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ELECTED BOARD of DIRECTORS (term 2022-2023)
President....................Sylvain Richer
1st Vice-President........Marco Scichilone
2nd Vice-President.......Ronald Chamberlain
Secretary/Treasurer.....Claude E. Chiasson
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Club de tir chaleur shooting
club inc.
2022 AGM
Dec 4, 1:30pm
Centre Raoul Charest
585 Rue Principale
Beresford, NB E8K 1X6
1:30pm
1) call the meeting to order by
President Sylvain Richer
2) WELCOMED members,
3) Introduce Board
4) Establish if quorum of 10% was
met, 182 members, 23 present, quorum established, 18 members minimum requited
for motions on the constitution or bord of directors’ elections.
5) Set ground rule (bilingual
meeting)
-One
(1) person speaks at a time.
-To
speak Raise your hand and wait to be recognised by the chair.
-State
your name & membership number
6)
presidents’ comments on the
past year
- successful year
- 182 members of which only
102 were active shooters.
- Range opened naturally May7
- we started a new policy in 2022,
only your family or from the same civic address allowed, ONLY the members
firearm can be used, you must supervise your visitor or guest.
- we had 534 range visits,
down from 675 last year.
- They were no club events
held and board meetings were by email/phone due to covid rules.
-board meetings were held by
e-mail or phone calls due to covid retrictions
- we supplied paper targets
free of charge to the shooters which were paid for from the sale of fired
brass. Twice we had them stolen.
- 4 pistol benches and screens were added by
Ron Chamberlain & John Stewart. The pistol range can now accommodate 8
shooters.
- Major range improvements
were the firebreak for the storage shed. At the same time, we also used a back
hoe to add material to the main access road. The safety boundary was also
brushed out in October.
- the bad news was an awful
lot of crushed rock was stollen, which required heavy equipment. We need the
crushed rock for repairs, if it’s stolen, we will have to pay for it when we
need crushed rock. Giving out the
combination lock number will result in immediate life time ban. Also, the LAST
PERSON to leave the range site must be certain the gate is locked.
- this year we raised $ 4050 from range rentals;
therefore, membership rates will not change this year, $75 for regular members,
$50 for seniors & students age to 22 years.
7) Reports by the
Secretary/treasurer
To speed the AGM Meeting up
and save time, Except for motions & elections we will take a more casual
approach to the process. The membership
in attendance will simply be asked to approve or disapprove with a show oh
hands.
8) First order of business, Approval
of the 2021 AGM minutes as posted on our web site
Remark,
this is to verify that the posted minutes of the last AGM reflect what actually
happened. Are there any errors, corrections or omissions to the 2021 AGM
minutes that were posted on our web site that must be fixed?
I only have 1, the year was
incorrectly stated in 1 instance on the English version which I have already
corrected.
Are there any other corrections.
Since they are no corrections,
the minutes of the 2021 AGM are approved
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9) Financials (up to Dec.4, 2022)
TO NOTE: The cut off date for yearly financials will be
the date of the Dec 31.
This AGM financial report is
preliminary and will be updated Dec. 31
Fiances for the year 2022 were
reported and a printed financial summary of past 7 years was distribute to the
membership to compare the financial health of the club .
ALSO NOTE FINANCIALS WILL NOT BE REPORTED ON
OUR WEB SITE, You must attend the AGM for this
information.
10) UNFINISHED BUSINESS 2022
- Proposed
Range work for the 2023 range inspection
- The
work in adding to the height of the rifle berm along with shaping the bullet
stop and safety berm scheduled in the fall was cancelled due to a hand surgery that
required 4 months to heal rather than 2-4 weeks.
11) NEW BUSINESS (2023)
11-1
VISITOR, GUEST POLICY is
revised for 2023,
Basically, we don’t want your neighbour or
your work pals, MEMBER’S ONLY plus family
Visitors
must be related or live at the same civic address as the member.
ONLY 1 Shooter at a time,
either the member or guest may use a firearm
The Member is responsible for
SUPERVISING the Guest Shooter.
The Guest Shooter MUST HAVE
A VALID PAL (federal firearm permit), the only exception are children 12 to
16 years of age with direct adult supervision. All in Favor, yes
11-2 2023
RANGE INSPECTION
- Both our pistol & rifle range are due for our 5-year
inspection/certification in 2023. We
require heavy equipment rework the berm between the pistol & rifle range
and fix the slopes to the proper angle. Also, an extra layer of 6x6 PT hemlock
rial ties will be added to rifle range bullet stop to add to the height. The
safety boundary must have the signage replaced. We plan 1-2 days or work for
the for rental of back-hoe and truck.
Plan on fixing berms, backstops and adding more crushed rock at the main
gate and the access road. All in Favor, yes
11-3 Events-
hand guns
Due to NEW HANDGUN ownership RULES of Oct 2022
by the CFO, you must PROVE you’re a year-round member in good standing of a gun
range/club and show proof that you train or compete with your handgun to
legally retain your hand guns. t’s use them or lose them. We will be offering
a large bore hand gun TYPE PPC practise probably every second Sunday. OPEN only to members ONLY. More information to come.
11-4 Range Road Opening - We do not plan
to open the range road before May 1st at the earliest. The main
access road to the range gate must be down to gravel before we consider opening
the road. All in favor, Yes
11-5
RENT AGREEMENT with St. Isidore Asphalt
Our
5-year rental agreement for the shooting range expires Dec. 2023. We will have to meet with the new president
of St. Isidore Asphalt, Mr. Ronald Losier for a new rental
agreement.
11-6
DONATION FOR LEGAL FUND
to the National Firearms Association
The
NFA, located in Edmonton, promote sport shooting at the National and Olympic
levels. They provide training, safety and nationally certified range safety program
(RSO’s of which 4 members of the club are certified nationally). The also lobby
and monitor gun laws to protect the interest of hunters’ and sport shooters.
We
have been asked by the NFA (National Firearms Association)
to have members sign a petition opposing the recent gun laws.
They
are also looking for a donation towards their legal challenge in Supreme Court
of Canada to the recent changes in gun ownership requirements.
NFA is in the challenging the proposed changes in the Supreme Court of Canada.
It’s our
last chance before the new laws come into effect. It’s now or never. Last
call. I proposed we try $1000.00 for our
LAST & FINAL attempt at protecting our rights.
Two
members stated they were for it BUT could we as a club afford it. As treasurer I replied honestly, we would use
most of our 2022 profit but we do have reserves from past years and should be
ok. A show of hand to accept, yes
11-8
Members Questions
Roger
Roy, stated that he’s seeing more firing line violations. Most concur. Suggestions were forcing everyone to take a
new green to card safety course and Hugh Alexander proposed bigger signs
highlighting Firing Line rules. If it’s visitors the problem, - no more
visitors (treasure). Also, members have
the authority to politely point out the errors. WERE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS
11-7
ELECTIONS
Next
2023 AGM we will be having elections for the 2024 executives of the club
As the
secretary treasure I would like to be replaced (due to heath reasons).
Suffered
a 5th concussion a while back affecting my balance, difficulty with
my concentration and the use of my hands.
I will
remain available for the 2023 range inspection / certification is completed.
Turn
key operation, I will provide free unlimited training, requires good knowledge
of Excel and volunteer time.
3:05 pm,
meeting adjourned