The meeting was held at Ron Denison's home. Two officers and eight members attended (10 total participants). John Murray led us in a devotional. Prayer was held for prayer requests. A tape on turkey hunting was shown. The new FCS Brochure and FCS Display were presented.
Ron Denison was the only member who desired to run for Treasurer. As he was unopposed, according to our bylaws, an election was not held. His term will expire on 12/31/03.
A discussion was held on having the next hog hunt (2003) at the Arrowhead Ranch. The Arrowhead is $20.00 cheaper than Texas Wild (where we have hunted the past two years) and has a guaranteed kill.
A discussion was held on a bay fishing trip for Specks and Reds with Garrison Guide Service. This event will occur the day after the Annual Goose/Duck hunt on 11/10/02.
Two proposed FY2002 budgets were presented by Randy Rowley. They included:
FY 2002 Budget Proposal 1 (including newsletter photocopies and postage)
$48.00 Miscellaneous photocopies
$6.00 Miscellaneous postage
$82.00 Newsletter photocopies (17 newsletters X $1.20/newsletter X 4 newsletters)
$54.00 Newsletter postage (17 newsletters X.80/newsletter X 4 newsletters)
$92.00 Trophies for Sporting Clay Shoots ($23.00/Sporting Clay Shoot X 4 shoots)
$12.00 Movie rentals ($2.00/movie X 6 meetings)
$50.00 Gift for Mr. Ewald
$344.00
$344.00 divided by 35 members = $10.00/member (If we keep the due at $12.00/member this would provide us with a $76.00 cushion).
FY 2002 Budget 2 ( not including newsletter photocopies and postage)
$48.00 Miscellaneous photocopies
$6.00 Miscellaneous postage
$92.00 Trophies for Sporting Clay Shoots ($23.00/Sporting Clay Shoot X 4 shoots)
$12.00 Movie rentals ($2.00/movie X 6 meetings)
$50.00 Gift for Mr. Ewald
$208.00
$208.00 divided by 35 members = $6.00/member (If we made the due $8.00/member this would provide us with a $72.00 cushion). With this budget members who wish to have a newsletter mailed to them will pay a $2.00/newsletter or $8.00/year subscription fee in addition to their membership due. This budget would require the membership benefits section of the bylaws to be modified to delete four newsletters a year as a membership benefit.
John Partridge made a third proposal:
FY 2002 Budget Proposal 3 ( not including newsletter photocopies and postage)
$48.00 Miscellaneous photocopies
$6.00 Miscellaneous postage
$92.00 Trophies for Sporting Clay Shoots ($23.00/Sporting Clay Shoot X 4 shoots)
$12.00 Movie rentals ($2.00/movie X 6 meetings)
$50.00 Gift for Mr. Ewald
$208.00
With this budget we would keep the membership due at $12.00/year ($1.00 month prorated) but would make paper newsletters optional. Members who wish to have a newsletter mailed to them will pay a $2.00/newsletter or $8.00/year subscription fee in addition to their membership due. This budget would require the membership benefits section of the bylaws to be modified to delete four newsletters a year as a membership benefit. This budget would also give us a larger cushion (35 members X $12/member = $420.00 - $208.00 budget = $212.00 cushion) to make purchases such as caps and T-shirts.
A vote was taken. Proposal 3 received the majority vote. These proposals will also be voted on by the South Austin Chapter on 5/2/02.