 kids per slot
      • Advanced Archery will start December 6 or 7
    • Hunting
      • We will meet once a month from November to June.
    • Shotgun
      • done

Unfinished Business

  • MRSA Storage
    • Joe is still waiting for other ammo to be moved out so ours can go in.
  • 2023-2024 Instruction Planning
    • See Discipline Reports

New Business

  • 2023-2024 Rule Changes
    • Tournaments p.6
    • Equipment p. 6-7
    • Parent/Expectation p.7
    • Rifle/BB Gun p.8
    •  Pistol p.8
    • Shotgun p.9
    • Western Heritage p.9
    • Archery p.9-10
    • Fair targets p.10
    • Instructor p.10-11
  • Instructor Training
    • October/December dates
  • Project Days
    • 2nd Saturday November-May
  • Officer Nominations
    • President – 1 year term
    • Vice-President-2 year term
    • Treasurer- 2 year term
  • Budget Committee
    • September 20 @ 5:15
    • Samaria, Coya, Jody
  • Bylaw Review Committee
    • September 20 @ 5:15
    • Samaria, Coya, Jody
  • Gun Show
    • September 22-24
    • Help needed to man the booth
  • Travel Reimbursement
    • Up to $1500 to be put into the budget

Announcements

  • Leaders Council Meeting- September 12
  • Foundation meeting – September 18
  • New 4-H Year Begins – October 1
  • SSLC meeting- October 5

Adjournment

Donna moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Misty.

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President, Joe Leggett.

Pledges were led by Joe.

 

Attendance:

Samaria K., Victoria K., Allyssa P., Joe Leggett, Coya W., Jody C., Isis B., Misty A.

 

Minutes/Correspondence:

Misty moved to approve the minutes as read. Coya 2nd the motion.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

  • Jody reported that we have $3,045.57 in our Midway USA account. The balance sheet says we have $5,902.51 and the bank says that we have $8082.36 in our account.
  • When the May bank statement comes out we will reconcile the account to see what checks are still out there that need to be cashed.

 

Reports:

Agent Report

    • Allyssa let us know that she will be out of the office from Monday, June 5th – August 15th. If we have any questions we are to reach out to Rose for help. The office will be closed on July 4th and our next meeting will be in September.

 

Fundraising Committee

    • None

 

Sponsorship Committee

    • None

 

Discipline Reports

  • Rifle
    • none
  • Pistol
    • none

 

  • Western Heritage
    • Working with Brian from Teton County

 

  • Archery
    • 2 members went to the qualifier on May 7th in Livingston.

 

  • Hunting
    • We will be going on a hike in June.

 

  • Shotgun
    • done

 

Old Business

  • MRSA Storage
    • Joe will be cleaning out the vault at the MRSA to use for 4-H.

 

New Business

  • 2023-2024 Planning
    • Lead Instructors need to start planning with the other instructors for the upcoming year.
    • Budget items need to be listed.
    • Rulebook changes also need to be looked at
    • Pistol will be meeting for 7 weeks next year:
      • Air: October 26-December 14 from 4:30-6:00
      • .22: January 18-February 29 from 4:30-6:00
    • Charging $2/box for .22 ammo next year was also brought up

 

Announcements

  • Camp: June 11-14, Niehart
  • SS Record Book Check: July 6th from 2:00-5:00 p.m.
  • SSLC meeting: September 7 at 6:00 p.m.

 

Adjournment

Coya moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Jody.

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President, Joe Leggett.

Pledges were led by Joe.

 

Attendance:

Samaria K., Victoria K., Allyssa P., Joe Leggett, Coya W., Jody C., Isis B., Misty A.

 

Minutes/Correspondence:

Coya moved to approve the minutes as read. Isis 2nd the motion.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

  • No Report

 

Reports:

Agent Report

Allyssa let us know that the office will be closed on May 29th.

