Minutes of the Nebraska Firearms Owners Association November 2011 Board Meeting.
The meeting opened at 7am on Friday, November 4th, 2011.
1.) Approve September Board Meeting Minutes
Dan M. moved to approve the minutes as posted and Andy A. seconded. With five aye votes, the motion passed.
2a.) Formation of Educational 501(c)3
Andy A. stated nothing new to report.
2b.) Formation of a PAC
Andy A. stated nothing new to report.
2c.) Sponsors/Supporters/Advertising
Dan W. stated holding off on purchasing Ad Seller Pro software until it’s needed.
2d.) Lawsuit Updates
Andy A. reported: Action A – Injunction against Omaha is to be filed in the next week; Action B – On hold until actions elsewhere are completed; Action C – Need to add several more plaintiffs prior to filing the case.
2e.) Legislative Agenda for 2012
Andy A. asked for other legislative ideas. None were offered.
2ei.) Carryover Items
Andy A. asked for other discussion items. None were presented.
2eii.) Firearms Freedom Act
Wesley D. asked if Senator Fulton should be approached or if anyone had another Senator in mind to introduce the legislation. No suggestions were offered.
2eiii.) Removal of prohibited places for CCW (banks/restaurant carry)
Andy A. asked how to market this to the Legislature. Discussion on pros and futility of having this legislation introduced to the current Judiciary Committee followed. Wesley D. suggested selling the idea by using statistics from states that have recently passed restaurant or bank carry and reviewing More Guns Less Crime for additional statistics.
2eiv.) Eligibility for CCW military spouses, foreign nationals
Andy A. stated working plan has been developed.
2fi.) Kearney Gun Show banquet – April
Scott B. is still working on a location for this.
2fii.) Fall Raffle
Scott B. reported he only has 850 tickets left and said stubs and payment can be mailed from other members directly to him.
2g.) Organizational Partnerships
Andy A. reported working with ENGC and Wahoo Gun Club to allow members to opt into joining NFOA. Wesley D. inquired and Andy A. responded that there has been no response from the UNL student who set up Nebraska Firearms Alliance (NFA) http://nebraskafirearmalliance.org/.
2h.) Membership Recruitment/Updating
Dan W. reported membership registrations have increased with the publicity of the Omaha lawsuit.
2i.) Work with G&P to develop a public range at WMA – Action report/update
Dan W. reported new committee members under NEBull: Ghost of the Past (Kieth E.), Bigtony (Jason C.), and KGillen (Kevin G.) Committee has made contact with G&P and the G&P requested the NFOA’s help to assess public and private shooting ranges across the state. An effort to solicit this info from NFOA membership and develop a spreadsheet has been initiated.
2j.) Member Meeting AAR
Rod M. reported: Collected $295 from poker shoot and Rick M. was awarded $50 prize, which he donated back to NFOA. Andy A. added that he collected $431 in donations from members at the meeting. Chris Z. moved that the NFOA donates $150 to Lincoln Ikes and was seconded by Dan W. With seven aye votes, the motion passed.
3.) Treasurers Report
The beginning book cash balance on 10/1/11 was $6541.05
We had net deposits totaling $1283.28
Total expenditures were $210.69
One debit of $38.96 to Benchmark E-mail for e-mail services.
Check #1037 for $75 to ENGC for newsletter advertisement
Check #1038 for $53.87 for NFOA annual award plaque
Check #1039 for $42.86 for plates, cups, supplies for annual meeting
The ending book cash balance on 10/31/11 was $7613.64
4.) Membership Report
Dan W. checked the membership list for duplicate entries.
As reported last month we had a total of 5119 members on October 9 2011
5068 of those were general members, and we had 51 duplicates in that list. Subtract the duplicates and the actual number is 5017.
Starting from that corrected number I report the following
General membership 5049 increase of 32
Associate membership 25 no change
Youth membership 26 no change
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Total membership 5100 on Nov. 4th 2011
5.) Resignation of Allen Forkner
Allen Forkner resigned from the NFOA Board of Directors.
5a.) Nominations for new Board Member
Andy A. requested suggestions, but none were offered.
5b.) Nominations for Secretary
Dan W. nominated Wesley D. and Guy H. moved nominations closed and put to vote. Dan W. seconded and with six aye votes, Wesley D. was elected new Secretary.
6.) Changing Board Makeup
Dan W. moved that the bylaws be amended to read:
ARTICLE IV
DIRECTORS
Section 2. Number and Qualification. The Board of Directors shall initially consist of nine (9) directors. Upon a 2/3 vote of the Board of Directors, the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors may be modified increased, with the number of directors not to be less than 7 nor to exceed thirteen (13) in any event. An odd number of directors shall be maintained.
Motion was seconded by Rod M and with six aye votes, the motion passed.
7.) Election of Officers
Andy A. moved that unless someone would like to serve in an office currently filled, that we accept the officers as they currently are (with the exception of Secretary). Guy H. seconded the motion and with eight aye votes, the motion passed.
8.) NFOA Lobbyist
Andy A. suggested the NFOA register a volunteer lobbyist in Lincoln. Suggestions were requested (preferably a semi-retired member in the Lincoln area), but none were offered.
The November 2011 NFOA Board Meeting closed at 10pm on Tuesday November 8th, 2011.
