November 16, 2004 Regular Meeting
BROOKS AND DISTRICT FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION

Members Present – 10
Call to Order – 7:35pm
Regular Meeting
1.0 Approval of the Minutes from the October 21, 2004 regular meeting
MOTION – Patty Green moved to adopt the minutes as presented, seconded by Kerry McKenzie. CARRIED
2.0 Business Arising From the Minutes
2.1 No other items
3.0 Chair Reports
3.1 Treasurer (K. McKenzie)
Balance as of November 16, 2004 – 3705.23
3.2 Membership Chair(R. Martin)
Total members – 541
3.3 Pheasant Festival Chair (Scott Briggs)
MOTION – Scott Briggs moved that next year’s Pheasant Festival be held October 21, 2005 as October 15 (start of pheasant season) is a Saturday. Seconded by Donna Martin. CARRIED
– Scott Briggs will book the banquet room at the Heritage Inn for that date
– Festival 2004 gross income – $67,711.19, net – Approx. $58,000
– Positive/negative changes
– Donations were up this year ($14,075)
– Sales were down slightly
– Live auction income up significantly
– Approx. $92,000 in bank account
– there was some discussion on what type of account would be appropriate for a short term deposit – Dawn McKenzie will arrange with executive members with signing authority
– some parcels of land have been looked at and rejected as either unsuitable for habitat development or overpriced – real estate agents are watching the market for us
3.4 Trophy Chair (Larry Busse)
– not available
3.5 Hunter Education Chair (Bill Marshall)
– not available
3.6 Firearms Instructor (Jim Johnson)
– not available
3.7 Firearms Chair (Cliff Healy)
– not available
3.8 Rifle Range Chair (Lloyd Cook)
– both 25 yard and 100 yard butts have been totally shot out – replacement dirt has been delivered to site and will be placed
– gravel for a walkway on the range will be delivered and installed
3.9 Fishing Chair (Wayne Pullin)
– not available
4.0 New Business
4.1 2005 AFGA Conference
– 6 members from Brooks registered
4.2 club nominations for 3 Provincial Service Awards
– G. M. Spargo Memorial Award – awarded to the club that has the best program for children, resource, education, outdoor education, and/or has given great support to children groups in their area of interest
– George E. Watt Memorial Award – awarded to the club or individual who makes the highest financial contribution or raises the most funds towards F&W projects, habitat enhancement or donates such funds to organizations that do that kind of work
– Dennis Hindbo Predator Award – awarded to the club or individual who has made an outstanding contribution to predator control
4.3 Patty Green presented a draft of a letter from the club to Dr. Lyle Oberg, MLA re: Fish & Game priorities (attached). The letter will be sent as presented.
4.4 The Annual Alberta Fish and Wildlife Public Meeting will be held in Lethbridge Monday, December 6 2004 at 6:30pm. The main topic of discussion will be wildlife management in the Lethbridge area.
4.5 the Legion is now charging us $50.00 per meeting. The club is looking for a new facility for the monthly meetings. There were several suggestion (Trap Club, Pheasant Hatchery)
5.0 Correspondence
5.1 none
6.0 Next Meeting December 16, 2004, 7:30pm, E.I.D. Board Room

7.0 Adjournment
MOTION – Rick Martin move to adjourn the meeting at 8:10pm, seconded by Neil McRae. CARRIED.
8.0 Special Presentation
Thanks to Cam Sidam for the loan of his hunting videos