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Our Gun Club is in danger.

Post by cooperhawk » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:07 am

One reason I've been absent is that I was asked to be on the board of my American Legion Post that owns and operates our gun club.
I also got elected to the Holding Corp even though I didn't run for the job. Well anyway.......
Our post is in dire financial straits. We've had to close our post bar and restaurant due to declining revenue and theft.
We had a female who was in charge of gambling embezzle over a hundred thousand dollars. (She is in prison).
Anyway, we need to address the problem or lose the post and gun club.
The post sits on four acres of prime property in a large metro suburb worth millions of dollars. We have engaged a real estate
brokerage to market it for us. In the meantime we need to address almost a quarter million in debt until it's sold. All the while
we are keeping the members up to date and making sure everything is above board and transparent.
So I have been involved in Zoom meetings a lot. In fact several times a week. This is getting tedious.

Well anyway, with all that and some health issues as well as a new computer....I've been busy and a little weary.
After all, I'm 80 years old.

If we save the post and gun club it will be worth it.
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Re: Our Gun Club is in danger.

Post by Shakey Jake » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:14 am

So sorry to hear. Any restitution from the embezzler?
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Re: Our Gun Club is in danger.

Post by cooperhawk » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:17 am

Shakey Jake wrote:
Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:14 am
So sorry to hear. Any restitution from the embezzler?
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Nope. Don't expect any either. :x
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Re: Our Gun Club is in danger.

Post by cooperhawk » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:20 am

On the bright side if we are successful we will sell the land, keeping a foot print there, and build a new post meeting hall
and have money in the bank. That's our goal and I think we will attain it.
Our biggest problem was convincing some of the old timers that we couldn't simply borrow money and go on as it was.
It was not a viable operation anymore although it's still the largest post in the state with over a thousand members last year.
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Re: Our Gun Club is in danger.

Post by RanchRoper » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:34 am

Sorry to hear that. I have been asked to get involved with our club up here. I shoot more than anybody I guess so they approached about it.
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Post by BigAl52 » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:47 am

Careful RR those positions have politics written all over them.
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Post by Sir Henry » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:49 am

Hope you can find a new spot. Our gun club is looking for a new spot because the owner of the land wants to sell it for housing development. The land is owned by Weyerhaeuser and they are pro gun.
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Re: Our Gun Club is in danger.

Post by cooperhawk » Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:53 am

The range is several miles from the post and is owned by the post. The only way we would lose it is if the post goes under
and assets are sold off.
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Re: Our Gun Club is in danger.

Post by RanchRoper » Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:18 pm

BigAl52 wrote:
Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:47 am
Careful RR those positions have politics written all over them.
Can’t see me doing it. No interest in bs.
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Re: Our Gun Club is in danger.

Post by BrokenolMarine » Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:19 pm

We ran our 501c3 charity for six years, accounted for every penny and every in kind donation. (Equipment, food, etc.). All these years later, we still have our copies of the records. It's a lot of work, and we were surprised to learn, thru the grapevine, about the amount of theft that happens.

Sometimes small...

A donation of six small items becomes five because a coordinator keeps one, for testing. :evil:

Sometimes large... Like the case above... Or equipment donated is used only for personal use, never applied for the charity. Funds donated spent solely on administrators, travel, meals, etc. :oops:

In violation of charity or club guidelines.
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