September Meeting Agenda

September 9th, 2008 Meeting Agenda

• Meal: James Westbury and Chris Daniels
• October 14th Mark Schubert and John Plageman
• November 8th Rick Moreau and Frank Begert (Lobsters)
• December 9th Tom Taylor and Dave Tolman

New Business:

• The 2009 Elections are soon approaching. We need to set our sights on new board members for the following year. Nominations will be taken at the October 14th meeting with the election being held at the November 8th meeting.
• Missing deer feeders. We have had two deer feeders disappear from the club property. A police report will be filed on this. Please keep an eye out for anyone who is on the property that should not be there. The property in the 20’s has been posted by the Forester who is coordinating with the land owner, but no fence has gone up yet. Putting this fence in place should be a priority to protect our property. Chris Conkle will be heading up this effort and we need to support him as much as possible.
• The land owner is providing all materials including a gate for entry and exit. He is also providing us with a $300 decrease in the property lease over the next 2 to 3 years. This will be a substantial savings for the club.
• Staples for the upcoming hunting season normally come out of the club treasury. We need to know if we want or can do this again this year or if we want volunteers to provide supplies. A financial report may help make this decision.
• Committee assignments: Members for each committee have been realigned. Please see the web sight for this realignment. This was necessary because of the large number of people lost and gained over the last year. We will also post a bulletin with this information on the bulletin board for your viewing. This list will be modified as new members join. Please do your part on these committee’s.

Financial Report:

• John Plageman

Old Business:

• Camp workday was August 23rd. We had a great turn out for this day and the board would like to thank all that participated. I don’t ever remember having a work day with so many people attending as we did this year. There is still plenty of work to do so if you could not attend on this day please contact your committee chairman for things that still need to be done. Additionally, we will need everyone’s help to erect the fences in the 20’s when we get ready to do that. A special thanks goes out to Frank Begert for making the effort to travel all the way from Maine especially for this work day.
• 2008 Family Day: Brett Lavender will be heading this up. Please contact Brett for questions and guidance on what needs to be done. This will be held October 11th which is the Saturday before gun season opens. Ask Brett for any information he would like to present for the family day.
• The food plots are mowed and ready for planting / fertilizing. Alexander Busch and I started doing this a few weeks ago and Frank Begert and I finished on our work day. Tom Taylor is coordinating with Johnny Blackman, those that need to be re-planted should be soon and those that don’t should be limed and fertilized soon.
• Lobster Fest this year will be November 8th. We will be strictly limited to a total of 80 lobsters this year. If you want your lobsters please order early. The first week of gun season, October 18th through the 25th, we will allow everyone to order more then two lobsters per member on a first come first serve basis, until we reach our limit. If you haven’t ordered and paid for your lobsters by the Sunday noon, October 26th, it will be too late as usual. The lobsters will be $7.50 each this year. Please see Alexander Busch or Rick Moreau for your order.
• Hunting season 2008: The next season is upon us and we hope to have another great year. Please remember safety and being respectful of others. Please be sure to use the hunting locater board. I will try to make a chart to track the harvest at work. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for this scoreboard.
• Fence Installation: Chris Conkle is heading up this project. Please ask Chris for an update on this progress. We need to do this ASAP to prevent any other or more trespassers.
• Tractor Utilities. We have had luck locating a new Bush Hog however a spreader has not been found. The cost of the new Busch Hog was $481 and change. Although used, this unit is in good condition and should last us quite a few years. Please take care of our equipment. If you are interested in using the tractor we require that you get checked out on it’s operation with one of the board members or another member that has already operated the tractor in the past. Instructions for the tractor use, SOP, is on our web sight.
• A $20 assessment was approved for all members from the last meeting. This assessment is to pay for the new utilities for the camp tractor. This $20 is due tonight. Please pay John Plageman.
• Rifle Raffle Committee is Ragan Faler and James Westbury. A report is requested please. The drawing is tonight congratulations to all the winners.
• Membership drive is in effect and we have 7 openings that need to be filled. If you know someone thinking of joining their chances are narrowing.
• Land For Sale: We have successfully extended our lease for another year. We still need to actively look for property on which to put the camp property. Any help people can provide in locating a small piece of land for this would be greatly appreciated. With travel and work over the last couple months I have not been able to pursue this.