Tuesday, January 08, 2008

December 18, 2007 Regular Meeting

BROOKS AND DISTRICT FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION


Call to Order – 7:30pm (Rod Rosland)
Approval of the Agenda
Guest Speaker – Wayne Lowry, President – AFGA Zone 1 President
Sustainable Resource Development changes
– Proposals have been sent to municipalities throughout the province regarding Sunday hunting. Approximately 3/4 have been returned, with 2/3 of those responses indicating a willingness to accept some form of Sunday hunting.
– There will be a wood bison season in the High Level area in December 2008, with 8 - 10 licenses available.
– SRD is looking for opportunities to increase youth hunting.
– The Outfitter License Allocation review is complete – more information to come.
– Two new cases of chronic wasting disease were found in WMU’s 150 & 151. The deer cull will continue, but there will be no elk cull in these WMU’s.
– The "Hunting For Hunger" program is operating in the Capital Health Region. This program allows for the donation of wild game under controlled conditions to the food banks in the region.
– SRD is looking fo people to complete hunter surveys
– There was a high ungulate die-off in the extreme northern regions of the province in 2006. No reason was given.
– A wolf cull is underway in the caribou region of the province.
– The purchase of the Milk River Ridge Property by the Wildlife Trust Fund has been approved.
– SRD is looking at a new Subsistence Hunting proposal to replace the Interim Metis Hunting regulation that was repealed in 2007.
– During the last cabinet sitting a Hunt/Fish/Trap legislation was passed. A Land Stewardship Project headed by the University of Calgary was also introduced. This project allows for landowners in WMU’s 100 and 108 to be compensated for allowing access to their land.
1.0 Approval of the Minutes from the December 11, 2007 Executive meeting
MOTION – Moved by Patty Green to adopt the minutes from theOctober 16, 2007 Regular meeting as presented, seconded by Pete Green. CARRIED.
2.0 Business Arising From the Minutes
2.1 60 – 70 yard archery target, flax bale backstops are required. Patty Green will place an ad in the local papers.
2.2 Awards night duties – Pete Green has an assignment list and will contact the appropriate volunteers.
– we still need to select a Volunteer Of The Year
– meet at the restaurant in Tilley 6:00pm February 1, 2008 to set up hall.
– silent auction items for kids and teens are required
MOTION – Moved by Patty Green to spend up to $400.00 on silent auction and bucket raffle items for kids and teens, seconded by Rod Svenson. CARRIED.
2.3 AFGA Conference (February 21-23, 2008 Mayfield Inn & Suites, 16615 - 109th Avenue Edmonton, Alberta Canada, T5P 4K8)
– delegates – should be able to send seven delegates. We will have a final list of names by January 1, 2008.
2.4 Vern Potiuk Property Management plan (Rick Martin) – tabled until the January 15 2008 Annual General Meeting
3.0 New Business
3.1 Elections – call for nominations for January 15 2008
3.2 GPS course is tentatively scheduled for March 2008. Work is progressing on a gun cleaning seminar, possibly to be held in Pete Green’s shop.
3.3 Patty Green needs a list of potential attendees for a horn measuring school, to be held in Medicine Hat. More details to come.
4.0 Chair Reports
4.1 Treasurer (Brian Peers) – not available
4.2 Membership Chair (R. Martin)
– 261 regular, 95 family with 218 dependents, 9 youth – total 583
4.3 Pheasant Festival Chair (Kerry McKenzie, Donna Martin)
– need new chairpersons for 2008
– a wrap-up meeting for the 2007 festival will be held at Rod Svenson’s – date to be announced.
4.4 Trophy Chair (Larry Busse) – not available
4.5 Hunter Education Chair (Donna Martin) – not available
4.6 Hunting Chair (Barry Rosland) – not available
4.7 Firearms Instructor (Jim Johnson) – not available
4.8 Firearms Chair (Cliff Healy) – not available
4.9 Rifle Range Chair (Lloyd Cook, Nathan Green)
– 100 yard butt need a total rebuild
4.10 Archery Chairs (Lester Janke)
– still need flax bale backstop
4.11 Fishing Chair (vacant) – not available
5.0 Correspondence
5.1 Clays and Feathers Youth program statement – the program was a success in 2007, with a surplus for the year of just over $1300.00
6.0 Next Meeting
– Regular meeting – January 15 2008, 7:30pm EID Boardroom
7.0 Adjournment
MOTION – Moved by Greg Feth to adjourn the meeting at 9:25pm, seconded by Kerry McKenzie. CARRIED.

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