OLD COLONY SPORTSMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Monday, March 1, 2010 – General Meeting Report

Next General Meeting: Monday, April 5 2010 - 8:00 PM

Next Board of Directors Meeting: Monday, March 29, 2010 - 7:30 PM

The OCSA March Monthly 2010 Meeting was called to order by President Dick Curtis at 8:00 PM.

Members recited the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a moment of silence in honor of all the men and woman in the armed services around the world.

SECRETARY REPORT: Stephanie Turnbull summarized the February meeting report. The report was accepted by the Membership.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Treasurers report was read and accepted by the members.

MEMBERSHIP: Herb Pitts presented 20 new applicants for membership. All new members were approved and welcomed.

HOUSE COMMITTEE: Art Fitzgerald reported that the catch basin tin the parking lot is to be worked on soon.

RANGE COMMITTEE: Steve McDonald reporting that the range committee is scheduled to meet Saturday March 13 to do some impact testing. Reminder to all using the outdoor ranges, please clean up after yourself and use the dud, butt and trash receptacles accordingly.

PISTOL: Ron Hawkins reporting the pistol team is shooting great; they are in the top 4. The pistol team meets Thursdays at 7pm. New members should come to home or open Thursday to check it out.
The team is raffling a target pistol, a SW Model 52-2 .38 Special Semi-Automatic, only 200 tickets will be sold at 10.00 each. The drawing will be held at the SSRPL League banquet in June if all the tickets are sold.

GALLERY RIFLE: Indoor Gallery Rifle league is about done for the year, 3 matches left. The new light rifle category seems to be gaining success, several shooters throughout the league. Anyone interested can come to a Tuesday night home match and check it out.

WINTER RIFLE: Winter Matches are still going strong on the 200 yd range. There is about a month left to the season. Matches are open to anyone; there are multiple categories to shoot in based on rifle type, caliber and sights. Come down on Sundays and check it out.
Schuetzenfest – single shot 2 day match April 17 & 18.

JR. RIFLE: George Wilson reporting that Jr. Rifle is going great, there are new kids every week. They meet Saturday mornings 9:30- 12:00. George asked that everyone be on the lookout for large quantities of .22 ammunition.

STEELERS: No report
ARCHERY: Chris Devine reporting that the archers meet on Friday nights in the indoor range and all are invited to come shoot.

BLACK POWDER: Bill Earl reporting on some upcoming events. Old colony will host a match on March 14 and a match is being held in Tiverton, RI. On March 21. For info on events contact Bill Earl 781-383-0248.

SHOTGUN: Fred Briggs reporting. The High All Around Shoot held on Sunday, 2/7, winners: Quinton Climer: Champ, Mark Savage CL1, Mike Del Rosso CL2, and Adam Del Rosso CL3

GOAL NOTES:

Over 100 GOAL Members attended the GOAL Annual Meeting at the Storrowton Tavern and Carriage House on the Big E Fairgrounds in West Springfield, MA. Derryl Corbbett received the Presidents award for service from GOAL President Jack Durkin.
It's that time of the year again, time for the GOAL Annual Raffle!
1. Remsport Match AR15 .223 cal. Rifle
Donor: Remsport / C. Li
2. Smith & Wesson M&P 9mm.
Donor: The Powderhorn, Hyannis, MA
3. Smith & Wesson i-Bolt .30-06 Rifle
Donor: Hunter's Rendezvous, Pepperell, MA
4. One Day Deep Sea Fishing Trip for up to 6 people
Donor: Capt. George Ministeri, Jac's Mate, Wellfleet Harbor, MA
5. 32 inch LCD Flat Screen HD Television
Donor: Gun Owners' Action League, Northboro, MA
6. Mossberg 500 Combo 12 gauge Shotgun
Donor: Gun Owners' Action League
7. $500 Kittery Trading Post Gift Card
Donor: Gun Owners' Action League, Northboro, MA
8. Thompson Center Hawken .50 cal Rifle
Donor: Gun Owners' Action League, Northboro, MA

Tickets: $5.00 each. Drawing will be held at noon on 4/9/2010 .
You need not be present to win. Odds determined by number of tickets sold. All federal and state gun laws apply. All prizes are to be claimed within 30 days from the drawing at 37 Pierce St, Northboro MA 01532. Firearms may be shipped to another FFL at winner's expense.
Gun Owners' Action League, 37 Pierce Street, Northboro MA 01532. 508-393-5333

Print out a raffle ticket order form here: http://www.goal.org/Documents/2010annualraffleticket.pdf
Purchase online here!: http://www.shop.goal.org/product.sc?productId=26&categoryId=1

Mass. Jr. Conservation Camp: 2 Boy Scouts from Troop 43 have been chosen for sponsorship by OCSA. Their applications and deposits have been received by MJCC.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY / MASS WILDLIFE NEWS: An amendment was made to last month’s minutes: There is a POSSIBILITY of New England Cottontails going on the endangered species list.

NEW BUSINESS; Ron Hawkins spoke on establishing an Environmental Stewardship Program, ESP. The club wants to assemble a committee and dedicate funds toward an ESP, any interested members should see Ron.

Fred Briggs spoke for the building committee; Bids have come in for the new project and are higher than expected due mainly to engineering costs and fire safety regulations. Motion was made to apply for $225,000 mortgage, 50,000 over the original approved 175,000, with 25,000 going toward the new building and 25,000 being directed to the ESP for work to be done on the outdoor range. A 20 year mortgage at 6 percent fixed rate moves our payments $135. more per month from our current payment. Motion was carried by the members.

Meeting Adjourned at 9:20 PM.

Submitted by,

Stephanie Turnbull
Secretary