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"Our pledge is to preserve the environment and pursue the cultural activity without cruelty or abuse"
THE RUB TREE
Number 142 September 2017
www.vda.org.au Meeting Wednesday 6th 7.00
Conservation Hunters
AUSSIE DISPOSAL NIGHT
6th September 2017.
Time 7pm.
Always a great night of food, Bargains and a product talk about
Aussies great range of gear.
They have big discounts across the store with red hot deals on
selected items, flyer attached inside Rubtree.
Don’t miss this fantastic night.
2017 Calendar
Events and Dates are subject to change
SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER
General Meeting 6th
(Aussie Disposal
Night)
Higgins Hut Week-
end 8th-10th
Committee Meeting
20th
General Meeting
4th
Frankston Small Bore
TBA
Committee Meeting
18th
General Meeting 1st
Auction Night after
General meeting
Committee Meeting
15th
John Kelf, Lifetime member.
John joined the VDA in 1996, when the club first formed. He joined with a 10 year plan,
his plan was to learn all about Sambar from other members and then harvest his own
Trophy Stag. After 10 years, unfortunately no Stag, so he extended his plan for another
10 years. Still with no luck on the dream Trophy, the plan was dropped and substituted
for just enjoying the club and the many great friends and times that the club provided.
John may not have that 10 or 20 year trophy stag , but that doesn't mean he hasn't been
a keen hunter. With two trips to New Zealand, and a trip to the fabled STUART ISLAND
under his belt, he has extremely enjoyed, more then most, chasing deer.
John has been a very active member of the club, he held a committee position of
treasurer for 7 years. He has also been involved in volunteer work through the club on
many projects, such as building the Taylors Bay Toilets with Parks Victoria to name but
one. As for John’s involvement with the club in the future, he has no plans of stopping,
but a change in lifestyle will mean living overseas for 6 months of the year, which will
limit his club time but also his Sambar hunting trips.
The Club would like to thank John for all that he has done for it, and the commitment he
has shown. We are proud to honour him with a lifetime membership and wish him all
the best for the future.
If I could do this again next time I would get onto the island 2-3 day before the allocated time and have
a good look around. I was in the second group to shoot on the island and I was amazed how quickly the
deer went to ground. The organization and policing from the boys from the Game Management Unit
was very good. Any deer shot could be checked into a temporary weight station set up at the
Welshpool yacht club with a phone call to one of the rangers.
Overall a great adventure, one I would love to have the opportunity of doing again.
I do apologize for the lack of images as I lost my phone and the photos taken. This serves a lesson to
anyone using their phone as a camera, back up your images to a computer.
Glenn Gribble VDA.
Day 4 Woke to a great day. Had breakfast and into the bush. Staked out an area I found the day before
called the long paddock, plenty of sign looked good very open surrounded by tea trees. You had a clear
line of sign for about 150 meters, a long way on the island. This time plenty of wallabies. During my walk
around the sign of rub trees were not that obvious and in some spots just a slight marking on very low
bushes. The under growth was crisscrossed with game trails, and in most spots they were like tunnels.
The day turned out to be a great clear day with now wind. I ended up at the Big Hole with a very light
breeze from the west I set up downwind for the afternoon. I noticed a pair of Wedge Tailed Eagles
feeding on a wallaby. With the binoculars fixed I watched then for over an hour. There was a young bird
trying to get the carcass off the older bird. He wasn’t going to have any of this. I had a snack around the
5.00pm mark and just waited. North west from my location I estimated about 2kms away I hear 2 rifle
shots. The first then about 30 seconds later the other. I didn’t move, just sat nice and quiet for who
knows what might happen next. Well nothing happened for the next 2 hours. I packed up my gear from
my hide and started heading back to camp. My path back crossed the long paddock. As I approached this
section of the island there were 2 wallaby’s about 25 meters away feeding in the evening light on the
edge of the track. I sat there for about 10-15 minutes enjoying the surrounding country and wildlife. Time
to push back to camp. As I started moving towards the wallaby’s they naturally started moving off. As I
entered the clearing in my peripheral vision I noticed movement to my left. To my utter amazement it
was a hog deer stag about 15-16 inch standing there straight on just on the edge of the tea trees looking
at me. It stood there for about 4 seconds before disappearing silently into the cover. With the gun fire
later that afternoon, the wallaby’s and me just walking along the track I was not expecting to see this. As
I was on the track my rifle was unloaded & the stop shooting time had well and truly past. The deer to my
surprise stood quite tall, I was expecting something around the size of a large dog, this was considerably
bigger. I should have been a little more switched on, possibly left earlier or whatever. I was not allowed
to shoot off the track or after the NO SHOOT TIME so this was just the luck of the draw or not to be. The
highlight was just seeing it. On my walk, back to my camp I noticed tracks from rickshaws, used to
transport deer in the sand from other hunters I believe the guys who shot that afternoon.
