MASS BASS FEDERATION APRIL 2000 MINUTES Meeting called to order at 7:35 P.M. Roll Call: Missing were Assabet Valley, Eastside, Northeast, Totem Pole, Worcester County and South East. Secretaries Report: Joe read his report and noted that there were two omissions from the March minutes. The Directors voted that the new three new clubs Minute Man, Charles River and Eastside would help Metro West run their Casting Kids and fishing Derby at Lake Cochituite. These clubs would have to send most of their members to help. The clubs agreed to work the tournament and would supply most of their club to work. The other omission was in regards to a question about the bylaw reading that a club could not hold more than one tournament on a body of water in a calendar year. The question was if it pertained to Massachusetts only or all states. The Directors voted that the rule is that you can only hold one tournament on a body of water in any state in a calendar year. Motion by Buzzards, seconded by Massmasters to accept the minutes as read and amended. Motion passed. The 2000 rosters have been updated I should have a copy for every club at the May meeting. The updated list has been passed on to Paul Dalida for the newsletter. Treasurers Report: Jim went over Dean’s report. Motion by Buzzards, seconded by Blackstone to accept deans report and pay all bill. Motion passed. Tournament Report: Joe thanked everyone that showed up to the Regional team benefits. The full report is on the web and will be in the newsletter. The new scales are in and were used at the benefits. There is the usual wind problem but other than that the scales and remote display worked excellent. You can see the remote display from a cross the Watuppa parking lot. Joe is going to have an enclosure built to help stop the wind from stopping the scale from steadying. There is going to be a problem with the Squam Lake ramp if you are going to have a tournament after Labor Day. The road going by the ramp is going to be moved and the ramp is going to ripped up. They will also be either hydro dredging or dredging the channel at the ramp area. The Federation TOC will be moved. The most likely location is Congamong Lake. The Tournament Committee will check into the availability of this and other locations. Don’t forget the TOC date is October 7th and 8th. The state of New Hampshire passed into law the boater education bill. You can go on line to www.nesportsman.com to get a copy. This will affect you right away if you get any safety violation on NH waters. BASS has changed the rule in regards to culling rings. You can no longer use the rings that put holes in the fish. We are going to have to look into this rule and decide if we are going to adopt it at some time in the future. There is also a question involving Connecticut requiring all trailers on the roads to have an inspection sticker. We will look into this more. Environmental Report: The Directors voted to have Dean send a letter to the state backing the lead ban. Youth Report: Massmasters is holding a Casting Kids at the Goose Hummock on the Cape and Metro West will be holding one at Lake Cochituite. Scholarship Report: The application is out. Bill has 3 back and is expecting more. Due date is April 30th. Newsletter Report: Paul needs articles for the up coming newsletters. New Business: Boston Bass asked the Directors for permission to hold an open tournament for the Karl Kaprelian Scholarship Fund. The club derives no money for the club all money goes to the Scholarship Fund. Mike Keane reported it actually cost the club money. Mike also asked that the tournament not be counted against the club holding more than one tournament on the same body of water. The tournament will be on Winni at the end of September after the Championship. There was a motion by River Rats, seconded by Buzzards to allow the open and not count it against the club. Motion passed unanimously. Mike will bring a flier to the Federation meeting for all those wishing to fish. Old Business: American Eagle club is looking for help with their PVA tournament on the Charles River. Tiny needs our help, he need to get boats to take out some of the PVA anglers. Please see Tiny to volunteer. Tiny is also having a problem getting a permit to use the Esplanade. The MDC only gives out 70 permits