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Special note: The next match will be Easter Sunday, April 4th.

March 7, 2010: scores Fifty-five shooters compete on a mild spring afternoon. The club collects $374 from the 46 IDPA members, 6 CGC members (16 total), and 3 new shooters; plus $210 for 6 new IDPA memberships. My thanks to all the Safety Officers (without you not); to the setup crew (Howard, Kenneth, Bud, Peter, and Bill, who also designed Stage 1); to Ron for registering everyone, signing up new members, and helping with the Classifier scores; to Dave for publishing photos of the match; and to the shooters (especially David) for leaving the range even better than found.

Lessons learned: Get more targets and pasters. The match used Bill's stage, six from the 2009 Wheelgun Championship, and tried out an historical reenactment. Registration and squadding went smoothly, and the match reflected this; registration will begin at noon to shorten the line. Judging by the classification crossovers, it seems that more than a few need to shoot the Classifier -- and put a little effort into it.

Classified shooters: Your info is online, and I can sign your classification card at a future match.

February 16, 2010: Financial routine: deposit the match proceeds of $259 at CB&T; give a $74 check for range fees to the CGC treasurer along with the updated spreadsheet; and attend the CGC board meeting. Total club funds: $2207.

February 11, 2010: With the mailorder of targets and pasters ($59), I include IDPA membership renewals for frequent shooters of the club's first 36 matches: 2 three-year, 7 one-year, and 1 new ($525) -- with 12 more to be claimed. Thanks for coming out!

February 7, 2010: scores Thirty-seven shooters compete on a cold but sunny afternoon. The club collects $259 from the 26 IDPA members, 4 CGC members (10 total), and 7 new shooters. My thanks to all the Safety Officers (without you not); to the setup crew (Howard, Kenneth, and Bill, who also designed Stages 1 & 2); to Ron for registering everyone; and to the shooters for leaving the range even better than found.

Lessons learned: Get more targets and pasters. The match used Bill's 2 stages and 6 from last February.

January 19, 2010: Financial routine: deposit the match proceeds of $135 at CB&T; give a $40 check for range fees to the CGC treasurer along with the updated spreadsheet; and attend the CGC board meeting. Total club funds: $2606.

January 3, 2010: scores Twenty shooters compete on a cold, windswept afternoon. The club collects $135 from the 13 IDPA members, 2 CGC members (6 total), and 5 new shooters. My thanks to all the Safety Officers (without you not); to Ron L. for registering everyone; and to the shooters for helping with setup & teardown and leaving the range even better than found.

Lessons learned: Get extra batteries. The match used 2 stages from the 2009 Wheelgun Championship and 6 from December 2008 -- for consideration in the 2011 Championship. The iWheelgun site now has a forum for discussions.

Annual reminders:

• no shooting before the match, please;
• be sure to include your IDPA and/or CGC numbers on your scoresheet (and fill out the legalese on the back);
• make checks payable to "Cherokee Gun Club -- IDPA";
• please paste as many holes as you shoot and pick up as much brass, too;
• "understand that this is a volunteer sport and volunteers do the work necessary for you to shoot matches and become classified; the more you offer to assist, the better the system works; be an active shooter by contributing your time and talents"; CGC members are Hosts, non-members are Guests, both are volunteers;
• non-members may shoot after the match -- only if accompanied by a CGC member; (see me if you can't find one)
• please remember that one of the responsibilities of IDPA membership is to shoot the Classifier at least once every 12 months;
• there are usually enough shooters to sort the match results by classification; if we ever have enough shooters to sort the results by division as well, then we have more shooters than our match format can handle; so, if you enjoy these matches, don't tell anyone about them.

December 15, 2009: Financial routine: deposit the match proceeds of $311 at CB&T; give a $90 check for range fees to the CGC treasurer along with the updated spreadsheet; and attend the CGC board meeting. Total club funds: $2516.

Quarterly summary: The club collected an additional $268 in improvement fees. So the $2516 breaks down as $2202 earmarked for range improvements and $314 in working capital for the next wheelgun match (most likely Spring 2011).

December 6, 2009: scores Forty-five shooters compete on a chilly afternoon. The club collects $311 from the 29 IDPA members, 10 CGC members (20 total), and 6 new shooters. My thanks to all the Safety Officers (without you not); to the setup crew (Chet, Howard, and Kenneth); to Ron L. for registering everyone; and to the shooters for leaving the range even better than found.

Lessons learned: The match used 6 stages from November last year and 2 additional stages to accommodate an overflow squad. But this still didn't eliminate squad-rotation bottlenecks, so next we will try cutting the squads off at 9. Beyond that, shooters go on an overflow list; when registration closes, I will divvy up the overflow list among the squads.

Classified shooters: Your info is online, and I can sign your classification card at a future match.

Through 2009, about 228 shooters have attended Cherokee IDPA matches. No one has been DQ'ed; only one has been banned (for ungentlemanly behavior at this month's match).

November 17, 2009: Financial routine: order targets and pasters, deposit the match proceeds of $312 at CB&T; give a $96 check for range fees to the CGC treasurer along with the updated spreadsheet; and attend the CGC board meeting. Total club funds: $2293.

We will not be donating to the annual Cherokee Gun Club banquet because the Club is now handling that directly. Instead, I will buy tickets to the banquet for CGC members who have attended at least 5 Cherokee IDPA matches in the past 3 years; if interested, just let me know. (The IHMSA folks are purchasing mine, and I also thank them for the idea.)

Also, there is a new Ladies League to introduce women to the various shooting sports at CGC.

November 1, 2009: scores Forty-eight shooters compete on a partly sunny afternoon. The club collects $312 from the 33 IDPA members, 7 CGC members (16 total), and 8 new shooters. My thanks to all the Safety Officers (without you not); to the setup crew (Bud, Chet, Howard, and John K.); to Ron D. for registering everyone; and to the shooters for leaving the range even better than found.

Lessons learned: Get more targets and pasters. The match used 2 stages from this year's Wheelgun Championship and 6 from October last year -- for consideration in the next Championship. Ron L. will again use Capel's scoring software for the Championship, as well as the Classifiers; however, the monthly matches seem to require a collaborative approach (along the lines of Google Docs, for example) for timely results and stage-design feedback -- which simply isn't anywhere out there. So I'm sticking with Perl to generate the monthly scores.

October 27, 2009: I add 13 of Myron's and Sammi's photos of the Wheelgun Championship to the iWheelgun site and make some changes to its appearance.

October 20, 2009: Financial routine: deposit the match proceeds of $267 at CB&T; give an $82 check for range fees to the CGC treasurer along with the updated spreadsheet; and attend the CGC board meeting. Total club funds: $2137.

October 4, 2009: scores Forty-one shooters compete on a cool afternoon. The club collects $267 from the 30 IDPA members, 5 CGC members (11 total), and 6 new shooters. My thanks to all the Safety Officers (without you not); to the setup crew (Delbert and John); to Ron L. for registering everyone; and to the shooters for leaving the range even better than found.

Lessons learned: Two stages are thrown out because of a faulty timer, which was discovered by the last squad and by a comparison with the previous years' scores. Ron and I continue to evaluate scoring software, so please bear with us. Get more targets, pasters, and batteries.

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