Day 5 got up early and headed back to the Long Paddock where I saw the deer the day prior before
dawn, I sat and watched the wallabies & kangaroos feed until 9.00am, no deer. Headed back to camp as I
wanted to be off the island at high tide which was around the 12.00pm mark. I ended cutting my stay
short by a day as I was getting a bit stinky and missing the company of others. You can only talk to
yourself for so long. I packed all my gear up transported it to the water’s edge and started to walk out to
my boat, anchored about 100 meters out. With all my gear in the boat I headed for Port Welshpool which
was about 35 minutes away. Arrived at the boat ramp, car still in the car park, retrieved my boat and
drove back to Berwick.
The Victorian Deer Association Inc.
Committee Directory 2017
President: Jordan Harman 0448 580 470 [email protected]
Vice President: Glenn Gribble 0423 798 489
Secretary: Marlies Mortlock 0407 864 998 [email protected]
Treasurer: Matt Kirwan 0409 505 420 [email protected]
Membership: Andy Campbell 0435 180 518 [email protected]
Property: Team Bock 0437 749 033
Catering: Leah Campbell & Marlies Mortlock
Hound Access: Bruce Boyton 0412 410 166
Raffle: Roger Mortlock 0418 146 675 [email protected]
Events: Martin Zuegan 0412 192 834 [email protected]
Web Page: Marlies Mortlock 0407 864 998 [email protected]
Committee Members:
Ivan Timoshenko 0477 355 593
Bob Dalla Bona 0413 068 515
Lochy Henstock 0401 630 048
Mark Henstock 0404 896 477
Robert Krupko 0434 533 045
Angus Karpas
A publication of the Victorian Deer Association Inc.
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The submission of articles is welcome, however the editorial panel reserves the right to
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• Improve your bragging rights at future club meetings!!!
• Make the rest of us jealous of your hunting prowess !!!
• Prove that you really did bag that stag!!!
• Catch the embarrassing moments of your fellow hunters!!!
Take a photograph of your finest moments and the lesser moments of
other mortals and submit them to the committee for publication and if yours is a
standout photo you may just win the best photograph prize to be awarded at the
next annual general meeting.
Be in it. Give your photo to a committee member or send it as a file attachment to
Bruce Hutchinson at the email address:
Back at Welshpool with the tide finally high enough I headed to my camp in the Gulf on Snake Is. I had
everything you could have imagined, camp stretcher, gas cooker sleeping bag, pillow, esky, ice, rifle and
plenty of tucker. I left my boat anchored 100 meters just off shore from were I set up camp.
Day 1 was to have a better look around so armed with my 30.06, GPS and plenty of water & snacks, mo-
bile & wet weather gear I started off. The first thing I noticed was the amount of deer foot prints in the
sand, they were everywhere. My plan was to hike about 9kms from camp to a large fresh water dam and
clearing known as “The Big Hole” it was a large cleared area surrounded in tussocks and in the middle a
water hole with fresh water, the boys from the Game Management department said to stake out the
fresh water points on the island, we also believe that the group before you didn’t hunt this area at all.
They also said, “if you do not shoot a hog deer on Snake Island give up shooting” To me this comment
was they will be running around the place like rabbits. This proved to be different and harder than I
thought.
Day 2 left camp at 3.30 am. The walk to this section of the island was flat and quite easily walked. The
wildlife was great and plenty of it early in the morning. I could not get over the size of the grey kanga-
roos, they were the biggest I have seen for a long time. Got to the water hole and set up in my basic
hide, the water hole was set in a large cleared area surrounded by tea tree and tussock grass. The game
trails were very well defined and separate from the cattle trails. During my stay, I didn’t see any stock on
the island but you could see were they have been. I waited till late morning around 10.00 am before
setting off for a general scout around. The weather conditions were very good, sunny and a slight breeze.
I ended back at the water hole around the 4.00pm mark to take up the wait again with no luck. I headed
back to camp around the 8.00pm mark. GMU (The Game Management Unit) supplied each hunter with
guidelines on times when you could start & stop shooting, any variation outside these times were to be
dealt with firm action. Arrived back at camp around 9.30 pm cooked dinner and into bed.
