2003 Sportsmen Meeting Minutes

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January 2003 Club Meeting Minutes

President’s Report: (Paul Becka)

1. Jim Haynes has dropped out of the club due to work reasons. This leaves us with an open spot.
2. Dave R. is next in line since he was a past member, then his son Zack, and 3rd in line is Mike B's friend.
3. Whitefish is on the list for state waters next year (2004)
4. The alternate's tournament was changed to pool 8.

Vice President’s Report: (Robin Olson)

1. Letters have been sent to all sheriffs departments for permits.
2. Robin is working on lining up some gifts for the Banquet.
3. We need to send a letter to Exude, from the club, thanking them for all their donations for the casting kids event. No one volunteered to do this. If someone has time, please contact Robin. Would like letter to have our logo on it. Contact Robin for more details, name, and address of the person to send letter to.

Secretary/Treasurers Report: (Patrick Bisek)

1. Mike D. purchased the wife's/significant others gift. Our cost was around $100, gift retails around $200. Paul has the gift, since Mike will not be at the banquet. Thanks Mike!
2. Currently at 28 paid members, with one open spot and arrangements made with the last unpaid member.
3. Payment was due last night for the banquet. I only received about half of the payments as of last night.
4. Our current balance is $2,769.03
5. I thought there was a problem with our payment to ESPN productions, but Paul & Dale reassured me that they are always behind on depositing checks.
6. In the next month, we will owe money for the banquet, ma bass, & fed dues for those that paid late.

Web Master: (Mickey Goetting)

1. No report.

Special Projects: (Bill Young)

1. Bill discussed purchasing jackets. He sent out an email with links on where to buy jackets. If you are interested, you are to purchase your own and bring them to the February meeting. He will take them to the embroidering place and plans on getting them back by the March meeting. The same goes with shirts, buy your own and bring to the February meeting to get embroidered. The jackets are about $25 and embroidering is an additional $25 (approximately).
2. It would be nice if we could put a link on the website for where to buy jackets and shirts. Kind of our own shopping mall for club jackets & shirts.
3. The banquet is all set. Food is ordered. You can make changes on your order up to the last day.
4. Casting kids event was one of the best ever. 134 kids total. There was a little paperwork problem, but Bill did his best to straighten it out. It didn't affect any of the placements. Mainly dealt with what troop number was written on the paperwork.
5. We will have to go back and do a cast off. There was some discussion. I don't know if a firm date was set?
6. Does anyone have any pictures from the casting kids event with someone holding an Exude product? If so, Robin would like a copy.
7. Keeping collecting raffle items.

Data Director: (Cal McCracken)

1. No report.

Federation Report: (Paul Becka)

1. Casting Kids finals is March 8th at South Dale Chevy
2. Alternates Waters changed to Pool 8
3. Paul signed us up for the Sportsmen show, for the Saturday of. Will have a signup sheet at the next meeting for those interested in helping.
4. Passed around some info on a Northern bassmasters circuit
5. Passed around some info on how lead sinkers are affecting wild life
6. 3 proposed bylaw changes were passed around to vote on. They were…
   1) Allocating additional slots to officers if they made the state tournament, but have to work at it and can't fish. Basically a free pass for them to use in a year they might not make it in the state tournament.
   2) Having the 1st Vice president accompany the Vice President to National meetings with full paid benefits. Reason behind it is to show them the ropes if and when they take over as president.
   3) Last proposal is for reimbursing officers for leaving town plus an additional $120/day to cover lost time of work.
7. The vote we did last meeting to change the date of membership back a month hasn't passed as of yet, but it's looking as though it will. Not enough votes have been turned in as of the last Fed meeting to officially change the date.

