COLORADO BASS FEDERATRION

2NDQUARTER BOARD MEETING

FLORENCE COLORADO

MARCH 15, 2003

 

Meeting began at 12:15pm.

 

Secretaries report was accepted as published.

 

Treasurers report , Overall balance of $11,728.35. State team balance $7258.00, General Balance $4469.00.

 

Casting Kids:

Overall 107 kids went through the booth. Kyle Gertner age 7-11 and Michelle Lorenze were the finalists.

 

National Junior Championships:

A estimate of $1000 was given as a budget to get two finalists to Smithville KS. In August for the junior finals. Chad Phillips had $500 coming to him for travel monies. He made a motion to earmark this money for junior travel to the championships. This was seconded and passed.

 

Conservation:

Please e-mail conservation issues to conservation@bassmasters.com. April 25th Saturday, we will need volunteers to do work at Horsetooth. Bring prybars, crowbars, and gloves. 8:00am Lory state park headquarters. Jeff Jones gave a recap of the warm water coalition meeting where the draw down of Chatfield reservoir was discussed, if water and drought conditions persist.

 

Tournament Director:

A issue was brought up from last year. Where a competitor ( Mcclain Yacks) had a lower end break in pre-fish. Mcclain wanted his tournament entry fees returned. He elected not to fish the tournament. Options were available for him to fish. A motion was made and seconded not to return the entry fees. This passed. All state team members must be confirmed by April 1, 2003. Derek Phillips had to back out and  no one has been able to contact Jason Lovell. The next two places will be moved up to fill those spots.

 

STQT meeting place to be determined. It is each contestants responsibility to know the rules. Sedalia Bassmasters contract to administrate the tournament has been checked and will be signed.  Every entry after 3/15/03 will be charged a $25 late fee. Rooms are $44.95 a night double occupancy. Contact Erma Lemming 660-438-2821. At present only Donnie Cox and Rich Lange need non-boaters.

 

Steve polled the clubs about raffle items, when and where to distribute. Raffle will be after the tournament meeting. Currently there are 61 entries. Missouri has a 15” size limit and local DOW representatives will be at out tournament meeting.

 

C.A.S.T. We will need 28 to 30 boats on June 28th at Horsetooth.

 

Web Site:

C.D. is willing to continue as Webmaster. The pricing is very good for what we get. C.D. needs a check to pay the web host in the amount of $264. Bob Will write this check today. We can run business card adds for $10 a piece. C.D. will post the adds and the clubs can keep the money.

 

OLD BUSINESS:

The western qualifier tournament is a dead issue.

 

STQT Format:

A motion was made and seconded to keep the STQT format selected in place for 3 years. This passed.  The format type selections were the single tournament format and the best 3 of 4 format. In a 14 to 6 vote, the single tournament format was selected. The payout for these tournaments is as described in previous minutes.  Through member selection and elimination 5 lakes were selected to take back to the clubs. These lakes should be discussed and the clubs select two lakes to bring to the August 2003 meeting. At this meeting we will vote on the STQT site and date for calander 2004.

 

The five lakes are:

Cedar Bluff       Truman

Navajo                         Powell

Table Rock

 

The state team contract was reviewed. It was motioned and seconded to keep the contract as is.  This passed.

 

Federation caps can be made. It was motioned and seconded to purchase 48 caps for $5.91 each plus set up fee. This passed.

 

Next meeting will be August 16th 2003 12:00 noon at Nemeths restaurant, Colorado Springs Co. Hosted by Pikes Peak Bassmasters.

 

Meeting adjourned at 2:31pm.