Thursday, 22 January 2015

The annual membership meeting was held at the clubhouse on the evening of Saturday, 17 January 2015.  There were 249 door prize tickets handed out, and 3 more members arrived after the meeting got started.  The meeting procedures were fairly smooth this year, but there is still room for improvement, and the board will be looking at ways to speed up the administrative tasks next year.

The meeting began a little late at 6:05 PM to allow the raffle and ticket area to be cleaned up.  The meeting agenda included the pledge of allegiance, and moment of silence for deceased members Earl Buche, Ron Coleman, Dave Fisher, Vern Ford, Richard Kuntz, James Lawrence, Joel Neuschwander, Art (Willie) Newby, and Jerry Severson.  The meeting continued with the reports of the officers and committee chairpersons, and elections of new officers.  The new officers and directors are:

• President - Steve Turner
• Vice President - Bob Gent
• Secretary - Adrian Hamilton
• Treasurer - Doug Phaneuf
• Director - Dennis Kenagy (re-elected in 2015, term expires in 2017)
• Director - Mike Cubbage (elected in 2015 term expires in 2015
• Director - Ben Millar (re-elected in 2014, term expires in 2016)
• Director - Jim Warn (elected in 2014, term expires in 2016)
• Past President - Joe Dula

The meeting was short (like Dennis Kenagy's building report:  "It's still standing.").  The remainder of the meeting ran fairly smoothly as well.  We are going to look at ways to make the dues payments and fund raiser ticket purchases run faster next year, to reduce the amount of standing in line time, and to create more time for drooling over goodies and buying raffle tickets.  We aren't sure what the changes will be, but several things have been discussed, such as using two entrances, rearranging the tables a bit, and bar coding membership cards for check in and door prize drawings.  Who knows - we might get more efficient.

TThe following people won tag prizes this year.  The numbers from 2014 are included for comparison, but the same people did not win in 2014.  The numbers, rather than the winners, are only for comparison.

The winners of the fund raiser prizes were:

• First prize (the Remington 1911R1 and suppressor) - Dan Arvieux
• Second prize (the Huntsman 34 gun safe) - Bryce Purtzer
• Third prize (the Heritage .22LR revolver) - Steve Roden
• Fourth prize (the Carbon Express arrows) - Mark Simmons

Millar's Hiway Tire (Steve Millar and Ben Millar) donated a Smith & Wesson M&P .22LR pistol, and Adrian Fisher donated a Savage Axis rifle in .25-06 with a scope.  The proceeds of these raffles are used for CRGC's junior shooter programs.  The winners were:

• The S&W M&P pistol - Bruce Robbins
• The Savage Axis rifle and scope - Ed Turpin

The volunteers who work on the annual meeting are essential to the success of the meeting.  It is the largest and most costly event of the year for CRGC, and would not be possible without the volunteer help.  If you see one of the volunteers, and you think they've done the job well, then please tell them.

• The set-up crew included:  Hugh Boyle, Jim Casey, Rich Chapin, Jeff Cohen, Joe Dula, Bob Hoover, Dennis Kenagy, Dennis Macomber, Chuck McClaugherty, Bruce Robbins, David Scott, Steve Turner, and Dennis Wehling.
• The afternoon set-up and evening operations crew included:  Adrian Hamilton, Bob Hogan, Greg Ladrow, Chuck McClaugherty, L.C. Parshall, Jesse Raskauskas, and Steve Turner.
• Door prize tickets:  Bob Hogan.
• The cash counters were:  Rod Beck, Dennis Berreth, Mark Fleming (who brought the Digimarc cash counter), Richard Phaneuf, and Glen Watson.
• The kitchen crew included:  Hugh Boyle, Jim Burdett, Tyler Burgett, Lee Frazier, Ed Grautski, Gordon Jeskey, Dennis Kenagy, L.C. Parshall, Bob Ray, Ken Russell, Brent Schaefer, Dave Trowbridge, Julian Trowbridge, and Homes Tupper.
• The raffle tables were manned by:  Dwight Bond, Jeff Cohen, Darrell Nicholson, and David Scott.
• The tag (fur, fin, and feathers) prizes were run by Loy Russell and Howard Wurdinger.
• Courtesy car:  Julie Postlewait.
• The clean-up crew included:  Hugh Boyle, Mike Cubbage, Joe Dula, Adam Maurer, LC Parshall, Jesse Raskauskas, Bruce Robbins, Ron Rohde, Paul Scheer, Ted Troutman, Homes Tupper, Steve Turner, Jim Warn, and Randy Zapp.