MAA Mailing Address ** P.O. Box 846 - Stevensville, MD 21666 << Phone: (410) 643-1502

Betty Thiess Secretary - Email: bettythiessavon@hotmail.com - www.md-archery.org

 

 

MAA - NEWSLETTER

 January 20, 2008

 

Officers for 2008:      President                   Bob Sales                   VP of Scheduling      Acting - Bob Sales

                                    V-President               Ken Thompson           Secretary                   Betty Thiess

                                    VP of Awards             George Light, Jr.         Treasurer                  Mike Pettrey                                                    VP of Tournaments  Open                           NFAA Director           Ron West

                                   

Updated 2008 MAA Schedule

   Please note that attached is a copy of the update 1st quarter of the 2008 schedule. The fact that 2008 was a Leap year and the movement of some of the National as well as MAA shoots the schedule is NOT CORRECT. What is listed in the 2007 MAA Guide or the pocket handout schedule is different then as to dates and times.. The Website is updated. Copies of the updated schedule were also sent to your Club Reps to be displaced at your clubs location.                      

 

EMAILING OF MAA NEWSLETTERS

     We saved aprox. $500 emailing newsletters in 2007 over 2006. Please notes that if you did not received you MAA newsletter via email address and you would like to and help us save even more MAA funds please contact the MAA Secretary, Betty Thiess at: bettythiessavon@hotmail.com.

 

Membership Personal Information:

  Please make sure that you’re CLUB and the MAA has the CORRECT PERSONAL INFO. for you. Recent pursuant of contact was deterred because of incorrect phone numbers. If you move or change your phone numbers please make sure that both you CLUB and the MAA has those changes. If not pertinent info. Or other communications such as newsletters, and shoot registration forms will not and cannot be delivered.

 

Membership – Important Information for the New Year!!

NAA members please remember that you must renew your membership with the MAA each year prior to shoot either the FITA Indoors or the FITA Field or Target.  This also means that you must be a member in good standing with an MAA Chartered club. Which for most of you that is Oriole Archers. Please make sure that you renew your membership and have proof of membership with you from that club when you register for any of the MAA state championships. MAA membership is still $20.00. Please add that along with an MAA application which you can download from the MAA website listed above in the letterhead when mailing state tournament registration to whom ever is running the tournament.   

 

NFAA Agenda Items for Club Vote

 Ron West, our NFAA/MAA State Director directed the state secretary to send out the NFAA agenda items to the clubs for their comments and votes, so they can be carried to the NFAA Directors conference in February, just prior to the Vegas Tournament. The deadline for returning your clubs opinion on the agenda items is February 10th.  If you are interested in assuring your input is given to the NFAA/MAA Rep, make sure you attend your clubs meeting prior to the date. We will be updated on the results of MD’s input after the conference.

 

MAA Semi Annual Spring Meeting

Anyone wishing to submit agenda items for the membership to vote on please submit them to the MAA Secretary, at the MAA address.  MAA, PO Box 849, Stevensville, MD 21666, by March 5th 2008. This is the required 60 days prior to the meeting.

 

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MAA State Championship Applications

Attached are the registration applications for the first two state championships we will hold in 2007. Directions, instructions, equipment and tournament rules are included on a separate page this year, so you will still have all the important information left after you send in application to the MAA. The remaining applications will be SENT out later in the year, with your next newsletter.  Please make sure you note to WHOM you are to send your registration. Since we do not have a VP of Tournaments, we will be having registration sent to who ever have been designated by the President to run the tournament.

