2008 Meetings Reports

12/11/08 Austin Chapter Meeting

Three officers, five members, two guests, and two sons (12 participants) had a great time at the 12/11/08 Austin Chapter Meeting at Charlie Batts’ home.  The meal included a deep fried turkey, a baked turkey, homemade dressing made by Kenneth Kidd and Jake Morton, a homemade squash casserole made by Jake, homemade cranberry sauce made by Kenneth, a homemade green bean casserole made by me (Randy Rowley), a homemade cake by Joan Batts, and pies supplied by Ron Denison and Randall Klimek.  Randall made a presentation on duck hunting in Texas and Arkansas.  Randy presented his devotional Be Ready.  They watched the DVD Hog Wild 1.  Upcoming events were discussed.

10/2/08 Austin Chapter Meeting

One officer, 13 members, six guests (including three first time guests), and three sons (23 participants) had a great time at the 10/2/08 Austin Chapter Meeting at Charles Cutchens’ home.  The meeting featured a shrimp boil.  Randy Rowley presented his devotional Overdue!  They watched the DVD Whistling Wings 9 The Sky’s the Limit.  Several door prizes were given away.  Eddy Chance won the main prize – a box of Remington .270 shells (thanks to Ken Farmer for his donation to the Club).  Upcoming events were discussed.

9/11/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting minutes

Four officers attended the 9/11/08 FCS Buda Chapter Officers Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church.  In attendance were David Smith, Hunter Phillips, Darryl Swann, and Kevin Schnautz.  The following were topics of discussion:

1. Discussed the cancellation of the upcoming dove hunt in Stonewall due to weather.
2. Discussed the upcoming turkey shoot at Onion Creek Ranch. David will send us a list of things that need to be done to help make it successful.
3. Discussed future youth scholarship hunts.

8/7/08 Austin Chapter Meeting

Three officers, seven members, three guests (one was a first time guest), and three sons (16 participants) had a great time at the 8/7/08 Austin Chapter Meeting at Eddy Chance’s home.  The meeting featured grilled New York Strip steaks, corn on the cob, red potatoes, and Texas toast!  Randy presented his devotional Joy Comes in the Mudding.  The DVD Brush Country Bucks and the VHS tape Basics of Bow Fishing were shown.  Ron Denison won the door prize – a box of Remington .30-06 shells (thanks to Ken Farmer for his donation to the Club).  Upcoming events were discussed.

7/2/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting minutes

Four officers attended the 7/2/08 FCS Buda Chapter Officers Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church.  In attendance were David Smith, Hunter Phillips, Darryl Swann, and Kevin Schnautz.

• Darryl opened the meeting in prayer.
• The following were topics of discussion:
• David suggested meeting with the OCR Ranch on Thursday July 10th to try to obtain permission to host a “Turkey Shoot” at their location to raise money for youth scholarship hunts this fall.  We are looking to host the Turkey Shoot on October 11th (the weekend after the TPWD Expo).  We anticipate raising around $400 to go toward the scholarship.
• Kayak trip on the Guadalupe River on August 2nd.  Hunter is heading up this event and has requested that those that need to rent kayaks have their reservations in soon.  If anyone needs Hunter’s help in securing a kayak, he has requested that money be turned in to him by July 28th.  Hunter has agreed to be the one to pick up the kayaks and return them after the event.  Plans are made to park David Grizzle’s truck and trailer at the first exit point and Hunter’s truck and trailer at the last exit point to get everyone back to their vehicles at the starting point.
• Kevin’s father-in-law has offered his rent house for a possible place to stay (for free) as well as help us line up a guide with kayaks for a guided bay fishing trip using kayaks.  This event would have to be limited to around 8 people.
• Dove hunt at Kevin’s lease in Stonewall on September 13th.  Leave early in the morning in time to make the morning hunt, fellowship, and lunch during the afternoon, hunt the evening hunt and then head home.  Kevin has permission from the land lords.
• David will call Randy to discuss plans for a booth at the TPWD Expo on October 4th and 5th.
• Youth Hunts: Possible locations include an Axis doe hunt with Grady Van Heuverswyn, a couple of does with Brad Lind in south Texas, a doe hunt with Kerry Needom, a doe hunt with David Smith, a doe hunt with Kevin Schnautz, and utilizing the ranch in Wimberly for a doe hunt at $100 each.
• David has agreed to create a flyer on the Kayak trip, and a signup sheet that has a place to list whether the participant has their own kayak or needs to rent one.
• David will create a signup sheet for Youth Hunts so we can start gathering names.
• The selection process for the Youth Hunts needs to get ironed out.  All Buda officers need to come to the next meeting with their ideas.
• David will ask Buddy Allen if he would be interested in taking the lead on a concealed handgun class in our area.
• Night at the Races:  Darryl has asked for more help during these events.  He has been the only FCS officer at these events since the first one and would like other officers there to help coordinate a short devotional prior to the racing.  We discussed having a pop-up tent and banner as a meeting point.  The plan for these events going forward is to have those attending just show up at the track at 6:30 PM and meet at a specified location.  No more trying to coordinate meeting at the church unless someone needs it.
• Johnny has mentioned to David about possibly doing some archery shoots at his house.  We will work some of these into the schedule in the future.
• Darryl closed in prayer.

