Winter is upon us and the darkness is coming early. Please while we continue to work on increasing lighting ensure you bring a flashlight for your afternoon sessions. The wet weather has started to come and the rifle range is expected to be slick. Be very careful when walking down past the 50 yard marker.

Since the holidays are upon us as well here are your holiday safety tips: http://www.nsc.org/…/Pages/news-and-resources-holiday-safet…

We will be sending out invoices for 2017 Membership Dues on December 1st.  Please be sure to check your club profile before December 1st, by clicking on your name on the upper part of the home page of this website.  Make sure we have the correct email address and other contact information.  If you are expecting Club Service Obligation Credit for participating in a work party or other approved service activity, be sure to check the field labeled 2016 Club Service and make sure it says "Yes".  If you need help with your profile, contact the club secretary at:  mailto:secretary@scottsvalleysportsmen.com

The CMP is giving CMP affiliated clubs the opportunity to notify surrounding area clubs about their upcoming CMP Sanctioned Match.

The Apple Valley Gun Club is holding an GSM Clinic with As-Issued Military Match and Carbine Match on October 1, November 5 and December 3, 2016.  The location of the range is: Apple Valley Gun Club in Victorville, CA.  Firing Begins: 8:00AM.

For more information you may contact the match director: Lyle Drenth at led2hnt@verizon.net.

Please post this information for all your club members to see.  Thank you for helping make the Apple Valley Gun Club GSM Clinic with Matches a success.  For information on holding your own CMP affiliated match please check out the CMP Competitions Webpage at http://thecmp.org/competitions/.

Nominations for 2017 officers and board members are open through November 22, 2016, and should be emailed to secretary@scottsvalleysportsmen.com. Nominations will also be accepted at the October and November club meetings.

Descriptions follow...

President

• Presides over general meetings
  
• Presides over board meetings
  
• Provides leadership, guidance, and support to ALL roles and concerns
  

Vice President

• Perform the duties of the President as requested or necessary
  
• Co-Organizes work party priorities, and recruits catering
  
• Manages Environmental Stewardship Program
  

Secretary

• Records and distributes meeting minutes
  
• Manages membership paperwork
  
• Manages election paperwork
  
• Manages correspondence
  

Treasurer

• Manages financial accounts
  
• Manages insurance
  
• Prepares taxes
  
• Prepares grant applications
  

Range Master

• Manages training – new member, holster, etc.
  
• Manages RSO program
  
• Reviews and approves event SOPs
  
• Reviews, manages, and improves safe facilities and practices
  

Board member 1

• Manages newsletter information, authors and publication
  
• Manages web site
  
• Manages social media
  
• Coordinates guest speakers
  

Board Member 2

• Co-organizes work party priorities
  
• Manages work parties
  
• Manages facilities and improvement projects
  

Thanks to a bunch of hard work by Brannon Schell and Nathan Taylor, we're rapidly catching up on the membership waiting list.  If you signed up for membership earlier than May 2016 and have not yet received an invitation for a New Member Range Safety Orientation, please contact the club secretary by email to secretary@scottsvalleysportsmen.com to check on your status.  

Remember, you must have a sponsor who is a current, paid up full member of the club, and you must have current NRA membership registered with the Club before you can be invited to a Range Safety Orientation.  Check your online profile to make sure we have that information and update it if necessary.  

Petitions to add referenda to repeal the recently enacted gun laws will be available before and after the Club Meeting on 8/23/16.  Registered voters who reside in Santa Cruz County are eligible to sign these petitions.  Note that there are multiple petitions, but you can sign each petition only once.    

TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO SIGN THE PETITIONS.  PETITIONS ARE AVAILABLE AT BOTH MARKLEY'S IN WATSONVILLE AND THE SANTA CRUZ ARMORY IN SCOTTS VALLEY.  

Recently Governor Brown signed into law six oppressive gun control laws that significantly erode our Second Amendment rights. Now there is a petition drive underway to place Referenda on the November ballot to overturn these laws.  

There is a very short deadline to get these petitions signed and to the state to include the repeal referenda on the November Ballot. They must be done by September 29th, so THE ORGANIZERS NEED TO HAVE ALL PETITIONS SIGNED NO LATER THAN THE 22nd.    

We are now starting to collect and analyze statistics from the gate locks to see how busy the range on a day-by-day basis.  If you enter with a group of people, please be sure to touch your key to the lock even if someone else opened it for you.  This way we can get a truer picture of range usage and we have a record of who was on the range.