Registered County Association of the NSRA   

AGM meeting held on 19 May 2012 at the Townend Community Centre, Dreghorn
Present:
S Burrows (Dundonald), J. Draper (Dundonald), C. Fox (Treasurer), T Lawless (Chairman), Christelle Le
Riguer (Secretary), W. Longridge (Glengarnock), R. Mossie (Dundonald), R.J. Ramsay (President).
Apologies:
A Carruthers (Glengarnock), J McCully (ATRPA), Jim Stewart (Dundonald), Shona Stewart
(Dundonald), A Walker (Stewarton).

1. Minutes of the last meeting

The minutes of the last AGM (11 August 2011) had been circulated and no corrections notified to the secretary.
Acceptance of the minutes was proposed by SB and seconded by WL.

2. Matters arising : There were no matters arising.

3. Chairman's report :

The chairman thanked everyone for attending. He thanked CLR for stepping in and taking up the secretary's position
within the County, which has enabled us to continue the work of the County Association and provide a service to the
affiliated clubs.
He acknowledged that there had been unrest in certain clubs within the County, and reassured that
the County Association was willing to assist in any way it can.
He announced a programme of open shoots this summer for both rifle and pistol, and asked that club members
make the effort to support and attend these competitions (Dundonald on 16 June and Largs in Aug/Sept - date to be
confirmed).
County competition entries were down last year and it had been suggested that a change to the number of rounds
and the start dates may be advantageous - to be discussed under AOCB.

4. Secretary's report.

The secretary thanked those who had helped her in her 1st year, in particular CF and TL.
She noted that a very small number of the affiliated club members shoot so many competitions to provide such a
competition fee income: if half of the club members took part in some competitions, the County would be in an
excellent financial position.
One possible offshoot of that possibility might be a revised interest in taking part in running the County.

5. Treasurer's report

The 2011/12 accounts (appendix A) had been audited and recorded as correct.

Firstly CF wished to recognise the quality of the last treasurer, Bob Clark, who handed over a first class set of records
last August which when carefully audited were accurate to the last penny.
That start made the rest of the year a relatively easy task with the presentation of fully audited accounts for today.
We started last year with £1619.58 in the bank and received a 10 year record amount of competition fees of £607.00
from 59 club members.
That was a real boost having received only £59.00 from our indoor championship event at Dundonald.
However the really big boost to the year came from the NSRA when they changed their method of
collecting affiliation fees and drastically reduced the county fee from an anticipated £330 to £170.00.
This is the first time since CF has been associated with the ATSA that the club affiliation fees to the ATSA have been greater than the affiliation fee we paid to the NSRA.

Against that background the officers of the County have kept the cost of running the county to a minimum to the
extent that CF has been able to move the year end date closer to the AGM date, a move that means that two years
affiliation fees to the MLAGB have been paid and we finished the year with £2065.80 in the bank.

Although CF had an opportunity later in this meeting to take a look forward he made it clear that the NSRA's move in
the last financial year was something of an experiment and he had no knowledge at this time as to whether they will
revert to the old system or try something different again for their affiliation fees.
Also he learnt at the year end that the County web site had to be moved to a more modern set of servers for which there are some costs involved.
For the end of last year it is possible to state that we had a really good year despite its very dodgy start.

6. Changes to the Constitution.

At the last committee meeting it was proposed and seconded that the offices of the ATSA should be increased by the
creation of a Honorary Life President to which a person who has made a significant contribution to the ATSA over a
long period may be elected in recognition of that contribution.
As the motion was unanimously accepted, paragraph 6 of the Constitution was changed to read: -

The offices of the Association shall consist of Honorary Life Presidents, Honorary Presidents, Honorary Vice
Presidents, Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, League Match Secretary, Competition Secretary
and Webmaster who shall be elected annually at the AGM.

The offices shall have the right to vote ex-officio at all meetings of the Association.
The Chairman shall have a casting vote as well as a deliberate vote.
When needed the casting vote shall be cast to maintain the status quo.
In addition paragraph 15 was modified to read:
b) Election of Officers other than Honorary Life Presidents as in paragraph 5;
c) Appointment of Auditor(s) c) Receipt of balance sheet and report of Council;
d) Determination of annual subscriptions and affiliation fees and date of payment thereof
e) Revision of or amendment to the Constitution, as necessary; and other ordinary business of the
Association.

