Monthly Meeting Minutes

August 2010 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

41 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. Regarding the Erickson pond we are waiting on the mosquitoes to go down before venturing down to work on this project.

2. We got a light for the flagpole and Smith Service Center donated a new flag thanks to Sean Sullivan and Ross Petty for getting this done.

3. We are working on compiling the life member list as our goal is to make a plaque commemorating the charter members as well as all the life members and to keep a running tally of them.

V. New Business:

1. 50th anniversary news- we are having an ATV pull on Saturday the 28th sponsored by the Deerfield fire dept. and being run on the rifle range. Also Saturday will be a Lewis class shoot and Sunday is a merchandise shoot and the raffle at 5pm. BBQ chicken dinners both Saturday and Sunday. Friday night the 27th at 6pm we are having a members only potluck, bring a dish to pass and we will provide the pig. There will also be a Annie Oakley shoot and Jim Weber will sing. Ann Kasten got White Flyers clay pigeon co. to donate side shields and caps for door prizes as well as Winchester donated shotgun shell pins, bottle openers and shell carriers. Thanks to Ann for all your help on this.

2. Hunter safety class is coming up on September 9th through the 18th, sign up at the club, online on the DNR website or our own site deerfieldrodandgunclub.com

VI. New Members:

7 new member welcomed to the Club in August.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by: Roger Dalby

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Sean Sullivan 2nd by Jim Kuhls.

Respectfully submitted: Alison Lincoln, Secretary

July 2010 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

16 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. Horse pull was a success we sold a lot of tickets this year thanks to everyone that got out there and sold them as well as the volunteers that helped put on this event.

V. New Business:

1. 50th anniversary news- we are having an ATV pull on Saturday the 28th sponsored by the Deerfield fire dept. and being run on the rifle range. Friday night we are having a members only potluck, bring a dish to pass and we will provide the pig. There will also be a Annie Oakley shoot and Jim Weber will sing. Life members are still being finalized. Ann Kasten got White Flyers clay pigeon co. to donate side shields for door prizes and will contact others for more prizes.

2. Quad City Shoot was Saturday July 3rd, we had 50 shooters present.

3. Yardage numbers on the range, considering painting gold for the 50th, Butch is looking into this.

4. Car show July 31st, all set to go.

VI. New Members:

1 new member welcomed to the Club in July.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by: Sean Sullivan

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Todd Borland and 2nd by Jim Lowery

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

June 2010 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report: Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report: Approved as read.

III. Attendance: 36 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. The guns, bow, rod reels and hunting trip are to be ordered for prizes for the 50th anniversary. There was a motion made by Jim Lowery to allow the board to select these prizes not to exceed $6000. and 2nd by Ryan Algino.

2. The pond update, Sean Sullivan is working on it but with all the rains we've had it is very buggy and swampy right now, they are going to get out and mark stumps as soon as weather permits.

3. The horsepull is June 19th we can always use some volunteers and people to sell tickets so please come on up and lend a hand., the car show is July 31st, we have one or two more sponsorships to sell if anyone is interested please see Alison Lincoln.

V. New Business:

1. The fence rails are cut and the rest will be up in a few weeks for our insurance requirements around the shooting peremeter.

2. There is a fisheree benefit on July 10th for Greg Zander at the Dead End bar at Lake Ripley, please come and support Greg for all the help he has done with our club.

3. The triple crown shoot was very successful and the next 50th bird shoot at our gunclub is June 26th, we have pamphlets for all the shoots by the front door.

VI. New Members:

5 new members welcomed to the Club in June.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by: Mike George

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Jim Lowery and 2nd by Todd Borland.

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

May 2010 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

35 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. We need to sell horse pull tickets, please sign up and take some to sell.

2. We are going to have member Shaun Jones to take care of the food for the horsepull this year and Marv Bankowski, Art Ofsthun and Marlena Nelson will take care of the food for the car show. Regarding that, the dash plaques were ordered this week for the car show. Anyone interested in sponsoring a class for the car show please see myself, Dan or Marlena Nelson, we have a few spots left. $20 will get your name on three trophies and be announced throughout the day.

3. The Quad Co shoot is now done and was a great success. It will resume again on October 3rd. May 22nd is the three club Triple Crown Shoot between Stoughton, Deerfield and Beaver Dam gun clubs and will begin here.

V. NEw Business:

1. It has been requested that when taking cardboard boxes from trap area please make sure to put them in the burn barrel, also we need a new barrel as ours is in bad shape. It was mentioned that Denny Rahn may have a barrel.

