Attendees: Jack, Phil, Gary M, Mario, Sue, David Yates

Called to order: 12:04PM

Minutes from Jan 30, 2021 meeting read and approved.

Treasurer’s report read and approved.

Old Business

No old business

New Business:

Discussed Phil’s email that invited other flyer to join NWFRPC

Gary:

1. he objected to new members not having to pay dues
2. he objected to new members having an immediate vote on races. AU Rules state that new members cannot vote on race direction
3. he objected to a free race fee if the race fee was coming out of the club treasury.

Phil:  Responded to Gary’s comments

1. Dues – there is nothing in the bylaws that says whether or not members who join late in the year must pay dues
2. NWFRPC flies only one direction (NW), so new members would not be affecting the direction of the races. He felt AU would support us if we allowed new members to vote on race schedule.
3. Race fee – there was nothing in the email sent by Phil regarding the use of club funds for the race fee.

Dave: Stated that he interpreted the letter to be a good-faith effort to bring in more members

No motion or action required

Discussed future of NWFRPC: The club is expected to continue for some time to come.

YB Race Schedule: The schedule below was voted in

Membership

Gary Alexander: Gary Alexander would like to be reinstated into the club. Motion made by Jack to accept him as a member. Sue seconded. Approved.

Meeting Adjourned at 1:03PM

Attendees: Jack, John, Phil, Gary M, Mario, Sue, David Yates

Guest: Don Gotladera

Called to order: 12:20PM

Minutes from Dec 12, 2020 meeting read and approved.

Treasurer’s report read and approved.

Old Business

                No old business

New Business:

2021 Bands:  bands are in.

Motion:  Gary M moved to remove the top two crates from the small trailer. It was 2^nd and passed.

Motion : Gary M moved that we should stay in AU. David 2^nd. 3 voted yes. 2 voted no. Motion carried

New clocking system: Phil presented information about Top Pigeon clocking system. No motion was made. Phil stated he does plan to purchase a system and evaluate it.

OB Race Schedule: Four options presented. The option below as voted in

Membership

                Don Gotladera was voted into the club

Meeting Adjourned at 1:40PM

Attendees: Jack, John, Phil, Gary M, Mario, Sue, Tim Brake

Guests: Diadra Brake

Called to order: 12:30PM

Minutes from Jun 20, 2020 meeting read and approved.

Treasurer’s report read and approved.

Young Birds

Phil handed out diplomas from 2020 YB season.

                Champion Loft: Gary Miller
                Champion Bird: Phil Wilson
                Average Speed: 3^rd Gary Miller, 2^nd Jack Babcock, 1^st Phil Wilson

New Business:

Election of officers: Gary nominated current slate. John 2^nd. Approved

                President: Jack Babcock

                Vice President: Larry Lucero

                Race Secretary: Phil Wilson

                Secretary/Treasurer: Sue Babcock

2021 Bands:  We ordered 400 bands, cost is $309. We will sell them for $0.85 each

                Phil: 100 bands

                David: 50 bands

                Gary: 100 bands

                John: 50 bands

                Tim: 100 bands

2022 Bands: We will order 500 bands

Diplomas: Going forward, we will print out and award places 1 through 5 rather than 1 through 10 as we have been doing. We will order enough for an estimated 15 races for 2021.

Chip bands: The club has none on hand. Discussion of how many to order tabled until the June meeting

500 Mile race:  Sue will investigate the location for a 500 mile race.

OB Direction of Flight:  OB direction of flight shall be Northwest.

OB Race Schedule: Tabled for January meeting

Bond Race: John moved and Phil seconded and approved by the club: We will operate under the same rules as used in 2020:

Note that this bond race is open to all pigeon flyers in the Albuquerque area. You do not have to be a NWFRPC member to buy bonds.

Station - Green River, Utah

Date: - tbd

Entry Fee: $25 per bond payable no later than Oct 1, 2020

Payout: -              1^st place 50% of total

2^nd place 30% of total

3^rd place 20% of total

If no birds come in within the timeframe established by AU rules, payout will go to club. Also – if only one bird comes in, it will get 100% of payout. If two birds come in, the payout will be 60% for 1^st and 40% for 2^nd.

