Four officers attended the 7/2/08 FCS Buda Chapter Officers Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church. In attendance were David Smith, Hunter Phillips, Darryl Swann, and Kevin Schnautz.
Darryl opened the meeting in prayer.
The following were topics of discussion:
David suggested meeting with the OCR Ranch on Thursday July 10th to try to obtain permission to host a "Turkey Shoot" at their location to raise money for youth scholarship hunts this fall. We are looking to host the Turkey Shoot on October 11th (the weekend after the TPWD Expo). We anticipate raising around $400 to go toward the scholarship.
Kayak trip on the Guadalupe River on August 2nd. Hunter is heading up this event and has requested that those that need to rent kayak's have their reservations in soon. If anyone needs Hunter's help in securing a kayak, he has requested that money be turned in to him by July 28th. Hunter has agreed to be the one to pick up the kayaks and return them after the event. Plans are made to park David Grizzle's truck and trailer at the first exit point and Hunter's truck and trailer at the last exit point in order to get everyone back to their vehicles at the starting point.
Kevin's father-in-law has offered his rent house for a possible place to stay (for free) as well as help us line up a guide with kayaks for a guided bay fishing trip using kayaks. This event would have to be limited to around 8 people.
Dove hunt at Kevin's lease in Stonewall on September 13th. Leave early in the morning in time to make the morning hunt, fellowship and lunch during the afternoon, hunt the evening hunt and then head home. Kevin has permission from the land lords.
David will call Randy to discuss plans for a booth at the TPWD Expo on October 4th and 5th.
Youth Hunts: Possible locations include an Axis doe hunt with Grady Van Heuverswyn, a couple of does with Brad Lind in south Texas, a doe hunt with Kerry Needom, a doe hunt with David Smith, a doe hunt with Kevin Schnautz, and utilizing the ranch in Wimberly for a doe hunt at $100 each.
David has agreed to create a flyer on the Kayak trip, and a sign up sheet that has a place to list whether the participant has their own kayak or needs to rent one.
David will create a sign up sheet for Youth Hunts so we can start gathering names.
The selection process for the Youth Hunts needs to get ironed out. All Buda officers need to come to the next meeting with their ideas.
David will ask Buddy Allen if he would be interested in taking the lead on a concealed handgun class in our area.
Night at the Races: Darryl has asked for more help during these events. He has been the only FCS officer at these events since the first one and would like other officers there to help coordinate a short devotional prior to the racing. We discussed having a pop-up tent and banner as a meeting point. The plan for these events going forward is to have those attending just show up at the track at 6:30 PM and meet at a specified location. No more trying to coordinate meeting at the church unless someone needs it.
Johnny has mentioned to David about possibly doing some archery shoots at his house. We will work some of these into the schedule in the future.
Darryl closed in prayer.