The following proposed by law change was submitted during the July General Membership Meeting by Ed Shannon. Discussion and voting will take place on September 27th at the General Membership Meeting.

Article XIII - FINANCES AND FISCAL YEAR
CURRENT READING: Section 1. The fiscal year of the Club shall begin on the first day of January and end on the thirty-first day or December each year.

PROPOSED CHANGE:Section 1. The fiscal year of the Club shall begin on the first day of April and end on the thirty-first day of March each year.

Ed Shannon submitted a brief explanation with the proposed change: The purpose of this proposal is to allow the board of directors to operate with budgeted funds for the first three months of a new calendar year. Under the current rule the board operates without budgeted funds during that time period.

Operating without a budget creates the potential for overspending and limits control of expenditures. Without a budget in this period the board of directors may face future limitations regarding the financial goals of the club.

This proposal regards organizational budgeting purposes only and does not affect tax reporting.

Acceptance of this proposal means the board of directors can maintain financial integrity, responsibility, transparency, and there commitement to the club.

Portion of Email sent by President Judson Mann in August Related to Increase
For the past year, the board has discussed the need to increase shooting fees to meet rising overhead costs. Every year we have increased labor, target, and equipment costs and we try to have the shooting sports income pay the shooting sports expenses. The club makes very little on the shooting sports. What little we do make is supposed to go into a Capital Expense Account to help pay for extra ordinary expenses as they arise, but this has not happened due to rising target and labor costs. The other expenses such as HVAC, grounds, building, golf carts, taxes etc. are paid through our membership, and farm income. It has been more than a few years since our last price increase and the board has deemed it necessary to impose a 50-cent rate hike across the board for all shooting sports at DGSC. The increase would have been implemented earlier but was stopped due to the forced shutdown of the club by state authority. Since resuming operations, we continued the current pricing for a short while until now due to the necessity for a shooting fee increase and upcoming general membership meeting where we will seek the approval of the Senior Membership.
NOTE: In the interim, pending the membership approval of the shooting fee increase, shooting cards will be sold one card at a time, as needed. The necessity to prevent multiple card sales in the face of rising costs should be evident to all who enjoy our club. This limit is to prevent further revenue declines. We ask for your patience and cooperation going forward.