Board Meeting Minutes
TRC meeting minutes for January (Agenda-PDF)
TRC minutes January 19, 2011
Called to order st 1806h.
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Secretary
Safety Officer
Rifle Director
Pistol Director
Absent:
Vice-President
Treasurer
Executive Officer (position vacant)
Action Director
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: approved
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $9,721.73
Expenses: $9,942.17
Monthly loss: $220.44
Yearly surplus: $33,318.92
Chase Checking Account Balance: $82,384.89
Chase Savings Account Balance: $2,531.84
First Investors Savings Balance: $2,862.73
1C: Verified.
1D:
1: Noted
2: Noted
3; Noted
Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors & Committee Reports
A: Action Shooting: Shoots well attended. Action range filled almost every weekend.
B: Position vacant.
C: Nothing to report. We need someone to run pistol silhouette matches. We should not schedule matches if no director is available.
D: Small bore match a success. Benchrest shooters will begin matches.
E: No new safety issues. Chris will be advised that his grandson is not allowed on the John Deere tractor.
F: Met with the heavy equipment operator. Bill has prepared the G&F proposal and will send it in next week. Bill has a contact for coating the blackpowder tables with bed liner material. John suggested contacting the muzzleloaders to evaluate just what needs to be coated. Bill will get 3 bids for building facades.
G: May absent
H: Will meet in March.
3:
A: TRC receives grant money in return for it’s support of Santa Cruz Friends of the NRA. We will provide 10 TRC memberships, a Glock certificate and we will sponsor a table.
B: Approve Old Pueblo Gunfighters shoot on the pistol silhouette range.
C: The benchrest shooters are a small group. It is a 100 yd. Shoot. IBS varmint rules used. They request Saturday range use for 4.5h. They would like to use the high power range 1-2 times per year. Propose using the blackpowder range but need to evaluate the suitability of bedliner material on the tables for the benchrest shooters. Propose moving benchrest shooters to the high-power range during hunting season.
4.
A: Approved as a monthly lease; $50.00 per month.
B: Approved. Bill would like storage sheds arranged in an orderly fashion.
C: Bill: The ramp on the 330 yd. position on the 1000 yd. Range will be completed. A work party is scheduled for Memorial Day and will be posted on the TRC calendar.
Adjourned: 1908h.
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for February (Agenda-PDF)
TRC minutes February 16, 2011
Called to order at 1804h.
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Vice-president
Secretary
Treasurer
Safety Officer
Action Director
Rifle Director
Pistol Director
Absent:
Executive Officer (vacant)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: Approved
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $17,388.75
Expenses: $17,145.93
Monthly surplus: $192.82
Yearly surplus: $192.82
Chase Checking Account Balance: $71,443.09
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,881.94
First Investors Savings Balance: $2,862.73
1C:
1: Approved
2: Some of the safety walls are bowing outward. The contractor is working on the problem.
3: Noted. We have the ability to get nearby roadwork ‘grindings’ since we are a state range. This will reduce our costs.
Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors & Committee Reports:
A: Action Shooting: Attendance stable for pistol shoots. Night shoots attendance increasing. Bowling pin matches ‘catching on.’
B: Executive Officer: position vacant
C: Pistol Director: Bowling pin shoot will shift to the Cowboy bay.
D: Rifle Director: Would like advance of $1000 to improve high power range. Approved. Tony will be instructed to replace rotting plywood. Also requested that targets not be moved which is the current rule. Noted that some targets need some welding.
E: Safety Officer: Proposed spending time with Range Master on the 100 yd. range to learn TRC rules. Discussed posting signs with range rules as well as hiring someone to patrol the three public ranges. Will evaluate which days are the busiest and potentially hire someone to patrol the public ranges on the busiest days.
F: Range Improvement: We have the bids for gates and openers. We may have an opportunity to get some seized trailers for the ranges. Proposal for the action range improvements has been sent to G&F. Bill is working with Tony on various range projects. We will proceed with $300, previously approved, to repair sheds. Bill would like to replace the range radios.
G: ASR&PA: May wondering if any of us have heard of the RKBA group. There is a bill in the legislature proposing the 1870 Peacemaker as the official state firearm. There is a lot of opposition to the proposed Flagstaff shooting range. We would like to recruit support. Please note that May 7th is the annual banquet. Finally, we cannot approve a name change for the range without G&F approval.
H: State Range Policy: Expect next meeting in March or April.