Day 3 Alarm went off, blowing a gale & heavy rain on the tent. Hit the snooze button and climbed back
into the sleeping bag. The wind & rain persisted until around the 1.00pm mark. The wind kept up, but
the rain stopped. Grabbed my gear and headed out. There were some areas of the island deemed as
“NO SHOOT” zones, they were quite clearly marked with a bright yellow signs that could be seen from a
long way off, these areas were also marked on maps supplied by the GMU. The thing I noticed straight
away was all the marks on the track had now been washed away in the rain. Again, plenty of kangaroos
& black cockatoos, no deer. On my way back to camp, I noticed another 2 people had travelled the same
track as me & that deer had also crossed the track since I passed through earlier in the day. At one stage
in time I was convinced that there were people with deer hoof prints making the marks in the sand on
the track. They were everywhere. Arrived back at camp around 10.00pm again had a feed and into bed.
2017 Balloted Hog Deer Snake Is.
I was one of the lucky members to have my hog deer raffle number drawn at a general meeting of the
VDA in 2016. This entitled me to be entered in the Hog Deer Ballot draw 2017 run by the Blond Bay Hog
Deer Advisory Group. What do you know I was drawn to be in the second group to hunt Snake Island in
2017.
Snake Is, the largest sand Island in Victoria, 3452ha in size and approximately 180kms from Melbourne.
Access to the island is by boat and is tide dependant. Port Welshpool is the closest boat ramp. Snake Is
supports a diverse range of vegetation including coastal woodlands & scrublands, wet heath, freshwater
swamps, saltmarshes & mangroves. Walking tracks crisscross the island and in spots are very over
grown. The walking was great, all flat country and a bit of sandy in spots.
Prior to my balloted hunt on the island I was bombarded with paper work and on most documents the
words “read the attached carefully” a hunter training course was planned & prior to your designated
time on the island a pre hunt briefing was held the Sunday before your week on the island, my week was
20th-24thFebruary 2017.
We met at the Welshpool yacht club at 9.00am on Sunday morning. I had my boat in tow. It was an over-
cast morning with light drizzle. This was a chance to catch up with the other 7 hunters that I was going to
share the next coming days with & to go over the final requirements supplied by the Game Management
Authority. The only problem with the time they set the meeting was the tide was on its way out making
it impossible for access Snake in my boat for the next 6 hours, so I pulled up stumps and headed to the
boat ramp & waited for the tide which did finally come in.
Prior to my hunt on the island, a mate and I planned a trip down to Snake for a bit of a look just for a
couple of hours ,to check out possible camp spot, drop off fresh water and to see what the shore line
looked like, if we were going to land on mud flats of a shandy shore. All good the shore was hard sand
and just a short walk to the tree line. Camp found and plotted on the hand-held GPS, we decided to go
for a quick look around. We walked to what was marked on the map as Bullock water hole. The country
was quite thick with lots of low cover and bracken fern every were. The designated track was good and
easy defined. On our return to the boat the tide had gone out stranding up there for the next 10 hours,
worst part of all was we ran out of beer. Image attached
President’ s Report
I would like to thank everyone for coming to the general meeting. I
hope everyone is getting out there before the warmer weather
comes in, don’t forget to write a story about your weekend of your
success for the Rubtree.
Don’t forget about the Higgins Hut club weekend on the 8th, 9th and
10th of September. Hope to see you all there for a great weekend.
I hope everyone is able to make it to the Aussie Disposal meeting in
September for all the good deals they give us .
See you all there,
Thanks Jordan.
General Meeting: - 7.00pm Wednesday September 6th, 2017
Do you want to sight your rifle in, then it is possible at The Lang Lang Rifle range,
just give the Laurie Thompson (Head Range Officer) 0418 502 139 a call a day or
two before. Cost on enquiry. Normally it is conducted on a Saturday morning.
Ask when you ring 04078689909, 22 range now available.
Don’t forget to check out our Social Media sites.
Web site: www.vda.org.au
Facebook: Victorian Deer Association
Email: [email protected]
Rubtree Stories and photos can be Emailed to: [email protected]
Quote of the Month..
“Tell her that a gun collection is like wilderness. Even though we
don’t use all of it all the time, we need to know that it’s there.” —
Gunrunning…Past Your Wife, September 1985
Joke of the Month..