6/5/08 Austin Chapter Meeting minutes

Three officers and seven members (10 total participants) had a great time at the 6/5/08 Austin Chapter Meeting at Randy and Chris Rowley’s home.  The meal was queso and chips, fried catfish, onion rings, French Fries, hush puppies, two kinds of Marie Calendar’s pies, and left over wedding cake from Robin and Justin Painter’s wedding on 5/31/08.  Gary Schriber won the door prize – a copy of the “Wild at Heart Field Manual” by John Eldredge.  The new Polo shirts and T-shirts were displayed.  Randy presented his devotional Wounded.  The DVD Whack ‘em & Stack ‘em 2 was shown.  Upcoming events were discussed.

6/4/08 Buda Chapter Officer’s Meeting minutes

Four officers attended the 6/4/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church in Buda.  In attendance were David Smith, Hunter Phillips, Darryl Swann, and Kevin Schnautz.  The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the upcoming FCS promotion at the  Hays CISD Performing Arts Center on Father’s Day during a multi-church community outreach program.

The FCS Buda officers will be meeting with the event coordinators this coming Sunday, 6/8/08 at 4:00 PM at HHBC in the Fellowship Hall to put the finishing touches on scheduling and events for that day.

Events planned include:  1) A short-range air soft pistol shooting event with Hunter Phillips; 2) A long-range air soft rifle shooting event with Kevin Schnautz; 3) A casting range with David Smith; 4) A hot rod car viewing with Darryl Swann; and 5) An FCS information booth with Randy Rowley.  The activity portion of the day will be from 5:00 PM until 6:15 PM and again immediately following the comedy event until around dark.  We will close our respective events at 6:15 PM to allow time for visitors to make their way into the PAC Center and will be ready to resume once the show is over.

Hunter will: be making targets for the short range; bring carpet for backstops; make banners for shooting ranges; coordinate the picking up, putting up, taking down and returning of the large tent; bring something for barriers around the ranges; contact Matt Patterson about bringing a horse for kids to walk around … whew … and maybe find time to actually work and sleep this next week (but I wouldn’t count on it).

David will: bring 5 gallon buckets and hula hoops for targets for the casting range; bring stuffed animals for targets for the long range; bring EZ-Up tent; bring sign in sheets for each event.

Darryl will: coordinate getting some muscle cars to the event (someone will need to monitor Darryl to keep him from doing burnouts).

Kevin will:  bring some Zebco rod and reels for the casting range; bring two EZ-Up tents.

Everyone needs to bring their own chair(s) and drinks.

David closed the meeting in prayer.

5/14/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting minutes

Four officers (David Smith, Hunter Phillips, Kevin Schnautz, and Darryl Swann) attended the 5/14/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church (HHBC).

