NCBF Membership Meeting Minutes

October 10, 2004

 

Location: The Nations Capitol Bass Federation (NCBF) meeting will be held at the Montgomery County, Md. Training Academy. The Academy is located at 10025 Darnestown Road in Rockville , Md. The entrance to the building is on Great Seneca Highway between Darnestown Road (Rte.28) and Key West Avenue . Come in the rear entrance, down the hall to the classroom.

Call to Order:  The meeting was called to order at 10:25 am .

Roll Call:  Jim Kline, Tim Cameron, Jim Niffenegger, Alan Mullis, Larry Dodd, Debra Dodd, Chuck Walker, Seth Brohawn, Bo Curry, Chuck Hartzman.

Treasurer’s Report:  The current balance is $12, 327.97.

Old Business

Hats and Apparel: Becky Sisson has delivered the NCBF member hats, with logos. They are available for sale for $15. They are in three different color styles and are available at the meeting or by calling Chuck @ 301-977-5282. We have ordered the Federation NCBF patches. As soon as they are delivered they can and will be placed on our shirts. Should the NCBF order BASS patched and have them placed on shirts, automatically?

2003 State Team: Bo Curry will post on the website.

NCBF Open Tournament: There were eleven boats in the Tournament. Should there be a second Open for 2005? Note: Five out of twelve volunteers helped at the Open. They were Bo Curry, Tim Cameron, Jim Borum, Tim Hartzell, Tray Curry and Haley Curry.

New Business

Elections: An election committee will collect the names of all possible candidates at the October meeting. The committee will contact qualified nominations and present that list to the Secretary at the November meeting. Names can be added up until the November meeting. The Secretary at the November meeting will prepare the ballot for Executive Board review and approval. Once approved, the ballot will be sent to all members and posted on the website within five days of the meeting. The ballots will be counted at the January Membership meeting. The 2005 Executive Board will be sworn in during the meeting.

Bassmaster: BASS has started a new Grass Roots Trail. Blind draw-shared weight concept. Federation members first in line. VA/NC Division. NE Division. MD/VA Division. Youth Divisional eliminated. ESPN Venues.

Picnic: October 16th Call Debbie @ 301-934-1129 before noon on the 10th 

Cook out- come for the day. Bring a dish for Saturday lunch- a fish fry with hamburgers and hotdogs for Saturday dinner. Swimming, lawn party, Adult/Kids Tx. Bring the kids and friends of kids. Bring boats but are not required. Leave them at home and have fun on land. Big bass, big catfish, and big fat perch, all farm fed. You can fish three ponds and the Wicomoco River . Bring your lawn chairs and something warm for the evening.

Bolling AFB CastingKids: Debbie is working with the Youth Director on having one.

Trout Pond:    We need to get it completed. Chuck Hartzman will contact Bob Dobart about setting up at the 2005 Bass Expo (13-16 Jan 2005).

By-Law Changes: These need to be reviewed over the winter.

Website Changes: Chris Scott is working on updating our website. More to follow.

Laptop Computer Requirement: Software and Camera.

Scales: Sent to have reconditioned?

2004-2005 Web Calendars 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.

2005: Here’s what we know of going on in 2005 so far. Mark you calendars:

Washington Boat Show - Wednesday through Sunday, 9-13 February.

Boy Scout Fishing Derby/Black Hill Recreational Park  - May 2005

Bass Expo/Timonium Fairgrounds – Thursday through Sunday, 13-16 January.

Next Meeting: The next regularly scheduled NCBF Executive Board meeting is scheduled for November 16, 2004 @ 7 PM at the Trinity United Methodist Church located at the corner of Rt-118 and Clopper Rd. in Germantown , MD.

Adjourned: The meeting was adjourned at 12:10 pm .

Respectfully submitted,

Chuck Hartzman

Secretary

hawgbass@hotmail.com

H (301) 916-8244

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