August 13,2007
Secretary's Report was read and accepted; Mindy Gagner
Treasurer's Report;
Don
Collins
Youth Business: Tim
Austin
The
Nationals was once again very well done for the junior’s.
The
National Guard put on a pizza
party for the kids
and they had a
great time, Hank Parker and
Jimmy Houston attended.
The State Qualifier for
the juniors is September
1s' from 8-2.
New
Business:
Norm White
Norm had a Presidents'
meetings in Hot Springs
at Nationals and
learned that in some other states
they have their own Federation dues due at the same time as the
TBF dues and they manage the
checks and just send one check to
the TBF for all of the clubs in their federation.
The TBF sent out an Action Alert for boaters to
contact their legislators for the following
reason:
if a recent court
ruling goes wrong
and is NOT corrected- every boat on
US waters will have to obtain an EPA permit estimated from $800 to $2,000 per
vessel, If it is not overturned it will become law by September of this year.
ACT NOW! A recent court ruling targeting Ballast water on big ships to help
control invasive species (which is needed) goes “outside the lines” and strikes
down the existing exemption for “other”
US
vessels. We
should pass this
info on to all clubs and get anglers to respond. The
TBF opposes the courts ruling and supports "The Recreational
Boating act of 2007. You can get further details by logging onto
http://www.boattest.com/nmma.aspx
There
was discussion to hold the Federation meeting every
other month unless an emergency
comes up in which case Norm could call
a
special meeting. There was a motion made and accepted to hold
Federation meeting every other
month. It was decided that we hold meetings on every
even month (example August, October, December, ect.)
They will be a
Mandatory State Team meeting on July 9th at the Ground Round in
Burlington
at 7:00 pm!
Federation
dues are due in June and they are $15.00 per member
You can log onto
the Federation website at www.vermontbassfederation.com to get
an application for the state
team qualifier. Entry forms and
fees are due August 3rd
A
motion was made and accepted for Norm to purchase a program that he needs to
maintain our web site.
Meeting adjourned at 7:46 pm
Respectfully submitted, Mindy Gagner