Secretary's Report was read and accepted;
Bob Crino
Treasurer’s Report was read and accepted;
State Team Deposits:
Jay M. - dropped
Chris D. - dropped
Skip S. - dropped
State Team Meeting
By-law changes:
Frank T. has concerns about meetings being 60 days apart. He feels that we aren’t getting things done in a
timely manner. Some of the other board members agree.
Frank made a motion to have the meetings every month, second by Frank S. to go back to monthly meetings.
5 favor and 7 opposed, the motion passed no bylaw change. All VBF meetings will be the 2nd Monday of
each month
Rules & regulations for the State Team:
#4)
Team jackets will be provided to new members only
with the approval
of the Federation board. Patches, insignias and location will be
approved by the Federation board. Replacement jackets will be
handled case by case
12 favor -0 opposed
#6) The expenses incurred by each team
member at the Eastern Divisional will
be reimbursed, based on the availability of funds. June of that year a
budget will be presented to the Federation board for approval.
12 favor- 0 opposed
Operating Account:
Kids Account:
State Team Account:
A) Maintenance Expenses
Permits
Permits
Web site
Shirts
A) Tournament
Expenses
Tools
Youth Director Plane Fare
Team jackets / shirts
B)
Federation incidentals
A) Event Expenses:
Trophy (Mr. Bass)
Postage
Trophies
Nationals (B, NB)
Donations
Food
Hotels
Kids
Meals
Charity
Opens
Fuel
C)
National Officer Expenses
Plane
Fare
Expenses
12 favor- 0 opposed
Discussion on hiring an accountant to find out what we have to do to be legal, with respect to the IRS.
Mark S. will bring back a recommendation to the board at the May meeting.
TBF Nationals- proposal to change the format to boater/ co-angler. Motion by Bob C. and second by Tim A. to
leave the format the same.
10 favor – 0 opposed
Norm will send Bill S. the specs on the trolling motors, gps and graphs so that he can recommend
e-bay sale on the these items.
• Meeting adjourned at
Respectfully submitted, Bob Crino