3: Old Business:
None
4: New Business:
Please note that there was a theft of a piece of equipment from a range member at the range. Please be cautious and report suspicious behavior to the range masters.
Adjourned at 1904h.
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for March (Agenda-PDF)
TRC minutes March 16, 2011
Called to order @ 1806h.
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Action Director
Pistol Director
Absent:
Safety Officer
Rifle Director
Executive Officer (position vacant)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: approved
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $9,912.25
Expenses: $8,438.07
Monthly surplus: $1,474.18
Yearly surplus: $1,667.25
Chase Checking Account Balance: $68,300.83
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,882.28
First Investors Savings Balance: $2,862.73
1C:
1: Approved
2: Approved
Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors & Committee Reports:
A: Haven’t spoken with Cowboy shooters. Shoots increading in attendance.
B: Position vacant
C: Bowling matches attendance currently low.
D: Matches doing well.
E: Shooters on 22 pistol range experiencing ricochets. These probably originate on the DPS range. These ranges should not be run simultaneously. Suggest sending e-mail to match directors.
Bill to report to Larry regarding 4-H damage to small bore target holders. 4-H will be notified of the damage and they should replace the holders. Also noted that 4-H shooters were not signing-in.
F: We have been approved for dirt work that will interfere with some matches. Benchrest shooters would like to use concrete benches. Awaiting additional bid for shed for action shooters.
G: May 7 is the annual meeting. TRC will buy a table.
H: No meeting to date.
3: Old Business
Approximately $1500 worth of targets are missing from the high-power range. Suggest that targets be chained to bases. We will try this and evaluate the effectiveness.
4: New Business:
1: Kevin B. noted that a range in Florida offered an open range for ladies, with great success. Question posed as to whether TRC should try a similar program including food vendors. Kevin to follow up.
2: Directors would like to extend safety walls on the action range to the burms. Bids will be obtained for these improvements.
Adjourned 1903h
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for April (Agenda-PDF)
TRC minutes April 20, 2011
Called to order at 1805h.
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Safety Officer
Rifle Director
Action Director
Absent:
Vice-President
Pistol Director
Executive Officer (position vacant)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: pending
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $10,529.50
Expenses: $7,770.18
Monthly surplus: $2,759.32
Yearly surplus: $4,426.32
Chase Checking Account Balance: $77,770.58
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,882.90
First Investors Savings Balance: account closed and funds transferred to Chase Savings.
1C:
1: Noted per attachment:
1: Approved
2: Awaiting Blohm presentation to the Board.
3: Previously approved. The currently approved range is a temporary location.
Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors & Committee Reports:
A: There was an April 2nd match; the others have been cancelled.
B: Position vacant.
C: Absent
D: State match in May. Approximately 12 shooters each at the small bore and blackpowder matches. Milt Hood sign will be placed on the high power range.
E: No new safety complaints. A child was seen climbing on a berm while their parents were on another range. Bill O. spoke with the parents.
F: The dirt work should come in on budget.
G: BLM is planning a visit to Ironwood Hills. May will try to attend the visit.
H: No meeting held at this time.
3: Old Business:
A: Approved
4: New Business:
A: Jeff Blohm requests the 5th Saturdays on the 1000yd range for a blackpowder match using NRA rules. If TRC sponsors the shoot, records of funds must be maintained and $5 per shooter goes to TRC. The Board would like to hear from Karl Huntsner regarding his request for the same time before a final decision. If Jeff’s shoot is approved, it will be TRC sponsored.
B,C: Tony’s immediate dismissal approved.
D: $250 approved.
E: Jeff Blohm raised concerns about disseminating club events to ‘old members.’ Website and other modalities discussed. Range inspection and maintenance discussed. Jeff’s suggestion to ‘sell TRC’ noted.
Adjourned: 1936h.
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for May (Agenda-PDF)
TRC minutes May 18, 2011
Called to order @ 1800 h.
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Action Director
Pistol Director
Safety Officer
Rifle Director
Absent:
Secretary (Excused)
Executive Officer (position vacant)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: approved
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $28,505.73
Expenses: $28,306.39
Monthly surplus: $199.34
Yearly surplus: $4,625.66
Chase Checking Account Balance: $55,540.98
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,883.48
1C: Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors & Committee Reports:
Oral Reports to update Executive Committee.
