Membership Meeting Minutes
Date: Thursday, July 9, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Attendance (19 Members)
Jim Jones, Scottie Adams, Dave Beaumont, Jim Griebsch, Kasey Donahue, David Aldrich, Dick Mose, Rocky Nogales, John Skiff, Wayne Granish, Kathy Hall, Steve Lane, Mark Holt, Dan Matuck, Theresa Matuck, Carol Griebsch, Nancy Borden, Arlene Smaldone, Gerald Smaldone
1. Call to Order
- Pledge of Allegiance
2. Secretary’s Report
Review of minutes from the last meeting.
Motion: Approve with change to Franklin County Fair – be there 9am-10am, not 8am
- First: Rocky Nogales
- Second: Jim Griebsch
3. Treasurer’s Report
Review of monthly financial reports
Motion: Accepted as read
- First: Rocky Nogales
- Second: David Aldrich
4. Membership Update
Membership Secretary Report
- 309 Due paying Members
- 383 Total Members
- 106 Regular Members
- 101 Family Members
- 3 College Members
- 61 Junior Members
- 4 Legacy Members
- 11 Life Members
Motion: Accept as read
- First: David Aldrich
- Second: Jim Griebsch
5. Old Business
Federation Update
- Franklin County Fair, August 7-16
- Saturday, August 15th & Sunday, August 16th
- 2 volunteers still needed for Saturday 2pm – 9pm
- Saturday Morning: Dan Matuck/Dave Beaumont – Saturday Evening: ??
- Sunday Morning: Jimmy Jones/Rocky Nogales – Sunday Evening: Rocky Nogales/Mark Holt
- NYS Conservation Council Fall Meeting
- August 28th-30th Fall Meeting – Need to know by next meeting if interested in attending
- Held in Hancock NY
- Franklin County Federation will pay for hotel and $50 toward gas
- NYS Conservation Council Resolutions
- Resolution Booklet can be found at the following website: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/642b73394d8f3b1bd4550d9f/t/6a09face381d0c1e9ff34437/1779038926988/Resolution+Book+2026.pdf
- Contact Mark Holt with voting by Franklin County Fair Time. Mark will vote how he is directed to based on feedback received.
- August 28th-30th Fall Meeting – Need to know by next meeting if interested in attending
10 Gun Raffle
- $3,060.00 received so far – Keep selling tickets!
- Tickets are slowing trickling in
- 24 online sales
- *Information received from Val Trost after meeting*
- Only Woods and Waters has been contacted regarding ticket sales – to date they only had 1
- Contact number was left at all locations tickets were dropped off at, should they need more tickets. Val does not want to “nag” businesses
- To date we have received 90 tickets back from the mailings and we have also received membership renewals
Kid’s Fishing Derby
- Don’t have a final report yet
- Bought more medals for this year’s event
- Still no salmon
- New scale bought for the Colby Classic works great, but is sensitive – will set up a tarp next year to protect from the wind
- Will change how we do the scoring sheets
- Pat Brown gave us permission to repaint Bob Brown’s Fish Sign to make it brighter
Willard Hanmer Guide Boat & Canoe Race
- Successful Race
- Had food, beverages, porta potty’s set up at the clubhouse
- Could have used more volunteers in the morning, but they worked through it
- Sold some 10-Gun Raffle Tickets
- Sold some memberships
- Had a bouncy house for the kids
6. New Business
River Clean-Up
- Largest Group so far
- 7 Canoes approx. 15 people
- Collected old glass bottles
- Club offered water to volunteers
Potluck Kayak/Canoe Day – Members Only
- Low Key
- Bring Food/Drinks
- 11am-3pm
- August 1st
- Paddle upriver and float back down
- Rain or Shine
Club closed this weekend 7pm Friday-12pm Sunday for a private event
Put up a bigger flag in the clubhouse – Dan Matuck
Steve Lane – Caught a tagged fish, but had too small of a net and the fish got loose
7. Adjournment
- First: David Aldrich
- Second: Jim Griebsch
Next Meeting
August 6, 2026
7:00 PM
Minutes Recorded By:
Kasey Donahue
