ISA OFFICER CHANGES
Sam Petrill has retired from the position of Financial Secretary. Sam served in that position for many years and did a fantastic job of collecting dues, making out membership cards, advising new members, keeping track of work party participation and amount owed, etc. all by hand, no computers allowed.
Smokey Burdin, formerly our Recording Secretary, has been elected to replace Sam and will be our new Financial Secretary.
Diane Ruffner is temporarily performing the duties of Recording Secretary for two months.
Will you consider taking over the position of Recording Secretary, at least until elections in November? Please contact President Joyce if you are interested or have questions.
We do not want anyone to be hurt while operating our equipment and machinery. We will continue to keep a logbook of those who are authorized to operate certain machinery. If you wish to be qualified, let any officer or Kevin Kennelty know, and you will either be trained at that time or we will schedule group classes as convenient.
Note that all shoots will be held rain, sun, cloudy, or snow. This is better than canceling and have people show up to an empty shoot. For instance, at the last Ladies Pistol shoot, 14 showed up in 34 degree weather, 3 went home shivering, 9 were newly attending and stated shooting was what they came for and did it!!! Beat that!!!
Lights will be added soon on the pistol pin shoot range and on the parking lot nearby. Electrical line was put in already. Switch is in the equipment room of the clubhouse and is normally OFF.
All shooting ranges are closed at SUNSET. Please abide by that rule, as it might not take much for neighbors to sign a petition to close us down. Anyone caught shooting after sunset might have their membership card taken and will have to come to a board meeting and explain their reasoning. Ejection from the club is a real possibility.
MAILED NEWSLETTER CHARGE FOR NEXT YEAR
The club is paying about $3500 each year to print and mail the monthly newsletter to some of our members. Members present at our March membership meeting voted to charge for this so that we can use that money towards improving our facility. When our 2019 dues payments start September 2018, member choices will be as follows:
Dues payments of $30 plus any work party charges and an extra charge of $20 to receive a mailed copy of our newsletter,
OR
Dues payments of $30 plus any work party charges and receive a newsletter via email at no additional cost.
If you are presently receiving the newsletter via email, you will continue to do so. If you are presently receiving a mailed newsletter or no newsletter at all and desire to receive an emailed newsletter, please verify we have your correct email address by sending us an email. If we do not have an email or an extra charge, you will not receive a newsletter.
Existing life memberships remain as they are now. New life memberships (65 and over and 10 years continuous membership) can choose to pay $20 to have the newsletter printed and mailed to them or receive an emailed newsletter without charge.
Note that our monthly newsletter is posted on our web site at http://irwinsportsmen.com/, and can be downloaded and viewed and/or printed from there. Several back issues are listed, so you can look back if desired. If you would like us to email you a copy of the newsletter for you to review to make your decision, please request that by emailing us at ourisanews@gmail.com. The newsletter will be attached to an email and will be in PDF format, allowing you to view and/or print. If you have any questions or need help to be able to view and/or print the newsletter, email us at the above address.
MANDATORY WORK PARTY CHANGE FOR NEXT YEAR
We realize that some of our members have commitments that would prevent them from performing any work parties. Therefore, the club membership has voted to remove the mandatory work party requirement starting next year. For the present year one mandatory and two work parties continue to be required. Starting next year three work parties will still be required, and $10 will be charged for each work party that has not been performed, with no mandatory requirements. See our web site work party section for a listing of all the ways one can obtain credit for a work party. Remember to sign the meeting attendance or work party sheet located in the club house at the time of the activity so you will get the proper credit. If you have any questions, please contact an officer of ISA or email us at ourisanews@gmail.com.
Ladies Pistol, 6:30PM, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays
Safari Shoot, 1 PM, Sunday, $4, .22 rifle and pistol, October 28th
Work Party, 5-7PM, Wednesdays, weekly
Action Pistol, 5PM, $3, 1st and 3rd Thursdays
Silhouette Shoot, 9AM, 1st Saturday monthly
Mens Pistol, 6:30PM, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays
Work Party, 10-12AM, 2nd Wednesday monthly
Pistol Pin Shoot 5PM, $3, 2nd and 4th Thursdays
Officers Meeting, 7PM, 2nd Thursday monthly
Membership Meeting, 7:30PM, Last Thursday monthly
Daisy BB Training - Starts 2 PM on Saturday July 28th and every Saturday therafter. See Page.
ISA Open House, September 23rd, 12-5PM, Sunday, annually
Indoor Zombie Pistol Shoot, 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 5PM, starting in fall
Tack Shoot, indoor pistol, Sundays, starting September 2nd, 1st and 3rd Sundays, through December
Pennsylvania Game Commission has a number of videos that could be of some value to you. One recent one is from a webnar (internet conferencing) explaining how their mapping works. Click on this to go the the PGC exclusive youtube site to select from a list of of various subjects.
