The Annual FCS Officers meeting was convened at Texas Land and Cattle in Cedar Park on 11/13/06. President Randy Rowley, VP (Events) Mark Dillow, VP (Ministries) Derrick Pollock, Treasurer Ron Denison, Secretary Kenneth Kidd, and our new Webmaster Brett Stacks were in attendance (all six officers).
The meeting was opened with prayer by Derrick Pollock.
With few exceptions the club has had a record year of participation and membership. Details will be forthcoming in the 2007 State of the Club Report.
A discussion was held on the website concerning what topics are popular and in demand. Our web server keeps statistics on our top 30 URLs that were hit (visited) each month) as well as what people are searching for when they use our search engine. Details will also be forthcoming in the 2007 State of the Club Report. Brett had some ideas on how to cause more hits on the site, which he will explore.
A discussion was held on the 2007 proposed calendar and other future events. The consensus is to plan more ministry events and events to make us more involved and visible in the community. We are making a priority to find another place for our dove retreats that is inexpensive ($35 or less a day) and at least 100 miles from home (to keep guys from going home to momma after a hunt).
A discussion was held on having promotions at member's churches. The officer's would like to have some presentations at member’s churches to promote the Club and to benefit the men of the member's church. To date we have had FCS promotions at Great Hills Baptist Church, Hyde Park Baptist Church, and First Baptist Church of Pflugerville. In order to have a promotion at your church all we need is for you to get approval from your pastor and to stand with us as we do the promotion. We maintain a permanent table at Great Hills Baptist Church and average over 10 brochures taken each week as well as a couple guys a week signing up to be added to our distribution list. How many men at your church would benefit from learning about FCS?
The meeting was closed with prayer by Mark Dillow.