Club Members - Please Review Proposed Rules & Bylaws - Indiana Traditional Bowhunters Association

Dan · Guru

Club Members - Please Review Proposed Rules & Bylaws

Dan · Guru

Chris Gibbin's & Larry Morgan's emails came back undeliverable - please spread the word to them if you can.

My current member's list is probably out of date, so if you guys can make sure each other know, that would be great.

Spread The Word!

Thanks,
Dan

twigflicker · Guru

What are we voting on? Changes to the rules... Changes to the bylaws... Or have we never done this before...

Just curious... I've never been in the inner workings of the club... and most of the time haven't been able to even attend meetings, etc. Due to time constraints, job conflicts, etc.

Jonathan

john nail · Guru

my dial-up is too slow to load a pdf file. can somebody just post the proposed changes?

flingshot · Guru

Jonathan,

Someone said there used to be a set of rules and Bylaws but no one can find them. so we are comeing up with another set and letting the members have a say in what we end up with.

flingshot · Guru

Indiana Traditional Bowhunters Association

Club Rules and ByLaws

Mission Statement :

The Club will endeavor to promote, support and defend the sport of Bowhunting and archery. We as a club also will uphold the game laws and honesty and fairplay.

Rules

1. 3-D tournaments will be held on a regular basis.

A. January, February, March there will be two a month on the first and third Saturday.

B. April thru September there will be one a month on the third Saturday.

2. Classes for the tournaments.

A. Recurve , Longbow , Primitive.

B. Men , Women , Youth , Cub.

C. Men and Women shoot from a Red and a White stake.

D. Youth shoot from a Red and Green stake.

E. Cubs shoot from a Blue stake.

3. Shooting Stakes

A. Stakes should be set at unmarked random distances.

B. Stakes should be set at distances ranging from 5 to a maximum of approximatley 30 yards.

C. When in the act of shooting in a competitive tournament a part of the body should be in contact with the stake.

D. Stakes should be no more than 12 to 15 above ground so as not to interfere with bow limbs.

E. There will be 1 red , 1 white , 1 green and 1 blue stake per target.

4. Scoring.

A. Scoring will be 10-8-5 for regular monthly shoots.

B. Misses will score Zero.

C. Arrows that are touching a scoring line will receive the higher score.

D. Arrows may only be pulled from target after being witnessed and scored.

E. Arrows pulled before being witnessed and scored will be counted as Zero.

F. Shooters in competition will go out in groups of no less than 3 and no more than 6.

G. Score keepers should initial any mistakes made and caught on a score card so as not to be thought of as a deliberate changing of the score.

H. A score card found to be altered will not be permited to be entered into a competition.

5. Targets.

A. Targets used for competition will have scoring rings for 10-8-5.

B. A coarse will be made up of 20 targets.

C. Targets may be set in brush, but the vitals should be open.

D. A coarse should have no more than 4 small animals,the rest should be Medium and Large targets.

E. Targets should be kept in good repair or replaced if they can no longer be repaired to a satisfactory condition.

6. Range.

A. The club will have a Range Captain.

B. Any disputes on the coarse will be setteled by the range captain.

C. Targets should not be pulled from range until it is determined that everyone that has paid to shoot including extra rounds is off the coarse.

D. Shooters should always conduct them selves in a sportsman like manner on the range.

E. No one should travel backwards on the range while a shoot is in progress.

7. Equipment Restrictions.

A. No Compounds.

B. No wheels,cams,plungers,mechanical rests,or stabalizers.

C. No release aids.

D. No rangefinders.

E. No sighting device of any kind.

8. Arrows.

A. Recurves and Longbows may use any arrow.

B. Primitive will use wood arrows.

9. Trophies.

A. 3 places should be awarded per class at the summer Classic.

B. 3 places should be awarded per class at the end of the year shoot.

C. The best of the best will be awarded one place out of the 10 competing.

D. Qualifiing for the Best of the Best will be the top 10 with the highest average for 5 top shoots for the year.

10. Special events and Novelty shoots.

A. Rules for special events such as Coon shoots , Smoker rounds and such will be made available to participants at that time.

flingshot · Guru

Indiana Traditional Bowhunters Association

Bylaws

I. Name

1. Indiana Traditional Bowhunters Association

II. Board of Directors

1. The board of directors shall serve without pay and consist of 7 members.

2. Board members must be members in good standing of the club.

3. Board members will serve a term of 2 years.

4. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by appointment by the President or Vice President as is appropriate, until a new board member can be elected.

