Minutes of Pendleton Sportsman’s Club meeting on June 14, 2005

Call to order.  Meeting opened by President Dennis Loftis at 1835.

Approved May’s minutes as published.

Report of the Secretary / Treasurer 

-  Club has 44 members.  43 Regular and one (1) Honorary member.

1. -   Was noted that the Club received no (0) new members last month.
2. -   Club Dues as of April 1st will be $10 for the remained of year per the Clubs By-Laws

-  Report current balance of $895.07.

-  Noted that the club owes Kellee McCann for purchasing club patches.   

Committee Reports:  (Committees to be determined)

1. Membership Committee. N/A
2. Programs Committee. N/A
3. House Committee. N/A
4. Buildings and Grounds Committee: Still searching for a permanent building. Vice President John Cullen met with Gene Rucks about the place for the club to meet on a regular basis at Range 116.  There is a classroom available at the Range 116 location that the club can use for the regular meetings on the second Tuesday of the month.  A couple of members visited the site and found the classroom to be on the small side for the club to have meetings at.  The club will continue to search for a permanent building but continue to use the present building of 25264.   
5. publicity Committee:  Club Patches are now available; Club secretary, Steve Karns currently has them and will bring them to club functions for sale.  The price of the patch is $5 each. 
6. Game and Hunting Committee. N/A
7. Fishing Committee. Fishing is still available through Dana Wharf,  for active duty Marines and Sailors on Wednesday and Thursday’s for only the price of license and tackle rental.  Please contact Rob Shuford or Gary Walker for setting up an event, his contact information is on the clubs website.

-  The Fishing trip with the BloodyDecks.com went very.  Everyone had a great time, about 35 Marines and Sailors from Camp Pendleton went fishing for free on June 11th, 2005

1. h.       Special Committee. N/A

Old and unfinished business

- New membership dues collected.

- The Club patches are available through the clubs Secretary / Treasure Steve Karns.  The patches are for sale at the cost of $5 each.

1. -   Club membership cards have distributed. Members not present will be receiving their membership cards in the mail. If you have not received you membership card contact Secretary Steve Karns at stevekarns@hotmail.com. 

- Rifle Site-in days will be scheduled for Saturday’s in June 18th, July 16th, August 20th, and September 17th.  The Rifle Site-in days deconflict with the Hunter Safety Courses scheduled.

1. -   The Club project of maintaining duck blinds have been approved and the work has begun.  Mr. Yoder of the Resource Enforcement and Compliance Branch is going to purchase lumber for the club to build 5 new duck blinds.  Please try to gather 2x4’s, plywood, 4x4’s, nails and other building materials to donate to the project. 
2. -   The Club projects of maintaining the fishing areas around Lake O’ Neill and marking of the hunting areas have been submitted for approval from the base. After September 1st the club will be able to start work on the project.  The reasoning for the later date is due to a Migratory Bird act. 

- The Club still has free fishing through Dana Wharf for active duty Marines and Sailors.  For more information or to set up the event log on to the website, go to Fishing news and click on the link to contact Rob Shuford or Gary Walker. 

Guest Speaker, Mr. Vic Yoder Head, Resource Enforcement and Compliance Branch

- Mr. Yoder has set up two days of training for Hunters Safety Course on base.  The dates are June 25th and August 20, 2005.  A copy of the flyer is posted on the Clubs website.

- Base hunting permits will be going on sale on June 18th, 2005.

- Club President Dennis Loftis made a request to Mr. Yoder to see about maintaining the road around the Stuart Mesa Ponds.  Mr. Yoder said that is something that will also fall under the September 1st starting point. 

- The club will get with Mr. Yoder in August to see exactly what areas around Lake Oniell are allowed to be cleared/ cleaned up to give fishing access. 

- The club had made a request to Mr. Yoder about possibly planting the Percolation Ponds across from the Naval Hospital, Mr. Yoder gave the basic answer of no, that would be not compatible or conducive to plant things in the ponds, planting the ponds could lead to Baiting a hunting area convictions from DFG, and also the non-native species on the base issues.

New Business

- Next Club meeting will be on July 16th, 2005 in building 25264 at 1830.  In the event of the meeting being moved/canceled a mass e-mail will be sent out of the new location..

Adjournment.  Meeting adjourned at 1940.

This is being typed post the June 18th 2005 shoot and we had about 30 people show up to site in their hunting rifles for the upcoming season.  The Club had a very safe and enjoyable morning of shooting,  Looking forward to the July shoot on the 16th.