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April 13, 2009
Secretary's
Report was read and accepted;
by Mindy Gagner
Treasurer’s
Report was read and accepted: by
Communications
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Frank thank=
ed
everyone had a great time at Nationals.&nb=
sp;
Matt & Gilly did a great job and did well in some really bad
weather.
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The TBF put=
on a
really good show. They spend =
a lot
of time and money on Nationals and it was really well done. They did a great job shuffling peo=
ple
around to and from the airport and gassing up the boats and trucks, etc.
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Out of our =
$25
TBF fee $23 in spent on us so that means that 99% of what we pay comes back=
to
us. That is why it is so impo=
rtant
to keep out memberships up to date and paid up.
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For every m=
ember
of FLW/TBF there is $1 that goes into the Ranger Cup. We have $250 in Ranger Cup money t=
o give
away this year to a Ranger Cup qualified person at one of our events. We have five anglers in our Federa=
tion
signed up. You can become Ran=
ger
Cup qualified with any year Ranger boat.&n=
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Frank needs to put a plan together and submit it to Ranger in order =
to
receive the $250. There was l=
ots of
discussion about how this should be done and then a motion was made and
accepted to split the Ranger Cup money between the three opens with money b=
eing
paid to the highest Ranger Cup finisher in each open.
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Frank was
wondering why we don’t push our youth to be FLW members as well as TBF
members because their TBF membership is $5 a piece and it costs the TBF $7 =
for
insurance. Timmy says that he=
tried
a year ago and didn’t get any interest.
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B.A.S.S. has
dropped their casting kids program so Frank was wondering if we shouldnR=
17;t
try to do more with our Reel Kids program.=
Maybe we should consider doing it at next year’s SportsmenR=
17;s
Show at the
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The TBF is
starting an online store. You=
can
buy sponsor product like
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We are seei=
ng
some cutbacks from our sponsors due to the economic times. Berkley has reduced is discount and
Castrol has dropped the Mr. Bass prize from $500 to $100. We need to promote the sponsors wh=
enever
possible.
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Tim Austin =
got a
package of goodies for signing up the youth on time. Way to go Timmy!
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Frank broug=
ht up
discussion about the youth and the fact that maybe they should hold a car w=
ash
or some sort of fund raiser to help support themselves financially. Right now all they have to d=
o in
order to be able to fish is whatever their own clubs require of them. Bob Crino wondered why we were
discussing it and suggested that maybe it’s time again for a meeting
between the Youth Director(Timmy) and the club youth directors. Timmy agreed
and will set one up.
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Everyone wa=
nts
more details about a Club vs. Club tournament. It seems that some don’t wan=
t to
give up on open.
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Please keep
updating club rosters with current and correct cell phone numbers and e-mail
addresses.
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Frank broug=
ht up
the fact that our officers can be bonded for $100 for three years and a mot=
ion
was made and passed to get bonded.
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Frank sugge=
sted
that the Federation needs its own scales and equipment for our Open tournam=
ents
instead of borrowing all the time from the clubs. A motion was made and passed to pu=
rchase
scales and equipment up to $500.
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Meeting adj=
ourned
at 8:17pm =
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Respectfully submitted, =
Mindy
Gagner &=
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