CT BASS FEDERATION MEETING MINUTES
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CT BASS FEDERATION NATION
MEETING MINUTES
October 26, 2006

The meeting was called to order at 7:35 pm.

The following clubs were absent:

Bass Busters, Bell City B/M, Fairfield County B/M, Hartford County B/M, Litchfield County B/M, Mansfield Hollow B/M, Nor’ East B/M .

Excused Absences (previous month); None

Approval of previous month’s minutes: Accepted.

Correspondence:

Placed order for the Skeeter SX-180. Should be 6 weeks.

Had meeting with UCONN students interested in working with conservation.

Had a meeting with Riverfront Recapture. We are working with them to establish a conservation project for next year.

Mark Burgess (Shamano) will attend the November meeting to present the “Big Bag of the Year” award.

Fishing shows. We are set up with the Dodge Truck Northeast Fishing & Hunting Expo February 16-18th. We are working on getting a spot for the CMTA Hartford Boat & Fishing Show January 25 – 28th. We will need workers, start planning now.

Thank You - Received a Thank You card from Lawrence Fabianski Jr. for the Scholarship.

Next meeting will be November 16th.


Treasurer’s Report:

As of September 30, 2006 there were the following amounts in the accounts:

CBFN General Checking - $26,145.79

CBFN Money Market Account - $11,403.71

CBFN Scholarship Checking - $579.52

CBFN Scholarship Money Market Account - $10,164.09


Scholarship Report:

Scholarship Tournament – had 22 teams. Brought in $1,125 for the fund.

Looking for volunteers run the Scholarship program for next year.

Conservation / Citizen Advisory / Environmental Report: David Santos

Environmental Director’s Report
CBFN October 2006 Meeting

Short term goals:

• Establish alliances and partnerships in Conservation
• Implement a conservation project for 2007
• Apply for a More Fish Partnership Fund Grant
• Create public awareness of our conservation efforts
• Involvement of individual clubs in conservation efforts

Short term goal results to date:

• Established a partnership with Riverfront Recapture
• Identified a conservation project with Riverfront Recapture for 2007(more information to follow)
• In the process of writing up the application for the More Fish Partnership Fund Grant
• Award $250 to the club with the best conservation project for 2007(voted on by the Executive Board)

Long term goal:

• Establish a regional coalition for the purchase of a Habitat Barge(More information to follow)

I will be attending the BASS’s annual Conservation Workshop, which will be held in conjunction with the Federation Nation National Championship January 14-20, 2007. Location for this year’s Nationals is on Lake Neely Henry in Alabama.

Deadline for the Conservation Scholarship Program is December 1, 2006

• Applicants must be a BASS member and a BASS Federation Nation member or immediate family to a member.
• Six undergraduate scholarships awarding $2,000 annually
• One graduate scholarship awarding $5,000 annually
• Scholarships can be used for tuition, textbooks or living expenses.

Vote for Ray Scott - BASS founder Ray Scott is one of four finalists for the 2007 Budweiser Conservationist of the Year award. The winner will receive a $50,000 grant to donate to the conservation group of choice. If he wins, Scott said he plans to give the award to the BASS Federation Nation so state conservation directors can use it for
Grass-roots programs that benefit anglers across the country. To vote, go to www.budweiser.com, and then navigate through Sports to the Outdoors section.

Youth Committee:

No report.

Casting Kids – Bassmaster Casting Kids National Semifinals Completion will be held on January 18 – 19, 2007 in Gadsden, Alabama.


Tournament Committee: Frank Dowds

Proposed 2007 Schedule:

May 13 Lillinonah
June 10 Candlewood
July 8 CT River
Aug 12 Candlewood
Aug 4 Mr. BASS
Sept 29 &30 State Championship Two Day
Oct 13th Classic

Two Day - Went well except for the fog delay on the first day. Maybe sent boats out to early, saw a window and after the first six or seven boats took off the window closed. Had to let everyone go of the first boats would have had an advantage. Retainer checks will be returned at the November meeting.

Classic – We had the same problem with the fog, waited until we could see certain landmarks and then let the boats go. Again the fog closed in.

Applications - This year there was a lot of issues with application deadlines. Next year it will be different, No Excuses will be allowed.

