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JULY 2011

July 24, 2011 LETTER FROM MICHELLE GUTIERREZ: Hello everyone, I received an email from Carla for the Sportsman's show in Boise for March 1-4 2012. I am wondering if ITA should have a booth there and if anyone is going to help run the booth? Please let me know what you think. I would like to see the association participate due to we make good revenue. But not only a couple people can run the booth. We had a lot of contact with the general public who many did not know that people still trapped or that there was an association for trapping. During this time, we got the names of about thirty people that want to take the trapping education class. This is a good event that doesn’t cost us much. We are out a ways but like we all know, things sneak up and bite us in the........ If you have some thoughts, input or will be willing to help please get back to me. Thank you for your time. Michelle LETTER FROM ITA BOARD: Hope everyone is having a great summer. I have a few reminders to send out: The ITA Convention is approaching quickly, July 22-24, 2011 in Fairfield Idaho. Once in Fairfield head towards Soldier Mtn ski resort, we are located a couple miles before the resort, follow the ITA signs. Free breakfast will be provided on Saturday morning by the association. ITA is going to BBQ a pig for Saturdays free lunch. ITA is providing the meat, everyone please bring a covered dish to share for potluck. The new Board Members will be official at the convention. They are Patrick Carney as President, Mark Collinge, Mike Ingram, Rusty Kramer as Directors. Out going are Bryan Aber, Jim Kramer and Sean West. The FBU/ITA Banquet will be August 27, 2011 in Boise at the Red Lion Downtowner Hotel. We are still looking for help to organize the banquet. Anyone that can help or who signed up and has not been contacted yet, we need you now. Please contact Pat 208-599-5009 or Michelle 208-587-5931. Please support your association and buy your ticket at $30.00 each that gets you in the door and a great meal. ITA has a few gun tickets left for the FBU rifle. You need not be present to win, contact Michelle for tickets. Hurry and get yours. The winning ticket will be pulled at our summer convention in July. Good luck. There will be two drawings at convention, first one being for a set of 2 Dunn knives valued at 325.00 . All non winning tickets will roll over to our January fur sale where we will pull one ticket for another Dunn knife valued at 150.00. All non winning tickets will rollover to our March fur sale where we will pull one ticket for the grand prize of a set of four Dunn knives valued at 600.00. You need not be present to win at any of these drawings however you must have a ticket. The next drawing will be for two MB750 wolf traps, all non winning tickets will rollover to our January sale where we will pull one ticket for two more MB750 wolf traps. All non winning tickets will rollover to our March fur sale where we will pull three tickets for three winners of two MB750 each. You need not be present to win. Send Michelle a check for your tickets at $5.00 each and tell her which drawing the knives or traps or both you want to be entered into. With the drawings set up this way, it enables the members to have more chances on winning. However, you can not win if you do not purchase your tickets. You can purchase tickets at any ITA event you just have more chances of winning the sooner you enter the drawings. Call Pat or Michelle with any questions you may have. Also, our fur sales for 2012 will be held in Mountain Home. Details will be at later date. Please check the ITA website WWW.IDAHOTRAPPERS.COM for any information. Last but not least, please make sure your membership is up to date. Don't wait until the last minute to get it in so there is no lapse in receiving your magazine. One very important piece of information. When things are sent out to the membership via email or snail mail with the name "Jaye Houtcooper" it is all coming from me Michelle Gutierrez the ITA Secretary. But I still respond to the name Jaye. Thank you for your time and support. ITA Board

JULY 12, 2011
LETTER FROM MICHELLE:

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JUNE 2011

LETTER FROM OUR ITA PRESIDENT: Hello everyone: I hope the beginning of summer finds you all well. The elections are complete, with the newly elected are as follow: Pres. - Patrick B. Carney, Board members: Mark Collinge, Mike Ingram, & Rusty Kramer. They will replace: Bryan Aber, Jim Kramer, & Sean West. The newly elected will take office at the convention in Fairfield on July 23, 2011. I know Michelle has sent out emails informing everyone that the FBU (Furbearers Unlimited) rifle raffle tickets (which we voted on at the March Fur Sale) are in and need to be picked up, bought and/or sold. This is a nice rifle, its a shooter, a collectors item, and there are only 100 tickets to be sold. The drawing will be held at the Fairfield Convention on July 23, 2011. We need to sell all tickets to come out ahead on it. There are about 50 tickets left to be sold. The FBU is the fundraising arm of the NTA. The FBU and the ITA will split the proceeds after the cost of the gun is taken out. Retail on the gun is $995.00. FBU and ITA will split proceeds after costs are taken out and our profit will be deposited into the general fund for the ITA. There is no money used for wages, as we are all volunteers. The money is used to represent all of us at the state and national levels, and to run our associations fur sales, conventions, general expenses, etc. All monies from events that we participate in benefit Idaho Trappers. The only reason I'm stating this, is we have new members that may not know how we use the monies. So please buy a ticket and sell a ticket. Call Michelle, she can send you however many you need. Also we voted to have a FBU Banquet which is going to be held Aug 27, 2011 in Boise at the Red Lion Downtowner. This banquet is like a ducks unlimited or Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Banquet. There will be guns, pictures, knives, traps, sculptures, etc. All of you that have been to these kinds of banquets know all of the things that get donated to these events. The tickets are $30.00 each. The Red Lion Downtowner will give us a reduced rate on rooms, call to reserve one and let the receptionist know that you are attending the FBU banquet. There is no reason for anyone to drive home if they have been drinking alcohol, as the Boise Police Department and Idaho State Police Department will be out in force and no sense in giving away the thousands of dollars that a DUI will cost a person or other severe consequences. While we are on the subject of the FBU Banquet, at the March Fur Sale after we voted to have the banquet, a sheet was passed around for anyone wishing to volunteer to help with the banquet to sign up. I need all of you that signed up and all other interested members that would like to help put this on, call me or Michelle ASAP. We have a lot to do, the tickets will be here this week. We need to start having meetings, get organize, etc... It took us a while to narrow down our selection of places to have it, menus, etc. We are ready to go so call me or email me, whatever is easiest for you. Just contact me so we can get going on it. Sincerely, Pat (208) 599-5009