MWF Annual Meeting Forms

CLUB ANNUAL MEETING PARTICIPATION CHECKLIST (click here for general packet overview)

•  RESOLUTIONS
    Click Here for Forms and Instructions -  Submittal Deadline February 15, 2010 
• BY – LAW CHANGES
  Submit in writing suggestions for By-Law changes (no form included) .- Submittal Deadline March 15, 2010 for review
•  RE -CAP DELEGATE FORM (click for form)
  Club Delegate Convention (representative) -   2 Delegates for 1st 100 members, 1 delegate for every additional100 members.Submittal Deadline March 15, 2010
• CONSERVATION AWARD NOMINATIONS
  Click Here for Form and Instructions ( make copies of the form if you are  submitting more than 1 candidate) - Submittal Deadline March 15, 2010
• CLUB OFFICER FORM
  Please return a completed Club Officer form to MWF with your Re-Cap Form  and Club Dues. - Submittal Deadline March 15, 2010
•  CLUB DUES (click here for Process Explanation)
      Submittal Deadline April 1, 2010
•  GENERAL REGISTRATION
  a)    The Annual Meeting Agenda will be sent separately in March.
  b)    We are urging pre-registration for all attendees as it greatly helps in the process of event management.
  c)   Pre-register by April 10, 2010
• NOTICE OF MWF BOARD POSITION VACANCIES

 

MWF Seeking Montana Associate Board Director from FWP Region 6

MWF bylaws require the board of MWF include representation from each of the seven (7) FWP Administrative Regions. The MWF board has a vacancy for FWP Region 6. The associate director has a vote on the MWF board and participates in decisions that direct our issue involvement and business administration as a 501 (c) 3 organization. The MWF board meets five times per year in the Helena area; directors are not expected to attend all meetings.

 The MWF board includes hunters, anglers, non-hunters, landowners, laborers, wildlife enthusiasts and more, people with an appreciation for wildlife, hunting, fishing and the landscapes of Montana. 

Mission Statement: “Montana Wildlife Federation is an organization of conservation minded people who share a mission to protect and enhance Montana’s public wildlife, lands, waters and fair chase hunting and fishing heritage.”

 For more information on this volunteer position, requirements and duties, please contact Craig Sharpe, Executive Director, (800) 517-7256 or email: csharpe@mtwf.org

Executive Board of Directors

President: Tim Aldrich
Vice-President - Issues: Dale Burk
Vice-President - Internal Affairs: vacant
Treasurer: Bill Orsello
Secretary: Bethany Morris
Central Time Zone Director: Conrad "Duke" Williams
Region 4 Director: Hugo Tureck
Past President: Chris Marchion
NWF Representative: Corey Fisher

Associate Directors

Region 1 (Northwest Montana): Bill Peterson, Troy
Region 2 (Western Montana): Jim Olson- Hamilton
Region 3 (Southwest Montana): Lou Goosey - Livingston
Region 4 (Northcentral Montana): Hugo Tureck - Coffee Creek
Region 5 (Southcentral Montana): Mike Whittington - Billings
Region 6 (Northeast Montana): Vacant
Region 7 (Southeast Montana): Fred Tetschner - Miles City

Non-Resident Directors

Eastern Director: Dave Overton - Goshen, IN
Central Director: Conrad "Duke" Williams - Houma, LA
Western Director: Ron Clausen, - San Rafael, CA
Mountain Director: Gene Steiner - Ketchum, ID

Committee Chairs

Wildlife Habitat Chair: Jim Olson
Public Lands & Wildlife Chair: Chris Marchion
Public Fish & Waters Chair: Wayne Hadley
Organizational Advancement Chair: Dale Burk
Communications/Education Chair: Lou Goosey
Fundraising and Membership Chair: Duke Williams & Ron Clausen (Co-Chair)

MWF Committees

 MWF is always seeking new members to join our standing committee’s that research, evaluate, and analyze issues, provide organizational guidance, recommend organizational actions, formulate and recommend policies, and positions, assist with financial management, fundraising, and membership recruitment, and generally ensure MWF as an effective and sound membership based organization. Productive, engaged standing committees are integral to the success of MWF.  Excluding the elected Executive Committee, standing committee’s include: Organizational Advancement, Fundraising & Membership, Public Wildlife & Lands and a Public Access Campaign Implementation Sub-committee, Public Water & Aquatic Life, Wildlife Habitat, and Communication/Education Committee.

 If you would like help MWF maintain, protect and enhance our wildlife, hunting, and fishing legacy by volunteering for a committee and “give back to Montana” or if you would like to receive more information please contact Craig Sharpe, Executive Director, csharpe@mtwf.org, (800) 517 -7256 or MWF President, Tim Aldrich, cartim8@msn.com, (406) 542-3144.