| President | Marco Scichilone |
| 1st Vice-President | Hugh Alexander |
| 2nd Vice-President | John L. Stewart |
| Treasurer | Robert LeMoignan |
| Secretary | Aaron Nowaczek |
ELECTED BOARD of DIRECTORS (term 2025 – 2027)
2025 AGM
Dec 7, 1:30pm
Centre Raoul Charest
585 Rue Principale
Beresford, NB E8K 1X6
2025 AGM Minutes
1. 1:30pm call the meeting to order by President Claude Chiasson
Welcomed members.
The meeting will be Bilingual.
To note, due to health issues and doctor’s order our Elected President Sylvain Richer asked me to finish his term as Interim President. I could not legally also keep my role as Secretary. Robert Lemoigan offered to assume the position as interim secretary.
Verify all members attending have signed the logbook.
Establish if Quorum of 10% of 142 members (14 members required) are present which is required for constitutional changes & elections is met.
22 members present, Quorum Established: Yes
2. Roll Call of the board of directors & committee members.
Present the board 2025 Board of directors:
Marco Scichilone 1st VP,
John Stewart 2nd VP,
Robert Lemognam Secretary
Claude Chiasson, interim President & treasurer.
2025 Members of the Committees are:
Maintenance: Claude Chiasson (retiring), John Stewart, Ron Mckay.
Steering Committee: Sylvain Richer, Hugh Alexander, Sebastien Gionet, (Absent)
Web & Media: Melanie McLean (Absent)
Web Master: Mike Haywood (Calgary, AB)
3. President’s comments on the past year
After 12 years I have decided to call quits, I will not be re-offering as Treasurer or President. This includes also my role as range maintenance. I want to spend time on the range shooting and not cleaning/fixing. I will remain available as an advisor to the club’s board of directors on any matters. There is a TO DO List that chronologically lists all important dates for any payment, reporting, documents or forms to submit to different authorities to allow the club legally to operate as a sports shooting club. Robert Lemoignan is presently the secretary and has offered to take over as treasurer.
The treasurer’s position is a complex job and requires quite a lot of time.
He offered to fix all the errors in our constitution which we will vote on the changes required. The original version was out of date with many errors, especially the secretary/treasure is two (2) different positions.
4. Rules of the meeting
Bilingual, 1 person speaks at a time, wait to be recognized by the board, stand up, state your name and membership number. Keep your questions brief and to the point, no personal attacks. ANY other member interrupting the person speaking will be given a warning, 2nd infraction you asked to leave the meeting.
5. 1st order of business
Approval of the 2024 AGM minutes as posted on our web site.
Remark: this is to verify that the posted minutes of the last 2024 AGM reflect what actually happened and was properly reported in the 2024 AGM minutes posted on our web site. Are there any errors, corrections or omissions the on the 2024 AGM minutes that were posted on our web site that must be fixed? One (1) typo error was corrected on range use Jan 13-2025, 428 active members corrected to 78.
If they are no corrections, we need a motion to accept the minutes of the 2024 AGM.
Motion to accept the 2024 AGM minutes by Sylvain Richer and seconded.
Vote was by show of hands, Motion approved yes
6. Reports by the Treasurer Claude Chiasson
Financials (Fiscal year’s end November 30-2025 )
Club Profit/Loss for 2025 is $ 1,112 PROFIT
Please refer to the printed handout for Financial Averages of 2017 to 2505
Detailed Finances for the year 2025 were reported and a printed financial summary of the past 9 years was distributed to the membership to compare the financial health of the club.
Note that detailed financials will not be reported on our web site.
You must attend the AGM for this information.
I turn the meeting over to our secretary Robert Lemoignan
7. CONSTITUTION CHANGES, by Secretary Robert LeMoignan
Robert explains to the membership the reasons for the changes in the Constitution and indicates how it will be presented for approval. Every change in the constitution was presented by article in both languages to be approved. The approval of the membership needed is 2/3 of the quorum of this assembly. Members approved all changes presented to them.
The revised and approved constitution will be posted on our website in the coming weeks. Robert thanks the members for their support.
Meeting resumes by Claude Chiasson
We are running late, we need to finish quickly to have the elections. Would anyone object to switching to English speed things up. No objections, so I will finish the AGM in English.
8. Web site is finally up & working.
Our web master Mike Haywood has moved to Calgary but has offered to remain on as web master & cyber security for our web site.
Melanie McLean, a club member and active shooter has offered to take over duties editing the pages on the web site to keep it up to date. She plans to open a Facebook page for the club. My thanks to both of them.
Total start up cost of the new website is appx. $ 6,100 for the past 2 years.
It includes PREPAYMENT of both the membership program & web site use to 2034.
The cost of operating should be very low for next 9 years. Reminder, the original web site startup cost in 2014 was $ 8,338 and yearly operations costs over $1,100 per year
9. Range Site Use
74 active shooters, 478 visits.
15 green card safety inductions for new members were issued. To note: In the future we will stop gathering statistics on shooters. It’s way too much time and effort. We will simply just keep the shooting logs 6 years for the CFO.
