Some Food for Thought

A few items came up during the Monday Board of Directors meeting that was also then brought to the D.R. Wilson meeting on Wednesday. I’m taking the opportunity to bring this to your attention now as we need to get right onto these.

1. The club as a whole depends heavily on member volunteers to run our programs and keep the club in business. We need to do something to let people know when help is needed and where, and we are looking for suggestions. Email blasts get limited response, and those I send are only going to D.R. Wilson members, where help from any club members could help for most general opportunities. Perhaps central volunteer/opportunity lists could be maintained by the office or posted online somehow. We have to do something.

The Club Bar

2. We need to encourage greater use of the bar and restaurant. Any time we have events going on, please encourage the participants to use our facility rather than heading out to the bars and restaurants up and down Dixie Highway or elsewhere. We have new cooks in the kitchen, and the food is better and cheaper than most of the other nearby locations. Sure, alcohol is prohibited before and during your shooting, but is fine afterward. “Shots ‘N Shoot” NO, “Shoot ‘N Shots” YES.

3. New name for the Bar & Restaurant. We NEED one! The “Oakland County Sportsman’s Club Bar etc.” is just way too long, and confusing a name. People keep confusing us with the “Sportsman’s Great Northern Bar and Grill” down the road at Dixie Hwy and Waterford Rd. We are looking for suggestions.

The new name should be simple and memorable. Perhaps a single word, like “Shooters” (Which for several reasons isn’t suitable, unfortunately.), but hopefully would relate to or make people think about what the Club is about. Yes, we’re heavy an shooting/target sports, but don’t forget the track and lake activities. Also, beware of names similar to other area bars, grills, and restaurants. There are a lot of them, so you’d best do an Internet search for any name you come up with. Perhaps something with a name similar to a place in another State or Country, but definitely not a place in Michigan. It probably shouldn’t be something too obscure either. (“Wilson’s” might honor our founders, but how many people would make the proper association with the name?)

An appropriate image or logo, and a font, would help as well, but let’s come up with a name first.
Please think about this, and if your creative Muse whispers something in your ear and it checks enough of the boxes, call it into the office or send an email to get it on the list. Hopefully we’ll have some choices to consider by the June or July General membership meeting. Thank you.

Rob Bauer
Secretary D.R. Wilson R&P