January 2008

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Message from the President:

I cannot believe its 2008 already! But as the saying goes “time fly’s when you’re having fun”. Hope everyone had a good hunting season, there have been lots of stories passed around at the club.

We at North Florida Archers have a lot to be proud of this past year. Our range has never looked as good, nor has our membership ever been so high. NFA has participated in many community affairs this past year. The ones I'm most proud of are the work we have done with the children who have visited our fine facility. To my count I have 84 youngsters who visited the club and tried their hands at archery. I wish to thank all of those NFA members who donated their time to make this a very special time in the life of these youngsters. Hopefully we will see even greater participation this year as this is a very special event for all that are involved.

I was not very impressed with our Christmas Dinner, so this year I intend to pursue having our annual dinner hosted by Oakleaf Plantation. I recently had a catered dinner there and it was fantastic. For the ladies that got on to me about the dancing, well, they have a small dance floor for those that want to shake a leg.

This past year NFA became active in assisting Camp Blanding in developing a new and innovative training arena for Improvised Explosive Devices (IED's). John and I were invited to attend the grand opening on the behalf of NFA. I could go on about the training area they have developed. Our troops are in good hands! NFA received an award for our contribution. I have it proudly hanging in the equipment room.

On 26 February 2008, we had our annual clean up day at the facility. We had good participation despite the bad weather and the facility looks great. The club is ready for the start of the 3-D shoot season. Our first shoot will be Sunday the 3rd of February; I look forward to seeing you there.

Your president
Charlie Nelson

April 2008

 

 

• Opened Meeting, observed a moment of silence for the troops overseas.
• Read and accepted the treasurers report
• Discussed old business:
  • Load of gravel to fill in holes near the front was completed.
  • Discussed project to get new centers for targets, still shopping around for best prices.
  • 08 Christmas party, looking at possibly holding it at Oakleaf Plantation, agreed to look into pricing and availability.

 

New Business:

·      Charlie Nelson has stepped down as president. John Guttry is now the acting President.

·      To reward Charlie’s service to the club we voted and approved an honorary lifetime membership.

·      Billy Loudermilk is now the acting Vice President.

·      Shane Delance has agreed to be the acting Range Officer.

·      The club phone number is to be changed to John’s home number (904-260-8966) until a suitable replacement can found.

·      Discussed the up-coming Traditional Shoot:

o Discussed the details of the shoot

o Discussed food plans, agreed to purchase food day of shoot after attendance is determined, also John and Grover have volunteered to cook for the event.

o There will be a work day on Friday the 11^th to ready the club for the shoot.

·      Discussed details for the May 4^th club shoot, there will be a cook-out for members afterwards.

·      Discussed the clubs web-site. Agreed to start posting the meeting minutes on the site.

·      Discussed Liability: We currently require a waiver form to be signed at club shoots, we need to start requiring guests of members to sign one of these forms each time they visit. Members should only bring a guest 3 times, after which we request that the guest become a member. We agreed to start posting these liability forms in a convenient location on the range and provide a drop-box to deposit them in. Also we will publish this form on the web-site so that it can be printed out in advance.