and will not give out another. I guess it doesn’t matter if your disabled serving for you country. MDC doesn’t care they have rules they won’t bend. I think its time to send the Governors office emails and letters! The 2000 Championship site will be the Connecticut River in Hartford area. Second was Mallets Bay and third was Ticonderoga. The Directors voted in favor of allowing open tournaments 21 to 6. A committee appointed by the President will draft a set of rules. The issue of separating the Federation trail from the Federation was brought up. The Directors voted against separating the trail or the trail funds. The Championship rules were gone over and voted by the Directors. There were several changes made. Your Director should have the changes in his notes. The rules will be reprinted and posted on the web and put in the newsletter. President Jim Marino told all those in attendance that starting at the May meeting all meetings would be directors only. Anyone else that is not a Director that has business at the meeting must call Jim Marino to be put on the agenda. Meeting adjourned at 10:45 PM. Don’t forget the up coming Federation Trail tournament on Mashpee/Wakby in May. MASS BASS FEDERATION AUGUST 2000 MINUTES ROLL CALL: Missing were Eastside, Massmasters and Totem Pole. Secretaries Report: The secretary read the minutes. Motion by Metro West, seconded by City Bass to accept the minutes as read. Motion passed Treasures Report: Dean was on vacation there would be a report next month. Seconded Roll Call 8:00 P.M.: Missing were Eastside, Massmasters, Totem Pole and Central NE. Youth Report: The 12th annual Federation Youth tournament was held at Quinsigamond. There were 25 seniors and 15 juniors that participated. Wayne Ellis will have a written report next month along with the reports for the Casting Kids at the Centrum and the finals at Marine USA. Old Business: The Boston show will be at Wilmington again in 2001. The dates are February 9-11. Don’t forget the bylaw changes are due in for the September meeting. (You must have enough copies for each Director and Officer) Nominations for Officer are as follows. President Jim Marino - Wachusett Bassmasters Vice President Joe McKinnon - Boston Bass Anglers Secretary Joe McKinnon - Boston Bass Anglers Treasurer Dean Percival – Greenwater Wizards Youth Director Wayne Bacon – Buzzards Luck Conservation Director – Bryan King – Metro West Lunker Hunters Tournament Committee Peter MacLellan Karl Veazie Bob Whitmarsh Paul Simpson Bruce Pratt Nick Stevens Alan Kaprelian Mike Tamburello Scott Gordon John Tucker Jamie Worth Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM Don’t forget the Karl Kaprelian Open on Winni out of Ames Farm Sunday September 24th. For more info contact Mike Keane at 978-343-4846 Don’t forget all Championship penalties must be paid at the October meeting to be in good standings for 2001. MASS BASS FEDERATION DECEMBER 2000 MINUTES Roll Call : Missing were: Active Bass, Bassmasters of New England (2nd), Mystic Valley, and Worcester County Secretaries Report: Motion by City Side, seconded by Buzzards Luck to wave the reading. Motion passed. ***Clubs must turn in two copies of their rosters to the secretary. A check was also given ($15 per person) for the National Dues. Make checks payable to "Mass Bass Federation". Any club who did not do so is asked to send in to: Bryan King 17 Rockland Street Natick, MA 01760 These will all be due next month. Treasurers Report: Motion by American Eagle, seconded by Fall River to pay all bills. Motion passed. Tournament Report: The 2002 trail is in…. May 19th – Webster June 16th - Newfound Lake July 27th - Barton’s Cove August 18th - Northern Champlain (St. Alban’s) Oct. 5,6 - TOC on Winnipesaukee DO NOT FORGET THIS YEAR’S TRAIL… May 20th - South Watuppa June 17th - Squam July 15th - Winnipesaukee Aug. 19th - Connecticut River, Hartford Oct. 6,7 - TOC Barton’s Cove Youth: Wayne wanted to know who is working the Casting Kids at the Wilmington and Springfield Shows. The following clubs are running booths or running events: American Eagle – Running booth at Wilmington (Feb. 9-11) Green Water - Running booth at Worcester Bristol County – Running Casting kids on Saturday at Wilmington Northeast – Running booth whole weekend at Springfield, and