 

 

MAA Tournament Bids Results:

FITA Indoor    (2009)              Mayberry Archers – this bid always run 1 yr ahead

 

NFAA Indoor (2008/2009)      Cumberland Bowhunters

 

Charity Shoot                        Eutaw Forest Archers

 

MAA 3-D Challenge              Tuscarora Archers

 

NFAA Outdoor                       Anne Arundel Archers

 

FITA Field                              Vingt Neuf Bowman

 

NFAA Animal                          Mayberry Archers

 

FITA Target                           Oriole Archers

 

 

Mid Atlantic Indoor Sectional Championship – February 29, March 1st and 2nd 2008

Maryland Location - Mayberry Archers, Westminster, MD

- Registration Contact: Sandy Rowe, Phone: 410-775-7013, Club: 410-346-7927

- Email- dansanrowe@yahoo.com

- Mailing address – 817 Otterdale Mill road, Taneytown, MD 21787

- Shoot times are: Fri. 7:15, Sat. 9am, 12:30pm and 4pm

 

>>>> Can shoot twice but ONLY highest score will be sent in for results.

This will be a NFAA 300 Round – counting X’s – 12 ends, 5 arrows each end.

>>>> Pre registration strongly suggested, late registration if space permitted.

 

The MAA Annual Charity Shoot

Our annual Charity shoot benefiting “Camp Sunrise” a camp for kids with cancer will be held on May 4, 2008. Our Charity Shoot Chairperson is Bob Sales. Please note that Bob can always us plenty of help to collect and to set up the items at the location of the shoot. If you wish to donate time or merchandise please call Bob at (301) 459-0763. Please also note that you can give any donations of merchandise and/or checks to any MAA officer. Also, attached is an official pledge sheet, it has instructions as to how the pledge sheet works right on it. You might want to make copies in the event you fill up more than one. Please have any one paying by check, make them payable to “American Cancer Society”, referencing “Camp Sunrise” on the memo line. Their canceled check then becomes their receipt for tax purposes.

 

Dot shooters will be shooting an official 28 Field round – Shot Gun Start at 10 am. There will be 20 3D Targets, casual registration from -10am -12pm.  3-D shooter interested in participating in the Action might consider shooting at a later time. Cards in by 2pm. The Auction and drawings will start immediately after all cards are turned in. 

 

 

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Attached is a personal pledge sheet, contribution by way of this personal pledge sheets has been way down in the last several years. Get out there and ask everyone you know to pledge $5.00 it will add up to a lot for the Kids at Camp Sunshine.                   

 

President’s Note:  Please take the time to thank all the people who volunteer and help support the operations of the Maryland Archery Association.   They are all volunteering their time, so you can have a good time.  Most are shooting as well as doing paperwork. We always appreciate anyone who is willing to contribute in any way to the continued prosperity of the organization.  

 

   Also, we are looking for a VP of Tournaments as well as a VP of Scheduling.  Both past and present MAA officers continue to do more than one job to keep the MAA running.  Please pass the word.  Any question pertaining to this position please contact any MAA Officer.  Experience in EXEL, WORD and some WORKS would be needed. Tutoring is available.

  

MAA Annual Awards Banquet

There was a discussion about the Annual Archery Banquet at the meeting. It was agreed by the clubs and MAA officers represented due to the low attendance that we should hold the banquet at one of the club with indoor ranges.  Regular banquet halls are requiring 14 day prior headcount as well as over a year booking prior to the date.  It was agreed that we could cater the affair at a club with an indoor range. Also, people attending would not have to leave at a required time. The MAA could pay the club a certain fee for rental and get info from the club each year of a good place to get it catered.

 

Since we did not receive any invitations to hold the event at any of the more centrally located Clubs we have had to revert back to the conventional rental hall to hold the banquet. We were lucky at this very late date to acquired Lisbon Volunteer Fire Hall once again, in Lisbon, MD.

 

Agenda Items

 

Below is the final count for votes received and recorded for the agenda items put forth for the clubs votes at the annual Fall MAA meeting.

 

Roll call for the attending club representatives with club votes in hand:

         

          AAA – (1).   GPB –N/R - (1), HB - (1),

        HMB - N/R,   MA – (1),  MOB – (1), SMA – (1)

       

          We were waiting for 7 votes, we had 4 respond.

         

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Votes are marked as Y – YES, N - NO, OR A – ABSTAINED, N/R – no response

 Abstentions are added to the majority vote. 

