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Golden Hook Bassers Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date: 11/17/2007

Meeting Place: Jason's House

Meeting Time: 9:30

In attendance were the following club members: John, Pat P. Pat C., Mike Sr., Jason

Pat mentioned that Wayne has a new email address and some messages were getting bounced back. His new address is wpacyga@comcast.com. If you have any other email, phone, or address corrections, please get them to Pat so he can update the contact list.

Nominations for new Lakes were opened up. The following additions were made to those nominated at the previous meeting:

· Maple

· Pelican (by St. Micheal)

· Sylvia Twin

· Washington (by St. Peter)

· Balsam (in WI)

· North/South Center

Dates were discussed and lakes were chosen. The following is the calendar of tournaments for the upcoming year:

Date	Lake
May 17^th	Wappogasset (in WI)
June 22^nd	Clearwater
July 26^th/27^th	Fishtrap/Alexander
August 9^th	Washington (by St. Peter)
September 20^th	TOC waters
October 11^th	North/South Center

Nominations for officers were opened. The following nominations were added to those made at the previous meeting:

· Jason for secretary

· Pat Porter for conservation director’s

No nominations were received for youth director. As all other positions had exactly one nominee for the office, there was no voting required. The following is a list of all officers as a result:

Office	Officer
President	Pat C.
VP/Fed Rep	John
Tournament Director	Steve O.
Conservation Director	Pat P.
Secretary	Jason
Youth Director	open

The club needs to submit a vote to the federation for whether to make a youth and conservation event a requirement for fishing the TOC. The club's vote will be yes.

There was discussion of both conservation and youth events. John will check with a scout contact regarding the possibility of doing something with them. It was also mentioned that we could help with the Casting Kids event in Buffalo that was mentioned in the federation meeting minutes. The date for that event would be June 14^th. Pat P. mentioned that he will try to bring bags to the weigh-ins so we can clean up ramps after each tournament and get pictures of the anglers and trash collected.

Dates for the annual banquet were discussed, and it was tentatively scheduled for February 23^rd. Pat C. will be responsible for getting give-away items for the banquet.

The Sportsman of the Year system was discussed. There was a vote to keep the points system as it stands. The prize for winning SOY was also voted on. The prize will allow the winner of SOY the choice of being first boat out or fishing alone for two tournaments, to be chosen before the draw.

Pat will send in payment and a roster for 6 members at present.

John has forms for Outkast items. He plans to send in an order before the end of the year. If you would like to get any items, please contact John by mid December. John also mentioned that Outkast is considering some other alternatives for programs. One option mentioned as providing gas cards instead of cash back. More information will follow.

Concerns were voiced about funding, and whether we would need to sell items to raise money. One possibility mentioned to avoid that was to host a money tournament.

There will be no December club meeting. Either the January or February meeting we will have a representative from Midwest Rod and Reel present to discuss their products. The next club meeting will be January 26^th. There is a state federation meeting on December 1^st.

Amendment: The office for Webmaster was not discussed. Therefore the incumbent is willing to retain office. [11-26-07 by Guy Knudson]