WEB PAGE http://www.chillisportsmen.org/
MAKE SURE YOU ARE REGISTERED TO VOTE AND THAT YOU DO VOTE ON
NOVEMBER 2, 2004 ELECTION DAY. There
are candidates for State & Federal Office’s who are VERY STRONGLY ANTI 2ND
AMENDMENT (ANTI-GUN). If you desire to
retain your 2nd Amendment Rights, then you need to help make sure
these ANTI 2ND AMENDMENT (ANTI-GUN) Candidates are NOT ELECTED to
any State or Federal Office.
REMEMBER: REGISTER TO VOTE and
VOTE – November 2nd.
ANNUAL CLUB ELECTIONS
YOUR Club’s annual elections will be held on Tuesday, November 9th, at 6:30 P.M. All members are welcome to come and cast YOUR vote for the 2005 Officers and five (5) open 2005-2006 Board of Directors seats. The announced candidates at this time are:
President: Dale Schroeder
Vice-President: Charles Varnold
Secretary: Bob Bjerke
Treasurer: Dick Powell
Board of Directors: Ed Braasch Ken Cook Greg Howald Chuck Jenkins
Mahmood Julazadeh Kevin Monk Cally Morgan
ARE ANY ADDITIONAL MEMBERS INTERESTED IN RUNNING FOR AN OFFICE? IF SO --
To get your name on the ballot for any of these positions, please contact one of our Nominations Committee: Walt Stroyeck, Chairman @ (815) 452-2667, Paul Brenkman @ (309) 383-2395, or Dean Martin @ (309) 691-5251. All nominations must be in no later than November 5th, for ballot printing.
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS
Your membership expires on December 31st, 2004, and the gate lock changes on January 1st, 2005. The club’s current annual membership is full and we will have pending applications for new memberships in the file, so get your renewal in. Don’t wait until the last minute to renew your membership. Some Associate Life Memberships are available for those who want to upgrade.
Annual Members: Dues $50, Land Fund $10 and 10 work hours or $10 for every work hour not worked. Annual Members with no work hours will have a renewal fee of $160 for 2005.
Associate Life Members: Land Fund $10 and 10 work hours or $10 for every work hour not worked. Associate Life Members with no work hours will have a renewal fee of $110 for 2005.
Life Members: Land Fund $10 and 10 work hours or $10 for every hour not worked. Life Members under the age of 65 with no work hours will have a renewal fee of $110 for 2005. Life Members over the age of 65 are EXEMPT from the 10 work hours requirement and will have a $10 Land Fund renewal fee for 2005.
Please be sure to return your 2004 membership card with your dues and/or fees even if you don’t have any or only partial work hour credits. This includes both non-renewing and renewing Annual Members, Associate Life Members, and Life Members (both under and over 65) all with or without work hours. We need your membership cards for our records. Thank you.
It is not absolutely necessary to return your old gate key, however old gate keys in good condition can be re-keyed. It would be appreciated if you would deposit your old keys in the mailbox in front of the Club House. This action will help save the Club money. Thank you.
Please do not hand out or submit any prospective new member
applications until after January 1st, as they will have
to be returned to the applicant if they are received before January 1st.
New Annual Members cannot be accepted until the February Board Meeting.
CHILLICOTHE SPORTSMEN’S CLUB, INC. BY-LAWS CHANGES
All proposed
By-Laws changes are indicated in bold italic type.
Section 8:
Number of Members: The
members of the club shall be limited to 100 Life Members, 50 Associate Life
Members, 450 (change to --
500) Annual Members and an
unlimited number of Junior and Honorary Members. 11-14-2000 (11-09-2004)
Section 14:
Keys: Members shall not
lend or give their keys to non-members / children, including minor children /
guests to provide Club’s grounds access and use without the member or member’s
spouse being present. (11-09-2004)
Section 4: Board Meetings:
Meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by
written notice signed by any three Directors.
