2020 – FCS Meetings Reports

11/9/20 FCS Meeting and Brisket Dinner

Nine participants had a good time at the 11/9/20 FCS Meeting at Bruce Crockett’s home.  The meeting featured brisket, sausage, beans, potato salad, bread, queso and chips, and yummy brownies.  Randy Rowley presented a devotional titled Snarled.  The Duck Commander DVD Duckmen 12 The Duckmen Ride Again – A Fistful of Ducks was shown.

President’s Report

Membership – since our last meeting on 2/10/20, we had seven people join the club, 23 people renew their memberships, and 19 first-timers.

Events – since our last meeting on 2/10/20, we had 45 events with an attendance of 195 people, which is an average of 4.33 people per event.  We have 16 events planned from 11/10/20 until our next meeting on 2/1/21.  See our Calendar for details.

2/24/20 FCS Officers Meeting

Seven officers attended the 2/24/20 Officers Meeting at Dos Salsas in Cedar Park.  Bruce Crockett led us in prayer.  The following items were discussed:

1. 2019 Past Events, Membership, and Finances, and 2020 Upcoming Events Report (most include a comparison with the previous three reports):

PAST EVENTS

• • Our attendance was 458 people, which was 20 fewer people than last year.
  • We had a record 77 events.
  • We averaged 5.95 attendees per event.
  • Events attendance was stable in most categories – slightly higher in some, slightly lower in others.
  • The number of dove hunts and dove hunt attendance was down due to the around 25 FCS members getting on a season dove lease near Bartlett.
  • We had record attendance at our Chartered Striped/Hybrid Bass Fishing Trip (16 participants on 5/6/19; our old record was 11) and a Self-guided Duck Hunt (six participants on 12/21/19; our old record was five).  A Sporting Clays Tournament tied our record (seven participants on 7/27/19) and two Self-chartered Bass Fishing Trips tied our record (four participants on 5/27/19 and 5/25/19).
  • Our Sporting Clays Tournaments category attendance set a record with 56 participants (our old record was 55) and our Bay Fishing Tips category set a record with 26 participants (our old record was 15).  Our Duck Hunt category attendance tied the record of 62 participants.  Our Upland Bird (Pheasant, Chukar, and Quail) Hunt category was our second-best (12 participants; the record is 16).  Our Freshwater Fishing Trip category attendance tied our second best with 46 participants (our record is 56).

Specific Events Summary

MEMBERSHIP

New Members

• • We had 10 people join the club.

Membership Renewals

• • We had 30 members renew their memberships.

Supporting Members

• • We ended the year with 67 supporting members.

Supporting Members Summary

First Time Guests

• • We had 29 first time guests.

FINANCES

• • During Fiscal Year 2019 (9/1/18 – 8/31/19) we took in $978 in membership dues which is for single and multiple year renewals of 2, 3, and 5 years. Allocated 2019 membership revenue is $1000.  We spent $955, for a net gain of $45.  For the ministry fund, we took in $650 and spent $472, for a net gain of $178.

UPCOMING EVENTS

• • We have 76 events planned for 2020.

Overall, things are going very well for the Club.

2.  Events that average close to one participant.

Randy Rowley proposed that in keeping with the word “Fellowship” in our name that we should no longer promote and report on events that only one member is attending.  For example, for the past six sporting clays tournaments at the Copperhead Creek Shooting Club the attendance has been:

The officers decided to no longer list on the Upcoming Events page and the Calendar and no longer report on events that fewer than two people attend.

3.  Business Cards –

Proposed business card:

Wayne Weilnau will head up different business card designs and will present them to the officers.

4.  Boating Safety

Wayne proposed to add the below to our Rules of Conduct:

1. 1. Life jackets must be worn while underway and until the boat has been exited and no longer on a dock, pier, or bulkhead.
   2. Life jackets must be worn while fishing in high traffic, high current, or dangerous areas such as the POC jetties.
   3. Life jackets must be worn while wearing winter clothing or waders.  When wading, the life jacket can be removed when entering the water.

Randy proposed to amend #1 to add – “except the person who exits a boat at a dock and is walking to get the truck/trailer, once he or she has walked past the boat ramp.”

The officers agreed to the proposal.  Randy will present the proposal to the supporting members for a discussion and a vote.

5.  Reaching young people.

The officers revisited ways to reach young people, as we continue to mostly attract new members who are 40+ years of age.

6.  Reducing website and email work.

The officers discussed ways to reduce the amount of time that is spent upkeeping the website and sending out emails.  Randy will send out two polls.

2/10/20 FCS Meeting and Wild Game Dinner

Eight participants had a good time at the 2/10/20 FCS Meeting at Ron Denison’s home.  The meeting featured venison bacon-wrapped chopped steaks, venison rump steaks, venison jerky, duck, fried speckled trout, fried redfish, potato salad, coleslaw, and Sue Denison’s famous chocolate eclair cake.  Thanks to Burl Fulenwider, Kevin, Randy, and Wayne Weilnau for bringing wild game.  New member Kevin McConnell shared a story on goose hunting with his dad.  Randy Rowley presented a devotional titled A Deer Hunter is Born.  The Duck Commander DVD The Duckmen 8 How the West Was Won – Wanted Dead was shown.

President’s Report

Membership – since our last meeting on 12/12/19, we had two people join the club, one person renew his membership, and four first-timers.

Events – since our last meeting on 12/12/19, we had 14 events with an attendance of 80 people, which is an average of 5.71 people per event.  We have 16 events planned from 2/11/20 until our next meeting on 4/7/20.  See our Calendar and Upcoming Events web page for details.