NCBF EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES

May 18, 2004

 

Location: The Nations Capitol Bass Federation (NCBF) meeting was held at the Trinity United Methodist Church . The Church is located at the corner of Germantown Road and Clopper Road in Germantown , Maryland .

Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:13 pm .

Roll Call: Board members in attendance: Chuck Walker, Jim Kline, Chuck Hartzman. Other members in attendance include: Tim Cameron, B. J. Walsh, Larry Yates, Greg Dice, Scott Peterson, and Larry Dodd.

Treasurer’s Report: The bank balance for the NCBF is $17,492.81 (as of 5/18/04 ). No other business to report at this time.

Prior to getting into the business at hand, NCBF President Chuck Walker invited Mr. Richard Branscome to discuss with those in attendance about the upcoming Boy Scouts Fishing Derby to be held on Saturday, 22 May 2004 at Black Hill Regional Park .

Mr. Branscome explained how they intended to conduct the derby and how they wanted the members of NCBF to participate.

 

Old Business

Tournaments:  Bo Curry/B.J. Walsh reported on the results from the NCBF TX #2 held on 16 May 2004 at Lake Anna , VA. One thing that was discussed was the trailer, which was surely missed at this tournament. From now on, the NCBF trailer will be at all tournaments, no matter where they are held.

We need to find a source for official weigh-in slips (BASS has some available).

Also, we need another plaque for the Lake Anna tournament (3rd place Non-boater) since there was a tie. The winners split the pot for $100 each.

Finally we need to order 2 plaques to replace 2 that were misplaced/lost. First plaque is for Marc Leone for TX #1 2003 Potomac River First Place Boater, and the second plaque is for Rich Cottone for TX #3 2003 Potomac River Lunker 

Associate Membership: Larry Yates did a rewrite to make it clearer about Associate Membership dues. This topic was tabled.

 

Donations: Chuck Walker has received the following products from various sponsors:

Pennzoil has donated 7 cases of 2-cycle oil (28 gallons) and a very large case of T-Shirts.

Yamaha Oil Company has donated 2 cases (8 gallons) of 2-cycle oil.

Flowmaster has donated “5” Dog tethers.

Douglas Batters has donated 12 Deep Cycle batteries.

Pure Fishing ( Berkley ) has donated lots of fishing tackle.

Galyan’s has donated 35 fishing rods (inventory provided).

Zebco is also sending fishing tackle/equipment, but hasn’t been received as of yet.

 

Boy Scout Troop: Richard Branscome, one of the Upper Montgomery County Boy Scout Troop leaders has been advised the NCBF will be there. This Project will take place on Saturday, May 22nd at Black Hills Park in Upper Montgomery County .

Emery Grove Village Youth:  On June 5th., approximately 20 kids would like to fish for a day on the Potomac River . This group requested through Bo Curry that the NCBF provide up to12 boats to take these youth fishing. Each youth has been selected to participate based on their community service. This event has been canceled.

Battle Creek Cypress Nature Center : 12 kids for July 25th through July 31. We are looking for about 6 boats for this event. .

State Casting Kids Contest – Tulsa , OK .  Two kids, Gus Mullis and Cameron Alexander, qualified to go to Tulsa to represent the NCBF in the CastingKids national contest.

NCBF Fishing School : Should we start a fishing school for new members concerning rod & reels, boat use, TX rules, equipment, etc? This item is put on hold until funding is available to support it.

 

New Business

 

Overnight Camp Out : After July 15th with a cook out including a fish fry, hamburgers, hotdogs, etc. There will be a Kids/Adults tournament plus swimming and having fun. Bring your boats. More info to follow.

Project Roster: These are the events that are coming up:

Boy Scouts Fishing Derby- Black Hill Regional park Saturday, 22 May 2004

Battle Creek Cypress Nature Center : Fishing trip, July 25th or July 31st out of Marshall Hall, 6 boats are needed.

Tournament Schedule- 20 June (Qualifying TX #3), 15 August and 2 October (Open Team Tournament).

Tournament Rules: A discussion was held about rule #12 and the question of boater/non-boater boat operation (trolling motor). This item was tabled until after the tournament season.

Website Changes: Many changes/updates have been done to the website with more to come. Keep watching!

2004 NCBF Calendar of Events: Larry Yates has agreed to continue producing and updating the NCBF Calendar. Please keep Larry informed if you become aware of events that should be on the calendar or events impacting NCBF scheduled events. His email is lyates@trucking.org.

NCBF Hats and Apparel: Chuck Walker met with Becky Sisson and together they ordered some hats to sell to new members. Becky suggested we stock some shirts to sell instead of ordering them. Currently it can take weeks to order shirts because they are ordered one or two at a time.

NCBF Youth Team: Chuck Walker discussed the idea of giving each of our Youth Team going to Lake Champlain this July one of the new fishing rods that were donated from Galyan’s. Jim Kline made a motion, which was seconded by Chuck Hartzman to give each Youth Member a spinning rod. Motion was passed.

Sponsorships: Chuck Walker discussed sponsorship business that was presented to the presidents at the Nationals in Tulsa , OK .

Casting Kids: Jim Kline discussed the future plans that BASS has for the Casting Kids program and how to get more kids involved.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled NCBF Executive Board meeting is scheduled for June 15, 2004 @ 7:00 PM at the Trinity United Methodist Church in Germantown , MD.

Adjourned: The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 pm .

Respectfully submitted

Chuck Hartzman

Secretary

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