JULY 18, 2017 - MINUTES of FULLBORE EXECUTIVE MEETING

A meeting of the Fullbore Executive was held on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. It was held at Adam MacDonald's home outside of Fredericton.

ATTENDANCE: Bert deVink, Chairman; Adam MacDonald, Vice-Chairman; Don Coleman, Secretary; Daniel Chisholm, Treasurer and Gordon Holloway, President of the RNBRA (ex officio).
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AGENDA: HOSTING THE 2018 EASTERN F-CLASS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN NEW BRUNSWICK

BACKGROUND: The Eastern F-Class Championships, for the last 4 years, have been held at the Connaught Ranges in Ottawa. They have been organised by Barry Price and Scott Bissett who have let it be known that they will not be organizing them next year. If no other organization takes responsibility for hosting the Championships in 2018, they will likely not be held. We, (ie., the Fullbore Section of the RNBRA),  have been asked to host them and this Executive Meeting will determine if this is feasible for us. 
After much discussion, it was moved by Gordon Holloway and seconded by Adam MacDonald that the Fullbore Section hosts the 2018 Eastern F-Class Championships. This was carried unanimously providing that Batouche Range is guaranteed to be available. 

Gordon Holloway will contact Barry Price and Scott Bissett to let them know of our willingness to host it depending on Base Booking.

CONSIDERATIONS:
1.  Date - most likely June 22 - 24, 2018
2.  Do we cap the number of competitors at 48, 60, or not at all
3.  Paid officials - 1 x RO @ $150/day; 2 x Techs @ $150/day; 1 x Statistician @$150/day 
4.  Repairs to Range - flags, flag poles, ropes, target frames, power at the building
5.  Tent Rental for rain or shade
6.  Course of Fire to be determined - 700m, 800m, 900m?
7.  Parking to be arranged - cannot be all on the range, signs, parking at toilet area?
8.  Toilets/ Ready-Johns at the 900m
9.  Awards - trophies transferred from Ottawa; 30? medals to be purchased
10. Use of Volunteer or paid scorers? or competitor scoring?
11. Committment from Base - firm schedule for use of the range arranged through the DCRA; open side gate; food services?
12. Arrangements with local hotels for blocks of rooms at reduced rates or look into use of barracks.
13. Prize table - solicitations from businesses
14. Acquisition of electronic marking systems; question of whether electronic plotting is allowed; writing a program for the simplest electronic marking possible. Daniel Chisholm has volunteered to donate electronic marking hardware through Silver Mountain Targets.
15. media coverage
16. Organizing Committee - Laura Kaderly, (Adam's wife), has volunteered to head the organizing committee and both Adam MacDonald and Gordon Holloway have accepted to be on the committee. This committee can add others as needed. One person should be liaison with the base.