Old Business:

1. Rob is getting frustrated with Winona farms. Their 2nd cabin is permanently rented to a friend, so they will not commit on us being able to rent it this summer. If we stay here, there will only be 1 shower and 1 cabin.
2. Rob checked into an alternative. Paul was going to drive over to this new place sometime to see how far it is from the launch site, ect. This new place sounds like it has enough room and plenty of parking, but may be a long drive from the launch site? Cost would be $120/per for 13 people.
3. A discussion was held on the club subsidizing the cost of the banquet. The total bill will be around $700, which we typically bring in from raffle tickets. The consensus was that we could spend our money in better ways than offsetting the cost of the banquet and so the topic was dropped.
4. It was brought up that next year we decide where we want the raffle money to go, example: casting kids events, and state this in the raffle letter in hopes more companies donate.
5. Mike D wanted Paul to bring up the significant others gift. A discussion was held whether those that are not present are eligible to win. A motion was made that significant others must be present to win. 2nd by many, vote taken, and passed. Significant others must be present to win the gift.
6. With Jim Haynes dropping out of the club, a new Federation rep is needed. Mike B. volunteered to fill the open position. Mike will fulfill the remaining term, which ends at our next elections in October.

New Business:

1. Spring trip anyone? Discussion on where to go for a spring fishing trip was held. Stockton was brought up. Lake of the Ozarks was also brought up. Troy and Mike McM. were going to look into Lake of the Ozarks as something a little different than before. They are both about the same distance. No date has been set.
2. The double secret vote for Sportsmen of the year was taken.
3. Craig brought up a discussion on the club sponsoring a kids bass club. Some of the main points were: 1) Are we willing to support an additional club?
   2) There is a lot of responsibility and time involved.
   3) Do we have enough kids?
   4)How much more involved do we want to get?
   5)We would get national exposure.
   
4. It was decided to hold off on starting the kids club this year, but Craig said he would host the family fishing tournament again this summer. At that time we will try to determine if there is enough interest with parents and kids to take this to the next level.
5. April is open for Education. Dale was going to check into renting someplace with a swimming pool to see how lures run in the water.
6. Mickey gave a great presentation on the 2002 Stats.

February 2003 Club Meeting Minutes

The following club members were present:
Rob, Matt, Paul B, Mike D, Mike McD, Andy, Joel, Mike McM, Robin, Ron, Gary, Dale, Brad, Paul N, Brent, Bill, Mike B, Cal, Kevin.

President’s Report: (Paul Becka)

1. Paul reported that the Casting Kids issues are resolved and all winners have been identified and notified about the State Casting Kids finals on March 8th.
2. Thanks to Bill for organizing the annual Awards Banquet. It was a great time.
3. The club is signed up to staff the Federation booth at the Sports Show on Saturday, March 8th. As in the past, we will be given free admission to those who help. A sign-up sheet was passed around and we are still a little weak in the mid-day time period. Contact Paul if you can help.

Vice President’s Report: (Robin Olson)

1. Robin brought us up to date on the status of the permit process for the coming year. He has contacted all concerned parties and has only received permission from Prior Lake so far.
2. Lake Minnetonka has charged us $50 and requires that each boater sign a form verifying that the boat is free of exotics such as zebra mussels. Robin passed out copies of the forms and requests that they be returned at the next meeting.

Secretary/Treasurers Report: (Patrick Bisek)

1. Pat was not in attendance as he and Rusty decided to go to Florida instead. He provided a written report of our finances.
2. Mailed a check to Robin for $50 to cover the Minnetonka tournament fee.
3. Mailed check to Mike D. for wife’s gift in amount of $85.19.
4. All people paid for dinners. The total bill for dinners was $693.65. I wrote a check out to VFW the night of the banquet for this amount.
5. We brought in $650 in ticket sales from the Banquet.
6. Current balance is $3,049.72.
7. I still need to send in dues to ESPN & fed dues for those members that paid late.
8. A letter was passed around for everyone to list the banquet sponsors. We need to send thank-you letters to them and make sure that they get listed on the website. If you were not at the meeting, get this info to Pat/Mickey/Paul B.

Web Master: (Mickey Goetting)

1. Mickey was not in attendance. Evidently we have $35 more in cash pending from the Bass Pro connection.
2. Members are reminded to use the website click-through to Bass Pro when ordering your supplies this spring. We get a cut on the amount spent and it normally is enough to pay for the website charges.

