Annual Meeting Minutes
Date: December 2, 2011
Place: Pelham Fish and Game, Pelham, NH
Time: 7:15 pm

President Hackett and Vice-President Madden were unable to attend so Secretary/Treasurer Wright called the meeting to order and he called for the reading for the minutes of all meetings since the last annual meeting.
The minutes of the annual meeting held December 3, 2010 were read. A motion was made by Ron Sevigny and seconded by Mary Beth Lewis to accept the minutes. Passed U. The minutes of the state shoot meeting held July 10, 2011 were read. A motion was made by Leo Lessard and seconded by Ron Sevigny to accept the minutes. Passed U.
The treasurer presented a detailed report of revenues and expenses for 2011. Expenses exceeded revenues by $1,071 in 2011 but there were approximately $2000 in non-recurring charges that will not be encountered in future years. These non-recurring charges included 10 years supply of state team pins, donation to assist Montpelier Gun Club with flood recovery and a donation to the Trapshooting Hall of Fame in memory of Bill Anzaldi. A motion was made by Fred Lewis and seconded by Leo Lessard to accept the report as given. Passed U.

OLD BUSINESS
A discussion of the 2011 state shoot ensued. Jason Green thanked all those who helped make the shoot a success. Jason indicated that the club was happy with the arrangements and looked forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with the NHTA. The improvements to the PA system corrected problems noted in prior meetings.

NEW BUSINESS
A motion was made by Fred Lewis and seconded by Leo Lessard to award the 2012 State Shoot to Pelham Fish and Game and set the date as July 6-8, 2012. Passed U
A motion was made by Sally Alexander and seconded by Fred Lewis to change the start time on Friday of the state shoot to 8 AM. Discussion centered around providing better shooting conditions to those on the later squads of doubles. Passed U.
A motion was made by Jason Green and seconded by Jim Giarrusso tochange the category trophies in the championship doubles, handicap and all-around from open to resident and add a similar dispersion of trophies for non-residents. Passed U.
The remainder of the state shoot program was reviewed with no substantive changes for 2012.
Fred Lewis inquired about expanding the shoot to 4 days. The host club has no intention to request such an expansion for 2012.
2012 State Team was announced. Pins for top ten will be awarded at the state shoot meeting.

DELEGATES REPORT
Phil Wright reported this past years Grand American at World Shooting Complex (WSC) in Sparta IL went well. Year two of the $100,000 Grand American Challenge continued to provide interest and drama. The addition of the $200,000 Lewis Challenge was a resounding success as evidenced by double digit percentage increases in entries during championship week. The Martins have decided to continue the $100,000 Grand American Challenge and the $200,000 Lewis Challenge for 2012 and make another
$50,000 available to the lady shooters. Phil reported that the search goes on for an Executive Director. The AIM part of the Grand was attended by more than 1000 youth shooters. Reclamation of the old grounds at Vandalia has been completed and the escrow funds held by the City of Dayton have been paid to the ATA. With Bob Stuart retiring in the near future, the ATA has retained a software developer to write a cashiering and shoot management package for the Grand Ameriacn. It is hoped that this software will be scalable and made available to clubs and associations at a nominal cost. An attempt to change the category declaration rule failed. Efforts to soften target speed standards also failed. It was decided to raise the daily fee for regular shoots to $3.00 and for Big 50’s to $1.50. Michigan will be allowed to move the Great Lakes Grand from Memorial Day weekend to the Fouth of July. Generally Satellite Grands are not allowed during the summer months but Michigan made their case that this move was necessary to avoid insolvency. Phil stated that his induction into the Trapshooting Hall of Fame went well and expressed appreciation to those who were in attendance.

ELECTION OF OFFICERS
A motion was made by Fred Lewis and seconded by Jim Giarrusson to nominate Felipe Garcia for President. There being no further nominations the chair directed the Secretary to cast one vote for the candidate.
A motion was made by Sally Alexander and seconded by Leo Lessard to nominate Dan Madden for Vice-President. There being no further nominations the chair directed the Secretary to cast one vote for the candidate.
A motion was made by Jason Green and seconded by Mary Beth Lewis to nominate Phil Wright for Secretary/Treasurer. There being no further nominations the chair directed the Secretary to cast one vote for the candidate.
As stipulated at the prior annual meeting, a free drawing was held for a $75 gift card from Kittery Trading Post (received in payment for their program ad). The winner was Don LeFebvre.

ADJOURNED 8:55 PM

Respectfully submitted,
Phil Wright
Secretary