• Darryl opened the meeting in prayer.
• Discussed organizing email lists for officers and members.  David will talk with Randy about him sending out messages and notes of interest to the whole FCS group.
• Need to get next Friday’s ‘Night at the Races’ publicized.  Hunter will list every 4th Friday of the month as ‘Night at the Races’ on the calendar (except in November and December will be the 3rd Friday).  David will get Darryl a flier on the event.
• Hunter wants more photos of and during events sent to him so he can put together some publicity material.
• Discussed possibly asking a publicity person to join us to help us publicize events.
• PAC Center Father’s Day event.  Sunday through Tuesday.  FCS sponsored to have activities at the PAC Center on Sunday from 5:00 PM until 6:30 PM (we would like to have a table with FCS material and would like some Austin Club officers to join us on Sunday and to serve a meal at HHBC on Tuesday around 5:30 PM to serve about 100 HHBC church members).  David will get with the kitchen staff to line up the food.  We will wear camo shirts with FCS caps on Sunday, and FCS T-shirts and caps on Tuesday.
• Darryl talked with the pastor at the Buda Lutheran Church about doing a brief presentation at their church one Sunday morning and permission was given.  Darryl will contact them for either this coming Sunday or the following and Hunter will have a slide show presentation prepared.
• June 6 – 8 Non-Chartered Bay Fishing Trip.  David will start to prepare for it but will need to get commitments and payment early.  Sign-up sheets need to be available starting now.
• July 12th was set for an event.  Talked about a kayak / river float on the Guadalupe river near Luling.
• Hunter will line up a bowling event for August.
• Kevin will check with his landlord in Stonewall to see if we can do a dove hunt on the second weekend of dove season.
• Kevin will discuss with Randy more in depth about business cards for FCS officers.
• Darryl closed in prayer.

5/5/08 Club Officers Meeting minutes

Six officers attended the 5/5/08 Club Officers Meeting at the Cherry Creek Catfish Company.

1. The 2008 State of the Club (to date) and First Quarter of 2008 reports were discussed.  We are doing well in most categories and the Buda Chapter is doing extremely well.  The only concern is our sporting clays shoots, which are down significantly from the last three years.
2. Hosting an event with the men of a church that has a high percentage of minorities was re-visited.  I (Randy Rowley) work with Paul Perry, who is a minister at Sweethome Baptist Church in Round Rock (a predominantly black church).  We re-visited the idea of having a skeet shoot and meal with men from this church.  Three new ideas included: 1. Participate in one of their events prior to inviting them to one of our events (to enable them to get to know us), 2. Do a promotion at their church, and 3. Ask Paul to take a poll of the men in his church to see how many would be interested in such an activity.  All three new ideas will be explored.  We continue to have very poor participation from the minority community and desire to change that.
3. Hosting a Youth Shoot or Father/child Shoot was re-visited.  New ideas included: 1. Tie this in to a vacation Bible school (liability issues were discussed), 2. Hold this on someone’s land in the country using our clay target throwers (liability issues were discussed), and 3. Attempt to get money from a donor or a Youth Ministry budget (we will contact Alfred Burgess at Great Hills Baptist Church).  The officers agreed that holding this event at Capitol City would be the best.  It was noted that Scott Richter was interested in doing one of these with the youth from First Baptist Church of Pflugerville.
4. Hosting a New Member and Prospective Member Banquet was re-visited.  Ideas included: 1. hold this at Hyde Park Baptist Church’s Quarries facility, 2. hold this at Great Hills Baptist Church’s volleyball court area, and 3. hold this at someone’s land in the country (liability issues were discussed).   The officers agreed that the Hyde Park option was the best.
5. The status of the Polo Shirt logo was discussed.  The logo is almost complete.  An idea was present to do an embroidery logo in the future.  The officers agreed that this was a good idea.
6. A proposed new Classified Ads policy was discussed.  The officers agreed that all ads on the website will expire after 90 days.  From now on ads will have the date that they were added placed next to the ad.  After 90 days the ad will be pulled.  It will be the responsibility of the person who placed the ad to renew it if he or she so desires.
7. Upcoming events that will require considerable planning were briefly discussed.