Trailer – We are looking for some one to tow the trailer for next year.

BASS Club World Championship. Our teams have to be in by May 1st. Currently we have one team. If interested contact Frank or Paul.

Two Day Change – it was brought up about possibly changing the date / time of year for the Two Day to earlier in September or move the Start time to 8:00 to 4:00 to deal with the possibility of fog during this time of year.

There will be a Tournament Committee Meeting at Sylvia’s on 9 December.

Frank would like to express his “Thanks” to the Tournament Committee for all the hard work this year.


Fishing Advisory Report: David Santos

No Report

State Team Report: Paul Carter

Preliminary expences for the Team this year look to be around $13K. Will have final report at the November meeting.

Raffle Report:

Armond has agreed to Chair the Raffle for next year. Need volunteers to help!!

Candlewood Lake Authority Report:

No report.

We are still looking for a volunteer to represent us at this meeting. If interested please contact Bob or Jack.

Lake Drawdown info; http://www.newstimeslive.com/news/story.php?id=1017315&ref=Growth


Lake Lillinonah Authority Report:

No Report

We are looking for someone to attend the Lake Lillinonah monthly meetings.

Financial Committee:

No report

Banquet Committee: Sylvia Morris

The 2006 Awards Banquet will be held on November 4th. Deadline for Reservations was tonight.

A motion was made and 2nd to accept all reports as given. Approved

Old Business:

By-Law Proposals – Only received one proposal.

Received a Standing Rule change proposal from Paul Carter.

Standing Rule #8 - Federation Team Expenses. Any prize money won by the Connecticut State Team shall be distributed in the following way:

50% to the State Team Participants, in equal shares,
50% to the Connecticut BASS Federation Nation

Thought for change – This Divisional (Regional) Tournament is funded entirely by the Connecticut BASS Federation Nation. The participants are provided clothing, fuel expense, food allowance (when traveling)
And they are provided meals and boarding for a week while they are at the event. With the increase cost of everything, but mainly fuel, I would offer this change;

“All prize monies won by the Connecticut State Team shall be returned to the general fund (treasury)”

T-shirts Shirts are in. Place order through your FED Rep or contact Paul Carter (prcfunfish1@aol.com) or Jack Vinyard (ctbassfed@sbcglobal.net). View available items and prices on the website; http://www.ctbass.com/pro_shop.htm

Nominating Committee – Bob Antonio has volunteered to chair the Nominating Committee. Anyone interested in assisting or wanting to submit nominations can reach Bob at 860-388-6164, email: bob.sha@sbcglobal.net. Nominations are due at the meeting in November.

Membership Committee – Armond has volunteered to chair the Membership Committee.
Looking for interested individuals to make up a committee to come up with ideas and ways to increase and maintain our membership.

Lowrance We have received the certificates from Lowrance.

Meeting Location – Bob Malloy and Al Guite just returned from Northeast Utilities Corporate Headquarters offices on Berlin Turnpike. They have agreed to allow us to use their meeting room for “No Cost”. Motion made to take this offer, seconded and passed. We will move our monthly meetings there starting in January 2007.

Storage Locker – we will be cleaning out the storage locker on Sunday the 29th of October.

New Business

Sponsors Committee - Bob wants to start a committee to deal with soliciting and working with sponsors for support of the organization.

Dues – reminder that BASS Federation dues ($20.00) are do to BASS by January 1, 2007. Our state dues ($25.00) are due January 31,2007. The “Roster” form is available for download on the website under “Downloads / forms” section.

Request for funds – Chris Novack has requested $1000.00 to go pre-fish for the Nationals. Motion made, seconded and passed.

Business Cards – proposed to purchase business cards for executive board. Motion made, seconded, passed.

Toys for Tots – Proposed that we support / have a toy drive to support the Marine Corp Toys for Tots foundation. Clubs collect, hold their own collection events. We will collect the toys at the November meeting or make arrangements as necessary. We will turn over the collected toys at a event on 16 December with the Marine Corp. Location has to be determined. Motion, seconded, accepted.

A motion was made and second to adjourn the meeting at 9:17 pm


Respectfully submitted, Jack Vinyard, CBFN Secretary

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