Attention Range Officers. April 20, 2009 will
be our annual RSO meeting. Please plan on attending!
Contact Us:
(530) 672-3330 Voice Mail
(530) 651-3012 Rifle / Pistol
(530) 503-9280 Trap Range
Range Location:
5941 Union Mine Road, El Dorado
CA, 95623
Mail: P.O. Box 99, Placerville, CA 95667
As most of you know our ranges are run by volunteer range safety officers.
We are fortunate to have a very dedicated group of members willing to spend
their time running the facility. Next time you’re out at the range make sure
to thank the RSO for their dedication and hard work.
The 2009 Trap Range Schedule is now available.
Click Here to see the schedule
Businesses that support our club. Please support those businesses that
help provide service and support to the El Dorado Rod & Gun Club.
Click Here for the sponsors
page.
President’s
Report:
Attention all RSO (Range Safety Officers),
Club Directors and Officers.
On Monday April 20, 2009, 5:30 PM, at the club house we are
holding our Board of Directors and RSO meeting and it is essential that you
attend. We will be going over general club business and range operations. We
will also have a BBQ dinner so that no one goes hungry during this meeting
and gives us some time to socialize. It is very important that you attend
this meeting. Those RSO who do not attend jeopardize their authorization to
continue as Range Safety Officers. If you cannot attend this meeting please
let me know by sending me an eMail (president@eldoradorodandgun.com),
or phone call (530-621-1509). If you do not show up at the
meeting, call or send an eMail I will assume that you no longer wish to be
an RSO and will be removed from the list of active Range Safety Officers!
Here is a partial list of California
legislation that we need to support: Always check
The NRA Members' Councils of California web page for up-to-date informaion.
http://www.calnra.com/legs.shtml
AB 357: Concealed firearms License – “Shall Issue” Would
create a "shall issue" CCW permit system in California.
Existing law authorizes the sheriff of a county, upon proof that the person
applying is of good moral character, that good cause exists, and that the
person applying satisfies any one of certain conditions, as specified, to
issue a license for the person to carry a concealed handgun, as specified.
This bill would delete the good cause requirement, and require the sheriff
to issue the license if the other criteria described above are met.
AB 1167: – CCW Reciprocity - The bill would direct the
Department of Justice to enter into reciprocity agreements with other states
so that persons licensed in this state to carry concealed or loaded firearms
would be authorized to do so in those other states.
AB 225: – Concealed Firearms License – “Good Cause” - This bill
would define "Good Cause" in relation to the issuance of CCW permits in
California.
Existing law authorizes the issuance, by the sheriff of a county, of a
license to carry a concealed handgun or a loaded and exposed handgun, as
specified. This bill is a "spot bill", meaning the details of its final
language are still under development and will replace the current language
when complete.
Frankly there is just so much firearms news to keep you updated with we
just can’t list it here, there is only so much room in this newsletter. All
I can encourage you to do is keep yourself in the loop and let’s keep the
pressure on our legislators.
Enforce the laws that we already have, don’t
accept more legislation imposed on the back of honest gun owners, and don’t
compromise with your second amendment rights.
Just my opinion, Rob
Charny
The El Dorado Friends of The NRA plan to hold a banquet on
Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at the Marshall Room, El Dorado County Fairgrounds,
100 Placerville Drive, Placerville, CA at 6:00pm. Tickets may be purchased
by contacting
Bob Conover at (530) 677-8826 or
Bob Hancock (530) 295-9385.
Friends of NRA is a key event that supports thousands of community service
related to firearm education, hunter safety, wildlife conservation, range
improvements, youth marksmanship and law enforcement, among others. Working
with NRA field representatives, the members and volunteers organize banquets
in their communities, complete with auctions, special drawings and
fellowship. Much of the merchandise at the banquets is donated or provided
at reduced cost by hundreds of participating vendors.
National Wild Turkey
Federation
3rd Annual Heritage Banquet
Friday May 1, 2009.
Click Here for the Flyer and more information.
Ummmmmmm what????
Budget Requests For 2009:
R.S.O. and committee chairman should turn in any requests for items to be
included in this year’s budget to Bob Conover, Keith Murray or Rob Charny by
the Board of Directors meeting in March. Members with any special projects
should submit them by the same time. The Budget for 2009 will be finalized
at the board meeting in April.
