Meeting Called to Order at: 7:00

Officers present: Jim DePetro - President, Art Grover - Vice President, Kristin Huston - Treasurer, Rex Roberson - Secretary

Members present: Preston E, Jerry S, Mitch W, Peter D, Jim W, Angi R, Matt H

Pledge of Allegiance

Minutes of last meeting: Reviewed and approved

Treasurers report: $54,258.01 Total cash assets
February Income: $6733.97, February Expenses: $728.59, February Net Income: $6005.38 
YTD Income: $9907.80, YTD Expenses: $5802.79, YTD Net Income: $4105.01

Membership report: 158 members

New member applications approved: Keith Gill, Tom Karnuta, Kelly Long, Peter Daniels

Trap report: 

• The trap start time will change to 10am on April 2nd.

• There will be 4 spots cleared next to the semi-trailers so that people can dry camp during our big trap events.

• Greg will be back in April for the summer and for the two large trap events 

Youth trap report: 

• Signups have started for the youth trap league. The first safety meeting last week. 

• Mark Arnold has withdrawn his request to use the range for his trap team. 

Rifle report: 

• No update

Rimfire rifle report:

• 7 people showed up to the March 2nd shoot.

Pistol report

• Pistol range gate fixed by Jake & Rex – Top hinge was missing. Replaced with a double hinges.

• Plate rack maintenance performed by Jake & Rex. Extension was put on the reset handle to get the rope out of the way of damage from bullet slag. Angle iron was installed as a plate stop instead of the screws. 

Old Business:

• Two shoots lined up for summer by Christian groups. Young Life April 26th and Waterstone Church April 4th - 6th.

• Jim DePetro – Would like to offer absentee voting option for board member election. We will need to amend the bylaws to allow this to happen. – Pending new bylaw verbiage from Jim.

• Jim DePetro – Would like to start sending a monthly newsletter and increase social media presence. - We will be using the platform Email Octopus to manage club communications going forward. This way people can sign up for and remove themselves from our email lists. Rex will be sending instructions out to the membership on what email lists are availalbe to sign up for and how to enroll in them.

• Jim DePetro / Eric – Adventure Camp, we have 4 slots reserved. Each slot cost $1300. Those interested in participating or donating can contact Jim DePetro or Eric Phillips. We have potential sponsors to cover 3 of the slots and BVSC will pay for the 4th.  - No update on this.

• Jim DePetro – Should the club be advocating to members to join gun advocate groups? It was agreed that we would include information regarding gun law changes in the monthly newsletter and on the website blog. 

New Business:

• Vote on facilities use agreement for Roberson Firearms Training, LLC – This was approved unanimously by the board members present  at the meeting. Rex did not vote. The training dates will be listed on the club calendar found on the clubs website. All of Roberson Firearms Training classes will be held on specific Saturday mornings May - September from 8am - 12pm on the pistol range. Please check the calendar to ensure that the range will be available if planning to shoot on a Saturday morning. The calendar can be found here.

• Sin tax on guns, gun parts and ammo that takes effect May 1st, 2025. The club is going to consult with an accountant on how to handle the purchase and sale of ammo and shot going forward.  

• In the past there has been requests for a platform to use to provide status on regularly held shoots such as the weekly trap shoots, rimfire shoots, pistols shoots, etc. This will allow interested parties to do real time chats in the event of bad weather, etc. The club has decided to use the Signal app for this purpose. It is free to use and highly secure. Rex will be putting together instructions on how to get signed up for these groups and sending them out soon. 

Meeting Adjourned: 7:57

Meeting notes taken and reported by Rex Roberson - Secretary