COLORADO BASS FEDERATRION

2nd QUARTER STEERING

COMMITTEE MEETING

SECURITY FIRE STATION

3/16/02 12:30PM

 

Meeting called to order at 12:35PM  By Chairman John Bentz

 

Discussion of the federation and how ESPN views the federations. John sited correspondence he had received that indicated the communication gap may be disappearing. The information exchange is getting easier. However the Pro Anglers association, a advisory personnel board, reigned in whole on 3/15/02. What effect if any this may have is not yet apparent.  There will be discussions at nationals about the direction of the federations and the youth programs. One topic may be a proposed change to the way contestants are chosen for the final day of competition. The Colorado federation view is to keep things the way they are, but if a change is to be made, we would like to see at least one competitor from each division on the final day.

 

John asked if we wanted to pursue federation patches. He has information from those who have made them in the past. Other possibilities are to make them locally or perhaps get a CD with the art on it for local production. John will compare pricing and inform us at the next meeting.

 

COLORADO BASS FEDERATRION

1st QUARTER FEDERATION BOARD MEETING

CHERRY CREEK HEADQUARTERS

3/16/02

 

Meeting called to order at 1:04PM  By President John Bentz

 

The Secretaries report was accepted as read. The secretary has added that at the last meting there was a discussion about Donnie Cox and his attendance at the nationals being at the same time as our state team qualifier. The discussion asked the question if we wanted to extend a automatic slot on the team to Donnie since he would be unable to attend both at the same time. The consensus was that it would not be fair to those who had to fish for a slot, to award one without fishing. Everyone agreed it was unfortunate, but we could not award a automatic slot on the state team to anyone.

 

There was no treasurers report.

 

Casting Kids was a great success. 154 kids went through the booth even with poor weather on Friday and subsequent poor attendance. In the 7-10 age group 110 was the winning score. In the 11-14 age group 130 was a winning score. We would be willing to attend the Southern Colorado Expo with a similar event if they donate the 20x50 space.

 

 

There was no conservation report.

 

Cast For Kids will be on July 13-14 2002. at Horsetooth reservoir. They currently are in need of 28 to 30 boats. Contact Bernie Stein.

 

Tournament Directors Report:

 

The weigh in will be at the swim beach at Port Kimberling.  Ken is making arrangements for holding tanks. The federation has two scales, one is in questionable condition. DBM said they would provide their scales as back up scales. There is a dollar a day launch fee for every boat going off the ramp at the resort.  The mandatory meeting is at 4:00pm Tuesday in the Ozark room. Kimberling Inn phone numbers are 417-739-4311 or 800-833-5551. Call and ask for Ken Harris in case of emergency or if you cannot attend the meeting.

 

John went over the giveaways and asked that we get the items to him prior to the tournament. Stephen Way will conduct the giveaway which Ken says will happen at the meeting, not after the tournament as in past years. After the tournament trophies for angler and rookie of the year will be given away. The traveling trophy will be awarded at the next federation meeting

 

John went over a recommendation from Jay that we purchase a new laptop computer. A motion was made and seconded to set aside 10% of the tournament proceeds for three years to purchase a new laptop computer. This passed.

 

A motion was also made and seconded that the angler of the year will be the state team captain. This also passed.

 

There was discussion of the dates for the state team qualifier tournament, but no official recommendations. It was also dicussed that since all clubs stated they have access to the internet, we don’t need mail out minutes anymore. They will be posted to the website.

 

Next meeting we will select the dates and location for the state team qualifier tournament, using a three round elimination process discussed at the August 2001 meeting.

 

Next meeting will be August 17th  at Nemeth’s restaurant. Please bring your clubs lake recommendations and dates.

 

Adjourn 1:50pm.