This is all a big lie, period. It has already cost us the best Treasurer we could ever hope to find. And, a good Board member to boot.

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1 1 of 5 12/11/2018 8:49 AM Subject: From: "MSmith" <leatherneck@smithvalley.net> Date: 8/24/2018 8:24 AM To: "Brian Busby" <ap1598@yahoo.com>, "Dave Lacey" <davelacey1941@gmail.com>, "George Gaskill" <gunneyg@gmail.com>, "Mark Aus.n" <Maus.npsc@gmail.com>, "Sco/ Russell" <rangemastersco/@gmail.com>, "Tim Mason" <tcmason@pacbell.net>, "William O'Hara" <oharaw@erau.edu>, "William Thompson" <williamt5@cableone.net> This is all a big lie, period. It has already cost us the best Treasurer we could ever hope to find. And, a good Board member to boot. What should happen when charges are brought before the board? Investigation and formal charges/trial or dismissal, that's what. Was there an official investigation? NO. Are there any formal charges? NO. Will there be a trial or hearing? NO. What's happening here is GUILT BY ACCUSATION. I can't think of anything more un-american. We might as well join Antifa. The "complaint" was nothing more that "I can't find" and "the website isn't up to date" and "no one answered my s" etc. Imagine if we had 700 malcontents like Randy ing for info? No one respects Randy...that's why no one answered. The "charges" are hardly anything to even sneeze at, really, when you think about it. Did anyone actually go back and review the minutes of all of the meetings? Were interviews held...testimony taken? NO. Was any of this done properly according to motion/second and voting? NO and NO again. I can't believe any of this got this far to begin with. George as ZERO AUTHORITY to do anything. Any result from any "election" held under this sham will be a criminal act, and you all know it, or should know it. It is a fraud being perpetrated on the board to gain back special favors for the few...free breakfasts, trophies, and the right to act as they please with club assets and no interest in the general membership or the public. It is a travesty. Some may choose to walk away, and that is understandable, but let's be clear: this is a fight for the free and fair use of the Prescott Sportsmans Club and Chino Valley Shooting Facility resources for ALL MEMBERS and the PUBLIC at LARGE. It is a fight to fulfill the mission statement of the organization...which includes training members and the public in firearms use and safety. If we lose this fight the range will be closed due to violation of our agreement with the city. It is as simple as that. In fact, they may close the range when I return to press criminal charges against George, Randy, and Mike. There will be no election...and if there is, it will be further evidence to use in court, be it criminal or civil. I will not stand by and let a few so-called members take away the club from everyone else, and the public. Mark E. Smith USMC (FMR) CVSF Technology Project Manager leatherneck@smithvalley.net Cell: (530)

2 2 of 5 12/11/2018 8:49 AM From: dave lacey [mailto:davelacey1941@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 23, :44 PM To: MARK AUSTIN; george gaskill Cc: Bill Thompson; William O'Hara - PSC; Brian Busby; Corrina Mirand; Mark Smith; CRSO Neil Dickey; Scott Russell; TIM MASON Subject: Re: august minutes Your desire to avoid the poli.cal rancor is understandable. So to is Billy O'Hara' s desire to stay free of this intense dog fight. Somehow a former board member and long.me PSC member having discovered a basic, and frankly embarrassing oversight by the board, myself included, has degenerated into a rancorous poli.cal infight, including charges of conspiracy and criminality. What is being overlooked in this emo.onal storm is that hindering and/or blocking efforts of the residual board to elect a complete board results in no possible quorum, needed to conduct ANY business, and failure to comply with our non-profit charter, default of our contract with Chino Valley, and inability to meet our obliga.ons to employees. (Mark Aus.n please delay your request to withdraw as a board member to retain your legal authority to issue checks.) Instead, complete the board membership to permit a quorum, and con.nue the discussions (and arguments) as func.oning par.cipa.ve board members, in a civil manner (good manners please) as presumed friends with a shared interest to prevent the legal collapse of this fine, old organiza.on. Please, gentlemen. With best inten.ons and friendly regards, Dave MARK AUSTIN <maus.npsc@gmail.com> wrote: To my fellow Board members, Sco/ and Corrina - In response to George s ques.on below: I will remain available to ac.vely manage club finances un.l I have completed the October 15 payroll. Since October 18 is a Board Mtg, I will a/end this mee.ng and give my last report. This will be my last official func.on as Treasurer for the club. This.me frame should be sufficient - Either a new Treasurer or an interim plan will need to be in place BEFORE this date as I will not func.on in the role aker this date. I will con.nue to be available to orient a new treasurer and answer ques.ons only. Of course, I can always end my role sooner if a new treasurer is found or if the Board so desires. I do not feel good about this decision/ac.on; however, I lek one highly poli.cal environment when I re.red and do not choose to spend my re.rement years in another. Mark On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 06:31 GG <gunneyg@gmail.com> wrote: I understand. You will not be nominated. How long will you manage the clubs financial affairs? I do not see this being resolved quickly. On 8/22/ :24 AM, MARK AUSTIN wrote: I am withdrawing my name from considera.on for the Board and the Treasurer posi.on - do not place my name on the ballot. I will serve only un.l I can orient a new treasurer. Mark