Federation Report: (Mike Breuer)

1. No report this time. The next meeting is this coming Saturday, March 1st at the Medina.

Special Projects: (Bill Young)

1. Bill reported that the latest order for embroidery is being sent to C & C by special courier (Paul N). When the final bill comes in, Pat will send a check for the total and each person will be expected to pay the club back promptly.

Data Director: (Cal McCracken)

1. Cal is now adding “updates” comments to the last page of the personal data sheet. This will make it easier for each of us to keep addresses/phone numbers/email addresses current.
2. It is time to get your proof of insurance to Cal. Remember, all boaters must have this on record prior to using your boat during club activities.

Education Report: (Dale Richardson)

1. Our guest speaker for the evening was Steve Hirsch, Deputy Director of the Fisheries Division of the DNR.
He gave a short presentation on the current state of the financial situation at the State level. Fisheries is not as bad off as other departments as most of their funding comes from license fees. The proposal for "no cull" was shelved for the time being. It may come up again some time in the future. He discussed the "limits" proposal that was floated around last year. Since bass are in good shape in Minnesota and there was solid opposition from our organization (the Federation), the idea was dropped for bass. He opened the floor to questions. Several items were discussed. One main topic was how we as an organization can help the DNR gather data for them to help with their studies of lakes and fish populations. We also discussed other ways that we can ease the tensions between the DNR and tournament organizations. He did mention that we as a group are doing a much better job of policing ourselves and their complaints have dropped significantly the past couple of years.
2. Next month's education topic will be also be a guest speaker. Billy Hildebrandt will joining us and we will most likely have him on at the very start of the meeting, so don't be late.
3. Billy's Northview Fishing Experience, in conjunction with KFAN and Gander Mountain will be held on June 2nd (Monday). He will be looking for boaters to help with the kids again. Traditionally Sportsmen provides a good portion of the boats and he will be once again, asking us for our support.

Old Business:

1. State Tournament: Captain Rob has set us up with the Cozy Corner Cottages for this year’s team. They are located located about 20 minutes away (south) from the blast-off site in Winona. We won’t have all the cabins for the entire time, but with our anticipated schedule, it should work out fine as we have all three during the week when we really need them.
2. Spring Trip: After discussion, the club voted to take the annual spring trip “down south” to Lake of the Ozarks the weekend of April 26th. In the past, a group of guys have convoyed down on Wednesday, fished Wednesday afternoon, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and come home on Sunday. Obviously there are variations to this so you need to pair up with someone with your same schedule flexibility. However it works out, plan on everyone being there for a little fun tournament on Saturday.

   Troy (who wasn’t at the meeting) was supposed to be finding out information on lodging. Dale has some information already and will get with Troy to secure a good place to stay, preferably on the water. We’ll keep you posted.
   A tentative sign-up list was passed around.
   So far this is what we have:
   Dale & Mike McD (leaving Wednesday, returning Sunday)
   Ron & Jeff Gross (guest)
   Bill
   Andy
   Mike McMillan
   Paul B.
   Mike D.
   Cal Matt
   Robin (maybe)
   Mike B (?)
   Rob (70%)
   Let Dale know as soon as possible if you are going, who is pairing up, and what schedule you will be on so we can solidify lodging.
   
   Since this conflicts with the scheduled club meeting, the club voted to change the date of the April meeting to the 17th.

New Business:

1. Ice-out lake cleanup: We will be cleaning up White Bear Lake this coming Sunday, March 2nd. Plan on meeting at the public ramp at 1:30 PM. It should only take about an hour or two and we’ll probably go for a hamburger afterwards. So far, we have Dale, Bill, Brad, & Andy signed up.
2. Sportshow booth: See Paul if you can help with the booth on March 8th.
3. Sportsmen Bassmaster's logo: A new bass club (Wright County Bassmasters) is requesting permission to use our jacket logo. We voted to allow them to use it for a $5 per jacket donation to the Federation Youth program fund.
4. New member: There is one slot open for new membership. Dave Ramlow was first in line and chose to defer for now. Son Zach was voted in as our 30th member. Congratulations and welcome aboard!

