Yes, good idea, any ideas?
The club, in addition to three all member assessments, asked individual members for voluntary contributions. I don't know the results of that effort, but some individuals have chipped in $1,000 each. They give recognition to people who contribute at certain levels, i.e. up to $100, $101-250, $250-500, $500-1,000, 1,000-5,000,
I have just paid my third assessment to help fund our legal battles, pay consultants, etc. There are multiple law suits. I don't think exact figures have been quoted or published, but I've heard that we spent over $100,000 so far on legal fees and we're not done yet. The NRA is helping with our defense and I believe they have pledged $25,000 as they see this as a case that could set precedence if the plaintiffs win.
We're being sued for pollution, which won't go anywhere, and safety - which has some merit in my mind. The town of Simsbury is also being sue for allowing us to operate under these alleged conditions. We & Simsbury hired a safety consultant who came up safety upgrades. We put up 100 feet (4 feet high, 100 feet long) of blue sky barriers on the outdoor ports. This is a drop down wall on the front edge of the roof facing the target berm. Made of sheets of plywood. When the shooter is at his port and aims toward the berm, his line of sight is limited so he cannot see the top of the mountain behind the berm, and therefore can't see the blue sky. There's a .45 cal hole in one of the sheets, about 18 inches up from the edge. The theory here is that while the plywood won't stop a bullet it will disturb it's flight enough so that it will not get over the mountain.
Cheers, Rich