Southwest Florida Gunslingers

 

March 2009

MONTHLY MEETING: 1^ST Monday of each month - 7PM.  At Calistoga Bakery Café, 7941 Airport-Pulling Rd N, Naples , FL 34109. Phone: (239) 596–8840. On West side of Airport-Pulling at Vanderbilt, in the Fountain Lake Mall.

Upcoming events:

MarchSocial:

March 14, 2009

6:00 pm

Tijuana Flats

1164 Tamiami Trl. N.

Naples, FL 34110

239-514-1342

NE Corner of US 41 & Immokalee Rd.

"Riverchase Plaza"

www.tijuanaflats.com

 

March Shoot: Saturday, March 21, 2009:  Starts 9 AM.

 

11th Annual Shoot Out in the Swamp: April 25-26, 2009

 

Location of Range

HANSEN RANGE-PUNTA GORDA: DIRECTIONS FROM SOUTH: GO NORTH ON I-75 TO TUCKER'S GRADE EXIT, GO WEST TO US 41, GO SOUTH TO ZEMMEL ROAD, GO WEST, PAST LAND FILL ON LEFT, THRU THE PRESERVE. RANGE IS ON RIGHT WITH RED/WHITE SIGN.

 

February Meeting 2009

 

 

Southwest Florida Gunslingers

Monthly Town Council Meeting

 

February 2, 2009

 

 

Meeting was called to order at Calistoga Bakery by Marshall Cowboy Mickey at 7 PM . 

Seven members were present.

 

Town Clerk’s report was accepted with one minor correction.   It was decided that in order to improve communications, draft minutes from monthly meetings will be sent out to each Club Member by the Pony Express Editor as soon as the Town Clerk has them available.  When the minutes are approved by the Club at each subsequent Town Council Meeting, they will them be published on the Club website. 

 

Banker’s report was accepted as read.  There is $5,953 in the bank.  There were 20 shooters at the January shoot with revenues of $215.00, with an additional $7 of revenue from the lunch.  The January Social cost $200.00 and was attended by 20 club members.  As usual, our heartfelt thanks to Miss El Fire for doing the cooking and providing the Cowboy ambience – a splendid time was had by all who attended.  Additional funds were spent for postage for the Town Clerk and Banker, and for Range fees to the Swamp Rompers for use of the Hansen Range for November through January.

 

All other reports were approved as presented.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

Cowboy Mickey reported that the SASS website has been updated to post the dates for our monthly shoots and our annual shoot.  Cowboy Mickey and Jed are posted as POCs.  The monthly Cowboy Chronicle has been updated also.  The date for the Five County Regulators is incorrect – they have been notified that they must correct their information.  The Southwest Florida Gunslingers website is up and running and has had 198 hits to date.  Please visit the website for all the latest information at www.southwestfloridagunslingers.com

 

Dixie Lady reported that to date 8 shooters have signed up for the Shootout in the Swamp.  It was determined that Cowboy Mickey would be the Match Director, and Jed would be the Range Master. 

 

Assignments for the stages were amended as follows:

 

   Stages 1 & 2         Jed /Chicago Short Fuse                                    Shane

   Stages 3 & 4         Willamette Valley Bob                                      Roy Rogers

   Stages 5 & 6         Stoney Jackson                                                 Bar 20 Hopalong Ranch

   Stages 7 & 8         Cowboy Mickey/Miss El Fire                            Lone Ranger

   Stages 9 & 10       Duke Bedford /Dirty Dingus                               TBD

 

It was determined that Colorado Lady and Saphire Sylvia would collect and display door prizes for the Shootout in the Swamp.  Jeremiah Long Knife will donate a gift certificate.  Cowboy Mickey would contact Dirty Dingus to ask for a donation also

 

 

NEW

BUSINESS

 

Lucky Louise was assigned to investigate if our club would qualify as a tax exempt charitable organization under the IRS criteria and will report back at the next meeting

 

There was discussion of participation in the Naples Heritage and/or Pioneer Days programs.  The discussion will be continued at a meeting after the Shootout in the Swamp is completed this year.

 

The February Social will be held 14 February at the Islamorada Fish Company at the Bass Pro Shops at 6 PM .  The date was incorrectly posted on the website but will be corrected.

 

There being no further additional new business, meeting was adjourned at 8 PM .  The next meeting will be held on 2 March 2009 .  The meeting room at the Calistoga Bakery has been reserved from 6 to 9 PM for our use, so come on out and join us for dinner starting at 6 PM , with the meeting to follow promptly at 7 PM .