March 2003 Club Meeting Minutes

President’s Report: (Paul Becka)

1. Introduced Jim Batten (sp) last years State Tournament director who is looking for a club to join.
2. Billy Hildebrandt was schedule to be the guest speaker, but he didn’t show.
3. The club sent flowers to Dale’s wife who was in the hospital.

Vice President’s Report: (Robin Olson)

1. We are set for 3 of the 6 tournaments
2. Please sign & give Robin the LMC forms he passed out last meeting. It’s for the Lake Minnetonka tournament. Verifying your boat is free of zebra muscles.

Secretary/Treasurers Report: (Pat Bisek)

1. All members Federation dues have been mailed in. I check with them and they have received them.
2. All members ESPN production dues have been mailed in. I check with them and they said if they were mailed they should have them and basically not bother them.
3. I straightened out a problem with ESPN productions.
4. Received check for Zach’s dues.
5. If you have other companies that you received donations for the banquet, please get me their name and address so I can send out a thank you.
6. Current balance is $2,659.73
7. We should be paid up to date with No bills due or money due in.

Web Master: (Mickey Goetting)

1. Received a check from Bass Pro in amount of $32.78. Please continue to use the link on our website.

Special Projects: (Bill Young)

1. No Report

Data Director: (Cal McCracken)

1. Please contact Cal if you see any corrections that need to be made on the roster or stats.
2. Boaters, Cal needs a copy of your insurance before the 1st tournament.

Federation Report: (Mike Breuer)

1. Should have received minutes via email
2. Quality Inn in downtown Winona is head quarters for State.
3. Mechanic and prop repair will be on hand during state
4. Big Brothers and Big sisters are the official Charity for State
5. Next year St. Louis River and White fish are candidates for state tournament waters.
6. The bill to ban lead has been pulled from the house.
7. The bill on no cull has been dropped also.
8. Need drivers and chase boats for the JR. State tournament on July 29th (Tuesday) on Lake Washington.

Old Business:

1. Carol w/ the embroidery place called Dale. The jackets and shirt should be done soon. Mike B. talked to her and she suggested we take digital pictures of the shirts to make ordering easier.

New Business:

1. Paul passed around two ballets to amend the Fed by laws
   o Vote to eliminate the state house board
   o Vote to require all clubs participating in the State tournament participate in at least one youth event and one environment event per year.
2. Contact Paul if you would like to order any Venem tackle. He is putting together an order.
3. Dale emailed everyone about a new Sterns order. You can get 40-45% off list. Please see his email or contact Dale.
4. Billy Hildebrandt take a kid-fishing event is scheduled for Monday June 2nd.
5. If you are planning on going on the Lake of the Ozarks trip, please contact Dale. So far he has commitments from Mike Mc D., Rob, Mickey, Cal, Matt, Pat, Rusty & Dale.
   o Jim Batten (last years State Tournament Director) is planning on going. He is looking for a partner. Dale can put you in contact with Jim if you’re looking for a partner. He has a boat!
   o The L159 map is the map you need for Ozarks.
6. A discussion was held about our club working in conjunction with the DNR to provide fishing information. Several emails were sent out last week on this. Basically we challenged Steve with the DNR to use our club for collecting lake data. The DNR looked at our info on the web and liked what the saw. A committee was formed (Dale, Cal, Kevin, Mickey, and Joel). The committee will work with the DNR to figure out what information we need to collect and how to set it up.

April 2003 Club Meeting Minutes

The following club members were present:
Paul B, Mike McD, Dale, Brad, Troy, Cal, Matt McCr, Paul N, Zach, Mickey, Jeff, Tom, Robin, Mike B, Carey, Rusty, Ron, Mike D, Gary, Rob. Also in attendance, guests Matt McConnell and Jim Battin (2nd visit).

