ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF THE
NEBRASKA STATE SPORTSMEN’S ASSOCIATION, INC.
d/b/a the
NEBRASKA TRAPSHOOTING ASSOCIATION
January 27, 2007
Holiday Inn – Kearney, NE
President Anthony
“Toney” Krajewski called the meeting to order at
7:45 a.m. Directors present were Bob Metzler, Brad
Lech, Chris Toedtli, Peter Lahti, Will Bennett,
Miles Fiscus and President Krajewski. Absent: Jack
Ross and Mike Mertz. Also in attendance were NTA
Secretary, Marilyn Behrens; CFO, Bill Curtis, and
Jim Bradford, Jr.
Motion by Toedtli,
seconded by Fiscus, to allow Bill Curtis to attend
the meeting. Motion carried unanimously. Motion by
Bennett, seconded by Lahti to allow Jim Bradford to
attend the meeting. Motion carried unanimously.
The minutes of the
January 28, 2006, annual meeting, and the June 21
and 26 meetings were mailed to the Board prior to
the meeting. Motion by Toedtli, seconded by
Metzler, to approve the minutes as mailed.
Motion carried unanimously.
The correspondence
from Jack Ross resigning from the Board and as
Grounds Manager, was discussed. Motion by Lahti,
seconded by Bennett, to not accept his resignation
and to ask Jack to rescind his request. Motion
carried unanimously.
President
Krajewski asked for a executive session to discuss
the reason’s stated for Jack’s decision and Mertz’s
continued service to the Board. Motion by Bennett,
seconded by Lahti to enter into executive session.
Motion carried unanimously. Behrens, Bradford and
Curtis were asked to leave the meeting at
approximately 8:00 a.m. At approximately 8:30, a
motion was made by Lahti, seconded by Fiscus, to
exit from executive session. Motion carried.
A motion was made
by Lahti, seconded by Bennett, to remove Mike Mertz
as a Director of NTA. Mertz is to be given the
opportunity to resign prior to being removed. On
Roll Call Vote six Directors voted yes, Director
Metzler voted no. President Krajewski will visit
with Mertz and give him the opportunity to resign
before taking the action approved by the Board.
ATA Delegate John
Burke arrived at the meeting.
One target bid
was received. Sunset Distributors, LTD, Dean
Bright, bid $6.59 (up from $6.09 last year). The
bid was for White Flyer targets, delivered to
Doniphan. Any returned pallets will be credited
back at $6.75 each. Payment of targets is due 30
days from the date the targets leave the plant. As
part of the bid, White Flyer will provide one pallet
of targets at no charge for the Youth Program.
Sunset needs at least two weeks lead time on our
orders. Motion by Toedtli, seconded by Lahti, to
approve the Bid of Sunset Distributors, LTD. Motion
carried unanimously. Discussion following
concerning locking in a price and number needed
earlier in the year as there is the possibility
targets could be in high demand without other
providers. This should be looked at during the
Honor Shoot in August!
Bill Curtis
reviewed the financial reports with those
present. He presented very helpful information
regarding the past year’s operation and compared the
figures with the past year. The depreciation report
reflected the retirement and sale of property and
the addition of the newly renovated and purchased
items. The financials showed a profit of $10,000+
after depreciation and expense of some of the items
relating to the renovation. The current cash
position presented by Behrens, showed bank notes of
$150,000 and $85,000, donations received to date at
Game & Parks of $32,900, Grant money of $22,500
coming from G&P, and a small balance in the checking
account. Motion by Bennett, seconded by Lech, to
approve the financials as presented. Motion
carried. The President thanked Curtis for his
detailed analysis and review of the operations of
the NTA.
Money raising projects were discussed. Lahti,
Chairman of the fund raising committee, sent out one
letter to the membership and Bradford will be
sending out another. They have a “target list” and
both stressed personal eye-to-eye contact with
prospect donors. Lahti asked the directors in each
zone to contact the shooting clubs in their zone for
donations. All Directors were urged to contact
possible donors. The secretary is to send out
pledge cards to each director for his use.
Submitting an application to Game & Parks for more
funds was discussed. Motion by Lahti, seconded by
Krajewski, to make application to the Game and
Parks Commission for improvements and new
automatic trap machines for the NTA facility in
Doniphan in the amount of $60,000. The motion
carried unanimously with all Directors present
voting “Aye”. The Secretary was instructed to
prepare the application and deliver it to the Game &
Parks office in a timely manner.
Lead
mining has not been completed due to the wet weather
last year. This needs to be followed up and if the
company contacted is no longer interested, we need
to get on Sears’ list for mining. Discussion
included having Lynn Gipson come up for a fee and
show us how they did their mining. They used a
scraper and a screen machine and did the work
themselves. Krajewski will pursue our options. The
Southern Power District is now billing one of our
meters on a “big service” capacity. Director
Bennett will research our options with the company
to get our electric bills lowered.
