December 19,
2001 MEETING MINUTES
The regular membership of the Idaho State B.A.S.S.
Federation was called to order by President Dusty Womack at 7:30 P.M. at the
Tri State Marine. There were 11 officers, representatives and guests
present.
The minutes of
November 2001 were approved as written.
TREASURY
REPORT: The
Treasurer reported a balance of $16770.15 of which $0 is Conservation ; $2811.40
in the Lake Lowell fund, $105.64 Youth; $9492.00 State Team and $3164.33 in
Operating Funds. Treasury report was approved.
INTRODUCTIONS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Guests introduced were:
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
YOUTH: Youth Director LARRY
RAGANIT reported:
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We
still need a volunteer for Youth Director.
Larry will fill in for now.
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ESPN
and the Federation will be focusing on Youth activities this year. We need to look at starting up a youth
chapter and some youth tournaments.
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The
annual “Get Hooked on Fishing, not on Drugs” program will be Feb. 2 & 3 at
Karcher Mall. We will need lots of help
from the clubs in the Federation and the State Team to run the 2000 – 3000 kids
through the casting ponds. We also need
help moving trucks and boats into Karcher Mall on Friday Feb. 1, probably
around 9:30 pm.
CONSERVATION: Conservation Officer STEVE
BURK reported:
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Steve
Burk from Snake River Bassmasters volunteered to be the new Conservation Officer.
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Berkley
Fishing is making bass structures called “Fish Habs” out of recycled fishing
line and plastic bottles. We can get
these for structure plants by saving UPC codes from boxes of Berkley fishing
line. We can get a Fish Hab for every
75 UPC codes we get. Intermountain
Outdoor Sports is also collecting old fishing line to send in to Berkley for
recycling. We need everyone to bring in
some Berkley fishing line (Trilene or Fireline) UPC codes.
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The
handicap fishing dock at Lake Lowell is still on hold. The lady in charge of the Refuge told us
that we either need to get started on the project or they will cancel our
agreement with the Refuge. Since the
tournament restrictions for Lake Lowell and other National Refuge waters is
still up in the air, we will continue to wait and see before starting any
project there. We may end up doing a
similar project at Brownlee or C.J. Strike using the Lake Lowell funds; we need
Ben Freeland’s permission to use these funds anywhere besides Lake Lowell.
TOURNAMENT
DIRECTOR: Tournament
director:
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We
still need a volunteer to serve as Tournament Director.
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A
motion was made and passed to swap the use of the Federation’s release boat to
Superior for the use of their weigh-in trailer. The motion was passed.
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Federation
Nationals are April 15 – 20 at Shreveport.
COMMUNICATION: Communication Officer JC
WORTHEN reported:
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When
a club does a youth or conservation event, make sure to get the word out. Send the information about the event to the
Communication Officer and Secretary so that it can be used in the newsletter
and on the website. We also need to be
forwarding this kind of information to B.A.S.S. so that they know what kinds of
activities we are doing every year.
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Each
club should try to bring something for the newsletter next month; it wouldn’t
be a bad idea to do this every month.
OLD BUSINESS:
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The Federation Banquet is coming up on Jan. 19. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the
door; please bring the money to the Jan. 17 Federation meeting. We need to give the caterer a headcount by
Jan. 10, so everyone needs to let Allan or Dusty know how many tickets they
sold. Al Smith can’t make it to the
banquet, but Ish Monroe and Dan Clower will be attending. Clubs can bring items for the raffle at the
banquet.
NEW BUSINESS:
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There
will probably be two new clubs in our Federation this year: Payette River Bass (split off from Snake
River Bassmasters) and Eagle Rock Bassmasters from the Eastern part of the
state.
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Tri
State Marine will be holding an Open House on Jan. 19 from 9:00am to
5:00pm. Stop by and check it out. While you are there, thank Denny from Tri
State Marine for allowing us to hold our Federation meetings there.
There being no more new business, President Womack
reminded all that the next meeting would be on Jan. 17, 2002. The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
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Secretary