2. The guns, bow, rod reels and hunting trip are to be ordered for prizes for the 50th anniversary. There was a motion made by Jim Lowery to allow the board to select these prizes not to exceed $6000. and 2nd by Ryan Algino.

3. Roger Dalby brought up bringing in a new snowplow contractor for this year as lawn has been really torn up. Jim Lowery talked to the plowers about this, we are going to get fill and grade it out for this year.

4. The Catfish tournament is May 21st and 22nd, please buy your tickets for the raffle here or see Kenny Hummel.

VI. New Members:

6 new members welcomed to the Club in April.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by: Deb Wethal

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Jim Lowery and 2nd by Randy THorsen.

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

April 2010 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

55 Members present

IV. Old Business:

No old business

V. NEw Business:

1. Thank you to the boy scouts on their weekend jamboree they finished up pulling stumps by the pond.

2. We are upgrading the ranges in April, new poles and getting the backstops up.

3. On June 30th the license for cigarettes expires so we will have no more cigarettes after the current inventory runs out.

4. Ross Petty has the hot water all back up and running and has made two more new picnic tables so a big thank you to Ross.

5. Prices for shells this year are $8.50 for Double AA's and $7.00 for REO's.

6. Thank you to all the volunteers that came out and seeded the grass by the new shed, building and working on the new bar out there, Petey, Art and Jim Webber to name a few.

7. April 10th is spring clean up please come up and volunteer.

8. No hunting signs are going up in April around the property.

9. Catfish contest in May, Kenny Hummel requested $300 for prizes, motion was made by Randy Thorsen and 2nd by Sean Sullivan, Motion was carried.

VI. New Members:

8 new members welcomed to the Club in April.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by: Ryan Algino

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Sean Sullivan and 2nd by Fred Kasten.

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

March 2010 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

33 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. Hunter safety registration was March 9th, and filled up. From what I know there was a good turnout and all went well.

2. Captains Meeting was March 3rd at 7m and also the Spring league started.

3. Game feed was a great success with 84 tickets sold for dinners. Thanks to all that volunteered for the feed.

4. Spaghetti dinner is April 24th we are still in need of some volunteers for this event.

V. New Business:

No new business for March

VI. New Members:

4 new members welcomed to the Club in February.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by: Jerry Heider

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Red Frank and 2nd by Steve Gotzion.

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

February 2010 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

30 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. Hunter safety registration is March 9th, it is limited to 30 people so sign up early, at the time of this writing there were 8 spots left. Tim Thompson is distributing posters everywhere to promote the class and it will be on the DNR website and posted at the Deerfield school as well.

2. The old timers breakfast is scheduled for Feb 7th, there was a motion by Dean Gotzion to purchase a George Foreman grill for $60 and 2nd by Bob Sundin to have at the gun club for functions such as this. Motion carried.

V. New Business:

1. The spring fling date has been changed to March 20th due to a conflict with the Quad county shoot on March 6th. We need volunteers for both of these events.

2. March 10th is the trap captains meeting for summer league, upstairs at 7pm

3. The Wild game feed is March 14th, feel free to bring a game dish to pass or to just help serve food. There will also be a euchre tournament that day, the feed starts at 11am and the euchre at 1pm.

4. The spaghetti dinner is scheduled for April 24th with the Jerry Steuber and Virgil Greina band. We need to form a committee to organize this event.

5. A local gentleman, Tim Taylor is helping to put on a Deerfield amazing race and would like to use our facility May 1st for part of this event. We need to check with president Jeff Lauer to make sure there is nothing else scheduled that day.

VI. New Members:

No new members welcomed to the Club in February.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by: Greg Zander

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Jim Kuhls and 2nd by Butch Jungbluth.

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

January 2010 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report: Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report: Approved as read.

III. Attendance: 43 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. The election of the 2010 officers remained the same as Jeff Lauer President, Sean Sullivan Vice President, Alison Lincoln Secretary and Steve Gotzion Treasurer. The Board of Directors for 2010 is as follows: Pete Rustad, Connie Mateszuske, Butch Jungbluth, Jim Kuhls, Ross Petty and Art Ofsthun. Motion to close the elections was made by Sean Sullivan and 2nd by Randy Thorsen. Congratulations to all.

2. Jim Lowery has some telephone poles for the rifle range to donate and will bring them up and talk to Ross Petty about installing. Thank you Jim.

