The meeting was held at Sea Island Shrimp House. Three officers, four members, and two youth member attended (nine total participants). Prayer requests were taken. Derrich Pollock led us in a prayer. A discussion was held on upcoming events.
A discussion was held on where to hold the upcoming Quarterly Clay Target Shoot. A proposal was made by Randy Rowley to move the event to the Austin Skeet Range three miles east of Manor and reschedule it for Saturday, August 17, 2002 at 9:00 AM. The proposal passed unanimously.
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, probably on 11/10/02.
An update was given on the upcoming FCS T-shirts. The shirts should be available in September.
A discussion was held on a proposal that was originally made via e-mail on 6/27/02. On 6/27/02 a request was made by a woman, who is not related to any FCS members, for her and her boys to be allowed to participate in the 6/29/02 Sporting Clays Shoot. We had addressed women participating in Club events to some degree in the past but not completely. On 2/25/02 a proposal was made at a NAC Officers Meeting to allow Club members wives, girl friends, and/or daughters to participate in all Club outings. The proposal passed unanimously. At the 3/24/01 SAC Officers Meeting the same proposal passed unanimously. It also passed unanimously at a 4/5/01 NAC meeting. One thing that we neglected to do was to add this to our Bylaws. A proposal was made to add the above to the Bylaws (section III. Membership, letter K) with a minor modification. It reads as follows:
K. Club members wives, girl friends, and female relatives can participate in all Club outings. Single women who are not related to a Club member or women who are married but their husband is not a Club member can participate in activities that are not held in the field. Presently this is limited to Clay Target Shoots held at public facilities.
President's note: The reason for this proposed restriction is we are commanded as Christians to avoid even the appearance of evil. We have no need for people to talk about a bunch of married (and a few single) men being out in the woods with single women and/or married women without their husbands. Club members wives or girl friends would also not be thrilled about this prospect.
A vote was taken. The proposal passed unanimously. This proposal was put for a vote via e-mail on 6/27/02. The members who responded were unanimously in favor of the proposal. South Austin Chapter members who did not vote via e-mail should call David Chalmers South Austin Chapter President at 512-445-6251 or Randy Rowley Club President at 512-963-0003 in order to vote: The deadline to vote is 8/26/02.
A discussion was held on a proposal that was originally made via e-mail on 6/15/02. After the North Austin Chapter voted for Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 Budget Proposal 3 and the South Austin Chapter voted for FY Budget Proposal 1 a compromise budget was proposed (FY 2002 Budget Proposal 4). With this budget the newsletter would continue as a membership benefit but in a no more than two pages abbreviated form. Hunting His Way would only have Upcoming Events, Prayer Request and Praises, and changes to the Bylaws, Statement of Faith, and/or Calendar sections. This revised newsletter would cost .16 to print and .37 to mail for a total of .53. Currently the newsletters cost $2.00 to print and mail. This change would cut the costs associated with Hunting His Way by 75%! An FCS magazine "Following His Trail" that includes all of the sections of this Hunting His Way would be available to any member as a subscription item for $8.00/year ($2.00/issue) if there is sufficient demand. To summarize, with this budget the newsletter would still be retained as a membership benefit and our costs would be cut tremendously. Here are the specifics:
FY 2002 Budget Proposal 4 (including newsletter photocopies and postage)
$48.00 Miscellaneous photocopies
$6.00 Miscellaneous postage
$11.00 Newsletter photocopies (17 newsletters X $.16/newsletter X 4 newsletters)
$25.00 Newsletter postage (17 newsletters X.37/newsletter X 4 newsletters)
$92.00 Trophies for Clay Target Shoots ($23.00/Clay Target Shoot X 4 shoots)
$12.00 Movie rentals ($2.00/movie X 6 meetings)
$50.00 Gift for Mr. Ewald
$244.00
35 members X $12.00 due/member = $420.00. This would provide us with a $176.00 cushion.
A vote was taken. The proposal passed unanimously. This proposal was put for a vote via e-mail on 6/15/02. The members who responded were unanimously in favor of the proposal. South Austin Chapter members who did not vote via e-mail should call David Chalmers South Austin Chapter President at 512-445-6251 or Randy Rowley Club President at 512-258-8396 in order to vote: The deadline to vote is 8/14/02.