MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE

VIRGINIA SKEET SHOOTING ASSOCIATION HELD ON 14 NOVEMBER 2004

AT THE RICHMOND GUN CLUB, VIRGINIA

 

Club Directors and Officers Present (20 voting):

President (Richard Haynie), Vice President (Keith Lovegrove), Treasurer (Tom Contrucci), Secretary (Rebecca Myers), Arlington-Fairfax (Doug Minnig), Arrowhead (Ed Ellis), Brookneal (Dick Singleton), Brushy Mountain (Ken Hutcherson), Buggs Island (Gil Wayson), Chesapeake Bay (Mark Scott), Fairfax (Jeff Bond), Fort Lee (Pat Knutson), , Fredericksburg (Ray Harding), Page Valley (Mo Mozisek), Piedmont (Kathy Moscoe), Portsmouth (Tad Fischer), Quantico (Dave Howard), Richmond (James Stam), Shenandale (Wayne Erskine), South Anna (Scott Ricketts)

 

Others present (non-voting):

John Eklund (EC member), Tom Szelest (EC member), Robert Williams (Chief Referee), Marilynne Eklund, Jackie Williams, Bill Chiswell, Judy Harding, Len Kern, Barbara Lovegrove

 

Clubs (with paid dues) absent:

Franklin County, Goodyear, Halifax, New River, Oceana

 

 

President Richard Haynie called the meeting to order at 11 a.m.

 

Minutes of the November 2003 and August 2004 meetings were reviewed as corrected and approved.

 

Reports:

 

Treasurer Tom Contrucci reported on the 2004 State Shoot revenues and expenses and presented an income statement as of 31 October 2004 and a proposed 2005 budget. His report (copy attached to the original of these minutes) was accepted by the Board.

 

Pat Knutson presented a report his review of the Treasury activity for 2004 (copy attached to the original) and introduced his proposal for a change to the way the State shoot bid is formulated to make it more consistent year-to-year and easier for the Treasurer. There was no support among Board members for going to “a single bid number” to include all expenses for which the VSSA is responsible, instead of the current method which includes a number for targets and then separate line items for trap boys and porta-potties, etc.

 

President Richard Haynie noted that his report would be short i.e. “VSSA ain’t broke and don’t need fixing.” He then he thanked the members of the Board and State shoot committee for a well-run shoot and year.

 

New Webmaster Jeff Bond introduced himself, said he’d been working with Cindi Perry for a few months so that the transition would go well, and requested suggestions and financial support of the site. The Board approved the $250 website rental fee (it is also included in the 2005 budget presented by the Treasurer) without opposition.

 

Vice President Keith Lovegrove noted that thanks to everyone on the State Shoot committee and to Arrowhead, the 2004 shoot went smoothly. There were a total 1,088 guns shot, 3 more than at the 2003 state shoot.

 

Committee appointments:

The President announced his committee appointments for 2005 as follows:

 

Nominating – Mark Scott (Chair), John Daubenschmidt, Steve Nuss

 

Treasurer Review - Pat Knutson

 

State Shoot – Keith Lovegrove (Chair), Mark Geslock & Ray Harding (Club), Dick Singleton, Robert Williams (referees), Bill Chiswell (food), Judy Harding (desk), Tom Contrucci (cashiering), Bob & Becky Myers (awards)

 

Sportsman of the Year – Ken Hutcherson (Chair), Mo Mozisek, John Eklund

 

Referee of the Year – Robert Williams (Chair), Larry Lucas, Tom Szelest

 

State Team Selection – Pat Knutson (Chair), Tom Contrucci

 

New Business:

 

After a short discussion, Mo Mozisek moved that the 2005 Budget as presented by the Treasurer be approved. The motion passed without opposition.

 

The draft 2005 shoot schedule was reviewed in detail, several changes made, and approved. It will be posted on the website and made available in other forms as well. The State shoot date will remain the 4th weekend (as set at the August meeting) though there is some concern about schools starting in the western part of the state early which will make it hard for junior shooters to participate. The exact dates of the shoot (that is, whether prelims will start on Wednesday or Thursday) will be determined by the State Shoot Committee.

 

By-law amendment proposals:

It was discussed whether or not the individual who made the proposed By-laws change to move the State shoot weekend to Labor Day was a member of the Board or not. After some discussion, which included a reference to the number of times this particular idea had been brought up and defeated, a motion was made to change the state shoot date to Labor Day weekend. The motion died for want of a second.

 

The Treasurer withdrew his proposed amendment to increase state daily target fees as unnecessary due to the financial success of the State Shoot.

 

The third proposed By-laws amendment was to limit the number of targets shot at any one club which could be considered for the 600 state minimums. After a lively discussion of people interested in encouraging people to travel and shoot at more clubs (led by Tom Contrucci) and people who thought that was unnecessary given the level of attendance enjoyed by most of our clubs throwing registered targets (led by Pat Knutson). No motion was made as there was no one, in answer to Pat Knutson’s question, who would support a limit.

 

Trophy problem/solution:

Wayne Erskine moved that the VSSA have the trophy shop put walnut bases and brass plaques on the bowls (one so far) and the four team trophies which currently have no room for further engraving. His motion, which automatically continues the traveling trophy tradition, passed with no opposition.

 

Other issues:

John Eklund stated he had been asked by a member to encourage all Clubs to put up distance markers.

 

Ray Harding noted that at the National Directors meeting in Texas there had been a proposal to stop printing the score results from shoots in the Skeet Review and have this information only available on-line. There is supposed to be a survey to find out how many shooters aren’t (or can’t get) on-line to guide the final decision. We may want to find out how many Virginia shooters this would affect.

 

Jim Stam moved for the officers of VSSA to do whatever paperwork is needed to nominate Bob Myers for the NSSA Hall of Fame. The motion passed without opposition.

 

 

 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 12:35 p.m.

 

 

 

Rebecca A. Myers

Secretary, VSSA

November 16, 2004