A special election was held this evening to elect a new President, Vice President, and Secretary to serve for the remainder of 2011.

President Bob Woofter, elected in January of this year, tendered a letter of resignation to the Trustees after the March officer’s meeting, which he then rescinded within a day or two of the initial letter, and followed with a letter of dismissal to Appointed Trustee Jerry Usselman. At the April meeting, this information was presented by the Trustees to the club membership. After a discussion on these events, a motion was made by Mr. Woofter that the membership vote on whether or not to accept his resignation. A majority vote of no-confidence was cast by the membership,  and Mr. Woofter resigned his position.

Vice President Tim Johns (acting President) and Secretary Dick McClain, re-elected in January, announced to the membership at the beginning of tonight’s (May 5th) meeting that, due to personal reasons, they also formally resign their respective positions as officers of the club.

With the resignation, the Trustee’s took over proceedings, and called for nominations of new officers to fill the vacant positions.

Nominated were:

• President
  • Bob Wade
• Vice President
  • Jerry Usselman
  • Ralph Gibbs
• Secretary
  • Ted Brown

Given that only one member was nominated for the offices of President and Secretary, these offices were filled immediately by the nominees.

Ballots were collected for the office of Vice President, and Ralph Gibbs was elected to serve as Vice President.

At the end of the meeting, Bob Wade was asked if he was interested in appointing a trustee, and he stated that until further notice, Jerry Usselman is reinstated as Appointed Trustee, pending further discussion amongst the officers as to the final state of the Appointed Trustee position. Jerry pointed out last month that the position of Appointed Trustee was not really necessary any more, due to changes in license agency rules. (Historically, the position of Appointed Trustee served as License Agent with the State of Ohio.)

Thus, for the remainder of 2011, the officers shall be as follows:

• President: Bob Wade
• Vice President: Ralph Gibbs
• Secretary: Ted Brown
• Appointed Trustee: Jerry Usselman

The club thanks the former officers for their past service.

Tonight, Trumbull County Rod & Gun Club elected the officers for 2010. We have a number of new faces added to our officers lineup this year. See the list below.

The 2010 Officer lineup is as follows:

• President: Bob Wade
• Vice President: Tim Johns
• Secretary: Dick McClain
• Treasurer: Dan Pedigo
• Trustee (1yr): Liam McEvoy
• Trustee (2yr): Jeff Murray
• Trustee (3yr): Tim Smith
  
• Trustee (Appointed): Jerry Usselman

President Bob Wade would like to thank all of the 2009 officers for doing an outstanding job last year. We got lots of things accomplished together, and we couldn’t have done it without you.

Congratulations go out to the new officers, Tim Johns (VP), Dick McClain (Secretary), and Tim Smith (3yr Trustee).

All members please remember that the January meeting is perhaps one of the most important meetings of the new year.

The meeting will be held Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.

Election of 2010 Officers will take place at this meeting, so now is the time to start considering who you would like to nominate for the positions President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Trustee. On meeting night, nominations will be heard, followed by a vote of the members present to elect the new officers.

Also, 2010 membership dues will begin to be taken at the January meeting as well.

Last evening, Trumbull County Rod & Gun Club elected the officers for 2009. With exception to Trustee Ted Brown, all other officers remain the same. The new 3 Year Trustee is Jeff Murray, a recent addition to our ranks. Please be sure to welcome him.

The 2009 Officer lineup is as follows:

• President: Bob Wade
• Vice President: Ralph Gibbs
• Secretary: John Grundy
• Treasurer: Dan Pedigo
• Trustee (1yr): Randy Jewell
• Trustee (2yr): Liam McEvoy
• Trustee (3yr): Jeff Murray
• Trustee (Appointed): Jerry Usselman