NCBF Membership Meeting

Sunday April 1, 2007

Location: The Nations Capitol Bass Federation quarterly meeting was held at the Montgomery County Training Academy . The meeting facilities address is 10025 Darnestown Road in Rockville , Maryland . The rear entrance to the building is from Great Seneca Highway between Darnestown Road (Rte 28) and Key West Avenue , room #6.

Call to Order:  The meeting was called to order at 10:15 A.M.

 Roll Call:  Members present were Bo Curry, John Sisson, Nancy Martell-Stevenson, Chuck Walker, Larry Riner, Shawn Ezerski, Anthony Shanz, Jim Borum, Ira Burnim, Mike Kenny, and Tim Cameron. Mike is our newest member.

Treasurer’s Report: The treasury report was given.

Old Business:

Bill Kramer and Danny Shanz will fish the next level as the NCBF representative in the TBF National Tournament on April 17, 2007 in Charlotte, N.C. The Board voted to assist Bill and Danny expenses with a check for $300 each to cover vehicle gas and incidentals.

Tournament Committee: The 2007 Tournament Trail sights and dates are (Q) April 29^th Leesylvania: (Open) June 2^nd. Leesylvania: (Q) June 10^th. Dundee ; (Q) August 12^th. Naticoke; and (Open) October 7^th.  Leesylvania.   

(Q = Qualifier)

New Business:

State Team Qualifications: A great deal of discussion has taken place over the past two years concerning the NCBF’s method of qualifying for the state team. That discussion resulted in a vote by the membership of 19 to 2 to institute a point system to determine the State Team members for the 2007 year.

The Tournament Format is as follows:

            The State Team shall be determined on a combined point basis of all qualifying tournaments. Each qualifying tournament shall be worth a total of 100 points to the person with the highest weight and in one (1) point descending increments as follows: 1^st Place 100 points, 2^nd Place 99 points, 3^rd Place 98 points etc. Both Boaters and Non-Boaters will be combined into this system by total weight. If an angler does not weigh a fish, that angler will be awarded 50 “Show up” points. At the end of the last qualifying tournament, the top anglers shall be Team Members and the 13^th ranked angler shall be the 1^st Alternate. The President shall be the 2^nd Alternate.

All other tournament rules remain unchanged.

Funds Raiser: The NCBF will host the trout pond at the Montgomery County Fair grounds from August 10^th to August 18^th. The fair will be open at noon until 10 PM. This effort will raise enough money to fund all our Youth and Adult programs. Each member will be asked to work one day of the 8 days. We will need a crew of 4 members each day to handle the crowds, money and fish. Our youth will be on hand the weekend to assist the adults. Our family and friends will be asked to help. A roster and details will be developed. Please mark you calendars to donate a day.

Youth Programs: 1. Our NCBF kids from the Murch Elementary School will be fishing on the Tidal Basin at 9 AM until noon on April 21^st.2. They will also be visiting the D.C. Fisheries at the Anacostia Park on April 28^th at 9 AM . This is an educational tour and fishing opportunity for the kids from the bank. Volunteers are needed for both events. Call Nancy at 301-527-9229 and leave message if you can help.

Miscellaneous: Shirts, stitching, patches and NCBF/FLW/TBF Logos are provided by Becky Sisson @ 301-774-4503 or stitchnstuff@aol.com .  

Next Meeting: The meeting adjoined at 11:30 AM . The next Board meeting will be held on Tuesday May 15^th at 7:00 PM .

NOTE: First TX drawing April 20^th, 7 PM at Dick’s at RIO in Gaithersburg .

             Our first TX (Q) is Sunday, April 29^th at Leesylvania.