3: Old Business
A: The initial Dirt berm and Safety Wall construction on the HPSR, PSR and Action Range has been completed. A motion to complete the berm project with the installation of a 48’ drainage culvert in the wash that traverses the long action bay and filling in the open space in the East long bay safety berm was made and approved pending AZGFD approval of the construction.
B: Access, rules and Safety protocol’s for ranges beyond the gate. Tabled to be discussed at the June Meeting.
4: New Business:
A: Purchase of Cannon Fireproof Gun safe. Motion made and Approved.
B: Purchase of laptop for the Treasurer, open pending further.
C: Bill Orzechowski received an award for building the new rifle racks for the Small Bore Rifle Range.
Adjourned 1921h
LJN for KBS
TRC meeting minutes for June (Agenda-PDF)
TRC minutes June 15, 2001
Called to order at 1817h.
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Safety Officer
Rifle Director
Absent:
Executive Officer (position vacant)
Action Director (excused)
Pistol Director (excused)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: approved
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $11,811.00
Expenses: $25,950.04
Monthly loss: $14,139.04
Yearly loss: $9,513.38
Chase Checking Account Balance: $48,490.51
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,844.12
1C: Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors & Committee Reports:
Oral reports presented to update the Executive Committee
3: Old Business
A: Tabled until July. Suggestions included: To go beyond the gate, you must be a member or attending a match. Sign-in for each range. Each range will have specific rules. Range flags will be raise before use, and lowered after range use. There will be NO shooting without raising the range flag. Targets must meet TRC specifications. Exceptions must be approved by the Board or the Rangemasters.
B: Noted.
C: May needs to order a computer.
4: New Business
A: Approved.
B:
-While the club offered chain link panels to build enclosures for targets on the high power range, it was suggested that trailers, especially used horse trailers, may provide a superior and more cost effective choice.
-The club will stock the snack machine and find an appropriate location for the machine. We will determine if we sell adequate amounts of snacks to justify the machine. The Rangemasters will receive the profits from the machine.
-We need to clean up the range and we need to develop a program for range cleanup.
-Someone has been locking the access gates behind the High-Power Range. If anyone sees such activity they should notify the Rangemasters and/or the Board as soon as possible.
Adjourned 1741h.
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for July (Agenda-PDF)
TRC minutes July 20, 2011
Called to order at 1801h.
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present: President
Treasurer
Action Director
Rifle Director
Pistol Director
Absent: Vice-President
Secretary (excused)
Safety Officer (excused)
Executive Officer (position vacant)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: approved
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $7,116.50
Expenses: $16,925.98
Monthly loss: $9,809.48
Yearly loss: $19,322.86
Chase Checking Account Balance: $37,016.84
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,884.72
1C: Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors & Committee Reports:
Oral reports presented to update the Executive Committee
3: Old Business
A: Draft copy of the rules and safety protocols for Range’s # 4-8 voted on and approved.
B: TRC Weekly shooting clinic voted on and approved. This event was added to the web site calendar.
4: New Business
A: Tom Jacobs representing Old Pueblo Shootist did not appear to address the board.
B: Special Memberships, Tabled to next month’s meeting.
Adjourned 1841h.
LJN for KBS
TRC meeting minutes for August (Agenda-PDF)
TRC August 17,2011 minutes.
Called to order: 1805h
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Action Director
Safety Officer
Rifle Director
Absent:
Vice-President
Executive Officer (position vacant)
Pistol Director (excused
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: approved.
1B: Treasurer’s report
Revenues: $15,024.19
Expenses: $26,288.80
Monthly loss: $11,204.61
Yearly loss: $30,527.47
Chase Checking Account Balance: $33,988.02
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,884.72
1C:
1: approved
2: noted
3: noted
4: noted
Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors and Committee Reports:
Oral reports presented to update the Executive Committee
3: Old Business:
3A: TRC will use Champs criteria do determine eligibility for Special Memberships.
4: New Business:
4A: May noted that new membership cards are held in the file at the range office, unless a self-addressed and stamped envelope is enclosed. Larry suggested a card system but that still requires envelops.
4B: Bill requests that the fees for ‘M1 for Vets’ be waived. TRC will collect the fees and write a check to ‘M1 for Vets’.
Adjourned at 1856h.
