Fish On Bass Club   Home   About Us   Sponsors   Sponsor Info   Calendar   Standings   Pictures   Discussion Board   Classifieds   Links   Members Only   Minutes   Ramp Info   Roster   Tips & Techs   Tourneys 2008 JULY 2008 MEETING MINUTES PRESIDENT SAM MCDOWELL OPENED THE MEETING AT 7:00 SHARP. HE INTRODUCED A GUEST WHO MAY BE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A MEMBER. HE ALSO REQUESTED THE CANADA PARTICIPANTS STAY AFTER THE MEETING. SECRETARY BOB FISHER READ THE JUNE 2008 MEETING MINUTES. VP/CFO RICHARD GREENE REPORTED THAT OUR BEGINNING BALANCE WAS $xxx; PLUS INCOME, LESS EXPENSES LEAVES AN ENDING BALANCE OF $xxx. HE HAS NOTIFIED 2 MEMBERS THAT THEY OWE FOR CLOTHING PURCHASES. WEBMASTER GREG SNIDER REPORTED BPS AFFILIATE PROGRAM IS $xxx. CONOWINGO AND BLACK HILL PICTURES ARE UP AND THE CURRENT STANDINGS SHOULD BE UP TOMORROW. ALSO, THE POTOMAC NOTIFICATION IS UP. SAM REPORTED FOR MEMBERSHIP CO-ORD CHRIS DOERR THAT THERE ARE NOW 22 CO-ANGLERS AND 28 BOATERS. THIS CHANGE IS DUE TO 3 CO-ANGLERS BECOMING BOATERS. SPEC EVENTS CO-ORD DON SNIDER REPORTED ON THE SUCCESS OF THE KID’S FISHING DERBY. WE ALSO HAD A GREAT PICNIC AND WE STAYED WITHIN BUDGET. SAFETY CO-ORD CHRIS SNIDER NOTED THAT HE NEEDS BOATER’S INFORMATION ON 2 OF THE 3 NEW BOATERS. CLOTHING CO-ORD FRED HANNASCH HAS 4 T’S LEFT. 3 XL WHITE AND 1 DBL XL GREY. TOURNAMENT CO-ORDS ZACK SHOWMAN AND TIM MILES HAD NOTHING TO REPORT. TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR GREG SNIDER NOTED THAT WE HAVE HAD A FEW RECENT LATE ARRIVALS AT RECENT TOURNAMENTS AND REITERATED THAT WE SHOULD PAY CLOSER ATTENTION TO OUR TIME TO AVOID THIS IN THE FUTURE. HE REVIEWED BOTH THE CONOWINGO AND BLACK HILL TOURNAMENT RESULTS. POTOMAC SIGN UP CAN BE DONE TONIGHT WITH GREG. THERE WILL BE 2 OR 3 OPEN BOATS AT POTOMAC. THE CO-ANGLERS HAVE UNTIL JULY 5TH TO SIGN UP. DUE TO ANOTHER LARGE TOURNAMENT, WE WILL LAUNCH AT 5:30 FROM WHEREVER THE BOATER PUTS IN. THERE IS NO CHECK IN. THE WEIGH IN IS AT THE SMALLWOOD T-DOCK; TIME TBD. OFFLIMITS WILL BE SENT OUT IN E-MAIL AND PAIRINGS WILL BE OUT ON THURSDAY. AS THIS IS A TEAM TOURNAMENT, THE OPEN BOAT ANGLERS DO NOT GET THE FULL “TEAM PAYOUT”. THEY GET ½ AND THE REST IS REDISTRIBUTED AMONG THE WINNERS. TALK-DAVE SIECKER NOTED THAT SOME OF HIS CO-ANGLERS HAD NOT CONTACTED HIM IN ADVANCE OF THE TOURNY, AND DIDN’T CONTACT HIM WHEN THEY DIDN’T SHOW UP. SOME OTHER BOATERS NOTED SIMILAR ISSUES. ZACK NOTED THAT THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXPENSE AND TRAVEL TIME TO THE CHICK. FRED AND SAM COMMENTED ABOUT THIS AND NOTED THAT THE BOARD, 2 YEARS AGO, HAD DECIDED THAT WE ARE NOT CHANGING LOCATONS AFTER THEY HAD BEEN DECIDED. THIS IS A PICK YOUR OWN PARTNER TOURNAMENT. GARY RANK NOTED THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET MARYLAND FOBA LICENSE PLATES FOR $15 W/O A LOGO; $25 WITH A LOGO. ENOUGH MEMBERS SEEM INTERESTED AND GARY WILL FOLLOW UP W/ MVA. KEN MENTIONED HE HAS A CAMPSITE AT ANNA AND ANYONE CAN CONTACT HIM IF INTERESTED. GARY RANK AND SAM COMMENTED ABOUT BEING A GUEST ON SOMEONE’S BOAT AND THAT ANY GUEST SHOULD RESPECT ANOTHER’S PROPERTY. OLD BUSINESS-NONE NEW BUSINESS-NONE SUBMITTED BY: BOB FISHER CLUB SECRETARY © 2008 Fish On Bass Anglers    Montgomery County, Maryland USA