Spring has sprung – a little bit early.  The grass is green and the buds are out – time to get the cowboy gear out!

Our Annual Meeting was held at the end of February in between 2 late season snow storms.  We still had sufficient number of people attend to constitute a quorum and set the agenda for 2010.  See the separate article for details, but here are the highlights:

Young Gun Shoot Fees were set to:

• Long Rider Member AND Shortsville Member $3
• Long Rider Member OR Shortsville Member $5
• Member of neither Long Rider or Shortsville $10

Shooting category names were changed to be consistent with SASS and eliminate confusion for new or visiting shooters familiar with SASS.

• 2 Gun Shootist to Double Dualist (DD)
• Buckaroos to Young Guns (YG)

Also, some members had asked to bring back the Gunfighter (GF) category and add Wild Bunch matches to bring in new people or have “something different”.  The membership voted to add Wild Bunch, but with modified SASS rules.  The Wild Bunch will be available as 2 separate categories, Wild Bunch – Traditional (WBT) and Wild Bunch – Modern (WBM), and not as a side match.  It will not matter if there are enough shooters to make a separate category, the Wild Bunch scores will always be separate!  For more details on Long Riders’ requirements for Gunfighter and Wild Bunch, please see Nawlins Kid’s news article.

A proposal was made to allow single gun shooters to reload 5 rounds on the clock as separate categories (1TR  for traditional, 1DR for duelist, and 1MR for modern).  It was decided that we would poll shooters’ opinions at the April shoot.  If you are unable to attend the shoot and would like to voice your opinion, please contact one of the Vile Bunch.

For the 3-Day Shoot, it was decided that the theme would be “15 Years of Long Riders Cowboy Shooting” to celebrate the 15th anniversary.  Members suggested that we use our favorite scenarios from the past 15 years, so send ‘em to Jeremiah Grimm.  The members also thought it would be a nice touch to obtain special 3-Day badges to commemorate the anniversary.  These badges would also be available to folks who cannot attend the 3-Day Shoot for a small fee.  The membership asked the Vile Bunch to look into it and set the appropriate price.

Some members have traveled to other clubs’ shoots in New York State and have signed a Release Agreement the 1st time they shoot – to protect the Cowboy club from legal action based upon the shooter’s actions.  The membership approved the concept and asked the Vile Bunch to write it for everyone to sign annually, as part of membership renewal.  Please click on the link (Release Agreement), print the agreement, fill it out/sign it, and bring it to the shoot.  For our non-electronic friends, a copy is attached to this newsletter.

The biggest topic at the Annual Meeting was the state of our grounds and props, and more specifically – the target trailers that are falling apart.  The club voted to authorize the Vile Bunch to purchase a pre-built shed to replace the 2 target trailers.  At the April setup, we will move the target trailers to temporary spots to make way for the stake-out and preparation of the ground for the shed.  We hope that the weather will cooperate to allow the grounds to dry out so that the delivery truck can deliver it in May.

In May, we will have a work party (complete with pizza to feed the workers) to finish the shed, take an inventory of the trailer and lean-to, and clean them out.  Tentatively, the date is May 15th, but may change due to delivery schedule of the shed.

See you out on the range!

LPL