1. Taking the initiative and following up.  Randy Rowley noted that he is spending a lot of time contacting officers to see if they have started working on aspects of their job descriptions (such as whether an upcoming event has started to be planned).  He also is spending a lot of time following up on various things (for example he will ask an officer a question and then when he doesn’t get a response have to send out a follow-up e-mail).  Randy challenged the officers to take more initiative and for them to contact him and let him know where they are of their responsibilities.  Randy noted that he is pleased with the jobs that all of the officers are doing but this is an area that he believes can be improved.  Randy praised Richard Corbin Membership Director as an example.  Richard has taken the initiative on one of his responsibilities.  Using the Membership Renewals and New Members web pages, he determines whose memberships will expire in the upcoming month and then sends them a “Please Renew” e-mail.  He then lets Randy know what he has done.  Randy doesn’t have to remind Richard to do this – he does it on his own initiative.
2. Jeff Reece proposed to reorganize some of the web pages to allow the various officers to log in and edit their own pages (such as Ken Hamilton and the prayer requests pages).  The officers agreed that this would be a good idea.  Jeff will present various templates to the officers by the summer.  He hopes to have the website re-designed and streamlined by the end of August.  He will also add a Global Address Bar.  He also has a goal to reduce redundancy.  If you have ideas on how the website should look, please contact Jeff.
3. Proposed Prayer Requests page policy – The officers agreed to reorganize the prayer requests pages into short term requests (for a specific event such as a surgery) and long term requests.  Short term prayer requests on the website will expire after 90 days.  From now on short term prayer requests will have the date that they were added placed next to the request.  After 90 days the request will be pulled.  It will be the responsibility of the person who placed the request to renew it if he or she so desires.

4/29/08 Buda Chapter Meeting

Ten total participants – Four officers, three members, and three guests (including a first time guest) had a great time at the 4/29/08 Buda Chapter Meeting at Cabela’s.  Attendees were David Smith, Darryl Swann, Johnny Childress, Kevin Schnautz, Grady Van Heuverswyn, Jim Plant, Colely Thompson, Jeff Hudgins, James Bean, and Kathy Bean.  Jim Plant shared what he enjoyed about the 3/28/08 – 3/30/08 Bay Fishing Trip near Matagorda.  Colely Thompson shared what he enjoyed about the 4/11/08 Varmint Hunt near Lockhart, and Darryl Swann shared a couple of car racing stories.

We enjoyed pizza and drinks, listened to Darryl’s devotional about our ‘best friend’ Jesus, partially watched a hunting video, went over past and future events, and just had a great time fellowshipping with our brothers and sister in Christ.  We briefly discussed where we are as a chapter and where we see God leading us as a group.

Thanks to Hunter Phillips for providing the drinks, Johnny for picking up the pizza and for setting us up with Cabela’s, Darryl for leading the devotional and leading us in prayer, and David for leading the discussions and getting the drinks from Hunter.

4/23/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting

Four officers (Hunter Phillips, Kevin Schnautz, Darryl Swann, and Johnny Childress) attended the 4/23/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church (HHBC).

• Kevin opened in prayer.
• The 4/25/08 Night at the Races was discussed.  Sid Stover will lead a group from HHBC parking lot to the race site at 5:30 PM.  Hunter will have maps available.  Darryl will be meeting the group there and will be doing a devotional.
• A Chapter Business Card for handing out was discussed.  Kevin will put something together to present to the group.  The card will have the logo and website and contact info.  We can quickly hand them to anyone interested in the Club.
• 4/29/08 Buda Chapter Meeting at Cabela’s was discussed.  All officers pitched in $10 (Hunter covered David’s part) for Pizza.  Hunter will bring drinks.  Kevin will bring plates and napkins.  Johnny will check with Cabela’s to see if there is a projector available for use and let Hunter know.
• 4/26/08, 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM Green Pastures (Maxwell House) Block Party was discussed.  Hunter will set up a shade tent with a table and will have some air soft guns and targets for kids to shoot at.  This is not to advertise FCS, rather we will support of this event.
• The 5/9/08 – 5/10/08 Family Camp Out at the Kimbro’s property in Kyle was discussed.  Hunter will bring Port-O-Can.  Hunter will organize some activities (Horse Shoes, Sack Race, etc.) for 5/10/08.
• How to improve outreach for the chapter was discussed.  Come up with a brief statement to e-mail to other local churches.  Host more membership recruiting events like the one we did at Cabela’s.
• Darryl closed in prayer.

4/10/08 Austin Chapter Meeting Minutes

Three officers, seven members, and two sons (12 total participants) had a great time at the 4/10/08 Austin Chapter Meeting at Larry Dowden’s home.  John Murray and I (Randy Rowley) brought pots of chili and Larry Dowden supplied homemade cookies.  Randy presented his devotional Overboard.  We watched the DVD “Calling all Coyotes.”  John Murray won the door prize – a copy of “With God on a Deer Hunt” by Steve Chapman.  Upcoming events were discussed.