In November, each flyer must give his list of his birds by the end of the day. You may email or hand deliver your list to Phil Wilson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). If you have any questions contact Phil Wilson.

Club and AU dues are due.

Old Business:

Small Trailer and metal crates: Gary completed modifications

Other Business:

Gary visited Willy Picaro in Abique. His father, Dan Picaro, was in the WWII pigeon core and Willy gave Gary a notebook on the history and details of the operations for using homing pigeons to carry messages.

Phil discussed switching to a modern clock system. IPigeon clock by Topigeon has many features that our current Unicon clocks do not have. Information was presented. A basic system costs $795. No motions were made.

Meeting Adjourned at 1:40PM

Attendees: Jack, John, Phil, Gary M, Mario, Sue 

Called to order: 1:19PM

Minutes from Feb 1, 2020 meeting read. John moved to approved. Minutes accepted.

Treasurer’s report (attached) read. John moved to approved. Minutes accepted. 

Old Birds

Phil handed out diplomas from 2020 OB season.

                Champion Loft: Gary Miller
                Champion Bird: John Selling
                Average Speed: 3^rd John Stelling, 2^nd Jack Babcock, 1^st Phil Wilson

New Business:

Direction of Flight:  YB direction of flight was voted to be Northwest.

Race Schedule: Gary moved, John seconded, to have the following schedule. The club voted to approved

Bond Race: Jack moved and it was seconded and approved by the club: We will operate under the same rules as used in 2019:

Note that this bond race is open to all pigeon flyers in the Albuquerque area. You do not have to be a NWFRPC member to buy bonds.

Station - Green River, Utah

Date: - November 14, 2020

Entry Fee: $25 per bond payable no later than Oct 1, 2019

Payout: -              1^st place 50% of total

2^nd place 30% of total

3^rd place 20% of total

If no birds come in within the timeframe established by AU rules, payout will go to club. Also – if only one bird comes in, it will get 100% of payout. If two birds come in, the payout will be 60% for 1^st and 40% for 2^nd.

On November 9, each flyer must give his list of his birds by the end of the day. You may email or hand deliver your list to Phil Wilson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). If you have any questions contact Phil Wilson.

Club voted to remove Article XV, Section 1. Article XV, Section 6 of the bylaws reads “As voted on by the membership: The direction of flight for the old bird and young bird seasons will be from the North West direction.

Old Business:

Small Trailer: Gary moved, Phil seconded, and club approved for the club to buy the small trailer Jack owns for our club.

Modifying Trailer: Phil moved, John seconded, and club approved for Gary M to make 4 addition crates for small trailer and to modify existing crates for feeding and watering, costs not to exceed $400.

New Member:

The club welcomes Tim Brake as a new member.

Meeting Adjourned at 2:12PM

Attendees: Jack, John, Phil, Gary M, Cesar, Mario, Gary A, Sue 

Called to order: 1:14PM

Minutes from Dec 14, 2020 meeting read. John moved to approved. Minutes accepted.

Treasurer’s report (attached) read. John moved to approved. Minutes accepted. 

New Business:

Race Schedule: Phil moved to have the following schedule. It was seconded and approved

Bond Race: Phil will be organizer and contact for YB Bond Race

2021 NWF Bands from AU: Gary A wants 100, Phil wants 100, Gary M wants 100, and we’ll get 100 non-assigned bands for a total of 400 bands.

Old Business:

Trailer: The small trailer Jack owns is probably too small for our club. It can be modified, but since we have the larger crates, the club decided not to use it at this time. We estimated about 170 birds for OB:

                Gary A                  25
                Cesar                    25
                Mario                   10
                Gary M                 35 max
                Phil                        30
                John                      15
                Jack                        40

Meeting Adjourned at 2:52PM

Attendees: Phil, Gary M, Mario, John, Jack, Sue

Called to order: 12:10PM

Minutes from Jan 26, 2019 meeting read. Phil moved to accept, Gary M seconded, motion passed

Treasurer’s report read. John moved to accept, Phil seconded, motion passed

Old Business

Aluminum crates – Phil need to take them over to Gary M

Awards from 2019 OB season handed out:

                      First place race winners

                                Nageezi: John
                                Angel Peak: Jack
                                Cortez: Jack
                                Monticello: Jack
                                Green River: Gary A
                                Price: Jack

                                Average Speed: Jack
                                Champion Bird: John
                                Champion Loft: Jack
                                Master Loft: John

This was a very tough race season with a lot of losses

New Business

AU Bands – 300 NWF bands have been ordered

Chip Bands – motion to order 400 made by Phil. John seconded. Motion carried.