3 3 of 5 12/11/2018 8:49 AM Aus.n On Wed, Aug 22, 2018 at 07:06 GG <gunneyg@gmail.com> wrote:

4 E: august minutes 4 of 5 12/11/2018 8:49 AM I am sorry to see that you are leqng your emo.ons overwhelm your ra.onal thought. That is not going to resolve the problem. Which is that none of the appointed directors were elected (or even put before the membership for elec.on) at the April Annual Mee.ng. Which means that all those terms expired when the Annual Mee.ng was adjourned (sec.on ) Period. Whether Randy con.nues to bring this up is irrelevant. He is not the problem; the Board's ac.ons are the problem. The Special Members Mee.ng and a New (or re-opened) elec.on are to resolve the problem and re-instate a BoD. The elec.on process that Dave and I have generated is intended to keep all of the appointed directors and any others that should be elected by the membership (appointed directors will should find some people to vote for them although I would be really surprised to see very many new directors elected.) There are 11 poten.al seats and I highly doubt that there would be enough new directors elected to displace the current ones since we couldn't get any volunteers from the rest of the membership when were were solici.ng them. The elec.on process follows: And the nomination process: I would like to keep all the current board members if possible, not because I agree with all their positions but because they stepped up when we asked for volunteer board members. With that in mind, since th By-Laws allow 13 directors, I propose that the election be for the vacant 11 seats with the candidates getting the most votes being electe to the 3 year seats, and so on with the candidates getting the fewest votes down to seat 11 getting the 1 year seats. So 5 seats at 3 years (you and I holding two of those), and 4 seats at two years and 4 seats at one year (or maybe 4, 4,and 5.) Should less than 11 directors be elected, we would reduce the number of seats for each period, starting with the 3 year seats (or the 1 year seats if we went with 4, 4 and 5), by one until the number of seats equals the number of directors. Since we are going to solicit nominations from the membership as well a nominating those current directors who want to run, we will have to set up a procedure for nomination. I propose the following: Nominations must be ed to both you and me by the member making the nomination, a second, and the nominee. Thus we can confirm that the potential candidate has at least two supporters and is willing to be a director. The nominater should title his "Nomination of A. Member" where the nominee's name replaces A. Member, the person seconding the nomination should title his "Second of Nomination o A. Member", and the nominee should title his "Acceptance/Refusal of Nomination of A. Member." Nominees who do not send an acceptance will not be nominated in advance (they could be nominated from th floor.) We will also accept nominations from the floor of members who present at the meeting and accept the nomination but they will have to write-in candidates as we cannot print ballots with names we do not kno Directors get their authority from the membership by elec.on. I am trying to re-establish that authority.

5 5 of 5 12/11/2018 8:49 AM On 8/21/2018 6:16 PM, Brian Busby wrote: Per the August minutes: Outcome: 1. Dave Lacey and George Gaskill are the committee to oversee nominations and details needed for a Special Members Meeting Election 2. Special stated election will be held September PSC Board Members will be maintained as-is until the Board is squared away I do not accept this outcome. Per Article V All meetings shall be conducted in compliance with Roberts Rules of Order. No motion was made and no vote was taken. I will not post this proposed sham election of yours on the site until you have made a motion and the board has voted for it. I will also instruct Scott not to post it until he hears it from me. It is my understanding of committees that they bring recommendations to the board for approval. They do not act on there own. Whatever your recommendations are they should be voted on at the next regular meeting. If you think the board is not valid then you could not have been voted by them to the position of vice president. I recognize Tim Mason as our President and support his position that this board is valid per ( Any vacancy occurring in the office of the Director or Officers, for any cause whatsoever may be filled by an appointment by the President, subject to section and subject to approval by the remaining members of the Board of Directors. The appointed Director or officer shall serve until the next general election at the annual meeting. ) I will not support you in this attempt to have a new election to fill this board with disgruntled match shooters who will vote themselves bread and circuses. The old ways of keeping match money and spending it on yourselves were wrong. I don't care if you did it for 50 years. You were wrong for 50 years. Brian Busby Virus-free Mark Aus.n Treasurer, Presco/ Sportsmen s Club -- Mark Aus.n Treasurer, Presco/ Sportsmen s Club