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MTSA Newsletter                                          May 2025               

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Greetings MTSA Members,​

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Club updates: (Next meeting July 14, 6:00 pm)

1. Notice of 15 mph speed limit on club access road

2. Summary of the May 12 Bimonthly Club meeting

3. General Club Information

    

1. Please drive slowly down our club access road, especially in the vicinity of the trap shoot.  Cars are kicking up dust that blows in the trap area and coats expensive shot guns that are staged in the area.  Please be considerate of our fellow members.  The speed limit is 15mph.

2. Summary of May 12 club meeting:

Subject: Club Bimonthly Meeting Minutes

Attendees:  Approximately 40 members present including the following officers/chairmen:

Rick Fox, Joey Gregory, Mike Tobin, Shawn Dorris, Robert Standley, John Taylor and Barry Hawkins.

 

Meeting started with call to order by President Rick Fox.

 

Rick Fox  performed count of attending officer/chairmen and determined that the meeting included the required members to form a quorum. (Bylaws require a minimum of 30% of officer/chair to form a quorum.  58% of these members were in attendance.)

 

Mike Tobin summarized minutes and follow up actions from the March meeting:  Two open issues required a Board of Director’s Meeting and this was held on April 22nd.  The first topic was to define a max spending amount prior to requiring BOD approval. This limit was set at $1,000. Further, all expenses below $1,000 will require the approval of two BOD members.  The second topic was to determine how to repair the main gate and to fund its repair.  At the time of the meeting, Robert Standley had already made the required repairs and so no action was needed.  Future upgrades to the gate will be considered and prioritized with other club spending.  This concluded the BOD meeting.  In the last club meeting, Kevin Adamson was going to get quotes for upgrades to our site. No quotes were provided yet, but based on other discussions, this spending will be prioritized along with other club needs and so these quotes are not urgent.  The last open topic from the March meeting was to collect the names of members who are interested in being active members on a long-term planning committee.  Prior to the time of this May meeting only 4 people had signed up to be part of this committee.  Further discussion of this topic will be covered below as part of the May club meeting.

 

Next, Mike Tobin provided an update on club finances.  We currently have 441 active members including 17 Associate Members.  Our bank balance is approximately $49k and we have a spending run rate that is expected to use $24k through the end of the year. Holding back approximately $10k as a minimum club savings, this leaves about $15k for project spending through the end of the year, not including any new member fees.

 

Rick Fox then called on Match Chairman to report on their matches.  Overall attendance has been low on Action Pistol shoots due to foul weather. Rifle matches have had good attendance. There is room for more interested people in all matches.

 

Rick Fox called for club member Jeff Rydell to address the long term planning committee.  Jeff first described himself as a three year club member with a passion for shooting and his interest in improving the club safety. He called on match chairmen to be part of the long-term committee or designate regular match members to be part of the committee.  Further discussion ensued and ultimately a plan was made to start a regular long-term committee meeting bimonthly on months with no club meeting, even numbered months.  The meeting will be scheduled on the second Monday of these even months, similar to regular meetings.  A meeting place or online meeting will be designated and communicated to committee members.  A report out will be given at the regular club meetings.  Anyone interested in being part of the long-term planning committee should contact Mike Tobin for inclusion.  A committee chair will be selected at the first or second meeting.  It is expected that going forward, club project spending will be prioritized by this committee.  Jeff Rydell was selected to coordinate the meetings until a chairman is selected. Members so far are: Jeff Rydell, Rick Fox, Butch Legg, Travis Smith, Barry Hawkins, Art Thompson and Bob Snuck.

 

Rick Fox called for other business discussions.  Robert Standley brought up repair needs for berms around the pistol range and other repair requests.  Robert confirmed that these repairs/improvements were not a safety issue and could be deferred to be prioritized by the long-term committee discussed earlier.  Joey Gregory, our club VP, brought up the need to address repairs on the office building at the club where bees were boring into the sides.  Joey recommended siding the building with metal and offered to do the labor himself with a helper.  The cost of the project would be approximately $3,000 and cover the cost of the material and hourly pay for his helper.   The club members wanted to do this job now.  Since it is over $1k, per the new rule it requires BOD approval. Since the members want to do this soon, a special meeting will be called for the BOD to approve this spending.  At this club meeting a motion was made to bring the request to the BOD, it was seconded and passed.

 

Rick Fox brought up a topic of lawn cutting and stated that some of the range areas will be cut on a biweekly basis.  Rick also brought up the need to anchor the gun cleaning benches to prevent them from being damaged when blown over in the wind.  A motion was made to anchor them, it was seconded and passed.   Rick will define the best locations to fix the benches and anchor them in those locations. 

 

Rick Fox asked if there was any further business that the members would want to discuss.  One member brought up a complaint of people driving too fast down the club access road and kicking up heavy dust that blows into the Trap area.  This dust is coating members expensive shotguns.  Club members were asked to please drive slowly.  There were no other topics.  Rick Fox made a motion to adjourn, it was seconded and all members voted to adjourn.

 

Meeting adjourned at 6:45 pm.

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3. General Club Information:

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• MTSA match schedule 2025: To view the match schedule and updates click 2025 Match Schedule​

• 2025 Officers and Chairmen: To view click 2025 Officers and Chairmen

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