 

           

January 2009 Minutes:

 

Southwest Florida Gunslingers

Monthly Town Council Meeting

 

 

 

January 5, 2009

 

Meeting was called to order at Calistoga Bakery by Marshall Cowboy Mickey at 7 PM.  Thirteen members were present.

 

Secretary’s report was accepted as read.

 

Treasurer’s report was accepted as read.  There is $5,290.60 in the bank.  There were 18 shooters at the 20 December shoot with revenues of $200.00.  The December Social/Appreciation Dinner for Stoney Jackson and Denver Darlin’ cost $390.00 for dinners and gifts.

 

OLD BUSINESS

 

There was no old business.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

There was discussion of the pictures for T-shirts for the 11^th Annual Shootout in the Swamp.  Miss El Fire did research on B-Westerns and provided pictures.  It was decided that the theme would indeed be B-Westerns, and the following Stage assignments were made:

 

   Stages 1 & 2         Jed                                     Shane

   Stages 3 & 4         Willamette Valley Bob     Roy Rodgers

   Stages 5 & 6         Stoney Jackson               Bar 20 Hopalong Ranch

   Stages 7 & 8         Cowboy Mickey                Lone Ranger

   Stages 9 & 10       Duke Bedford                    TBD

 

There was discussion about the Stoney Jackson/Denver Darlin’ wedding plans.  The wedding will be held prior to the Social on Saturday night at the 11^th Annual Shootout in the Swamp.  The application will be amended to include wording about the nuptials.  The applications will be posted on the website, emailed to all known cowboy shooter email addresses, as well as mailed to shooters from the past Shootouts.

 

Cowboy Mickey presented a logo for our review.  There would be a $125.00 fee to set up for monogramming, then normal fees for producing hats, T-shirts, towels, etc would be charged.  The logo was discussed and then approved by majority vote.

 

There was discussion of reinstituting monthly shoot awards, to be handed out at the next month’s shoot.  The consensus was to hand out 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd place certificates for overall scoring.  Jed and Jersey Girl will design certificates and prepare them to be awarded at the following month’s shoot.

 

There was discussion of an Annual Spirit of the Game Award which would be given to the member that most exemplified the

Cowboy Way and did the most to promote Cowboy Shooting.  After discussion, the Award was approved, to be given out at the 11^th Annual Shootout in the Swamp.  The Board will discuss the criteria for the award at a future meeting.

 

There was discussion of recognition of outgoing officers at the January meeting.  After discussion, a motion was made to table the suggestion until a future meeting.

 

Judge Raoul mentioned that there are stickers with SASS Logos that can be ordered, personalized with your Cowboy name and SASS number.  He has one on his gun cart and one on his stagecoach if you would like to see them.  Order forms can be found in each issue of the Cowboy Chronicle.

 

Willamette Valley Bob volunteered to reinstitute a safety program, to qualify new shooters.  He needs to finish putting together a handbook.  Jed will help with this task.

 

The next monthly shoot will be held 17 January.  The starting time will be added to the website.

 

The January Social will be held 10 January at Miss El Fire’s house at 6 PM. She will provide all food; just bring your own drinks. 

 

There was discussion of safety issues at the monthly shoots, specifically the loading and unloading tables.  Posses need to have a minimum of 10 people in order to have a full team of loaders/unloaders/spotters/timers/scorekeepers etc. 

 

There being no further additional new business, meeting was adjourned at 815 PM.  The next meeting will be held on 2 February 2009.

 

Cowboy Humor

Four old cowboys are having a discussion about what is the fastest thing in the world. First cowboy says, "I believe it's thinking, 'cause when you prick your finger or touch a flame, the pain instantly becomes thought and hits the brain." Second cowboy says, "Well, I think it’s blinking. When you blink and open your eyes again, you immediately see everything. Nothing is changed."Third cowboy says, "Well, I think its light, 'cause as soon as you press that light switch, you go from dark to instant light." Fourth cowboy says, "Well, I think it’s the Mexican-two-step diarrhea."All the others ask simultaneously, "Diarrhea? Why?" Fourth cowboy says, "I'll explain it to you. I went across the border to a saloon last night and drank a buncha home-made Mexican tequila. On the way home from the saloon, I stopped off at Lupe's cafe and ate two helpings of her Mexican Special, which I suspect had been warmed over a time or two, and a buncha jalapenas and some chili peppers I never saw before." First cowboy asks, "So, what's that got to do with speed or diarrhea?"Fourth cowboy says, "Well, later on when I was in bed? I felt this fire and fierce rumbling in my belly, and before I could think, blink, or turn on that goddamn light...."