4/9/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting

Five officers attended the 4/9/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church (HHBC).  Those in attendance were David Smith, Hunter Phillips, Kevin Schnautz, Darryl Swann, and Johnny Childress.

• Johnny opened the meeting in prayer.
• The upcoming Varmint hunt on Friday the 11th was discussed.  David will arrive early at the ranch (4:30ish) to set up.  He will bring sausage and tortillas.  He will bring a coffee can labeled for donations toward the scholarship fund.  Darryl will prepare and lead a devotional while at the ranch.  He will bring condiments for sausage wraps.  Hunter will bring drinks.  He will conduct a brief safety lesson prior to leaving the camp for the hunt as well as discuss with the hunters what to expect once out in the field.  There will be approximately 12 attendees.  David will contact the game warden.  The group will leave the HHBC parking lot at 5:30 sharp.  Those needing a map can contact Hunter.  David will create a flyer for distribution.
• The Chapter meeting at Cabela’s on April 29th was discussed.  The meeting time is from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM in the meeting rooms at Cabela’s located on the second floor.  David will talk to Pastor Sweet about placing an ad in the Free Press.  Pizza will be served at the meeting and all chapter officers will pitch in $10.00 to cover the cost of the pizza.  Darryl suggested approaching Cabela’s to possibly post a flyer.  We decided not to ask Cabela’s about the flyer at this time since they were donating the room to us.  David will create an agenda for the meeting.
• Car Race event set for April 25th.  Darryl will be coming from San Antonio and will meet the group there.  Darryl will look into the race track’s schedule and get with Hunter for possible future dates.
• The Maxwell House dedication was discussed (housing ministry at HHBC)  Buddy Allen suggested setting up an FCS booth on location during the day.  All agreed.  Discussion forthcoming on what to do at the booth (possible Air Soft Target Shooting).
• Family camp out on May 9th and 10th was discussed.  Darryl will check with John Kimbro to see if we could use their property on the Blanco river in Kyle.  Hunter can bring a port-o-potty.
• Fishing trip at the coast on June 6th thru 8th was agreed on.
• Johnny will check with OCR about a possible skeet shoot as well as a possible turkey shoot in October.
• David will get each officer a stack of FCS enrollment forms to have on hand.
• Darryl closed the meeting in prayer.

3/26/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting Minutes

Three officers attended the 3/26/08 Buda Chapter Officer’s Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church.  Discussions were held on the 3/28/08 – 3/30/08 Matagorda Non-Guided Bay Fishing and the 4/9/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting, which will be held at Cabela’s.

3/5/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting Minutes

Five officers attended the 3/5/08 Buda Chapter Officers Meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church.  The minutes are as follows:

• Kevin Schnautz opened in prayer.
• Matagorda Non-Guided Fishing Trip on March 28 through 30. (David Smith)
  – David has two personal boats lined up.  Could possible get a third boat if needed.
  – No kids are invited on this event due to space constraints.
  – David had to pay $400 deposit on the housing arrangement and has asked to collect $50 from everyone signed up ASAP to help defer this expense.
  – Opportunities for wade fishing, peer fishing and boat fishing.
• Coyote Hunt on April 11th at the Pittman Ranch in Lockhart. (Hunter Phillips)
  – Leave HHBC at 6:00 PM to set up camp fire for making sausage wraps and to have a devotional prior to calling varmints after dark.  Bring fishing equipment if you want to fish.
  – No pistol’s or shotgun’s allowed.  Only 24 caliber or smaller rifle’s allowed.
  – David will have release forms for all to sign.
  – David will bring a box of Kreuz sausage; Hunter will bring tortilla’s and drinks; Darryl will bring bread and BBQ sauce and mustard.
  – Young son’s will be allowed, but we will not advertise toward kids to keep at a minimum.  Kids will not be allowed to handle a firearm!
  – May have to go out in shifts, depending on number wanting to shoot.
  – David will alert the Game Warden a couple of days prior to the hunt with specifics.
  – Hunter Phillips will have final say on all hunting issues in order to keep the event safe.
• Camping Trip in early May. (Kevin Schnautz)
  – Family event.
  – Will probably be “roughing it” with no running water, no electricity (except generator) and no public restroom (Hunter could probably bring a portable toilet).
  – Do not have a place located yet.  Kevin will check on a ranch in Kyle on the Blanco River .  Fall back place at Pittman Ranch in Lockhart.
• Night at the Races in Marion . (Darryl Swann)
  – First event was a success.  Suggested having future events at same place.  Darryl will find out best night to go for an event between the Coyote Hunt and Fishing Trip.  Suggested a possible Wednesday night.
  – Need to have a specific meeting place (truck w/ banner, tent, etc.) prior to race so we can meet new people and have our devotional.
  – Hunter has posted pictures of Night At The Races on FCS website.
• Reaching out to other churches and individuals in the community. (All)
  – Johnny will check out a possible ad in the free press newspaper.
  – Darryl suggested visiting other church’s men’s or women’s groups.
  – David suggested trying to get Cabela’s more involved by possible letting us advertise some.
  – Come to next meeting with some idea’s.
• April 29th Chapter Meeting. (Johnny Childress)
  – Johnny will check with Cabela’s to see about using their conference rooms.
  – Come up with alternative site’s if Cabela’s doesn’t work out.
• FCS Buda Chapter Officers Meetings. (All)
  – Will be meeting every other week.  Hunter will post dates on calendar.
• Look at scheduling a Buda chapter skeet shoot at the OCR in Buda to draw others in the community to our group. (Johnny Childress)
• Look at scheduling a Turkey Shoot in October as a fund raiser for our scholarship fund. (David Smith)
• Look at scheduling (finalizing) a fishing trip in June. (David Smith)
• Hunter closed the meeting in prayer at 9:00 PM