Casting Kids on Saturday ***WE NEED HELP AT WILIMINGTON AND SPRINGFIELD ON SUNDAY*** Call Wayne @978-663-4710 to volunteer your club. Clubs may be drawn randomly to fill these voids. Worcester Show Times (Each club must send 4 guys on Sunday) 9-12, 12-4 Conservation Report: Dean submitted a $105 Web Bill, and a $50 conservation bill. Newsletter: Dean and Jim want to get the travel guide before the fishing show. DUE DATE IS DECEMBER 20th. Email Dean with any questions Dean@whiznet.com Banquet Report: Banquet made over $5000. Bills to be paid were Peter McClellan ($250 for certificates), Joe McKinnon ($249 for tackle boxes), Steve Carty ($500), and $930 for plaques. Mike Tamburello volunteered at this meeting to be the banquet chairperson for next year. Scholarship: Brian Trefry volunteered to be the Scholarship Chairperson. He will have more information at a later time. State Team: No Report. Don’t forget your raffle tickets!!! Old Business: Plano Deal and Mercury deal will be handed out at the January Meeting. New Business: 1. By-laws Rules Committee met (Al Cappy, Joe M., Karl V., Dean, and Paul S.), and made their recommendation. Please see attached for a list of the changes. Motion by Boston, seconded by Bass Addicts to suspend the 80% per capita vote to change by-laws. Motion passed 34-1(or 590-24). Motion by Boston Bass, seconded by Bass Addicts to accept package of changed by-laws as they are written. Motion passed 34-1 2. Tiny gave us an overview of the budget. There will be an income of $55,358, but expenses will exceed the budget by $6000. Dues will have to go up by $5.00, and fish-offs will also go up. Motion by Boston, seconded by South Shore to accept the budget with a $5.00 dues increase per member. Motion passed 34-1. 3. Motion by American Eagles, seconded by Mass Bass Busters to buy a printer for the Federation Treasurer. Motion passed 35-0. 4. Motion by American Eagle, seconded by Cape Cod to pay $100 for Assabet Valley Director as a reimbursement for buying banquet tickets that his members already bought through Joe M. Motion passed 35-0. 5. Ray Lentine from Massmasters was given an opportunity to present information regarding a Pro-Am tourney trail, run in conjunction with Green Water. Extensive discussion on this issue. Motion by Boston Bass, seconded by Bass Addicts to bring this to the Tournament Committee, as it is a tournament issue. Motion passed 24-5. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. ALL CLUB ROSTERS AND DUES ARE DUE BY THE JANUARY MEETING!!!!!!! Fed dues are $30 per person and BASS dues are $15 and both will be paid thru the Federation Secretary!! NEXT MEETING January 16, 2001!!!! MASS BASS FEDERATION JULY 2000 MINUTES Roll Call: Missing were Active Bass, Blackstone, and Eastside, Plymouth Rock. Secretaries Report: Joe read the June minutes. Motion by Boston, seconded by American Eagle to accept the minutes. Motion passed. Treasurers Report: Dean read his report and listed all outstanding bills. Motion by Boston, seconded by River Rats to accept Dean's report and pay all bills. Motion passed. Tournament Report: Joe reported that the trail was going well. The next trail tournament will be on Winni at Ames Farm on Sunday August 20th. Also a reminder that there is a Regional Team open at Ames Farm Saturday September 2nd. Come on down and help support your 2000 Regional Team. Youth Report: Wayne Bacon reminded everyone that the Youth tournament is August 5th at Quinsigamond at the Flint Pond ramp. Old Business: The Directors voted to allow 5 clubs per year to hold 1 open tournament each per year. This will be by draw and the tournaments will not interfere with Federation events and will be chosen after the clubs chose their schedules. There was a motion made to hold the 2001 State Championship in the month of August. This was tabled till the August meeting. Nominations are open for all Offices. Bylaw changes are open also. Remember you need enough copies for every Director and all Officers. There was a motion by the Massmasters, seconded by Bass Addicts that we have a booth at the Worcester show and run a Casting Kids contest and that every club must send four members to help run the contest and Path Ways to Fishing. Motion passed unanimously. New Business: Tri County’s President spoke to the Directors in regards