3. The 2010 Newsletter is done and will be distributed to all members very shortly. The new logo was approved and the membership cards will be here in mid December

V. New Business:

1. The 2009/2010 Buck contest was won by a narrow margin by Ron Hommen with a 9 pt buck, he won $95.00 The Pheasant hunt was won by Joe Peters with a 22-1/4' tail feather, he won $18.00

2. The quad county shoot was held here at the gun club January 3rd with a turnout of 68 shooters, this is a great turnout considering the weather was in the single digits all day! Thanks to our board members that volunteered help as well as Randy Stenjem, Jim Lowery and Russ Nottestad for their extra efforts in the cold!

3. We are talking of cancelling the Wild Game Feed that was scheduled for March 14th due to the lack of anyone shooting anything this year! Also brought up was the spaghetti dinner that is dated April 17th on the newsletter but may change due to when organizers can get entertainment.

4. Hunter safety registration is March 9th, it is limited to 30 people so sign up early. Tim Thompson is distributing posters everywhere to promote the class and it will be on the DNR website as well.

VI. New Members: 4 new members welcomed to the Club in January.

VII. Attendance/Raffle. Won by Jeff Lauer

VIII. Adjournment: Motion made by: Jim Lowery and 2nd by Todd Borland.

Respectfully submitted: Alison Lincoln, Secretary

December 2009 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

50 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. The nominating committee has picked four people for the three positions open for the board they are as follows: Pete Rustad, Butch Jungbluth, Art Ofsthun and Denny Smithback Jr.

2. The logo for the 50th anniversary has been submitted to the club, we are going to redesign it after the discussion and present it at the December meeting for a vote.

3. We discussed a trick shooter to come for the anniversary, Patrick Flanigan, he wants $3000 to come and will include a new shotgun that we could sell in a raffle to offset some of the costs. It has since been decided that the club could use this money in other ways to promote our anniversary.

4. The television over the refrigerator needs to be replaced. Suggestions are a flat screen tv against the wall but we would like to wait until the shed is completed before moving on to purchasing a new television. Motion made by Sean Sullivan to hold off on this until after the 1st of the year. 2nd by Bob Burns.

5. Dick Pirkle and Dean Gotzion are proposing a spaghetti dinner and polka dance for sometime in the spring, we will put a committee together to discuss this.

6. Jim Lowery discussed putting a roof over the concrete slab by the ranges. Talked of having the boy scouts put it up if we pay for the materials. Art Ofsthun bid this at $2200 for materials only. The motion to proceed was made by Randy Thorsen and 2nd by Mark Wadum. Motion carried.

7. The hot water issue was brought up, we have some major plumbing to do, Ross Petty wants to bring a person in to get this taken care of, the person owes Ross some money and is willing to do this. We are going forward on this.

V. New Business:

2. Jim Lowery has some telephone poles for the rifle range to donate and will bring them up and talk to Ross Petty about installing. Thank you Jim.

3. The 2010 Newsletter is done and will be distributed to all members very shortly. The new logo was approved and the membership cards will be here in mid December.

VI. New Members:

No new member welcomed to the Club in December.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

None in December

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Sean Sullivan and 2nd by Tim Reddy Jr.

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

November 2009 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

32 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. Working on 2010 calendar to have done by November and send it out to all the members.

2. We had Doug Fendry of the DNR here to talk about the 2009 chronic wasting zone deer hunt regarding using rifles in these certain zones. There are people complaining now about the use of rifles in these zones as their farms are near DNR lands. The DNR is proposing to close these lands to public access during the youth deer hunt, the 4 day October hunt and then open it for the 9 day deer season and muzzle loader season, close again for the holiday hunt and the 2nd 4 day hunt. Doug called some people for their opinions such as Jeff Lauer and Denny Rahn and the unanimous thought was they should not close DNR land at any time for these reasons. The final decision of the DNR was that they will be open for all the seasons but shotgun only NOT rifle.

3. The shed has been completed other than some minor issues that Art is taking care of, thank you Art for doing a great job on the shed.

4. Bartending issues, we are interviewing some people for bartending, if we don't get any bartenders we will have to resort to closing on those Sundays.

V. New Business:

1. . The nominating committee has picked four people for the three positions open for the board they are as follows: Pete Rustad, Butch Jungbluth, Art Ofsthun and Denny Smithback Jr.

2. The logo for the 50th anniversary has been submitted to the club, we are going to redesign it after the discussion and present it at the December meeting for a vote.

3. We are discussing a trick shooter to come for the anniversary, Patrick Flanigan, he wants $3000 to come but will include a new shotgun that we could sell in a raffle to offset some of the costs. Also talking about a Friday night shoot for members only.

5. Dick Pirkle and Dean Gotzion are proposing a spaghetti dinner and polka dance for sometime in the spring, we will put a committee together to discuss this.