A deer hunter got on his hands and
knees to take a closer look at some
tracks. That’s when he got hit by the
train. .
Upcoming Weekends
Don’t forget our upcoming weekend. We have Higgins Hut on the 8th-10th
September.
Higgins Hut has a large Bunk house at $35 per night for adults and $15 per
night for children under 15, kitchen, cooking facilities and common room with
roaring fire, dinner is supplied on Saturday night. People wishing to hunt, can
do so on the property but not in the designated hut area.
Great hunting, with deer often seen 100 metres from the camp.
FREE.
For anyone wanting a copy of the Game Hunting In Victoria Manual and
Responsible Hunter Badge, we have plenty, so go see Team Bock at
merchandise table.
MERCHANDISE.
VESTS $55 STUBBY HOLDER $6
BEANIES $15 FLURO CAPS $5
SINGLET $15 DOG COLLAR $12
T-SHIRT $25 DOG LEAD $10
JUMPER $65 SOFT DRINKS $1
For all orders see Team Bock or call 0437 749 033
MEL’S HUNT
After a hard day at work I finally managed to get to Adam and Jen’s house, where they were
sitting and waiting, packed ready to go. After putting a blind fold on me and spinning me
around 7 times, we took off to our secret squirrel destination. We set up a quick camp and
went to bed ready for a big walk in the morning. The next morning, we got up and
proceeded to cross the little river and climbed for f#@&*!*g ever, up the steepest ridge I
have ever seen in my life. Once we hit what I thought was the top, we had morning tea and
then proceeded to climb further up the ridge, which I thought was never going to end. After
4 hours of climbing I thought we reached the top, but was informed we still had 100m to go,
with the promise of deer sunning themselves on the opposite hill face we pushed on. With
50m to go we saw 3 hunters walking towards us back down the ridge, stopping for a quick
chat we found out they walked up the gully we were about to glass. They had spooked 6-8
deer including a big stag, which turned our big hike into a waste of time. To say Adam was
pissed is an understatement. We tried glassing but never saw a single animal, however we
heard a lone dingo in the distance. With night time approaching we decided to head back
down the ridge, but not before firing a couple of shots to hear the roar up the valley and
made sure we scared the deer. I don’t know what was harder, walking up hill or downhill,
the further we went the steeper it got often with Jen and I on our hands and knees
descending backwards, it was well after dark and where the road should have been, it
wasn’t, after crashing through the bush for a while we heard a vehicle and managed to spot
the headlights and get the direction to the road. We eventually got back to camp around
9:30 where we could relax and have dinner. We went to bed exhausted and woke up the
next morning to heavy rain and wind, so we packed up and headed home empty handed but
still eager to try our luck again, but perhaps on flatter ground and not an easy walk as Adam
likes to call it.
Mel Bock.
HAVE A GREAT DAY OUT.
THANK YOU.
Thank you to Martin for his
knowledgeable talk on his
camping hack ideas, hope
everyone got some ideas from
him and enjoyed the his talk and
display.
Upcoming Auction Night
1st November
The Club will be holding an auction night for people to sell their
no longer needed Hunting/Camping/Fishing Gear.
What you have sitting on your shelf gathering dust, might be
what someone else needs.
You pay $1 per item you want to action off, and what money
you get for that item sold is yours to keep.
Get your items out and ready, Auction night will be at the
November General Meeting
DAN’S WEEKEND.
Peter, John and I were away for the weekend, 3 days to be exact, up in the high country.
On Saturday I was walking up a Gully and my dog “Russell” was winding hard, I thought
‘we could be on here’ so I looked in the gully, thinking to myself, is that a deer hiding
behind a tree that had fallen down and still on a 45° angle. It was his head sticking around
the corner from the tree, he didn't move, nor I, so a head shot was the only option. A well
placed shot and he was down, we gutted him in the gully. To get him out of the gully, we
had to use a snatch strap and winch cable, but managed to get him out whole. Back at
camp Peter caped him out, and then the three of us cut up the rest. On the Afternoon
hunt, we went to Pete's gully and he was rewarded with a nice fellow hind just on dusk.
There were two of them on the cliff face and he nailed the first one, he gutted it on the
spot and got it off the cliff face before darkness had set in. he then called us on the radio
for a carry out, I ended up carrying it out whole, as I wanted the skin. Next day we cut it
up filling up everyone's freezers with prime venison, we all had a top weekend. John saw
three fallow and a Sambar but couldn't get a bead on them. Peter saw a Sambar and two
fallow and shot a fallow hind, I shot the Sambar Stag which is the first Sambar in hard
antler I've shot, so I'm going to get him mounted. He is about 20 inches and going to be
sausages, mince and cabana. Thanks again to Pete and John.
