Date: Thursday, August 7, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Clubhouse
Attendance (16 Members)
Tom Cleator, Jim Jones, Val Trost, Jim Griebsch, Mark Holt, Nancy Borden, Ralf Hartmann, John Skiff, Wayne Granish, Dick Mose, Dave Beaumont, Dan Matuck, Rocky Nogales, David Aldrich, Kasey Donahue, Scottie Adams
1. Call to Order
- Pledge of Allegiance
2. Secretary’s Report
- Review of minutes from the previous meeting
- Motion: Accepted as read
- First: Rocky Nogales
- Second: Scottie Adams
3. Treasurer’s Report
- Motion: Accepted as read
- First: David Aldrich
- Second: Rocky Nogales
4. Membership Update
Membership Secretary Report
- 360 dues-paying members
- 450 total members
Membership Breakdown
- 130 Regular Members
- 114 Family Members
- 2 College Members
- 76 Junior Members
- 3 Legacy Members
- 11 Life Members
5. Old Business
Website Update – Rocky Nogales
- Discussion on moving forward with High Peak Tech
- See New Business for membership vote on proposal
10 Gun Raffle – Nancy Borden
- Guns and advertising paid for year-to-date
- Club membership sales are down
- Help needed for Tupper Lake Flea Market (August 16–17)
Trap & Skeet Shot Net – Tom Cleator
- Board agreed to continue discussions with Paul Smith’s College regarding installation
By-Law Amendment (Article 2 – Life Member)
- Not enough members present to vote
- Tabled until September meeting
120-Year Anniversary Celebration
- Date: October 5, 2025 (Sunday)
- Ideas discussed:
- Gathering at the club
- Food
- Rifle raffle (commemorative Rossi rifle)
- Pig roast
- Combine with December meeting
- Motion: Celebrate anniversary at December monthly meeting
- First: Dick Mose
- Second: Jim Jones
- Opposed: 1
Family Day – Ralf Hartmann
- Over 30 attendees
- Food provided
- Pontoon boat day use on Saranac Lake donated and raffled
Federation Update – Mark Holt
- Volunteers needed for the fair:
- Saturday night
- Sunday morning
- Fall Conservation Meeting:
- September 5–7, 2025
- Great Camp Sagamore, Raquette Lake, NY
- Proposed NYS Conservation Council resolutions included:
- Firearms and ammunition background checks
- Second Amendment policy support
- Archery season air bow restrictions
- Youth firearms season (Suffolk County)
- Crossbow use for deer hunting (Suffolk County)
- NYS DEC Color Collectible Habitat Stamp
- Early Southern Zone bear season (WMU 40)
- Youth hunting from elevated stands
- Black bass tournament permit regulation updates
- Full documentation attached
6. New Business
Big Buck Contest – Tom Cleator
- Registration documents available at Woods & Waters when licenses are purchased
Website Proposal Vote
- High Peak Tech
- Adirondack Website Design
- Motion: Move forward with High Peak Tech
- First: Nancy Borden
- Second: Ralf Hartmann
By-Law Amendment (Article 1 – Dues)
- Current: Dues payable on or before March 1
- Proposed: Dues payable on or before April 1
- Motion: Post proposed language for 30 days on clubhouse board
- First: Rocky Nogales
- Second: Wayne Granish
Club Donation
- Print presented to the club for framing and display
- Previously owned by longtime member Dr. David Merkel
- Artwork: “Deer Hunter’s Dream” by Jack Lashway
- Letter from 1989 read aloud
7. Adjournment
- Motion to Adjourn:
- First: David Aldrich
- Second: Nancy Borden
Next Meeting
September 4, 2025
7:00 PM
Minutes Recorded By:
Kasey Donahue
