NAMPA BOW CHIEFS

NEWSLETTER
222 W Railroad St.
Nampa, Id 83651
208-466-4374 (voice mailbox)
nampabowchiefs@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/nampa.chiefs
www.nampabowchiefs.weebly.com

December 2022
Editor: Hope Smith

Next General Membership Meeting: January 4th, 2022 at 7:00pm

Re-registration and new keys January 4th 2022 at 6:00pm
Leagues:
Vegas 300 League
Mondays @ 7pm Up Coming Events!
Vegas 600 League December 31: Mini 3-D shoot to ring in the new
Tuesdays @7 year at our indoor range.
S3DA – Youth ages 8-18
Thursdays @ 7pm Contact Nathan Foster at January 7th – 8th: IFAA & NBC sponsored State
208-571-1513 Vegas Championship and Money Shoot, NBC
3-D Animal League indoor range. See flyer for into.
Fridays and some Thursdays (see flyer). Contact
Michelle or Ryan Bollar to sign up January 14-15th: Northwest Bowhunter Classic
(Caldwell Indoor) at the fairgrounds building in
Range Closures: Caldwell. See flyer for details.
Keep an eye on the range calendar (on the wall,
by the door in the range) for events and activities January 28th: NBC banquet, potluck style at the
going on at the range. Some events are closed to indoor range in the common area.
open shooting and other activities allow open
shooting, if there is room, while the activity is in
progress.
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Next General Meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled for Wednesday,
January 4th, 2023. We will have a drawing for a
$25 gift card to Texas Roadhouse. We will be
doing re-registration for member ships for the
2023 year and handing out new keys for the
range. We will open the registration at 6:30 pm
and break for the general membership meeting at
7pm, then continue with registration afterwards.
November Meeting Summary
Our November general membership meeting was
held Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022,
beginning at 7pm in the classroom at the indoor
range.
Nampa Bow Chiefs are now on winter public
shooting hours. Hours are Monday through
Thursday 9:00am – 12:00pm and 4:00pm –
7:00pm. Every 2nd and 4th Saturday 10:00am –
1:00pm. We need volunteers for RSO’s (Range
Safety Officer). There is a survey that is emailed
to all members to sign up (see more info in the
Volunteer Hours section).
Nominations for officer and board positions are
now open and elections will be in our December
7th general meeting. Installation of new officers
will begin in January.
We held a Halloween mini 3D shoot. Lots of fun
was had. The club made around $130-150.
The cardboard for the indoor butts was picked
up by Rick and Kim Boyack and delivered to our
range. They had a group of volunteers here to
help them replace some of the cardboard that
needed to be replace the most.
Our S3DA team is looking to host a shoot at our
range. No date has been set for this yet. They will
be inviting other S3DA teams from statewide.
Our team is now up to 15 members and growing
fast. Nathan Foster is looking for another
experienced coach to join the team. Please
contact Nathan if you are interested.
Caldwell indoor shoot is coming up on January
14th – 15th. We are looking for people to help us
with registration and score cards. Michelle Bollar
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will be sending out a volunteer signup for this.
Please contact Michelle if you are interested in
helping.
Clayton Allen won the $25 Texas Roadhouse gift
card.
Meeting adjourned at 7:29pm
December Meeting Summary
Our December general membership meeting was
held Wednesday, December 7th, 2022, beginning
at 7pm in the classroom at the indoor range.
We are still looking for range safety officers
(RSO’s). If you volunteer for just 20 hours for a
single membership, you get a free membership
the following year. If you volunteer for just 40
hours for a family membership, you get a free
membership the following year. We need
someone to cover Tuesday and Thursday
evenings from 4-7pm and we need someone to do
every 2nd and 4th Saturday from 10am-3pm. We
need more RSO’s to lighten the burden from
those that are doing it already. Michelle is also
looking for someone to help her with signing
people up for RSO’s and help with scheduling. If
you are interested, please contact Michelle.
We are also looking for volunteers for our
Northwest Bowhunter Classic and Southwest
Vegas 3 spot shoots that are coming up in
January. We need help with registration and tare
down. A link to volumeter will be emailed out
with the flyers for these shoots along with links to
requester to shoot online. Please register online if
possible as it saves time the morning of the shoot.
If you can’t register online or access the volunteer
form, please contact Michelle Bollar.
Prizes for the Northwest Bowhunter Classic will
be belt buckles for first place for all classes. For
adults second and third place, we will have knife
sets. For youth second and third place, we will
have stainless steel travel mugs.
Idaho Fish and Game shooting waivers must be
filled out by every shooter at every event or league
attended. Nampa Bow Chief’s waiver is only once
per year. Please make sure you are filling these
out.
We ask that if you are kind enough to take the
trash out of the trash can, please replace the bag
in the can and take the trash out to the cans by
the outdoor range.
The sink hole that was discovered near our
outdoor range entrance was determined to be
made by a rock chuck. It has been filled in and no
longer an issue.
January 4th will be the date that the doors get
rekeyed. This will be the same date for the next
general membership meeting. We will start the
registrations and handing out new keys at 6:00pm.
We will break for the membership meeting at
7pm and continue with registration and keys
afterwards. Kim will send out link to registration
online to make things faster and a paper
registration will be available at that time as well.
Everyone must renew.
Boar member election results are as follows. The
new positions will begin in January 2023.
President – Robert Zechmann
Vice President – Ryan Bollar
Treasurer – Kim Boyack
Secretary - Bill Bivens
Board members – Clayton Allen
Michelle Bollar
Stewart Chrislip
Nathan Foster
Hope Smith
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Volunteer Hours
Below is a link to a survey to see who might be
able to volunteer to help supervise the range
during public hours as a Range Safety Officer
(RSO). In addition to volunteers willing to work
regular hours, we will also need people who can
be on call to fill in if someone is unable to make it
(in case of illness, vacations, family emergencies,
etc.) The hours that you volunteer will be
considered work hours as outlined in our by-laws
and will go towards reduced rates or a free
membership for the next year. (See excerpt from
our by-laws below.)
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https://nampabowchiefs.wufoo.com/forms/m11
e3vj41m07bbw/
Our By-Laws state:
If a single membership member works at least 20 hours for
the club at sponsored Club work party(s) or in personal
endeavors as approved by the Board of Directors, their
individual membership for the following year (including a
key fee) shall be free. If a single membership member works
at least 10 hours for the club at sponsored Club work
party(s) or in personal endeavors as approved by the Board
of Directors, their individual membership for the following
year (including a key fee) shall be half membership dues.
If a family membership member/s works at least 40 hours
for the club at a work party(s) or in personal endeavors as
approved by the Board of Directors, their individual
membership for the following year including the key fee, shall
be free. If a family membership member/s works at least
20 hours for the club at sponsored Club work party(s) or
in personal endeavors as approved by the Board of
Directors, their individual membership for the following
year (including a key fee) shall be half membership dues.
When you sign up or renew your membership,
you should receive a membership card with
numbers on the back to track your hours. Have
a board member stamp your card. Your work
card(s) will serve to verify your hours when you
renew your membership. If you have hours that
have not been stamped on your card, create a list
of your activities and the dates and attach it to
the card.
Important Reminders/Information!!!!
Non-member, guest shooters must pay a
shooting fee of $5.00. Guests must complete a
Waiver and Release of Liability annually to be
deposited in the office door slot. The fee will be
paid to the Range Safety Officer on duty during
public shooting hours or deposited in the slot in
the door (outside of public hours).
Keep in mind that a single membership with no
key is only $30 (even less after June, due to
proration), only 6 visits (or less, if prorated) and
they’ve already paid what they would’ve if they
had bought a non-keyed membership
With exception of public shooters during public
shooting hours, all members (with or without
keys) are responsible to make sure that those they
let in are members or accompanied by a member.
All members are responsible for making sure the
range is cleaned up, lights and electronic devices
are turned off and all doors are locked
appropriately upon leaving.
Safety is the most important part of our archery
program. Remember that all shooters at the range
must shoot from the 20-yard line unless ALL
shooters present agree to shoot from a different
yardage. The portable target butts can be rolled
up for those that want to shoot closer yardages
while others are shooting the standard yardage.
All shooters must shoot from the same shoot line.
Under no circumstances should people be
shooting from different yardage lines.
Please remember to shut off lights and fans.
Be sure that all doors are locked and latched
on your way out.
In addition to leagues and practices, all shooting
events that are held at the range must have
individuals sign this waiver form in addition to
our club waiver.
Don't forget that you will still need to complete
the "Archery Range Sign In Log" (located by the
office) when you come into the range outside of
group events - the Fish & Game waiver doesn't
need to be signed.
Idaho Fish & Game requires this at all their
shooting ranges due to liability issues to protect all
parties involved. If you have concerns, please get
a hold of me.
Robert Zechmann phone # 208-854-9691
Leaders/Coordinators of group events are
responsible for having participants sign. Blank
forms will be located in the plastic holder on the
office door and completed forms can be left in
the folder in that holder.