Send Your Budget
Contribute to your newsletter:
We are in need of articles from our members to fill our newsletter with news
that we can all enjoy or relate to. If you have any suggestions or comments on
our newsletter we would love to hear from you. Articles can be submitted by
eMail to news@edrgc.org or
lettyb@directcon.net or by mailing to the club at P.O. Box 99, Placerville,
CA. 95667.
Just a note:
I have produced over 86 newsletters since I took over being president in
2001. I need your help, I need more material to add to the newsletter.
Please consider sending me articles that I might add to our newsletter.
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Have you visited our club web site?
you can see everything printed in the newsletter plus more information at the
club web site 7 to 10 days before you receive it in the mail.
Board of Directors Meeting:
Our monthly board meetings are held on the third Monday of each month, club
house at the trap range 6pm. To be placed on the agenda for either of these
meetings, or for further information, call (530) 672-3330 or Email:
news@edrgc.org
USPS vs. eMail:
In order to keep our costs down many of you are getting the newsletter via
eMail. I encourage you to use this way of receiving the newsletter and
calendar to help make sure that we keep the cost of running the club as low
as possible. If you change your eMail address please let us know so that
there won’t be any disruption in receiving the eNews. Please feel free to
send this eNews to friends and family, just click on the link forward at the
bottom of the page.
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Click Here to see the latest information.
Quote:
‘‘Laws that forbid the carrying of arms... disarm only those who are neither
inclined nor determined to commit crimes... Such laws make things worse for the
assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to
prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence
than an armed man.’’
— Jefferson's "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776, quoting from On Crimes and
Punishment, by criminologist Cesare Beccaria, 1764
Stay Strong, Stay Vigilant, God Bless America
Rob Charny, President
El Dorado Rod & Gun Club
An armed man is a citizen; an unarmed man is a subject.
Despite the economic conditions, I’m quite
encouraged by the number of renewals and new memberships we have received
since the start of the year. Renewing members; THANK YOU for your continued
support, you are our life-blood. A big, hearty, WELCOME to all of our new
members! Enjoy what the club has to offer and help us grow bigger and
better. Let’s keep it growing. We have big plans for the future and only you
can help us get there.
Now the Challenge! If we all just put in a
little effort we can dramatically increase membership and reach new goals. Let’s
all commit to bring in at least one new member, ASAP, this year. To appeal to
everyone’s competitive nature, we are working on some type of award or awards,
for the member that brings in the most new members. Possibly the RSO that brings
in the most new members. Even a random award for a member that sponsors one or
more new members. Hey, we may get a little crazy if we are real successful and
do all of the above! Yes, there should be extra credit for the sponsor of new 5
year and life sign-ups!
We need to grow as a club and encourage
parents to teach safety and pass on the knowledge or it will die with us.
What better way to keep our youth on the right track is there than the
safety and camaraderie they gain by participating in a common interest.
Youth is our future let’s make sure they have something to pass on to their
children.
OK, the HUNT is on….. now… Who Will Get The
Trophy!!!!
Thanks for your time, Jim De Piazzy
On-Line Memberships:
All memberships for 2009 are
due, why not renew now via our web page using your credit card. We have the
ability for you to pay for your membership with a credit card via our web
site using PayPal.
Click here for details.
When you send in your dues please remember to send in your membership
application too. This helps us to keep all contact information current. You
can find applications on our web site and at the range. Please fill out the
membership application (in full) and return to us ASAP so you won’t miss out
on all the exciting information you get from "The Powder Keg!"
Thanks to all of the following people who have either
joined our club for the first time in 2009, or have been not been members
for many years and have come back as members.
September 2008
Jeffrey Cahill
James DePiazzy…LIFE MEMBER
Larry Holms
Dan Ivers
Mark Ralphs
James White
November 2008
Norman Basham
E.J. Breiten
Dana Cottingham
J. Kent Garman
Joseph Gonzalez
Sheryl Hancock
Dennis Holcomb
Arlie Lloyd
Tony Montez
Lee Rebman
Bruce Rentzel
Shannon Ryan
Robert L. Thatcher
January 2009
Hal Barker
Charles Bickinella
Dan Boone
Tami DePiazzy
Thomas Frabizio
Rex Hocking
Michael Hosken
Al Huson
James Jerwers
Warren Manchester
Chris O’Keeffe
Geoffrey Peabody
Paul Raposa
Scott Soto
Jason Warden
Steve Warden
Peter Zimmerman
October 2008
Marco Musetti
December 2008
Mark Baker
Scott Carney
Eileen Cross
Michael Cross
Al Giovannoni
David Madsen
Eric Miller
Jordan Miller
David Ramirez
Claudia Richardson
James Roberson
Daniel Thome
February 2009
Jeff Babbage
Thoma Britting
Bryan Fandrich
Ronald Graf
Pat Gregor
Jonathan Kowalla
James Liptrap
Rob Moots
Ikey Sal Haney
Mark Sal Haney
William Strauss
Thomas Vlach
Chad Woodel
Russ Woodside
Shoots of note for April 2009.
