November 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 14 officers, representatives and guests
present.
The minutes of
October 2002 were approved as written.
TREASURY
REPORT: The
Treasurer reported a balance of $11887.43 of which $2811.44 is Conservation;
$1080.52 in the South Operating fund, $230.64 Youth; $5952.43 South State Team
and $1812.40 in General Funds. Treasury report was approved.
INTRODUCTIONS
AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Guests introduced were:
COMMITTEE
REPORTS:
YOUTH: Youth Director LARRY
RAGANIT reported:
¨
There
was a nice article about this year’s C.A.S.T. event in the Nampa newspaper; it
is supposed to appear in the Idaho Statesman as well. The thank-you certificates from the C.A.S.T.
event were handed out to the club reps.
¨
The
annual Get Hooked on Fishing, Not on Drugs program is tentatively scheduled for
Feb. 1 & 2 at Karcher Mall. Larry
said that he and SRB need volunteers to make this program work; if we don’t get
them, the program will be cancelled. If
any club is willing to help out, please contact Larry with names and numbers of
volunteers.
CONSERVATION: Conservation Officer STEVE
BURK had no report
¨
Larry
Raganit mentioned that the Friends of Brownlee are soliciting comments about water
levels and fishing at Brownlee. The
re-licensing for Brownlee is coming up soon.
If you need to contact them, their website is listed under Links on the
Federation website. If you don’t have
web access, contact Larry Raganit for more information.
TOURNAMENT
DIRECTOR:
Tournament director Dusty Womack reported:
¨
Locations
were discussed and set for the South Qualifiers. They are as follows:
o
April
19, 2003 C.J. Strike Reservoir
o
August
16, 2003 Owyhee Reservoir
o
September
13, 2003 C.J. Strike Reservoir
(Both East and South together!)
o
October
18, 2003 Brownlee Reservoir
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The
Sept. 13, 2003 Qualifier at C.J. Strike will feature both the South and East
Regions fishing together. The plan is
to have a potluck picnic/BBQ Saturday evening after the weigh-in.
¨
Bink
Desaro is moving to Florida to fish the FLW Tour. The President will talk to him about trying to meet his State
Team obligations and making it back here to fish the Divisional Tournament in
Montana.
¨
Permits
for tournaments on Oregon waters should be turned in by December 1. The Oregon B.A.S.S. Federation has a meeting
to review tournament permit application sometime the first part of December.
¨
Larry
reported that the Searchers Bass Club applied for their tournament permits
before the Tournament Date Setting meeting last week. They took several dates/locations that major events were
scheduled on and now those events need to be moved.
¨
It
was brought up that the $6.00 per angler that the Federation collects from the
Qualifier tournaments should be kept in a separate area on the treasury report
instead of being put directly in the General Fund.
COMMUNICATION: Communication Officer J.C.
WORTHEN reported:
¨
JC
reported that the last newsletter for 2002 is at the printer.
OLD BUSINESS:
¨
There is a new caterer at the Caldwell Elks and the
price of the Banquet meal will be around $15 this year. With the cost of the room and everything,
the banquet tickets this year will be $20 and we may still not break even. Tickets are currently for sale and were
handed out at the meeting. IF anyone
else needs them, they need to contact Dusty Womack or JC Worthen. Dusty is still trying to find a band or DJ
for the banquet.
¨
Due to some unforeseeable events, the nominations
for the Federation officers were modified just before the election. Here are the results of the Federation
Officer Election:
o President: JC Worthen
o Vice-president: Gary Keith
o Secretary/treasurer:
Allan Chandler
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The vote to standardize the Qualifer fees was held
and failed to pass.
NEW BUSINESS:
There being no more new business, President Womack
reminded all that the next meeting would be on December19. The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.
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Secretary