7. Election of officers

Honorary life president: CF proposed RJR for his work for the County over the years - nomination
approved by TL and seconded by SB.
Honorary president: TL proposed CF for honorary president, seconded by RJR.
Honorary vice-president: no one proposed.
Chairman: TL
Vice chairman: WTC
Secretary: CLR 
Treasurer: CF
League secretary: CF
Webmaster: CF

8. AOCB:

a. Budget projections 2012-13
CF presented the budget projections for 2012-13 (appendix B), and although the projected income is lower
than the 2011/12 income, he proposed the status quo regarding the club affiliation fees (ie £40 per club).
This proposal was seconded by JD.

JD proposed to increase the competition fee by £1 (to £5 for individuals and £10 for a team) - this proposal
was seconded by RM.

b. Dinner

To take place possibly at the end of November. CLR to look into it and report at next meeting.

c. Next Meeting The next AGM will be reconvened at the Townend Community Centre, Dreghorn, on Thursday 23 May 2013.


26/01/26 Glengarnock Range

Attendance:- Tom Lawless Ardeer, Drew White Ardeer, W T Clark Ardeer, Allan Slone Ardeer, Adam Carruthers Glengarnock,
Stuart Campbell Stewarton,

Apologies:- John Dillan Ardeer, Archie Walker Stewarton.
1. Minutes of last meeting. Proposed by T. Lawless & seconded by Adam Carruthers.
2. Winter Competitions:
A copy of the current results was presented to the meeting but with the observation that unfortunately Tom is still receiving no results from Stewarton.
Stuart was at a loss to offer any reason as they definitely have a member scoring the cards.
The only explanation seems to be that they are being sent to the wrong email address. 
3. Treasurers Report:
Copies of the bank statement were distributed for consideration.
The total shown was £2971.25 which the meeting accepted without any further comment.
4. County Chairmans Report:
Tom announced that we now have a web page running, managed by Stuart.
5. AOCB
With reference to the new web page: Stuart indicated that he was adding or updating competition results as he receives them from Tom.
Stuart also explained that initially he had imported all the info on the old site onto the new one.
He suggested removing all the out-of-date info and this was agreed by the meeting.
He will also search Cyril’s archive case and include anything interesting on the new page.
A request was made for a QR code to be provided to the clubs to encourage easy access.
A suggestion was made by Ardeer that anyone shooting in a timed competition would be welcome to use the Ardeer range, with its turning target equipment.
As Ardeer now has their turning target equipment operational an offer was made to invite other clubs shooting timed events (standard rifle) to complete those cards at Ardeer.
The other club reps agreed to pass this back to their members.
A hoped for added benefit may be that contact between all Ayrshire shooters would engender greater co-operation & the
sharing of learning, skills and friendship throughout our small shooting community.
An observation was made by Stuart that number of cards required for some of the current competitions were putting off
some of his club members as they are only able to attend a couple of times a month.
It was agreed that all clubs should consult their members for comments, amendments, and new competition ideas,
to be fed back at the next meeting.
 

Next meeting: 7.30 Monday 27/04/26 at the Ardeer Range
 

The Chairman thanked everyone for their attendance and contribution and closed the meeting.

 

27/04/26 Ardeer Range

Attendance:- Tom Lawless - Ardeer,  Drew White - Ardeer,  W T Clark - Ardeer,  John Dillan - Ardeer,
Stuart Campbell - Stewarton,  Archie Walker - Stewarton, Steven McBurnie - Stewarton

1. Apologies:-. Adam Carruthers - Glengarnock,  Alan Sloan - Ardeer,  Warnock Longridge - Glengarnock.

2. Minutes of last meeting. Proposed by John Dillan & seconded by Tom Lawless

3. Winter Competitions:
Tom L presented the results of the competition to those present, and a copy of the results have been attached to the minute.
It was also noted that the results can be found on the ATSA web site, which is regularly updated throughout the competition season.

4. Treasurers Report:
The treasurer was unable to attend but it was reported that there is currently £2863 in the bank account.

5. County Chairmans Report:
Tom, in his role as competition secretary, requested that club results should be passed onto him frequently, avoiding the
onerous task of inputting all the results at the one time.

6. The Child and Vulnerable Persons rep informed the committee that he had nothing to report.

7. Summer Competitions:
It was announced this the Fox Plate, for juniors will be reintroduced to the summer diet.

8. County Representative.
It was reported that we requite a new Rep for this post as the current rep is now living in the USA and is unable to continue.
As the next meeting will be the AGM it was decided to trawl for a replacement there.

9. AOCB.
As noted at the last meeting the Stewarton contingent requested that consideration be given to reducing the number of cards to be shot in the Winter Competition.
Although the suggestion was positively received it was felt that such a change should be discussed at the upcoming AGM
where a decision can be made.  

Date of the AGM Monday 01/06/26, 7.30 at the Ardeer Range 

The Chairman thanked everyone for their attendance and contribution and closed the meeting.