The old board got scared to death by a "NRA attorney" who coincidentally got retained by them. He apparently had them thinking that the club could easily be sued out of existence by relatives of someone killed or injured in a careless accident. He also told them that they could be individually held liable. Scared the bejezus out of them.

So they required that all renewals have an indemnification signed. It includes a consent to medical treatment if incapacitated.

If you ask me, probably some of it is justified. But lawyers have a way of giving self-serving advice that, suprise!, requires lots of lawyering time and expense to "protect" the club, members, officers and board.

We had a somewhat contentious fight over a modification in the bylaws that many felt was unnecessary. The result was that nothing got passed and a few officers and board members lost their reelection bids. Alan a.k.a. bluker1 is back on the board now.

The county owns the land and could pull the lease with 30 days notice. Many feel we need to run a range acquisition fund in case they ever decide to use it for some other purpose. Time will tell.