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for September (Agenda-PDF)
TRC September 21, 2011 minutes
Called to order: 1802h
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Safety Officer
Rifle Director
Pistol Director
Absent:
Action Director (Excused)
Executive Officer (position vacant)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: approved
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $8,280.75
Expenses: $14,707.57
Monthly loss: $6,426.82
Yearly loss: $36,954.29
Chase Checking Account Balance: $31,405.13
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,885.96
1C:
1: Approved
2: Previously approved
3: Noted
Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors and Committee Reports:
Oral reports were presented to update the Executive Committee
3: Old Business:
A: Need to fill Executive Officer position. (? Need to note nominees names)
B: Noted
4: New Business:
A:
1: Ricochets from 100 yd. range onto 300 yd. position on High Power Range noted.
2: Noted.
3: Repairs more than cart is worth. Will use cart until it dies and then decide on next vehicle purchase.
B:
1: Would like to move Quick Draw Group to accommodate the Lever Action Match and coordinate with other ranges. It was suggested that the two groups work out a solution.
2: Lens pens and LED lights are available to TRC at discounted prices.
Adjourned at 1854h.
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for October (Agenda-PDF)
TRC October 19, 2011 minutes
Called to order 1808h
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Action Director
Pistol Director
Absent:
Safety Officer (Excused)
Rifle Director (Excused)
Executive Officer (position vacant)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: Approved
1B: Treasurer’s report:
Revenue: $10,404.25
Expenses: $8,174.00
Monthly surplus: $2,230.25
Yearly loss: $34,724.04
Chase Checking Account Balance: $36,790.86
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,886.56
1C:
1: Approved
2: Approved
Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors and Committee Reports:
Oral reports were presented to update the Executive Committee.
3: Old Business:
A: Approved (Peter Hills was nominated from the floor as Executive Officer).
4: New Business:
A: Requesting parties should present to the Board.
B: Catalina Hotshots shoot twice a year with small turnout. Need to coordinate their request with the high demand hunting season.
C: Seems like a legitimate group. They will be scheduled if the follow all rules and procedures.
D:
1: This pair has had 2 .223 malfunctions with reloaded ammunition. If another episode occurs, they will be limited to factory ammunition.
2: Noted.
E: Approved.
F:
1: Poor state of woman’s bathrooms at the range discussed. We will approach G&F regarding the bathroom issues.
2: We need to decide how to deal with shooters who do not sign-in.
3: We will get estimates for painting the range.
Adjourned 1857h.
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for November (Agenda-PDF)
TRC November 16. 20011 minutes
Called to order at 1806h.
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Action Director
Rifle Director
Safety Officer
Absent:
Treasurer (Excused)
Pistol Director (Excused)
Executive Officer (position vacant)
1: Consent Agenda:
1A: Approved
1B: Treasurer’s Report:
Revenue: $22,019.75
Expenses: $9,441.93
Monthly surplus: $12,577.82
Yearly loss: $22,146.22
Chase Checking Account Balance: $45,580.79
Chase Savings Account Balance: $14,887.18
1C: 1: Noted
2: Approved
Consent agenda approved.
2: Directors and Committee Reports:
Oral reports were presented to update the Executive Committee.
3: Old Business:
None
4: New Business:
A: Thomas Sloane not present. John Luiten will contact U. of A. professors regarding students and appropriate feedback from students,
B: Good PR. Approved
C: Denied.
Adjourned 1845h.
KBS
TRC meeting minutes for December (Agenda-PDF)
TRC 12/27/2011, minutes.
Called to order 1810
Attendance per sign-in roster:
Present: President
Vice President
Rifle Director
Pistol Director
Action Shooting Director
Safety Officer
Executive Officer
Absent: Secretary
Treasurer
1. Consent Agenda
1A Approved
1B Approved
1C Range Requests Approved
2. Directors & Committee Reports Waived.
3. No old business
4. New Business
A: Babes With Bullets need conex storage box for donated targets and equipment
Purchasing a storage container; APPROVED
B: John Luiten offered to make a list of requirements necessary for UofA Students
who want access to the TRC range for multi-media assignments.
C: Authorization was given to arrange for the removal of scrap metal from TRC range.
APPROVED
D: Pistol silhouette gongs appear to have been damaged by rifle fire. Pater Hills will
look into feasibility and cost of installing video cameras to monitor .22 Silhouette
and Pistol Silhouette Ranges.
5. 2011 Annual Report given by President
Election of Officers was held and all incumbent officers were voted in for another term.
Meeting Adjourned 1858
SD & LJN for KBS