2/7/08 Austin Chapter Meeting

Five officers, 13 members, two guests (including one first time guest) three sons, and one daughter (24 participants; tied for our second highest attendance at a meeting) had a great time at the 2/7/08 Club Meeting at Ron Denison’s home.

Five officers, 13 members, two guests (including one first time guest), three sons, and one daughter (24 participants; which tied our second highest meeting attendance) had a great time at the 2/7/08 Club Meeting at Ron Denison?s home.  The meeting featured our Annual Wild Game Dinner.  The following items were served: venison steak, smoked venison ham, venison sausage (three kinds), wild hog sausage, 54 dove breasts, four chukars, a pheasant, chicken fried redhead ducks (eight breasts), baked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, queso, and a delicious desert cake.  Jeff Reece passed around a drawing for our new polo shirt logo (if you have ideas, please contact Jeff).  A discussion was held on upcoming events.  Randy Rowley presented his devotional Buffalos and Lions.  Jim McGee and me led us in prayer.  The DVD  Ultimate Spring Longbeard Quest XI was shown.  Thanks to Ron for opening his home up to us; Ron, Jeff, Jim, Mike Coppedge, and me for bringing wild game; and to the many food preparers and cooks.

1/29/08 Buda Chapter Meeting Minutes

We had a great time at our first ever FCS-Buda Chapter meeting on January 29, 2008 at Hays Hills Baptist Church. All five chapter officers were in attendance as well as four new chapter members (nine total participants). Darryl Swann opened the meeting with prayer. David Smith gave a warm welcome and introduced the officers to the new members. We all gave a brief synopsis of who we are, what we do and a tidbit or two about ourselves. David gave a brief overview of the newly formed Buda chapter of FCS as well as an explanation of each officer position. We then enjoyed the pizza that Johnny Childress picked up for us as Hunter reviewed our upcoming events. Darryl reviewed the car race, David reviewed the bay fishing trip, Johnny reviewed the family camping trip, Hunter Phillips reviewed the varmint hunt, and Kevin Schnautz touched on a couple of proposed events. Kevin talked about three past youth scholarship hunts and Darryl talked about youth scholarships for the future and how the selection process will be handled. Darryl led us in an awesome devotional about how God desires us (His church) to intervene when one of His children is being attacked by hell’s hounds. We then watched some video clips of big game hunts and fellowshipped with one another. As we wrapped up the evening, prayer requests were made, and Darryl closed us in prayer.

1/9/08 Buda Chapter Officer’s Meeting (report by Kevin Schnautz)

Six officers (including the Club President met on 1/9/08 for a Buda Chapter Officers meeting at Hays Hills Baptist Church.

The meeting started at 7:00 PM and ended at 8:30 PM.