All notices of meetings shall be mailed (add -- or electronically (e-mail) notified) to each and the notice shall state the time, place
and purpose of the meeting. There shall
be at least one Board Meeting per month, so that the normal business of the
corporation may take place. (11-09-2004)
Section 5: Annual and Special Meetings: The Annual Meeting, for the election of Directors, shall be set
by the President and held between November 1st and November 30th
of each year. Besides the annual
election for the year, any changes to the by-laws may be considered. All members shall be notified in writing (add -- or electronically (e-mail) notified) at least 15 days prior to the Annual Meeting. Special Meetings of the members shall be
called by the President, by any five Directors, or at the written request of
1/3 of the Life and Associate Life Members for the purpose of changing the
by-laws or other items of great importance to the entire membership. All members must be notified in writing (add -- or electronically (e-mail) notified) at least 15 days prior to the special meeting. All notices of meetings shall be sent to the
member at their address (add
-- or electronic (e-mail) address) as
it appears on the records of the corporation.
(11-09-2004)
Section 6:
Electronic (E-Mail) Address Notification: Members who receive all or much of their
periodic Club information via electronic (e-mail) notification versus receiving
a printed mailed copy shall be considered to be duly notified of any and all
meetings provided that the electronic (e-mail) notification is sent at least 15
days prior to the Annual or Special Meeting.
(11-09-2004)
Section 1: General: The
member is responsible for the conduct of spouse, children and guests. (add -- The member or member’s spouse must be present whenever any
nonmember / children, including minor children / guests are using any of the
Club’s facilities. Minor children are
those under the age of 18 as defined by Illinois Statute.) When any
member, whether Life, Associate Life, Annual, Junior or Honorary is charged in
writing to the Board of Directors, by any other member, with a violation of any
of the by-laws of the corporation or of violating any written rule or
resolution of the Board of Directors, or with any act or conduct tending to
endanger the health or safety of any other member or tending to adversely
affect the reputation, welfare or credit of the corporation the Board of
Directors shall thereupon set a date for and conduct a hearing on such charge
or complaint. (11-09-2004)
Section
1: Amendments hereto may be made at the
Annual Meeting or a Special Meeting called for the purpose of considering such
amendments. All members shall be
notified by mail (add -- or
electronically (e-mail) notified)
of the specific purpose, date, time and location etc. of the meeting at least
15 days prior to the meeting. Seventy
per cent (70%) of those members voting is necessary for passage of amendments. Changes affecting the status of Life Members
MUST be approved by 70% of those
Life Members voting at said meeting.
Written proxy votes will be accepted.
(11-09-2004)
ARTICLE 10: CLUB POLICIES /
PROCEDURES / SUPPLEMENTAL RULES AND REGULATIONS
Section 1: General: The Chillicothe Sportsmen’s Club Board of
Directors has the responsibility and authority to make any changes that relate
to the operational safety of the facilities and members / guests when deemed
necessary. These changes do not have to
be written into / included in the Club’s By-Laws to be enforceable. It is the responsibility of each member to
be familiar with these various documents and to follow the rules provided in
the posted signs at each range.
(11-09-2004)
If proposed ARTICLE 10 is adopted, then
it should be numbered as ARTICLE 9 and ARTICLE 9 should be renumbered as
ARTICLE 10.
October
Special Match Results: 20 rounds in 2
minutes using an SKS:
First Carl
Dalcher 173-1X
Second Al
Smith 168-1X
Third Max
Koehl 156-1X
Carl
received the special prize of 7.62X39 Ammo which was donated by Max Koehl who
setup this challenge match.
October
Regular Match results:
First: Frank
Virant M48 Mauser 208-0X
Second Keith
Kohler Brazilian Mauser 202-1X
Third Ron
Anderson M48 Mauser 201-4X
The
November 13th Special Match will be with Varmint Rifles, 3 different
positions @ 100 yards. Sign-up @
8AM. Match @ 9AM.
The
November 13th Regular Mauser Match will register @ 9AM and shoot @
10AM.
Questions
– contact Max Koehl @ (309) 385-1033.