Happy hunting. Daniel.
MEDIA
What this means to a hunter is that you should avoid wearing anything blue. You should also avoid wearing camouflage with a lot of white, because white reflects all colours, including blue. And because deer can't perceive colour shades very well, a hunter wearing camouflage containing many subtle shades of green and/or brown looks just like one big blob to deer. Instead, wear camouflage that breaks up your outline and move as little as possible to avoid being busted.
You have to watch out for a deer's nose, first and foremost, but that doesn't mean you should ignore their eyes.
Justin Leonard, via Flickr
New Study Sheds Light on What Deer See Researchers have learned a thing or two about our favourite game animal BY DARREN WARNER JULY 29, 2014 If you're a deer hunter who likes to wear blue jeans to your stand, you might as well
hang a cowbell around your neck to let whitetails know you're in the woods. And if
you wear camouflage with many subtle colours, it may be doing you more harm
than good. At the recent QDMA conference, researchers from the University of Georgia's Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources presented findings from a new study on whitetail vision. Before getting into that work, to understand what deer see and how their vision is different from ours, it's important to revisit what we learned about vision in high school science class. Eyes contain specialized nerves called rods and cones. Different photopigments (or photoreceptors) in cones give animals and humans colour vision. Rods contain only one type of light-sensitive pigment and allow us to see in low light, such as at dawn and dusk. Anatomical studies of deer eyes have found that deer have far more rods in their eyes than humans do. Deer also have a reflective layer called the tapetum lucidum that gives deer the "eye shine" you see in night-time photos. It also reflects light back over the rods and cones again, giving deer the ability to see far better in low light than we can. Humans have tri-chromatic colour vision, meaning our eyes contain three types of photopigments. The photopigments enable us to see short, moderate and long wavelengths of light, corresponding to blue, green and red colours. Deer eyes only have two photopigment types, giving them dichromatic colour vision. Scientists believe that deer can primarily see short-wavelength blue light, and moderate-wavelength light that they probably perceive as something between red and green. Unlike in humans, the cones in a deer's eye are distributed across the back of the eye on a horizontal plane. The lens in a deer's eye also can't adjust to objects at varying distances. These factors give deer less visual clarity than humans have. An object a deer is looking at straight on is equally in focus as something out to the side. So, don't assume that because a deer isn't looking at you that it can't see you. "More than anything else, a deer's eyes are designed to detect movement," said the University of Georgia's Dr. Karl Miller, whose students conducted the study. But it's one thing to dissect a deer's eye and make inferences from what you find; it's something entirely different to have deer tell us what they see. If this sounds like science fiction, then read on. Biologist Dr. Bradley Cohen trained does to associate light wavelengths with a food reward to test how well deer can see. Deer were given a choice of two empty food troughs, but would only receive a food reward when they chose to eat from the trough where an LED light stimulus was illuminated. After being trained, deer were tested on six different light wave-lengths at various intensities to determine what colours of light they can see. Cohen found that deer see blue colours best and red colours the worst. Deer can also see greens, yellows and UV light, but they can't differentiate colour shades to that extent that humans can.
FOR SALE.
Lee Collect Dies. 222 Remington. $50.00
Lyman, 3 Die Set. 40/70 Gov. $60.00
Lee 2 Die Set. 30-30. $50.00
Redding Full Length Die Set. 350 Remington Mag. $60.00
For enquires or to purchase call or text Bob Dalla Bona on 0413 068 515.
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
Marlin 357 leaver action. Ammo, empty cases, projectiles and Lee auto
loader included. Good Condition. Serial No: 94002615 $800.00
303 NO.4 Mark 1 Longbranch, full wood. Battle sights and scope rail included.
Very accurate and VGC . Serial No: 76L3304 $650.00
Walther 22, 3 P Rifle. VGC, exceptionally accurate, capable of 6mm groups with
elley black match. Serial No: 019079 $1000.00
For all enquiries or to purchase text Adam Crawley on 0412 672 401.