10. Range Site Maintenance:
We spent approximately 190 hours or 24 days of maintenance on the ranges. This does not include work at home to prepare like sourcing unstamped lumber and pre-cutting wood for target stands.
Our newest maintenance volunteer Ron Mckay had sourced salvaged ½” plywood from a roof replacement job. A total of appx 350 target backstops were cut, appx. a 3 year supply at a saving of appx $ 2,800.00 for the club. Again, thanks to a volunteer.
Plywood was one of our biggest costs for range maintenance. We have a 2-3 year supply.
The range has reached its full potential. Due to property conditions, we cannot expand it. Since 2018, we have spent $45,951 to fix the rifle berm and construct a pistol range.
The club only has to keep up care and maintenance to operate.
11. SAFETY/ ENVIRONMENT / RANGE IMPROVEMENTS
The safety boundary cleaned using chain saw & brush cutter. The signage & heavy-duty vinyl flagging was replaced. Required 3 volunteers.
Both ranges & road were cut/mowed 2 times.
Sign for Winter Conditions Dec-Apr, Use at own risks sign was posted at main gate.
2 Signs warning snow may slide from roof were installed on both buildings
First Aid location signs were posted at both buildings.
12. New INSURANCE Co-Operators, Tracy Grant, Bathurst, NB
We have a new insurer for liability & replacement cost fire insurance. Locally owned by Tracy Grant, the insurance policy is custom tailored for our club at a reasonable price.
The policy is easy to read and understand what we are covered for. Cost for 2025 was $3,064. We are not allowed to have guests handle or shoot firearms.
13. Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
In February, we were audited by the CRA for taxes owing from 2014 to 2024. The agency did not realize we were a tax-exempt not-for-profit sports club. We sent in financial disclosure forms. We received a phone call from Mrs. Alexendra from Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and she gave the final approval on the tax review. Although not required we will report in each year to be sure this doesn’t happen again.
14. CFO Chief Firearms Officer NB
Marie Picard, CFO since 2023, ex. police officer has been replaced as CFO by Brian Hansen, a bureaucrat from NB Liquors Commission Purchasing Dept.. He has no experience with firearms so we might have problems, time will tell.
CFO NEW POLICY on Hardened Steel Targets, CFO 2025
Hardened Steel Targets, AR 500 or higher grade may be used by Shooting Ranges.
Club Policy, they must be approved by the club.
100m Rifle range, they can only be used at the 100m berm / backstop
25m pistol range, they can only be used at the 15m Minimum to 25m position.
They must be angled towards the ground, so the projectile is directed to the ground.
They cannot be used if other shooters are present unless they all agree.
NEW SIGNS WILL BE POSTED AT EACH RANGE
Restricted GUN BUY BACK PROGRAM.
The buy back program initiated by the federal government has been delayed one year to October 30, 2026. You still cannot buy, sell, trade or give away listed firearms BUT you are required to keep them at home under lock & key.
There is no sense discussing it as the government has no idea what to do, they have already used up all the funds. We will advise members when we have REAL information.
It appears there will be no buy back & you have the choice to deactivate or surrender the firearms BUT they will not go to your home to confiscate them.
* NEW DEC. 4, 2025 M1 Garands & all SKS rifles are now banned *
15. ADVERTISING
We have carried out a drone areal survey; it’s posted on our web site.
We posted a 4×8 ft sign outside at the PRONATURE Store on St Peter Ave.
New, now have 2-sided colour business cards with aerial view of the range
16. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 2025
None to report
17. NEW BUSINESS for 2026
a. Range Safety Officers course by ROYAL NB RIFLES
b. Advertise at local events, e-billboards etc.
c. Replace 1 fire extinguishers, Safety Issue
d. Replace all plastic chairs in rifle range, old & brittle, Safety Issue
e. Install new signs for Steel Target use on both ranges, Safety Issue
18. Elections
Any position can be challenged.
Vote will be by show of hands.
Vote in order for:
President, 1 st Vice-president, 2nd Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary
President: Giovanni-MARCO Scichilone nominated by Hugh Alexander
Marco Scichilone elected President by acclamation
1st Vice-President: Hugh Alexander nominated by Giovanni-MARCO Scichilone Hugh Alexander elected 1 st Vice-President by acclamation
2nd Vice President: John L. Stewart nominated by Robert Lemoignan
John Stewart elected 2 st Vice President by acclimation
Treasurer: Robert LeMoignan Nominated by Claude Chiasson
Robert LeMoignan elected Treasurer by acclimation
Secretary: I informed the members present that the club cannot function without a secretary (require for the AGM). We asked the members present at the AGM if they was anybody willing to take over the Secretaries position. A new member Aaron Nowaczek Ph.D., although not bilingual offered to take over the position. Aaron was elected by acclamation.
I really appreciate Aaron’s help in fixing the dilemma.
Motion to close the AGM, Sylvain Richer moves the adjournment of the meeting.
Motion passed.
3:15pm 2025 AGM MEETING ADJOURNED