INFORMATIONAL NOTICES
Work Hours: The Indoor Range will be CLOSED on the 2nd Saturday of November thru February after 9AM to facilitate Range Cleanup. The cleanup should be finished by 1PM each work date. Contact Dean Martin @ (309) 691-5251 for details.
Newsletter: This newsletter is going out early to be in compliance with Club By-Laws. Additionally, current By-Laws require ALL MEMBERS BE NOTIFIED BY MAIL when any By-Laws Revisions are proposed, therefore, all electronic only recipients will also receive this newsletter via mail. Electronic only recipients will revert back to normal next month.
LIFE Members: Proposed Club By-Laws Revisions will also be voted on at the November 9, Club Annual Meeting & Elections of Officers & Directors. The proposed By-Laws Revisions are on the attached page in this newsletter. Please read and understand them.
PARKING: Please do not park in front of the dumpster at any time. Our refuse collector was unable to pickup our trash recently due to access being blocked by a white pickup truck.
CLUB CALENDAR
Be sure to check out this month’s and next month’s included calendars for All Scheduled Archery, Pistol, Rifle, Shotgun, and Other Events and Starting Times.
PC Jr Air Rifle Club – Wednesday evenings, will start at 6PM effective immediately.
Indoor Bowling Pin Competition starts, 1st Sunday, 1PM. Contact Kevin Monk @ (309) 443-5339
MAUSER MATCH
The results of the October Mauser Matches are included on the insert pages that contain the proposed By-Laws revisions.
CLUB MEMBER MAILING ADDRESS
Some of our members have moved to a new address and have
not notified the Club. The Post Office
returns your monthly club newsletter and charges the Club $ .37 for each
newsletter returned. The Club then has
to again pay $ .37 to forward this returned newsletter to you. These fees are in addition to the original
printing and standard rate postage charges.
If you have moved, or are moving, please let us know
your new address. Please
mail your new address to the Club at P.O. Box 13, Chillicothe, IL 61523 or call
one of our officers with it. If you
call and get an answering machine, please leave your telephone number
also. Sometimes the machines are unable
to clearly record your message. Thanks.
CLUB WEB SITE & E-MAIL NOTICE
The newsletter and calendar are available for viewing on-line. Back issues of the newsletter are available as well and the club activities information are periodically updated. Check it out. The web site address is listed at the top of each monthly newsletter.
Many of you newer members and some of you older members have provided the Club with your e-mail address. The Club will be e-mailing you your monthly newsletter. If you have provided your e-mail address and have not received your monthly newsletter via e-mail, please let us know via e-mail so that we can get your correct e-mail address. (Some of the e-mailed newsletters have come back as undeliverable due to a bad e-mail address) You will also continue to receive a hard copy of the newsletter, until we hear from you that the e-mail version is sufficient. The Club can then delete your name from the club newsletter printing and mailing list. This will save the Club money (just over $.50 per newsletter). Tim Vik is the CLUB WEBMASTER and E-MAIL coordinator. His E-MAIL address is sprtsman@mtco.com. Thanks!!
The Club Website also has Club event and general Club information on it.
If you have any questions or concerns about your Club you may contact any Club Officer listed below or any board member.
President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer
Dale Schroeder Charles
Varnold Bob Bjerke Richard Powell
(309) 369-6569 (309) 697-6766 (309) 692-1800 (309) 697-2889
Acronyms - What the heck do they mean!!???!!?!?
Wonder what all the acronyms used out on the range and in
this newsletter mean? This area of the newsletter is dedicated to helping
explain these. If I forget some or misidentify them, please let me know.
SASS Single Action Shooting
Society
USPSA United States Practical
Shooting Association
DCM Department of Civilian Marksmanship
(old designation)
CMP Civilian Marksmanship Program
(new designation)
IPSC International Practical Shooting
Confederation
NRA National Rifle Association
PPC Police Practical Combat
Contact Tim Vik via e-mail at sprtsman@mtco.com
if you would like to receive the CSC Newsletter and calendar of events via
e-mail at no cost to you.