 

 

 

 

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1.  Change the Field round for the charity shoot from 14 targets to a regular 28 target NFAA Field round.  3D shooter's will be advised to start later in the day if they want to participate in the Charity auction.

 

Reasoning:  Poor participation has been reported due to the fact that dot shooters want to shoot a full 28 target round.

 

Submitted by: Bob Sales, VP of Scheduling.

 

Exec. Committee:   Agrees       

 

Roll call for the attending club representatives with club votes in hand:

          AAA – Y - (1),   CB – Y - (1),  EFA –Y- (1),   GPB –N/R ,  HB - Y (1)

        HMB N/R ,   MA –Y - (1)   MOB –Y - (1) OA –Y- (1) SMA –Y- (1)

        TA –Y- (2) TPA –Y- (1) VNB –Y- (1)  

 

    11 Clubs responding - 12 VOTES -  12 – YES,  0 – NO, 0 - Abstentions

 

Agenda item is passed

 

2.  Change the State 3D Challenge to State Marked and Unmarked 3D State Championship and to recognize all NFAA classes. No other organization classes shall be recognized for either state Championship. All IBO shooters will shoot in the guest class unless they are members of MAA/NFAA. They will then be placed in the appropriate NFAA/ MAA class. 

 

Reasoning:  Poor participation by MAA/NFAA shooters. 

 

Submitted by: Bob Sales, VP of Scheduling.

 

Exec. Committee:   Agrees

   

Roll call for the attending club representatives with club votes in hand:

          AAA – Y - (1),   CB – Y - (1),  EFA –Y- (1),   GPB –N/R ,  HB - Y (1)

        HMB N/R ,   MA –Y - (1)   MOB –Y - (1) OA –Y- (1) SMA –Y- (1)

        TA –Y- (2) TPA –Y- (1) VNB –Y- (1)  

 

    11 Clubs responding - 12 VOTES –

                    12 – YES,  0 – NO, 0 - Abstentions

 

Agenda item is passed

 

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 3.  Change the format of the State Indoors to the same as the current Mid Atlantic Indoors format. Which is you can shoot once or twice but only one score will count. Ties will be broken by ‘X’s and inside out “X”s. 

 

  Reasoning: This should increase participation for two reasons. Overnight stays at the location and other conflicts of scheduling with work, School or other family activities.

 

Submitted by Cumberland Bowhunters

 

Exec. Committee: Neutral  

 

Roll call for the attending club representatives with club votes in hand:

          AAA – Y - (1),   CB – Y - (1),  EFA – N - (1),   GPB –N/R ,  HB - A (1)

        HMB N/R ,   MA –N - (1)   MOB –N - (1) OA –Y- (1) SMA –N- (1)

        TA –Y- (2) TPA –Y- (1) VNB –Y- (1)  

 

    11 Clubs responding - 12 VOTES - 

                   8 – YES,  4 – NO,  0 - Abstentions

 

Agenda item is passed

 

 4. Change our state outdoor to prior the non-travel weekend prior to the Outdoor Nationals. 

 

Reasoning:  Most of the other states hold their outdoor states championships prior to the national championships. This would also good for all those who choose to travel to the nationals to participate in a tournament of this level just prior participating in them.

 

Submitted by Ron West NFAA Director

 

Exec. Committee:  Neutral  

 

Roll call for the attending club representatives with club votes in hand:

          AAA – N - (1),   CB – N - (1),  EFA –N- (1),   GPB –N/R ,  HB - Y (1)

        HMB N/R ,   MA – N - (1)   MOB – Y - (1) OA –N - (1) SMA –Y- (1)

        TA –abstained- (2) TPA –N- (1) VNB –N- (1)  

 

    11 Clubs responding - 12 VOTES –

                              3 – YES,  7 – NO, 2 - Abstentions

 

Agenda item was NOT Passed

 

            Respectfully submitted, Betty Thiess - MAA Secretary

                          

 

Attachments:  1st Quarter update 2008 Schedule

                        FITA Indoors State Registration

                        NFAA Indoor State Registration

                        Charity Shoot Information