President’s Report: (Paul Becka)

1. Paul informed us that the VFW is closing down shortly and after the next meeting in May we will have to find another place to meet. If anyone has ideas, speak up.
2. Due to family reasons, Kevin and Craig have both resigned from the club. We will miss them both a lot and hope that we see them back in with us at some time in the future.
3. State Tournament slots were announced and we will be sending 11 plus an alternate. With Kevin and Craig out of the picture, here is the lineup as of now:
   Rob Amos – Captain
   Jeff Smith
   Bill Young
   Mike McDonough
   Cal McCracken
   Brad Longerbone
   Paul Becka
   Troy O’Banion
   Dale Richardson
   Joel Smith
   Robin Olson
   Mike D’Aloia – Alternate

   If you are not going to be able to fill your slot at State, let everyone know as soon as possible so the next person on the list can start making plans.
   

Vice President’s Report: (Robin Olson)

1. Robin reported that all permits for the club tournament season are in. He still needs the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District forms returned to complete the process for Tonka. Please get them to him if you think that there might be a remote chance that you will use your boat on the water. We need at least 15 forms to turn in.
2. Tournament packets were passed out for all our events. They include maps to the landing and show times.
3. Robin reminded everyone that we need to try extra hard to communicate with the other angler and pay their fair share of expenses. It is mandatory for the new guys and highly recommended for the veterans (especially those who haven’t been a non-boater for a while) to review the “Rookie” article before the first tournament. It can be found on the Sportsmen website at www.sportsmenbassmasters.com and the Federation website at www.mnbf.org.
4. Everyone is reminded that the Deer lake tournament is a tape tournament. Since you have to round the length of the fish down to the nearest mark, you might want to get a ruler with 1/8 increments. If yours doesn’t have 1/8 markings, Dale will scribe them in for you. Just don’t wait until the morning of the tournament.
5. Cal and Mike D. have volunteered to be on the tournament committee and help Robin with the weigh-ins this year. Thanks guys.

Secretary/Treasurers Report: (Patrick Bisek)

1. Pat was not in attendance as he was taking care of “wedding business”. Congratulations by the way. He did report in via email.
2. We have $2,592.51 in the account with no bills to pay or money due in.
3. He received the embroidery order and gave to Robin to bring in. He will send a check in to Carol and everyone needs to get him a check for their share. Here is what the receipts come to:

   Mike Breuer $99.00 (paid, check #5367)
   Rob Amos $ 3.00
   Paul Becka $15.00 (claims to have already paid Bill)
   Total $117.00

Web Master: (Mickey Goetting)

1. Mickey reported that we have received about $31 from Bass Pro. If you haven’t already sent in your spring order, make sure to use the click-through from the club website so we get the kickback to the club.
2. So far, 8 people have signed up for the monthly newsletter.

Data Director: (Cal McCracken)

1. Boaters, Cal still needs your proof of insurance. Please mail it to him prior to the Deer Lake tournament.
2. It is time to get your proof of insurance to Cal. Remember, all boaters must have this on record prior to using your boat during club activities.

Old Business:

1. We voted on the 2004 State Tournament waters. By a margin of 10 to 9, Whitefish won out over the St. Louis River. Mike B. will vote our choice at the meeting on Saturday.
2. Mickey and Dale gave an update on the DNR data collection project. We have been in contact with the DNR biologist and have set up a website collection screen on Mickey’s website. The next step is to run it by the biologist and get his input. Initially we will be doing this through the club only and after the bugs are worked out, we will expand out to other clubs. Dale will brief the Federation at the meeting on Saturday.

New Business:

1. Mickey presented the 2002 “Wheaties Box” framed picture to Dale.
2. Paul led a discussion on how we manage the waiting list for new members. All agreed that we need some governing language in the bylaws so everyone is treated fairly. Paul will draft up a couple of options and present them to us at the next meeting. If you have suggestions, get them to him ASAP.
3. With the resignation of Kevin and Craig, we now have room for two new members. Dave Ramlow and Matt McConnell were voted in to the club. Welcome guys. That puts Jim Battin at #1 on the waiting list.

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