6. Jim Lowery discussed putting a roof over the concrete slab by the ranges. Talked of having the boy scouts put it up if we pay for the materials.. Tom Eide made a motion that Art Ofsthun get a bid to us and 2nd by Tim Thompson. Motion carried.

7. A benefit shoot in November in Jefferson for John Schneider who passed away in a car accident, Jim Lowery motioned that we donate $50 to the memorial shoot for him this Sunday. 2nd Brian Matasuske, motion carried.

8. The hot water issue was brought up, we have some major plumbing to do, Ross Petty wants to bring a person in to get this taken care of, the person owes Ross some money and is willing to do this. We are going forward on this.

VI. New Members:

No new member welcomed to the Club.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by Ann Kasten

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Denny Rahn and 2nd by Deb Wethal.

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

October 2009 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

28 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. The board is considering having their meetings separate from the Monday monthly meetings due to interruptions and being too hectic on these Monday nights. They want to change it to the last Monday of the month right before the meeting.

2. October 4th merchandise shoot here we had 42 shoots.

3. Our quad county shoot is October 24th here, will need volunteers to help support this. The 1st shoot was a great turnout at North Bristol according to Deb Wethal.

4. Sean Sullivan is chairing the nominating committee, we are looking for 3 board members and as always there can be nominations for the officers.

5. Art Ofsthun got the bid for the new shed, he already has poured concrete and the goal is to have it done by the Quad County shoot on October 24th.

6. Have poles coming from Denny Smithback for the pistol range for the backing. Hopefully should have that done soon.

7. We have a committee formed for the 50th anniversary and need to plan a date to get together to start talking about what we want to do to cover the costs of the event as well as what we are going to plan for it. Things being talked about are a calendar where we have monthly winners, tee shirts, Hats, mugs and things of that nature to cover some of the costs.

V. New Business:

1. Working on 2010 calendar to have done by November and send it out to all the members.

2. We had Doug Fendry of the DNR here to talk about the 2009 chronic wasting zone deer hunt regarding using rifles in these certain zones. There are people complaining now about the use of rifles in these zones as their farms are near DNR lands. The DNR is proposing to close these lands to public access during the youth deer hunt, the 4 day October hunt and then open it for the 9 day deer season and muzzle loader season, close again for the holiday hunt and the 2nd 4 day hunt. Doug called some people for their opinions such as Jeff Lauer and Denny Rahn and the unanimous thought was they should not close DNR land at any time for these reasons. There has not been a final decision from the DNR yet as of this writing.

VI. New Members:

2 new member welcomed to the Club.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by Jeff Lauer

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Sean Sullivan and 2nd by Randy Thorsen

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary

September 2009 Monthly Minutes

CALL TO ORDER:

Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Jeff Lauer.

I. Secretary's Report:

Approved as read

II. Treasurer's Report:

Approved as read.

III. Attendance:

35 Members present

IV. Old Business:

1. Joe Peters fixed the old ice machine and we sold it to the Cambridge Fire Dept for $400.

2. We had the Lewis shoot on Saturday Aug 24/25 and open merchandise shoot Sunday. The gun raffle was on Sunday and BBQ chicken both days.

3. The Quad Co. shooters trapshoot is starting in October 4th at North Bristol gun club. See orange sheets for more information by the door of the club.

4. We are having pistol range problems as they are really getting shot up, by 4 weeks the boards are all shot up. Todd Borland offered to be a range manager up here, we are working on this issue.

V. New Business:

2. October 4th merchandise shoot here, need volunteers as always.

3. Our quad county shoot is October 24th here, will need volunteers to help support this.

4. Sean Sullivan is chairing the nominating committee, we are looking for 3 board members and as always there can be nominations for the officers.

5. The board asked for a motion to have a 17k limit on the new shed including the building of the shed, excavation and removal of the old concrete. We want a 28x40 shed and want to pre plumb for some restrooms and possibly a bar in the future. Jim Lowery made a motion for this and Sean Sullivan 2nd it. Motion carried.

6. We have a committee formed for the 50th anniversary and need to plan a date to get together to start talking about what we want to do to cover the costs of the event as well as what we are going to plan for the event. Things being talked about are a calendar where we have monthly winners, tee shirts, Hats, mugs and things of that nature to cover some of the costs.

VI. New Members:

7 new member welcomed to the Club.

VII. Attendance/Raffle.

Won by Dennis Rahn

VIII. Adjournment:

Motion made by: Jim Lowery and 2nd by Dennis Rahn

Respectfully submitted:

Alison Lincoln, Secretary