Bond Race

Note that this bond race is open to all pigeon flyers in the Albuquerque area. You do not have to be a NWFRPC member to buy bonds.

Station - Green River, Utah

Date: - 1^st or 2^nd weekend in November

Entry Fee: $25 per bond payable no later than Oct 1, 2019

Payout: -              1^st place 50% of total

2^nd place 30% of total

3^rd place 20% of total

If no birds come in within the timeframe established by AU rules, payout will go to club. Also – if only one bird comes in, it will get 100% of payout. If two birds come in, the payout will be 60% for 1^st and 40% for 2^nd.

On about October 27, 2019 (at strike-off for the Monticello or Moab race - TBD) a form will be issued for each person who has purchased bonds. You must list your birds on the form by the end of the day on October 28, 2019. You may email or hand deliver your form to Phil Wilson (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.). If you have any questions contact Phil Wilson or Jack Babcock.

YB Schedule

Phil proposed following schedule

Jack moved to accept schedule, John seconded. Motion carried.

12:57 Adjourn

Called to order: 12:07PM

Attendees: Jack, Sue, Phil, Gary M, David, Cesar, Mario

Minutes from last meeting were read, motion to approve by Phil, seconded and approved

Treasurer’s report read, motion to approve by Phil, seconded and approved

Old Business: Phil will get aluminum crates to Gary M soon

New Business:

Futurity versus Bond Race – in a bond race, typically bonds are purchased at the first YB race but birds to fly in the bond race are not nominated until the loading the birds for the bond race. Motion by Gary M: have bond race instead of futurity. Seconded and approved.

Old Bird Schedule:

Club Supplies

• chip bands: purchase 500. Phil will contact Deister to see if he can reduce shipping costs
• AU bands: proposal is to purchase NWF bands instead of individual loft bands to see if this will reduce costs. Phil to investigate.
• Diplomas: Sue will inventory current supply and order as needed.

Phil moves to adjourn. Seconded and approved.

Adjourn: 12:52PM

Attendees: Phil Wilson, Gary Miller, Ray Garde, Jack Babcock, Sue Babcock
Called to order: 12:15PM

Minutes of May 26, 2018 meeting read and approved
Treasurer’s report read and approved

Old Business: need water/feed system for new aluminum crates. Gary said he would look at them whenever Phil can bring one of the crates down to him.

2018 Young Bird Season: Jack stated is was an okay season from his standpoint
Phil stated that many clubs (Denver, Detroit, Las Cruces) had terrible seasons. No one sure why.
YB Certificates were handed out. 

New Business: Ray stated that Mr. Lasandro passed away, and his birds are available

Election of Officers: Gary nominated exciting officers to serve for another year. Seconded and approved. Officers for 2019 are:
President: Jack Babcock
VP: Larry Lucero
Secretary/Treasurer: Sue Babcock
Race Secretary: Phil Wilson

Next meeting is tentatively scheduled for January 26, 2019

Adjourned: 12:48PM

Attendees: Jack, Sue, John S, Gary M, David, Phil, Mario, Richard

Called to order: 12:09 PM

Minutes from Jan 13 meeting read and approved

Treasurer’s report (attached) read and approved

No old business

OB Awards handed out by Phil: First three races had good returns and above average speeds, but Moab and the second Angel Peak were slow with poor returns.

YB Schedule: motion made, seconded and passed

Attendees: Jack, Sue, John S, Gary M, David, Phil

Called to order: 1:10

Minutes from Dec 9 meeting read and approved

Treasurer’s report (attached) read and approved

No old business

Old Bird Schedule