To advertise for sale items please email: [email protected]
GENERAL MEETING. Minutes
Date: 02/08/2017 Time: 7:30pm Location: Berwick
Meeting called by: VDA Type of meeting: General Meeting
Facilitator: Jordan Harman Note taker: Marlies Mortlock
Attendees: Jordan Harman, Glenn Gribble, Marlies Mortlock, Matt Kirwan, Andy Campbell,
Andrew Bock, Melissa Bock, Bruce Boyton, Roger Mortlock, Martin Zeugan, Bob Dalla Bona,
Lochy Henstock, Mark Henstock and Ivan,
Apologies: Angus, Derik Lee and Rob.
Visitors: 4.
MINUTES
Correspondence In/Out: Emails, Hound Pen, Rubtree, Letter from Parks Victoria.
Agenda Item: Treasures Report Presenter: Matt Kirwan
Discussion: Still running at a profit
Conclusion: For any accounting questions, please see Matt Kirwan.
Agenda Item: Memberships Presenter: Andy Campbell
Discussion: 3 membership applications.
Conclusion: All Accepted.
Agenda Item: Property Presenter: Andrew and Mel Bock
Discussion: Still the same merchandise
Conclusion: See Andrew and Mel.
Agenda Item: Hounds Presenter: Bruce Boyton
Discussion: Got a few deer, came home at 1am, Hit a Deer in the Van. Lochy shot a deer and nearly got
blown off a mountain, whilst dead trees were trying to kill him.
Conclusion: Been getting some good deer. Season ends, end of November
Agenda Item: Media Presenter: Jordan Harman
Discussion: 3 Articles supplied by Andrew Bock at last committee meeting
Conclusion: All articles are in August Rubtree.
Agenda Item: Raffle Presenter: Roger Mortlock
Discussion: Roasts, torches and vouchers for prizes tonight.
Conclusion: Won by:
Agenda Item: General business Presenter: Jordan Harman
Discussion: Auction Night, are people interested in having an Auction night to try get rid of unwanted
hunting, camping, fishing gear etc.
Conclusion: Will be Held in November.
Agenda Item: Upcoming Events Presenter: Jordan Harman
Discussion: Tongio, August and Higgins Hut, September
Conclusion: Please let the committee know if you are going.
Guest Speaker: Martin gave a talk about different things that he has made for fishing and hunting.
COMMITTEE MEETING. Minutes
Date: 16/08/2017 Time: 7:30pm Location: Berwick
Meeting called by: VDA Type of meeting: Committee Meeting
Facilitator: Jordan Harman Note taker: Marlies Mortlock
Attendees: Jordan Harman, Glenn Gribble, Marlies Mortlock, Matt Kirwan, Andy Campbell,
Andrew Bock, Melissa Bock, Roger Mortlock, Martin Zeugan, Bob Dalla Bona,
Lochy Henstock, Mark Henstock, Angus Karpas and Leah Campbell ,
Apologies: Bruce Boyton.
Visitors: Adam Crawley, Jen Turkovic and Georgia.
MINUTES
Correspondence In/Out: Emails, Rubtree, Booklets from NSW hunting and a couple
of membership cards to be sent out.
Agenda Item: Treasures Report Presenter: Matt Kirwan
Discussion: Still running at a profit of $
Conclusion: For any accounting questions, please see Matt Kirwan.
Agenda Item: Memberships Presenter: Andy Campbell
Discussion: Joining fee to be set into place as of February 2018 for new memberships.
$25 joining fee on top of membership fee of $50. Overdue memberships will also incur a $25 fee
Conclusion: All Accepted.
Agenda Item: Property Presenter: Andrew and Mel Bock
Discussion: Still the same merchandise
Conclusion: See Andrew and Mel.
Agenda Item: Media Presenter: Jordan Harman
Discussion: 2 Articles supplied by Andrew Bock at last committee meeting.
Conclusion: All articles are in September Rubtree.
Agenda Item: General business Presenter: Jordan Harman
Discussion: Projector to be used at September General meeting, What do you get when you join our
club? Can we have like a key tag with an individuals membership number on it. Jen has made some
awesome changes to the Rubtree, she is sorting out the new postal number and also added extra
pages with a couple of changes to advertising. Frankston Small Bore is to be moved to October. Club
has been de-registered, present committee had no idea of this, Marlies, Andy, Matt and Jen have
prioritised to have this resolved ASAP. Adam has looked up for more info re insurance, quotes from
both TRV and SSAA are coming. We need more raffle prizes. Auction night at November meeting.
Conclusion: all items put forward tonight were moved unanimously.
Agenda Item: Upcoming Events Presenter: Jordan Harman
Discussion: Higgins Hut, September
Conclusion: Please let the committee know if you are going.