A
motion was made by Metzler, seconded by Toedtli, to
approve to approve a stipend for our ATA Delegate
to attend the Grand and ATA meetings at $500 per
year. Motion carried unanimously.
Bradford will contact Hongsermeier Bros. concerning
the hay agreement. We have not received
anything for the past year. After we mine for
lead, reseeding will need to take place. In past
years, this has been on a 50/50 basis.
The
following slate of nominations for induction to
the Hall of Fame were presented by Krajewski,
Bradford and Lech with the recommendation that six
be elected as shooting members and three as
associate members since there had not been a Hall of
Fame event for a number of years.
For
shooting members: Brett Erickson, Richard
Schoch, W. R. Grubbs, Rod Kerchal, Brian Whitmer,
Lance Kuck, John Voss, Bob Metzler and George
Maxwell.
For
associate members: Chuck Kerby, Larry Burk and
Marvin Bilka.
After
discussion on the qualifications of each nominee, a
motion was made by Toedtli, seconded by Fiscus, to
elect the following to the Hall of Fame: Erickson,
Schoch, Grubbs, Voss, Metzler and Maxwell as
shooting members and Kerby, Burk and Bilka as
associate members. The motion passed with six
members voting aye and Metzler abstaining from the
vote. Tickets will be given to the inductees and
sold to other parties. An event will again be
scheduled at the Holiday Inn on Friday night of the
state shoot.
The
meeting then adjourned until after lunch.
ATA
Delegate John Burke reported on the First Grand held
at Sparta. He thought the majority of those
attending were impressed. Sparta is a first class
shooting facility. It is spread out more then the
Vandalia facility. One problem mentioned was the
lack of motels close to the grounds. This problem
will probably solve itself in the future. Burke had
no significant changes in the ATA rules and
regulations to report.
The
Use Agreement with CNGC was discussed. A
motion was made by Toedtli, seconded by Fiscus, to
charge CNGC as follows for use of the facility:
15-1/2 cents for program targets, plus 8 cents for
breakage (difference between program and off-the-arm
targets). NTA will furnish the scorers and setters,
and CNGC will pay $100 to NTA to be covered on their
insurance policy. Other terms will be the same as
spelled out in the previous agreements. Motion
carried unanimously
President Krajewski appointed the following to serve
on the Safety Policy Committee: Lech,
Toedtli and Metzler.
The
Mid Nebraska High School shooting league was
discussed. Working for youth in gun shooting and
safety is a part of the by-laws of NTA. The charge
made to the league in 2006 was too high for them to
break even. A motion was made by Toedtli, seconded
by Lahti to charge the league 13-1/2 cents for
program targets this year plus 8 cents for breakage
(difference between program targets and off-the-arm
targets thrown). Motion carried unanimously.
Director Bennett, who works with the league stated
he did hold a gun safety meeting prior to each
league explaining gun safety and shooting rules to
the shooters and their families. This would help
fulfill one of the requirements of the grant with
Game and Parks with at least one Hunter Safety and
one Hunter Outlook session each year..
The
All State Team member list for 2007 based on the
2006 shooting year was presented to the Board for
approval. A discussion followed concerning a change
to the requirements for the shooting year beginning
September 1, 2007. The following was proposed:
|
|
Singles |
Handicap |
Doubles |
|
Men’s |
2,000 |
1,500 |
1,000 |
|
Women |
1,500 |
1,500 |
500 |
|
Veteran |
2,000 |
1,500 |
500 |
|
Sr Veteran |
2,000 |
1,500 |
500 |
|
Junior |
1,000 |
1,000 |
500 |
|
Sub-Junior |
1,000 |
1,000 |
500 |
The candidate must
have competed at a minimum of shooting at three (3)
different Nebraska Clubs and shoot the Championship
Events at the Nebraska State Shoot. THE PROPOSAL
WILL BE TAKEN TO THE MEMBERSHIP FOR A VOTE AT THEIR
ANNUAL MEETING IN JUNE.
The President
appointed the Web-Site Committee as follows: Dennis
Lacquement, Bill Curtis, and Director Bennett. Dale
Stockdale has asked to be a link on our site.
Beverly Hindman of Missouri with
WWW.tapshootingmall.com has asked to put our
association on that site. Her address is
ABF@KATIS.NET. There would be no charge to the
association as the vendors on her site pay a fee.
This was handed to the Web-Site Committee.
The registered
shoot dates for this trapshooting year were
reviewed. Valley will host the Eastern Zone, CNGC
the Central Zone and McCook the Western Zone.
Motion by Krajewski, seconded by Toedtli to approve
the dates as presented with the exception of moving
Lincoln Trap & Skeet off the August 5th
date as that is the Sunday of the Honor Shoot.
Motion carried unanimously.
The Shoot
Personnel managers will be: Bennett for the HS
League, and Jim Bradford for the Cornhusker and
State Shoots. A suggestion was made that we have an
experienced scorer who knows the trapshooting rules
at the starting trap at our state shoot to help the
inexperienced scorer get started. NTA members will
be assigned to help get the scorers started at our
state shoot.
