Arizona Deer Association

January 23, 2008

Board of Directors Meeting 

Attending:                                                      Guests:

Pete Cimellaro, President                                Leonard Ordway __ AZGFD
Keith Gaines, Secretary                                  Tracey Martin __ Administrator
Brad Freitag                                                    Brian Waitman __ Guest
Dom Lopano                                                   Jim Lara __ Guest
John Koleszar
Mark Bool
Rick Miller
Amanda Moors
Terry Herndon
Todd Julian

I.  Welcome & Call to order

The president called the meeting to order at 6:30 

II.  Game and Fish

Leonard Ordway discussed the open commission seat, however, no names have been forwarded from the governor’s office at this time. There were six candidates being reviewed for the AZGFD director position and a final decision should occur early next week.  Surveys so far on the deer are showing that the Coues deer are doing well and that there are mixed results for mule deer.  

Regarding over-the-counter elk tags – 90,000 put in for the draw last year, so far there are around 3,100 over-the-counter tags sold.  Ranchers and landowners were apprehensive initially, but seemed pleased with the results so far.  Leonard also stated that license sales are down at this time, and also that online sales will resume by the end of 2008, and all license sales will be done from a computer by 2010.  He also reiterated that the new headquarters were purchased using Indian Gaming Money and that no sportsman dollars were used.  Lead Ban – there is no push from the department for a ban on lead in Arizona.  Archery on the Strip – permit-only is probably what will be the next agenda. 

Leonard was asked about the legal process for collecting on court assessed fines for poaching.  Evidently, the collection is handled through the Attorney General’s office on the civil side, and with the larger assessments being given lately, the Attorney General’s office is taking these matters more seriously.

 III.  Minutes from the November 20^th, 2007 meeting

Brad Freitag moved, Domenick Lopano seconded, to approve the minutes as presented.  Motion carried.

 IV.  Guest Speakers 

Jim Lara spoke on behalf of the FCW memorial predator hunt that will be held on January 26 – 28, 2008.  Mark Bool moved, Terry Herndon seconded, to approve $500.00 to the FCW hunt.  Motion carried. 

H-S Precision has offered a stock as a donation or a rifle for 70 percent of wholesale for our banquet.  Jim is also going to donate a Winchester model 700 limited rifle in 300 WSM, to be paired with a Toner knife. Jim thought that we should scope the rifle prior to the banquet.

 V.  Committee Reports

Banquet – The raffle ticket girls are already secured for the banquet.  Brad has two donations for Costa Rica, a fishing trip and an eco trip.  He also had confirmed:

1 - South African Safari

1 – River raft trip in Idaho

1 – Photo safari in Africa

1 – Fully guided black bear hunt donated by Bryan Waitman

 Banquet committee meetings will begin in February.  For the membership promotion, we will provide an ADA hat and a Mossback DVD plus a one-year subscription to Western Hunter magazine.

 The board directed the president to order 500 tan ADA hats and 500 camo hats of his choice.

 Todd and Amanda are still looking for donations for the silent auction.

 Habitat Projects – There is a habitat meeting on January 29^th and the AZGF commission meeting is on February 2^nd.  The 3-Bar project will be done on the weekend of February 2-3; anyone interested is welcome to help out.  This was paid for with mitigation money from ADOT.  ADBSS is working jointly with the ADA on two catchments in Aravaipa on March 14-16, 2008.

 Game and Fish – We received a letter soliciting donations for Director Shroufe’s retirement party on March 24^th, 2008.  No action was taken.

 George Johnson, his development company, and several of his contractors have agreed to pay $12 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the state for his alleged actions causing harm to bighorn sheep and archeological sites in southern Arizona.  Of this money, $3 million will go to the AZGFD to mitigate the effects of a disease outbreak in the Silverbells allegedly caused by Johnson’s goats. 

 Newsletter –The deadline for articles is January 31^st.

 Youth – There will be a javelina hunt in 20c.  The new trailer being built by Woody and Bill is going well.  ADA sponsorship should be recognized on the website and the trailer.

 Legislative/WCC – OHV bill would provide 35 percent of funds for new trails and no cap on mitigation for damage. OHV committee had no conservationists on its board.

 Tumacacori – The ADA sent a letter to Grijalva supporting incorporating the amendments proposed by the Game and Fish Commission into the Tumacacori Wilderness bill.

 Website – We have added a Donate button on the website.

 Membership –

Life members – 25

Honorary life members – 1

Paid members – 451

3 of which are paid through 09

 The International Sportsmen’s Expo will be March 7^th thru 9^th

 Public relations – N/A

 Conservation Partners – N/A

 New Business –

Rick Miller is trying to get the clinic reserved for a Saturday in August.

 Pete will be sending us an e-mail describing some services offered by Jim DeVos, and a contract to review should we need his services.

 Charlie Kelly from the ADBSS has asked if he can paint the display boards black.  Consensus was approval.

 Bryan Waitman has expressed interest in becoming a board member, the board will decide at the next meeting.

 There being no further business to discuss, the meeting adjourned at 9:05.

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