 

Fundraising Committee

  • Made $720 on gun raffle
  • Jody moved to increase the price of the rifle purchase for $280 instead of $260. Coya 2nd the motion. Motion passed by vote.

 

Sponsorship Committee

    • None

 

Discipline Reports

  • Rifle
    • none
  • Pistol
    • none

 

  • Western Heritage
    • Working with Brian from Teton County

 

  • Archery
    • 2 members plan to go to the qualifier on May 7th in Livingston

 

  • Hunting
    • We will be having a hike and meeting in May and June

 

  • Shotgun
    • We were asked to help load trap houses for local tournament on May 13 & 15

 

Old Business

  • MRSA Storage
    • Joe has an alternative plan instead of purchasing a storage cabinet.

 

  • Gun Show
    • Coya reported that it went great, and we sold all 100 raffle tickets.
    • $13 was donated to the committee.
    • They would like to do it again in the fall.

 

New Business

  • 4-H Structure
    • Starting in October 2023, Rose will only be doing Ag, and Allyssa will be doing all aspects of the 4-H program.
  • Joe
    • Joe let us know that in October that he will be stepping down from the committee and only be doing pistol instruction.

 

Announcements

  • Archery Qualifier: May 7, 2023; Livingston
  • SSLC Meeting: June 1, 2023
  • Camp: June 11-14, Niehart

 

Adjournment

Jody moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Victoria and Isis.

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President, Joe Leggett.

Pledges were led by Joe.

 

Attendance:

Samaria K., Victoria K., Allyssa P., Joe Leggett, Coya W., Jody C., Isis B.

 

Minutes/Correspondence:

Coya moved to approve the minutes as read. Victoria 2nd the motion.

ExpoPark sent a Thank you for using their facilities for our tournament.

 

Treasurer’s Report:

  • No Report

 

Reports:

  • Agent Report

Allyssa let us know that she will be working from home and that the baby’s due date will be towards the beginning of June now so she might miss our June meeting.

 

  • Fundraising Committee
    • Joe will go and purchase the rifle
    • Coya made 100 tickets to be sold before and during the gun show
    • Coya would like to have give away items for kids that go through the gun show

 

  • Sponsorship Committee
    • None

 

  • Discipline Reports
    • Rifle
      • none
    • Pistol
      • none

 

    • Western Heritage
      • Still working on getting this lined up for the rest of the season
      • Samaria will go to Logan to get certified in the project.
    • Archery
      • 2 members went to the Pre-qualifier for Nationals and plan to go to the qualifier in May
    • Hunting
      • We completed everyone’s survival packs at our March meeting
      • April meeting will be rescheduled
    • Shotgun
      • Started April 6 with 13 kids signed up
      • We will need to purchase more ear plugs and punch cards

 

Old Business

  • MRSA Storage
    • Joe still hasn’t picked it up yet. He is looking at something else as of right now.

 

  • Vice-President/Treasurer
    • Joe nominated Coya as Vice-President. Coya accepted the nomination. Voted and passed.

Victoria moved to put Coya on the bank account as another signer and leave everything else as it stands right now. Jody 2nd the motion. Voted and passed

  • Coya nominated Jody as treasurer. Jody accepts the nomination. Voted and passed.

 

New Business

  • Camp
    • Victoria let the committee know that the JDs would like to have both archery and air gun at camp this year.
    • June 12
  • Federal Ammo
    • Samaria moved to buy 1 case of Champion .22 ammo and 1 case of Standard .22 ammo for $525 from the federal ammo program. Coya 2nd. Motion passed by vote.
    • Joe will order the ammo

 

Announcements

  • Foundation Meeting: April 18, virtual
  • Shooting Sports Instructor Training: April 21-22, 2023; Logan
  • Shotgun Qualifier: April 22, 2023; Logan
  • SSLC meeting: May 4, 2023
  • Archery Qualifier: May 7, 2023; Livingston
  • Camp: June 11-14, Niehart

 

Adjournment

Victoria moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Jody.

