April 2016 - SCI Wisconsin Chapter

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Wisconsin
Chapter Report
by Michael Betters, President
S C I
President
President Elect
Vice-President/Funding
Vice-President/Education
Treasurer
Secretary
David Bahl, Jr
Michael P. Betters
Adam Biondich
Eric Corbeg
W I S C O N S I N C H A P T E R
O F F I C E R S
Michael Betters
414-630-6835 [email protected]
Matt Yunk
262-617-3502 [email protected]
Mike Wettstein
262-968-4397
[email protected]
Bob Eastman
262-522-1151 [email protected]
Fred Spiewak 414-350-7025
[email protected]
Jeff Haigh
262-623-4272
[email protected]
D I R E C T O R S
Bob Eastman
Justine Klug
Jim Skarda
Charmaine Wargolet
Rudy Gawlitta
Harry Mattox
Fred Spiewak
Mike Wettstein
Ivan Gehl
John Miller
Dan Trawicki
Matt Yunk
Jeff Haigh
Jim Piala
Steve Van Lieshout
Sharon Yunk
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Well, the 39th annual Wisconsin
Chapter Grand Banquet is in the books
and what a great event it was! The new
venue The Grand Geneva Resort was a
great host and we had very large and
active crowds both Friday and Saturday
evenings. We raised a lot of money for
our chapter to put to work supporting all
of your hunting rights and conservation
needs. We hope to make improvements
on this year and offer you an even more
enjoyable show next year!
I want to mention the award winners
at the banquet. Dave Bahl, Jr was
awarded the Member of the Year Award
for 2106. His hard work and dedication
to the chapter is second to none. Matt
& Skye Wuteska were awarded the
ELECTION NOTICE
The nominating committee of the
Wisconsin Chapter of Safari Club
International, Inc. has completed
the process of nominating
interested candidates for the open
board positions to be elected in
May 2016.
The nominees for the 6 open
positions for the 2016 board of
directors are as follows:
❏ *John Miller
❏ *Adam Biondich
❏ *Mike Wettstein
❏ *Fred Spiewak
❏ *Jim Piala
❏ *Steve Van Lieshout
❏ Sean Coykendall
* Current Board Members
Elections will be held at our
membership meeting on May 19,
2016 at Aliotos. If you would like
to vote for these positions please
plan on attending the meeting as
you must be present to cast your
vote.
The nominating committee,
Matt Yunk, Justine Klug, Harry Mattox,
Eric Corbeg, Mike Wettstein
President’s Award for outstanding service
to the chapter. They have worked for
many years as volunteers at the banquet
collecting payments and processing
auctions and raffles.
The banquet committee put in
hundreds of hours before the event to
make it a success. I want to thank all
of you who worked so hard to make
this event the success it was. As I state
above, this event does not happen
without the hard work of many but I
must mention a few who give so much
of their time to get us up and running.
Matt Yunk’s leadership throughout was
outstanding, Sharon Yunk and Janean
Gehl are the glue that got us through
the event, Dave Bahl, Jr coordinating
the hunts and Steve Van Lieshout as the
exhibit chair who handled the exhibit
hall all work tremendous hours on the
event. Thank you all. As president of
the chapter you are only as good as the
team around you and I can tell you we
have a great team right now. Not just
the people mentioned above but the
rest of the board does an outstanding
job in working together to make this a
success as well as many new none board
volunteers.
I want to thank the businesses who
sponsored our event this year, your
financial support goes a long way to
helping us make the event successful.
In that vein I must also thank Julie
Gottshchalk who did an outstanding
job helping get the sponsors working
with Eric Corbeg to get the sponsorship
program off the ground.
It was great having the recognition
of National again at our event
with President and Past President
in attendance. Craig and Donna
Boddington were wonderful to meet and
talk with.
Last, but certainly not least, thank you
to the attendees. None of the time and
effort mean anything if you do not come
to our event and spend money. This
was one of our chapter’s most successful
events and it comes down to you and
your friends who came and I hope
enjoyed yourselves. As I have mentioned
in the past we have one of the best
chapters in the world, this doesn’t
happen by accident.
Now that the banquet is over we can
all turn to spring and hopefully enjoy
some personal time like shed hunting,
turkey season, fishing or just enjoying
the outdoors. I hope everyone gets out
to enjoy it!
Good luck in the field if you are
turkey hunting this spring!
Join, like your way of life
depends on it.
APRI
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UPCOMING
MEETING
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016
Speaker: Board member, Adam
Biondich, will be talking about his
exciting adventure to the West
African country of Burkina Faso in
pursuit of lion, buffalo, roan and a
variety of other plains game. You
won’t wanna miss this tale, ending
with a charging lion.
6pm Cocktails • 7pm Dinner
$15.00 Dinner - Pay at the Door •
Bring a guest!
Alioto’s • 3041 N. Mayfair Road,
Wauwatosa, WI 53222
RSVP by APRIL 14 to Janean
262-437-0097 or [email protected]
39TH ANNUAL
BIG GAME
HUNTERS
Grand Banquet
President’s Award, Matt & Skye Wuteska
THANK
YOU TO
OUR 2016
BANQUET
SPONSORS!
Adam Biondich presented Brian Glaicar, Monashee Outfitting Ltd as Outfitter of the Year
Member of the Year, David Bahl Jr (accepted
by Jared Bahl)
Wis Whitetail “Archery”, Dan Trawicki core
150 6/8 and Wis Whitetail “Crossbow”, Daryl
Schreiner Score 158 3/8
People’s Choice Taxidermy, Chris McClain and
Northwoods Taxidermy
Wisconsin
Metalworking
Machinery, Inc.
Weldall Manufacturing, Inc.
Riehle’s Tree Farm, Inc.
EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
ELECTRO DJ’S
People’s Choice Photo Contest (tie)
Jim Marks and Nicky Folkman