ISTA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ON June 13, 2025
ROLL CALL
Southern Zone: Lauren Dunn, John Kravanek, Jesse Tedrick, Frank Payne
Central Zone: Steve Carver, Mike Dennis, Bill Maiden, Kevin Wunder
Northern Zone: Charlie Bickle, Pat Haskins, Bill Huhn, Stan Systo
Others: Joan Maiden, ISTA Secretary; Bill Duncan, ATA Delegate; Michelle Mueller
SECRETARY REPORT: No Secretary’s Report was given due to report was given at Annual Meeting preceding this meeting.
TREASURER REPORT: No Treasurer’s Report was given due to report was given at Annual Meeting preceding this meeting.
OLD BUSINESS: None
NEW BUSINESS
Updates/Changes to By-Laws: Mike Dennis proposed updates/changes to two sections of the By-Laws of the Illinois State Trapshooters Association:
Proposed changes to: Article VII Board of Directors
Section 2 (a) Member Voting Requirements
Anyone wishing to vote for directors must:
• Must be a current member of the Illinois State Trapshooters Association and the Amateur Trapshooting Association of America
• Must have shot registered targets in the State of Illinois during the current target year and the preceding year
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
After board discussion, Mike Dennis made a motion with the following changes to his original proposal; Kevin Wunder seconded the motion. The board had a roll call vote with 11 Yes; 1 No. Motion approved. The changes to the By-Laws will be as follows:
• Must be a current member of the Illinois State Trapshooters Association and the Amateur Trapshooting Association of America
• Must have shot registered targets in the State of Illinois during the current target year and four (4) previous years.
• Must be a resident of the State of Illinois for the past 6 months.
Mike also made a motion to clarify the By-Laws in Section 3 due to redundancy in the previous paragraph; Kevin seconded the motion. Motion carried. The following sentence with strikethrough will be deleted:
Section 3. Tenure. There shall be elected: Directors for a term of four (4) years, from each of the three (3) zones. Terms of the Directors shall commence on the first day of the Annual State Tournament and end on the last day of the State Shoot.
Frank Payne announced that he was resigning at the end of the State Shoot. John Kravanek asked what that means for the Zone. Mike said the By-Laws state the zone chooses a replacement and bring it to the board to vote on.
Board Roster: Joan went back through Sandy Hight’s archive files and found a record with the dates of previous directors. She went through all the dates for reelection with each zone and they all agreed to the dates for reelection. In Central Zone, Mike Dennis & Kevin Wunder’s years were accidentally switched, and it was decided to switch them back to the years they were supposed to run so there is no confusion. The board agreed to this. John Kravanek suggested everyone put the name of the Director who is seeking reelection in the Zone Shoot Programs starting this year to let everyone know whose term is up in case anyone would like to run against them. The board agreed. Joan will retype the 2026-2027 Roster with these dates and send them to the Directors.
President of ISTA: John Kravanek told Stan Systo he did not want to be President, therefore, the next in line for Southern Zone is Lauren Dunn so she will be the 2026 ISTA President.
HOF Nominations: Charlie Bickle reported the two nominees for the HOF for next year are Mike Dennis and Janice Rigler.
DELEGATE REPORT: No Delegate Report was given due to report was given at Annual Meeting preceding this meeting.
NEXT MEETING DATE: October 11, 2025, at Scheels.
ADJOURNMENT: Motion to adjourn was made by Kevin Wunder; Steve Carver seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Joan Maiden, ISTA Secretary