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order by President, Joe Leggett.
Pledges were led by Joe.

Attendance:

Samaria K., Victoria K., Allyssa P., Joe Leggett, Misty Ayers, Coya W.

Minutes/Correspondence:

Coya moved to approve the minutes as read. Victoria 2nd the motion.

Treasurer’s Report:

  • Midway $2960
  • No Bank Statement
  • Balance Sheet $7156.91
  • All tournament money has been deposited into the bank.

Reports:

Agent Report

Allyssa let us know that she sent out an email letting everyone know that we are looking for volunteers for our committee and instructors for shooting sports as a whole.

Fundraising Committee

  • We will be raffling off the rifle at the gun show in April.
  • We will sell tickets for $10/ticket and sell 100 tickets.
  • Coya will work on getting the tickets ready

Sponsorship Committee

None

Discipline Reports

Rifle

  • We have one person going to state in air rifle and 2 going to state in .22 rifle
  • Joe would like to see the season reduced by 2 weeks and having only 1 session.

Pistol

  • Going good
  • 1 person going to state in .22 pistol

Western Heritage

  • Lindley’s are moving so Allyssa is trying to reach out to Teton county to see if our kids can finish out this year with them.
  • There are currently 9 kids involved in the project

Archery

  • Going good
  • We have 9 kids going to state.
  • Coya would like to see the nets cleaned at the end of the season. Allyssa said to check in with National Laundry to see if they could do it.

Hunting

  • Feb. 22 meeting was cancelled but Samaria is looking at having it rescheduled with FWP

Shotgun

  • April 6 – May 11 from 5:30-6:30 at the trap club
  • Registration will go out in March
  • $20 registration fee

Old Business

MRSA Storage

  • Joe found a medal cabinet for about $279 at North 40 and will look at picking it up.

Live Tournament Recap

  • No contract signed yet
  • We might have a small profit from tournament depending on wifi cost
  • Coya would like to send thank-yous for the volunteers and gift cards who helped with the tournament.
  • Coya also stated that we should have had the medal backers covered with cardboard.

Record Book Check Date

  • Coya and Samaria decided that we would have the kids get their books to the office by July 5 and we would go over them on July 6th at 2 p.m.

New Business

Foundation Travel Reimbursement

  • Foundation decided to up the travel reimbursement from $800 to $1200.
  • They will take 75% of each of the members expenses and then divide that money among them as best as they can. Everyone will get part of their 75% back but not all of it.

Year Length

  • Coya brought up that she would like to see the rifle and pistol season shortened by 2 weeks. Joe agreed with this- He would like it to end before state.
  • It was also stated that we should maybe look at changing the look of the archery season also.

Election of Officers

  • We need to elect a new Vice-President & Treasurer
  • Joe decided to table this until later.

Announcements

  • State Shoot: March 3-5, 2023; Bozeman
  • Project Day: March 4, 2023
  • Leaders Council Meeting: March 14, 2023
  • Shooting Sports Instructor Training: March 31-April 1, 2023; Billings
  • Archery Pre-Qualifier: April 1-2, 2023 Livingston
  • SSLC Meeting: April 6, 2023; at 6 p.m.
  • Shooting Sports Instructor Training: April 21-22, 2023; Logan
  • Shotgun Qualifier: April 22, 2023; Logan
  • Archery Qualifier: May 7, 2023; Livingston

Adjournment

Coya moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Victoria.

Return to Meeting

Joe called the meeting back to order due to unfinished new business at 6:51 p.m.

New Business

Bank Account

Coya moved to remove Tammy and Jeff Lindley from the bank account and to put Joe Leggett on the checking account. Also to have Samaria Kirby to be given online banking privileges until a treasurer can be elected. Victoria 2nd the motion. Motion passed with a vote.

2nd Adjournment

Victoria moved to adjourn the meeting, which was 2nd by Coya.