In attendance were David Smith, Hunter Phillips, Darryl Swann, Kevin Schnautz, Johnny Childress, and Randy Rowley.

Darryl opened the meeting in prayer.

The first order of business was to formally elect Johnny Childress as Buda chapter Treasurer.  David Smith made the motion and Darryl Swann 2nd it.  The vote passed unanimously.  (Welcome Johnny).

Next, we discussed our first official event of attending a drag race in Marion, TX (near Seguin).  This event will take place on Friday, February 22nd.  Plans were made to leave HHBC at 5:30 PM and drive to Marion.  Event time was set from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM, although participants are welcome to stay as long as they like.  Darryl thinks the racing lasts until around midnight and cost is around $10.00 for spectators.  Racing your own car is welcomed at around $15.00 entry fee. The name of the raceway is either River City Raceway or San Antonio Raceway and can be viewed on its website.  David will make a flier to advertise the event and get them to Darryl by Friday to hand out at Oak Hill.

Next, we discussed the process for selection of scholarship activities.  Darryl will draft a plan for invitation and present it at next week’s meeting.  David suggested we get involved with Operations For Orphan’s organization and Randy suggested looking at Cross Trail Outfitters organization.  Kevin made comments concerning having interested kids write a paragraph or so on a particular topic and having officers pick from the entries.  Randy mentioned having a signup sheet and rotating kids through.

Next, we discussed our March event of a fishing trip to Matagorda.  Our initial date of the weekend of March 22nd needs to be changed due to Easter.  We set a new date of March 28 to March 30.  David will reserve a place to stay and edit the flier to reflect the new date and location.  We agreed to limit the trip to 10 participants with a waiting list and reserved the right to up the limit to 20 participants if there was enough interest.  Darryl mentioned the possibility of providing a boat and will check on it and let David know.  David could possibly get two boats with his bro-in-laws in addition to his personal boat.

Next, we discussed an agenda for Chapter meetings.  Our first Chapter meeting will be held on January 29th at Hays Hills Baptist Church, Bldg. C from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.  Randy suggested looking at the club’s inactive list for potential people to invite.  We decided to order pizza for this first meeting due to the late start in planning, but Randy suggested  looking into cooking and holding it at someone’s home for future meetings.  Randy discussed how the Club operates at its meetings.  We agreed to pay $10.00 each as Buda Chapter officers to cover the cost of the pizza.  Johnny will collect the money at next week’s meeting and oversee ordering the pizza (pending time in his new work schedule).  David will draft an agenda and send it out to the rest of us.  Hunter will meet up with Randy to get a video to watch at the Chapter meeting.  Darryl will be in charge of doing a short devotional at the Chapter meeting.

Next, we discussed doing a presentation at church for membership opportunities.  Either Darryl or David will make a presentation at Hays Hills this coming Sunday pending approval from Pastor David Sweet.  The race event will also be presented.  We agreed we should start promoting the Club at surrounding churches following this first event.  Randy will send David a power-point and offered to do the presentation himself if he is given ample time to locate a substitute teacher for his Sunday School class.

Next, we briefly discussed a future youth chapter.  We agreed this is something we want to pursue, but later after the Buda Chapter is running smoothly.   David asked that we all continue to pray about it.

Next, we discussed Releases/Liability.  Randy presented a form that the Club is currently using.  David will look it over and recommend any changes, if any, that may need to be made to better fit the Buda Chapter.  We agreed it was something that we would require for most of our events.

Next, we discussed how to plan an event when there are a limited number of available spots.  Randy discussed how the Club handles this situation.  We agreed we will have a signup sheet on a first come, first served basis with a rotating waiting list.  The event will be posted with a clear and concise statement of how many spots are available.

Randy gave us his cell phone number.

Next, we reviewed our calendar which currently includes the following:

• January 29th – Chapter meeting at HHBC.
• February 22nd – Race event in Marion/Seguin
• March 28th – 30th – Fishing trip to Matagorda
• April 25th – Varmint hunt in Lockhart
• May 9th & 10th – Family camping trip (Johnny will locate a place)
• June 7th – Pending kayak trip (details to be determined)
• July 29th – Join the Club’s chapter meeting.

The next FCS-Buda chapter officers meeting will be on Wednesday, January 19th at 8:00 at HHBC.

Darryl closed the meeting in prayer