5. Board members with 3 absences can be dismissed from the board.

III. Officers

1. The officers of the board shall consist of a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Range Captain, Assistant range captain, And a Advertising director.

2. The Officers will make up the Board of Directors.

3. Election of officers will be staggered in odd and even years. On odd years it will be, President,Secretary,Range Captain, and Advertising Director. Even years Vice President, Treasurer, Range Captain assistant.

4. The President will Preside over all Meetings appoint committee members, and perform other duties as associated with the office. The Vice president shall assume the duties of the president in case of the presidents absence. The Secretary will keep the minutes of the meetings and make copies of meetings available to all. The Treasurer shall be in charge of the Organizations finances and budget. He shall keep records of expenses and prepare financial reports as needed.

IV. Committees

1. The Board may appoint Committees as need for various projects of the club.

V. Meetings

1. Regular meetings shall be held on shoot dates, at least 3-4 times a year.

2. Special meetings may be called by the President or a majority of the Board members.

3. Agendas shall be provided in advance whenever possible.

VI. Voting

1. A majority of the Board Members constitutes a quorum. In absence of a quorum, no formal action shall be taken except to adjourn the meeting to a subsequent date.

2. Passage of a motion requires a simple majority ( ie, one more than half the members present ).

VII. Conflict of Interest

1. Any member of the board who has a financial, personal or official interest in, or conflict with any matter pending before the board, of such a nature that it prevents or may prevent that member from acting on the matter in an impartial manner, will offer to the board to voluntarily excuse him/herself and will vacate his/her seat and refrain from discussion and voting on said item.

VIII. Fiscal Policies

1. The fiscal year of the Board shall be October the first to September the thirtieth.

IX. Amendments

1. These Bylaws may be amended by a two-third vote of members present at a meeting, called for that purpose. This may occur only after the membership has had sufficient time to discus and agree to changes.

twigflicker · Guru

Interesting... there's not a copy of the originals anywhere?

I figured there would have to be a copies provided for the club to be incorporated or for insurance coverage, etc. and that either of those may still have the originals...

Jonathan

flingshot · Guru

I don't know about that but I'm just trying to help come up with something that will work for us.

john nail · Guru

I propose a change to scoring. A line must be CUT to score the next higher score---just sayin'

john nail · Guru

doesn't matter to me, but there are people---not necessarily in our club---who can bend the shaft and make it touch. I'd really like to see +1 for inside the 8 ring and minus 1 for foam outside. zero for a miss. I know, I'm different

Also NO ONE should be allowed to keep his own score. We should promote the concept of no-nonsense integrity, and become known for it.

-- Edited by john nail on Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 08:34:21 PM

manny · Senior Member

On the outer part of the 8 theres a line showing the outer most part of that score, the line is part of the 8,same on the 10 ring and the 12 ring.If your shaft touchs you score higher score.All other shoots ive attended all score this way.Its left up to the scorekeeper and witness to determine if shaft touchs to recieve higher score.

flingshot · Guru

my thoughts on this are that if you touch or cut the line you are going to have a judgement call either way. two different people could look at an arrow cutting into the line and one says it is cut all the way through and the other guy will say no it likes just a tiny bit to cut it through. In my opinion it is much easier to judge a touch than a cut through. Just sayin.

bambi · Guru

I vote touch.

flinttim · Guru

As long as we let it be known throughout the shooting world that we never let that math disabled Cowels EVER touch a score card, we'll be good .

manny · Senior Member

tournaments .Blanket,2-day and top 10 are the only shoots we have that prizes and awards are given.Wording of stated rules refer to all shoots as tournaments.Forgot we compete for overall score,.I guess we do shoot 12 tournys. 2 cards,2 scorekeepers,1 caller.This would insure no one keeps their own card and a consistant call on scoring.This is similar to the tradfest scoring method.My opinion is to use this method of scoring for the Blanket and 2-Day Clsssic .The top 10 uses an official judge[pres. and v.p. last years judges].

-- Edited by manny on Thursday 23rd of August 2012 03:23:45 PM

john nail · Guru

I also think the club should resolve to not let me shoot for score.....ever. 8^)

flingshot · Guru

Since the qualifiers for the top ten are taken from the best 5 scores through out the year, ALL shoots are a competition. If you want to get right down to it.