Idaho Fish and Game waivers:

There are some new changes that need to be

implemented immediately.

The Idaho Fish & Game is demanding that we

sign their "Nampa Indoor Public Shooting Range
- Liability Release" during all group activities. This
means everyone (members and nonmembers, that
are shooting).

So, on paper league nights, at 3-D animal league,

at S3DA and 4-H meetings the
leader/coordinator of the event must have
everyone sign the waiver form each time. For
example, if a Vegas league shooter comes on both
Monday and Tuesday nights, they must sign the
waiver form each night. Every animal league
night, shooters must sign the waiver form each
time.

For children under 18, their parent, guardian or

supervising adult must sign the waiver form for
their kids.

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 Nampa Bow Chiefs Officers
PRESIDENT: Robert Zechmann –
rdbrclw@gmail.com
VICE PRESIDENT: Ryan Bollar –
dragonbollar@gmail.com
SECRETARY: Hope Smith –
matt.hope.smith@gmail.com
TREASURER: Kim Boyack - kibrdb@aol.com

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
Clayton Allen – claytonallen1924@gmail.com
Michelle Bollar – lvthedrm@gmail.com
Stewart Chrislip – 208-466-5686
Nathan Foster – nathanfoster88@gmail.com
Adam George – adam.george95@yahoo.com

WEBMASTER: Michelle Bollar –

lvthedrm@gmail.com

Website: www.nampabowchiefs.weebly.com

Club Email: nampabowchiefs@gmail.com

Nampa Indoor Range Calendar:
https://teamup.com/ks5w5p5gfe83f46t9q
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/nampa.chiefs

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING

January 4, 2023

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