Minutes

Minutes: Villages Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clays Club
Meeting Held on: January 21st, 2026
Location: Big Cypress Recreation Center

The meeting was called to order at 1900 by President Steve Hanus. 97 members in attendance. A quorum was established.
The membership present recited the Pledge of Allegiance. Gale Lazenby gave the invocation and followed with a moment of silence
to honor members of our military, First Responders, and those who are in need.
Steve welcomed 6 new members who all introduced themselves with a short Bio.
A motion was made to approve the Minutes of the last membership meeting, as posted to the Club’s website. The Minutes as posted were approved by voice vote.

Safety Officers Report: (Luther Hanna)

Noted that new members must complete Safety Training and Orientation before participating in any club shoot or tournament. By-Laws require.
Existing members (need to attend Safety Refresher every 2-years). No member can attend a club shoot if they do not have a Safety Refresher. By-Laws require.
Next Safety training will be on February 4th at the Blackjack facilities.
We, as the board, will send out a notice of delinquency via email to notify members if they require the refresher.
Safety is everyone’s responsibility. See something, Say something.
No safety incidents to report.
*Joe Spitaleri was re-elected as Safety Officer for another 2-year term. Congratulations!

Treasurer's Report: Kevin DeCamp

Report for December, January bank balance $9,796.34
Income $4,700.00. Expenses $459.48
Bank balance for January, plus $100.00 petty cash for a total of $14,036.86.
*This was Kevin's final report as Treasurer, a huge thank you for ten years of dedication to the Club.
*Doug Chase was elected to succeed Kevin. Congratulations!

Match Officer: (John Garrison)
TOURNAMENT CHANGES/REMINDERS:

Reminder that there is no 5-Stand tournament tomorrow, so if you haven’t received a squadding order, that is the reason.
True-Pairs tournament on Jan. 29th (Mike to speak on it).
On March 26TH we will be holding a sub-gauge shoot, meaning any gauge but 12 ga, except side-by-side 12 ga. Is allowed.
On May 28TH we will be holding a super sporting tournament.
These 3 tournaments will be in addition to our normal monthly tournaments and will be held on the 4th Thursday of the month.
Senior Games & Club Championship coming in April, (Don to speak on them).
During next month’s meeting, we will be going into more detail on these events, as well as sign-up procedures.

ROBINSON RANCH TOURNAMENT CHANGES:

The first squads for each event will be pre-squadded (2 trap, 2 skeet, 1 crazy quail)
At each venue, there will be blank squad sheets. If you’re not in one of the pre-squad events, you have the choice to sign up for the event you would prefer to shoot first.
You are only allowed to sign up for one event at a time, so when you finish your first event, you will then proceed to the next event you registered for. Please do not sign up for a second event until you have completed your first registered event.
Each squad on the sign-up sheets will not proceed to the venue until there are 5 shooters present and ready to sho

Make sure you check out the awards table for any payouts you may have.

David Greene gave a brief presentation on the official rules of skeet and how our club applies the same.

Three new special events will be listed on the website (Mike Murie spoke)

True-pair on 1/29
Sub-gauge, pump shot gun and side-by-side on 3/26
Super Sporting (watered down) on 5/28

STRAIGHT 25 AWARDS

Crazy Quail: Bruce Johnsen, Mike Murie, Doug Smith, Roger Herrick, John Garrison
Skeet: Dave Greene
Trap: Perry Groen

The senior games/club championship schedule has been set for 2026 and will once again be in April, with the following changes. We will only be traveling to RR on Monday, the 20th, to shoot trap skeet & crazy quail. Tuesday the 21st, we will be shooting sporting clays at BJ, and on Fri. On the 24th, we will be shooting 5-stand at BJ. As you can see, we have decided to move the 5-stand to BJ so that the venue can be better adjusted to our style of shooting. Club awards luncheon is April 28th at BJ @1100.

ELECTION: BOARD POSITIONS
By a show of hands, Luther Hanna was elected Vice-President. Special thanks to Jack Powell for his desire to help the club in the future.

Safety Officer: Joe Spitaleri, re-elected for two year term.
Treasurer: Doug Chase, elected to replace Kevin DeCamp
Vice President: Luther Hanna, elected from the interim VP to VP for two year term.

Old Business

Steve reminded new and old members of the swap meet held at every meeting. He reaffirmed the club's support to continue to hold, no need to call, just bring your clay shooting gear, remember set up @615.
Steve stated the webpage is up to date.
Any current members who have run out of years at the bottom of ID, or need a replacement, contact Mike Camp [email protected] to get updated.

New Business

Clinics are being scheduled to build on skills learned in previous clinics. Clinics will be done in sequence.
We have done Gun Fit.
Trap Clinic is posted on the website. Limited to 20.
Skeet is limited to 20. Not posted yet.
Sporting Clay is limited to 21. February 10th, 2026

Blackjack meeting status.

Steve spoke at length about the changes occurring at BJ. Some are good, some not so good. The bottom line here is that Steve has his face in the mix regularly, looking out for our club members' interests. Many issues require clarity, as there are multiple rumors circulating. The ownership wants it to be Disneyland for shot gunners. Want to do a lot of charity shoots and NSCA shoots. They will be needing trappers for the charity and NSCA shoots. Need to review a 30-minute video (at-home) and do a 1-hour session with a live person. This 1-hour session is really for scoring. They want qualified trappers. If you have done trapping at an NSCA shoot at Blackjack previously, then the 1-hour will not be required. The Video will be on the club’s webpage. Big topic now is what compensation for trapping is going to be. Stand by for more info on this topic.
Potluck was on January 10th. 110 people attended, and we cannot express enough appreciation to Blair and Barb Peterson for opening their beautiful home to host this event. A very nice evening was had by all!!
Valentine’s Day Gala is 2/15 at the Eisenhower Recreation Center. Max capacity is 160 people. Cost is $20.00/person. Sign-up open on the website

2026 Club Dues No increase in dues, renewal fee for existing members $25.00 and New Members $35.00 + $10.00 for AED costs and maintenance (this is a one-time expense to the member.) Dues are payable now and good for the entire 2026.

Shell raffle held

Meeting adjourned at 2030
Respectfully submitted
Mike Camp, secretary