OCTOBER 19, 2014 - RNBRA ANNUAL MEETING

The Annual General Meeting of the RNBRA  was held in Sussex NB on Sunday, October 19, 2014 with Interim President Michael Lutes chairing the meeting.

                 

The following are excerpts and highlights from the meeting and are not intended as the minutes of this meeting.
- the activity of the Board since the resignation of the previous president and vice-presidents were reviewed. 

There has been an emphasis on communication with improvements to the RNBRA website and facebook; 

NFA insurance; establishment of an airgun section; and RNBRA members had a very good year of competition.
 - the Financial Review could not happen in 2014 as the previous year's books were not comprehensible. 

This will be done in the coming year by Conrad Leroux and Daniel Chisholm.

                   

 - the RNBRA is composed of 105 individual members and 21 affiliated clubs which comprise 2805 affiliated members. 

Discussion focused on fees, club membership and the benefits to clubs of affiliating with the RNBRA.
 - Steven Stewart and Wayde Clifford have been busy with Club Development - courses, range development, 

airgun section, cadets

 - New Brunswick needs to start from scratch on the development of a coaching network.
 - the Airgun Section is preparing to send a team to the Canada Games. In 2019, there will be no shooting sports 

included and alternatives are being looked at.

 - The Pistol Section has had three Level III matches this year and has sent several shooters to national and 

international competitions.
 - the By-laws and Constitution were amended to increase the participation of the Board in decision making and 

also to improve the nominating process for the election of officers.

 - a new slate of officers was elected - Michael Lutes, President; April Brewer, 1st Vice Pres.; Don Brown, 2nd Vice 

Pres.; Matt Wolf, Larry Schriver and Tony Wood - Members at Large.
 - Membership Fees will increase to Individual Membership - $40 (Juniors $20); Individual Membership if a member 

of an Affiliated Club - $30 (Juniors $15). Club affiliation fees will not change.
 - A "Late Fee" was instituted to encourage people to submit their membership application/fees in the first months 

of the year. A Late Fee of $10 will be levied on applications received after March 31, 2015

 - This year, the Andy Gunther Award for meritorious service to RNBRA was given to Lorraine Chapman for her work 

as secretary of the RNBRA and also her work locally with several organizations.

 - noteworthy is Emily Dean's performance at the Nationals in Airgun; Don Coleman will be a shooting member of the 

Veteran's Palma Team; Daniel Chisholm will be a wind coach for the Palma team in 2015; several pistol shooters 

have attended the World Championships in Florida.