February 21, 2002 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 15
officers, representatives and guests present.
The minutes of
January 2002 were approved as written.
TREASURY
REPORT: The
Treasurer reported a balance of $17,970.03 of which $3878.71 is General Fund,
$0 is Conservation; $2811.40 in the Lake Lowell fund, $105.64 Youth; $10,042.00
State Team and $1132.28 in South Operating Funds. Treasury report was approved.
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A
long discussion was held concerning the Lake Lowell Funds; a motion was made
and passed to move the money from the Lake Lowell Fund into the Conservation
Fund. This will be reflected in next
month’s Treasury Report. The money from
future sales of the Bass Signs will be going into Conservation also.
INTRODUCTIONS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Guests introduced were:
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
YOUTH: Youth Director LARRY
RAGANIT was not present and did not report:
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Get
Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs at Karcher Mall went fairly well. The event had adequate help on Saturday, but
only 5 people ran the casting all day Sunday.
BBB did a Kids Casting Qualifier on Saturday.
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There
will be three Kids Casting Qualifiers at the Snake River Fishing Expo at
Karcher Mall; the Finals will be at 2:00 pm on Sunday.
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Another
discussion about starting a Youth Chapter in the area. We would need at least 6 members, a
President, and a Secretary. They could
do Youth and Conservation projects as well as fishing. There are magazines and
other materials available for the Youth Chapters.
CONSERVATION: Conservation Officer STEVE
BURK reported:
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Everyone
needs to double-check what counties are designated on their boat registration
when they renew it this year. The
counties that you choose get money from the state for improvements to roads,
ramps and docks.
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On
Mar. 16 the Federation will be participating in another Clean up at Lake
Owyhee. We will meet at the Day Park,
pick up trash from 10am to 2pm, and have a hot dog BBQ afterwards. All clubs are encouraged to come help
out. Remember that Oregon State Parks
require an activity permit to hold tournaments of any size in their State Parks
(Owyhee and Farewell Bend). These
permits cost $100, but they will waive the fee if we help them out with clean
ups and other projects.
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They
will also be a clean up sponsored by Idaho Fish & Game on the Snake River
near Walters Ferry on March 23. Anyone
wanting to help out needs to meet at the Fish & Game Office in Nampa at
7:00 am. This is the same date as the
IBM Open, but hopefully we can get some people out there the help.
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Idaho
Fish & Game mentioned that the Federation might want to look at doing a
clean up at Paddock Reservoir. The road
into the reservoir and the reservoir itself are surrounded by private land and
it is possible that we may lose access to the reservoir if things don’t
improve.
COMMUNICATION: Communication Officer J.C.
WORTHEN reported:
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Newest
newsletter is out and should be arriving in mailboxes soon.
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A
motion was made and passed to reimburse JC $100 for the software he bought to
produce the newsletter.
TOURNAMENT
DIRECTOR:
Tournament director reported:
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We
will continue to use the Superior Trailer for the Qualifiers here in the South.
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Everyone
needs to remember that Oregon has some changes in their tournament rules;
tournaments under 25 boats need to notify the local ODFW officials and OSP, all
tournament boats must have motor bands, etc.
For more details go to the Federation’s web site. Also remember that any tournament held in an
Oregon State Park needs to have an activity permit sent in for it. For Owyhee and Farewell Bend State Parks
these go to Chris Magallanes.
OLD BUSINESS:
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If your club does a Youth or Conservation project, please
take the time to send in a description of the project and some pictures. These can be used in the newsletter, on the
web site, or sent in to B.A.S.S. so that they are kept aware of what clubs in
our Federation are doing.
NEW BUSINESS:
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A
motion was made and passed to take money out of the South Operating Funds for
two plane tickets so that two officers can go back to the Nationals; we will
also take money out of the General Funds for two tickets for Officers to go
back to the Classic. Both events have
seminars and discussion panels where officers from Federation across the
country discuss current issues and projects.
There being no more new business, President Womack
reminded all that the next meeting would be on Mar. 21. The meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
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Secretary