Minutes May 30, 2009
WSSA Annual Meeting
President Mark Spungin called the meeting to order at 10:10AM at the Parkway
Plaza, Casper, WY. Sixteen members had expressed interest in
attending but the gathering soon overloaded the reserved room. The Parkway staff accommodated the meeting by
helping a move to a larger area. Additional
BOD members in attendance: VP Beverly Spungin, Competitions Roy Bane,
Hunter/Conservation Peter Moore, & Sebesta Sec/trea. Members and guests numbered near 30.
Minutes from the 2008 annual meeting and the Dec 13th, 2008
meeting were read. M and 2nd
to approve as read. VV +. The financial
report was handed out with the agenda and reviewed. Membership stands at 855. Sec/trea reviewed several of the tems and
reported the checking balance stood at $16,419.05 on May 29, 2009. The balance includes about $13k that will be transferred to the LIFE CD and
PAC account.
OLD BUSINESS
1] Membership drive has brought
in about 350 new members, including 87 life and 2 patron. Total coat was $8939.04 of which the NRA Clubs grant paid $5000. About $4250 was added to the PAC fund. The mailing went to 15181 WY NRA members. [2.3% return].
2] Ed
Cassidy has web site under control, but still lacks articles from Board
members. 3] Nat Park Service told by Oboma
administration to NOT allow concealed carry by licensed individuals. An amendment to ‘Credit card holder’s bill of
rights of 2009’ will
again allow CC carry IF PASSED.
4] Dustin
Chesbro, Laramie
rec’d air rifle distinguished #243.
Congratulations.
NEW BUSINESS 1] Election- There were no write-ins and only a few
ballots returned. The call to the floor
for nominations drew out none.
Re-elected for another 2 years are: President Mark Spungin, VicePresident Beverly Spungin, Competitions Roy Bane,
Hunting/Conservation Peter Moore, Junior programs Dudley
Irvine and Legislation Richard Bohling. No one was elected to fill the Sec/trea office. 2] The WY State Fair
has requested the WSSA air gun range to be part of the activities at the
fair. Bev Spungin asked for help to set uo Aug 10, 10AM
and staff until take down Aug 14. Dennis
French offered to pull the trailed to the fair grounds and expected to be able
to help some of the days. Peter Moore
also expected to be able to help as did a couple of members. 3] WY Hunting & Fishing Heritage EXPO
will be Sept 10-11-12
with set up the 9th at 10AM. 4] Camp Perry
and Whittington Center have building projects that call
for donations to have bricks or tiles with donors name engraved on them. M & 2nd that
we purchase one each for WSSA. VV+. 5] Discussion to inform that Shooting
Sports-USA will be no longer published and available as e-copy only. Sebesta voiced hopes that the time frame to
have matches listed would be shorted than at present. 6] Upton Gun Club held WY Youth Hunter Challenge on May 9. A report was expected from Dave Manzer, but
didn’t happen. 7] Rep Lorraine Quarberg,
Thermopolis drew M1 ticket winner listing Thomas Wolff, 1319 Eagles Nest-A,
Gillette, WY 82716, 231-675-8540 as the winner. An attempt to reach him by phone only
resulted in a message being left. [S#
654827 is the 2009 rifle]. 8] Roy Bane asked for support for the JR HP
team to attend Camp
Perry. Trea reviewed the
motion giving 25% of the M1 raffle to the JR HP shooters and expected $800 to
be available. Jr Programs Irvine has
approved $500 for the JR 4 person air gun teams and $100 to JR individuals
earning/attending National Championships.
Sebesta felt Tyler Kamp,
Daniel, WY should be aided also on his trip to Raton, NM
for the SB & HP rifle silhouette championships. M & 2nd to
award $150 each to Kamp and the 2 juniors heading to Camp Perry. VV+ 9] The fall meeting
will be Sept 9th after set up at EXPO. Meeting to be coffee shop or pool side at the Ramada
in Casper about
5PM 10]
Sec/trea asked for thoughts if WSSA desired
pins or decals to issue at matches or for sales. He displayed samples from 2 firms. Roy Bane moved we get pins to issue at WY
championships and include cost in entry fee. 2nd
and VV+.
Competitions report-Roy Bane- He attended the NRA National
Convention in Phoenix
and said the dry heat at 110 was HOT.
The meetings were very well attended.
He also took part in the leadership forum and encouraged everyone to
attend when possible. The ’09 WY
dates: June 6 @Cheyenne Team Championships; Jun 13-14 @Cody HP 300 to
900 yards w/F class; Jul 11-12 @Cody HP with 600 yard on Sat and 2-300 on
Sun; Sept 12-13 @ Cheyenne. The 2700 pistol championship organizer has
dropped out of contact, nothing has been filed w/NRA. So until further notice
it is doubtful that it will happen. Lander Valley
Sportsmen will host all 4 rifle divisions of silhouette on Jun 20-21. Junior team to head to
Perry Jul 29.
Club reports
Jeff Stone, John Holtgreve & Dave Salvador officers of Western WY Riflemen have 120 members;
rec’d 40yr lease on 120A; 20 mi S of StarValley;
expect 300-600 yard rifle area, 2 pistol area to 25 yards; IPSIC & IPDA;
rim fire area; shotgun field; archery, Simplot has help along with FNRA, NGuard and CoSheriff Dept. John Popelka, Casper Shooters said Stuckenhoff
still active.
GUEST SPEAKER Rep Lorraine Quarberg,
Thermopolis from House District 28 which is generally Hot Springs and southern Big Horn
counties. Her address started with a
recap of her political and employment duties.
She served as police officer and now is in Economic development for Hot Springs CO. Reflecting on democracy she said of the people . by the people takes more
than just putting a check on a ballot, but also includes supporting candidates
with leg work and $. In reflecting on
the Second Amendment- the Declaration of Independence was the promise and the
Constitution was the fulfillment. The
incremental encroachments dilute or nullify ‘rights’, often with the ‘little
bit doesn’t hurt’ mentality. Quarberg was involved with the ‘WY gun right protection
during disaster’ legislation passed last year and also the Castle
Doctrine. She told of the wrangling that
ensued to get ‘right to protect in residence’ passed and that the ‘outside of
residence’ was lost. She is confident
the ‘no duty to retreat’ will be reintroduced.
Already in the write-up stage are bills to affirm States Rights and an Alaska style carry with hopes to get
the needed 2/3 vote to be debated in the 2010 budget session.
Adjourned at 2:30PM Roger Sebesta Sec/trea emailed to BOD 5-31-09