The Cornhusker
Nationwide High School Shoot is scheduled for
May 3, 4, and 5, 2007. Thursday shooting is
scheduled to start at 10 a.m. for Junior High
shooters. Saturday and Sunday are scheduled to
start shooting at 7:00 a.m. for High School
Students. The extra hour is needed if we have the
increase in shooters expected. Directors were
encouraged to be on hand to load targets for at
least the first hour as the Girls from Geneva will
not arrive until 8:00. Bradford has already
executed a contract with them for the 2007
Cornhusker. Metzler agreed to manage the practice
traps. Motion by Bennett, seconded by Lahti to
leave the price of practice targets the same:
$1.50 per 10 targets or $10 for a card for seven 10
target rounds. Motion carried unanimously. A TRAP
MECHANIC SHOULD BE ON THE GROUNDS IN CASE OF
PROBLEMS. Fiscus agreed to contact Dale Stockdale
to get his recommendations for a mechanic for the
Cornhusker and the State Shoot.
Lights for
shootoffs need to be adjusted and stabilized so
they will remain as set. Bennett will oversee this
project if a grounds manager is not available.
Bradford has Young
Life contracted to score and set our Nebraska State
Shoot. The Secretary was instructed to again place
a half-page ad in two monthly issues of Trap &
Field. Sub-Committee Chairs appointed are as
follows:
Administration –
Dennis Lacquement
Awards -
Building and
Grounds – Miles Fiscus
Business
Practices – Bill Curtis
Camper Space –
Marilyn Behrens
Flag Raising –
Bruce Costar
Fund Raising –
Peter Lahti
Grounds Manager
-
Handicap – John
Burke
Line Referee –
NTA Directors
Photography –
Zoe Olson
Pre-Squad –
Marilyn Behrens
Shootoffs –
Lacquement and Krajewski
Silent Auction –
Stats/Marketing
– John Hafer, PHD
Trap Line –
James Bradford, Jr.
Trap Setting –
Vendors – Mike
Morgan
Lahti will contact
Jon Weaver about purchasing the Awards
(approximately $12,000.
Krajewski will
contact Marty Childs to head up the Silent Auction
Lech/Toedtli/Fiscus/Lahti/Burke have agreed to work
on the trapsetting committee. No chair was named.
The Grounds
Manager will be named after Jack Ross has been
contacted to see if he will stay on as Manager.
It was suggested
the Vendor Spaces be staked with yellow tape and
numbered, and the vendor be told his space number
before he arrives, if possible.
Lahti will confirm
if Zoe Olson will be back to do the photos.
Discussion
followed concerning a Computer operator for the
Nebraska State Shoot. After answering questions
about the program used by Director Bennett, a motion
was made by Toedtli, seconded by Lahti to use his
system. Motion carried with Bennett abstaining from
the vote. Presquading will be offered through the
computer system or by paper. Fees will be $10 per
shooter either way. Practice rounds remain at $3.50
per 25 targets.
A camper lease was
discussed for ten and five year leasors including an
option to not refund or allow subletting of the
space. A letter is to be drafted by the Secretary
and sent to Lahti for review and approval.
Discussion
followed to discontinue the Calcutta at the State
Shoot and add a $40.00 Jackpot Purse, percentage
system, tied divide and pay five places as follows:
1st=30%, 2nd=25%, 3rd=20%,
4th=15% and 5th=10%. The
Calcutta Auction has not been well attended the past
few years and the interest is down for a calcutta.
A date for the
Honor Shoot was discussed. Motion by Metzler,
seconded by Toedtli to set the dates as August 4 and
5, 2007. Motion carried unanimously. Honorees this
year will be as follows: Event #1 – Singles – Byron
Nelson, Event #2 – Handicap – Don Kockrow Memorial,
Event #3 – Singles – Alan Roller – Memorial, Event
#4 – Handicap – Chuck Kerby, Event #5 – Doubles –
Jim McCole Memorial. We will have a gun shootoff
based on Saturday based on the 300 target scores.
Jim Bradford will again negotiate for the three trap
guns – one for the Cornhusker, one to be raffled at
the State, and one to be shot for at the Honor
Shoot.
Public Camping
was discussed. Anyone camping using electricity
and/or water needs to pay the daily camping fee of
$15.00. A record should be kept of who is camping
and the number of days.
The following were
suggestions given for the Newsletter:
- All
State Team proposal
-
Registered Shoot dates
- Fund
Raising
- On
line presquading
- 2007
All State Team based on 2006 shooting
- Hall
of Fame Inductees
-
Elimination of the Calcutta to be replaced by a
Jackpot option.
-
Honor Shoot
A motion was made
by Bennett, seconded by Lahti, to approve the
expenses of the annual meeting. Motion carried
unanimously.
There being no
further business, a motion was made by Fiscus,
seconded by Lech to adjourn the meeting. Motion
carried. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully
submitted,
Marilyn J. Behrens
Secretary/Treasurer