Notice to all Wimpy's Wobbles Trap
shooters. We have canceled all of our 2009 shoot dates.
The trap range received our annual shipment of targets and a BIG thank you
to all of the volunteers who helped get them into our conex container. Thank
you goes to: Larry Ward, Larry Carsten, Bill Pease & his cousin Wayne, Dave
Shull, Doug Becker, Marty Devries, Dave Philips, Ray Baumgardner, Jake
Erlich and Bob Howard. They loaded 1,512 cases of targets into the
container. So if you're counting that's 204,120 targets!
Kids Fundraiser had a
great turnout!
From Deanna Jones, Director of
Placerville Preschool.
Rob,
Just a note of thanks for the accommodations yesterday. I think there were
many people surprised by the turnout but all the participants I talked with
had a great time in spite of the weather. We'll plan another event so keep
us in mind when you start scheduling. We earned enough to buy sand, bark and
gravel for the playground and a couple of trikes too!
Our thanks to everyone who stayed in the rain to
help and to you for the arrangements!
Deanna Jones
Glen Coan, Rob Charny, Karen Beckman
Our El Dorado Rod and gun Club
can be very proud off all the brush cutting, burning, ditch digging. and
clean up that these Patriots did Friday March 27.
Doug Becker, Larry Carsten, Doug
Ricciarelli, Son Aaron USN Dive Medical Technician home on Liberty for Rest
and Recuperation, Jack Vranes, Tom Marshall, Phil Weidman, Ray Engler, Gary
Stone, Joe Treiber, Michael Eribes de Flores, Si Russell, Tony Zepczyk, Ed
Dunn, and Terry Bush.
I do not know why we can not
attract any Babes, but Mrs. Dunn sent her home made six bean chili, and Mrs.
Bush sent two big bags of her best cookies. I brought the milk but not
enough water. I am beat, but since I manipulated some left over cookies I
will be OK.
THANK YOU ALL,
Steve Morgan
2009 Floyd
Hughes Easter Meat / Prize Shoot.
Thank you to everyone that
joined in the fun.
One
of our sponsors Cal.net has provided the club with wireless internet access.
So we now have a Wi-Fi hotspot available at the trap range. So if you need
to get out of the house and want to bring your laptop to do some work you
can come out to the trap range and enjoy high speed internet access.
Are you an NRA member? Would
you like to join or renew and help the club at the same time?
Click here and go to the NRA online signup site. Every time you join or
renew the club gets a small donation from the NRA and every little bit helps
the club. You also help support the organization that supports our firearm
rights, the NRA.
Notice
to all Range Safety Officers:
Please remember to carry
membership applications with you. Remember if you get a new member to allow them
to shoot at no-fee for the day.
Please print out the current
month’s calendar and post at the pistol / rifle ranges. This is very helpful to
shooters to have a calendar available at the range. Also remember that the
calendar and newsletter are always available on our web site:
www.eldoradorodandgun.com
April 20, 2009 RSO meeting
5:30pm at the trap range.
2009
Officers and Directors
Officers:
President:
Rob Charny
Vice President:
Howard Holzer
Secretary:
Letty Baumgardner
Treasurer:
Bob Conover
Directors:
Terms
Doug Becker
2011
Ken Arwood
2011
Karen Beckman
2011
Bob Pomeroy
2010
Keith Murray
2010
Bob Howard
2010
Marshall Seaborn
2009
Robert Hancock
2009
Simon Russell
2009
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Our club has the following objectives:
To provide information and education to members and interested citizens
regarding the safe and responsible use of firearms.
To promote conservation of fish and wildlife, habitat, and related resources.
To provide a safe, controlled environment for the recreational use of firearms.
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Report:
Everyone
loves a Challenge!
Tractor
Trailer Shipment of Targets Arrive! 
One
of our sponsors Cal.net has provided the club with wireless internet access.
So we now have a Wi-Fi hotspot available at the trap range. So if you need
to get out of the house and want to bring your laptop to do some work you
can come out to the trap range and enjoy high speed internet access.
