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APPROVED
MINUTES FROM MBF EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING 17 NOVEMBER 2005 Brian informed all that a check was written to an MBF
member during national championship that was over the authorized limit.
Standing Rules state that the member is entitled to $1,200.00 and
an additional $1,000.00 if warranted for expenses; provided that receipts
accompanied the later amount. The
check was written (in error) for $2,000.00 and presented in advance of the
tx. A Motion was made to
accept the treasurer’s report as presented; the motion was seconded and
accepted by all present as record. V. COMMITTEE REPORTS: - B.A.S.S. raises membership dues: Roger received an email
from TBF complaining that BASS was raising the dues without
discussion/consultation with the TBF reps. The letter further recommended
that state federations collect the normal $15.00 BASS membership dues and
rosters. TBF will be meeting
with BASS in January and will discuss the dues issues at that time.
This solution may be problematic due to a possible lapse in
insurance coverage - if not received by BASS by 31 December, no coverage
is provided. Original
discussion by the Executive Board on how to deal with this issue, it was
suggested that MBF clubs should send their total MBF dues plus $20.00 BASS
dues amount ($40.00) to the MBF PO BOX and then Roger will send the BASS
dues to BASS with a cover letter explaining that the MBF will wait for the
outcome of the January meeting between BASS and TBF.
ULTIMATELY, THE BOARD DECIDED THAT THE MBF ACCEPT THE DUES RAISE AS
NOT TO JEOPARDIZE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MBF AND BASS; AND HAVE
CLUBS SEND THE INCREASED DUES AMOUNT OF $20.00 TO BASS ALONG WITH
UP-TO-DATE CLUB ROSTERS. JIM
HORN WILL ALSO BE SENDING THE CLUB ROSTERS OUT TO EACH CLUB AT SOONEST 2. Youth: (Randy for Earl) Casting Kids - state finals are
complete. Congratulations to
Alex Thomas and Douglas Neary who won their - - Youth Bylaws and Standing Rules: Jim Kline is currently
drafting those documents to outline duties, responsibilities and rules of
the youth program and will most likely mirror those of the MBF.
3. Scholarship: (Jim Kline): The board did meet and all six
applicants received a $500.00 scholarship.
A congratulations letter from the MBF will be sent to each
recipient. The following received scholarships: Danielle K. Shives,
(Elementary Education), Hagerstown Comm. College Drew C. Holler,
(Exercise Science), 4. Conservation: (Scott) Wheelabrator update: A total of
509 bass fry survived, each was 6 to 9 inches long.
200 were distributed in the - MARC revitalization: Scott and Roger attended a meeting
in an effort to help revitalize the Council.
Turnout was great and lots of issues were identified for future
consultation. During the
meeting it was suggested that a representative from the MBF sit on the
Sports Fishing Advisory Board, Roger volunteered to be the rep.
(MARC = - DCL Committee report: (Jim Kline) Personnel shortages are
affecting operations at the lake. Paul
Durham (previous lake administrator) was present - representing TAD –
Thousand Acre Development - plugging the construction of a 1000 acre
country club/development for “Public/Private” members. Evidently, what
that means is that the public is welcome to use the facilities after they
become a “Private” club member.
5. Newsletter/Update: (Brent): Update: - Brent has been
updating the site, he was a little shy on pictures for the last issue.
The next issue (Winter) is under construction and the deadline for
input is 15 December - Brent still needs as much input as possible.
Brent received the tx history files from Jamie and T.R. and is
working on getting that info converted from EXCEL to a WORD/(FRONT PAGE)
HTML format for publishing. He
also received the MBF history from Denis and will, in time, get that info
posted as well. An updated
mailing list is needed by HBP to ensure every MBF member gets their
Federation Update. Brent and
Jim will get together to handle this item. VI. OLD BUSINESS: Skeeter boat update: Gary Wimmer has
agreed to purchase the boat/note back at 25% off retail value.
Roger proposes that MBF members have the opportunity to silent
(sealed) bid for the boat starting at the price ($13,000.00) that - TX trail 2006: Dates and locations for the tx trail were
not voted on due to lack of quorum vote at the October EB meeting.
In order to get the dates and locations published in Federation
update and on the website, The proposed dates and locations were summarily
approved by Roger. Jamie
volunteered to accept and process the tx trail applications and perform
the draw for the trail txs. It
was requested that a member from the EB stand in as a witness during the
draw/pairing process; the Secretary volunteered to be the witness to
dispel any perceived incongruities. Discussion
by the EB deemed it necessary to hold a quorum vote and modify the
existing trail application to reflect: Specifically, that payout be
disbursed to 20 percent of the placing anglers vice 10%, secondly that the
Visa/Master card payment option be deleted due to overhead costs incurred
for so few using that payment option.
A MOTION WAS MADE TO ACCEPT THE CHANGES AS STATED, THE MOTION WAS
SECONDED AND A UNANIMOUS VOTE RESULTED.
- Location for 2006 SQT:
Since a quorum vote was present, the EB held discussion on where
the tx would be held. Two
proposals were received and possible sites are the Potomac River ( VII. NEW BUSINESS: MBF
Region meetings/participation: Discussion
ensued whether regional club meeting attendance was meeting MBF Bylaw
required numbers. Should the standing rule be changed to reflect 80
percent required participation. Roger
tabled the issue until the December EB meeting to give a chance for region
reps to get input from their membership.
- MBF 2006 Budget: A
reminder was submitted that the 2006 budget be outlined and presented at
the next Executive Board meeting (15 December).
Roger asked Brian Cox to provide him a GAIN/LOSS statement ASAP. – 1st Vice President vacancy:
Unfortunately for the MBF, Bill Sanders has announced his intent to
resign from the Executive Board 1st VP position.
According to by laws, the position can be filled by elevating the
2nd VP to the higher position, or holding general elections to gain a
replacement. The 2nd VP
declined the ascent due to his considerable contribution/support to the
MBF youth program. A general
election will have to be conducted to rightfully fill Bill’s position.
Expect to see more information regarding nominations, etc in the
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