to 3 members whose membership was submitted 4 days after the dead line. Motion by Tri County to allowed their 3 members to be eligible for the Championships. Motion died due to lack of a seconded. The drawing for the Potomac River was held and the winner was Scott Gordon. The drawing for Mega Bucks and Florida top 150. The Federation is looking for 12 workers for the State Championships. There were 6 volunteers at the meeting we are still looking for 6 more. There was a question as to Ray Lentine’s eligibility to be a non-boater at this years Championship. It was pointed out that by the rules passed by the Directors in April all members must be in good standing at the August meeting and have been on the clubs rooster at the April meeting to be eligible to be on the clubs 8 man team list. Rays suspension does not end until after that August meet so he is not in good standing and is therefore ineligible to be on the Massmasters team list. Reminder all Team roosters with all entry fees and Lunker fees are due at the August meeting. No later!!! Meeting adjourned at 10:00 P.M. Sorry for the delay in getting the minutes out Please accept my apology! MASS BASS FEDERATION MARCH 2000 MINUTES Roll Call : Absent was Beastmasters. Secretaries Report: Joe read the minutes. Motion by Buzzards, seconded by American Eagles to accept the minutes as read. Conservation Report: Dean’s report will be printed in the newsletter. Mike Keane reminded everyone that if you get denied for a permit let him know where you are moving too. Youth Report: The Casting Kids Finals brought 39 out of 42 possible contestants to Marine USA. The Senior Division winner was Brian Freedman from Orleans and the Junior winner was Jim Bartell from Randolph. Congratulations to both! The finals raised $530.60 from the kitchen, which was donated by Marine USA. A special thanks to our friends at Marine USA for allowing us to hold the Cast5ing Kids Finals there as well as donating the receipts from the kitchen to the Federation Youth Fund. Newsletter Report: Paul needs articles for the April newsletter. Scholarship Report: Applications are due out soon! Tournament Report: Don’t forget the 2 up coming Federation Regional Team benefit tournaments one on Saturday April 15th at South Watuppa and Sunday April 16th at Webster Lake. The Tournament Committee recommended that the Federation purchase 2 new scales for the up coming season. The current Federation scales were purchased about ten years ago and have been acting up. There was a motion by Boston, seconded by Buzzards Luck to suspend bylaw Article IV, section 2 D Treasurer #4. Motion passed 37 to 0 with 1 abstaining vote. Motion by Berkshire, seconded by Barehill to purchase 2 new scales and accessories with the price not to accede $1650.00. Motion passed 37 to 0 with 1 abstention. President Jim Marino brought up the discussion about separating the Federation Trail from the Federation. The Tournament Committee would have its own checkbook and pay the Federation 10% to "Rent" the trailer and equipment from the Federation. Please discuss this with your club and it will be discussed at the next meeting. Old Business: American Eagle Bass is hosting a Paralyzed Veterans Tournament on the e Charles River in Watertown/Brighton ramp on June 11th. They need lots of help! Contact Tiny LaFontaine for information. Steve Marshall offered to store the trailer and other equipment. The Championship Committee told the Directors that we would be holding our Championship meeting at Meadow Brook Farms the Friday night before the tournament. We will be having a cook out so come hungry! Jim passed out the Championship rules. We will be voting on them next month so please discuss them with your club. New Business: Dean read a letter from "Kids at Heart" Children’s Hospital Marathon Team. There was a motion by Fall River, seconded by City Bass to donate $999,00. Jim Marino offered to give $1.00 to make it an even $1000. Many members reached into their pockets to make the final total over $1500. Our donation will be well spent at Children’s Hospital. Thanks to all who donated! President Jim Marino talked about allowing clubs to hold open tournaments as fundraisers. The clubs would have to rent the Federation trailer and equipment and would be under strict guidelines. Motion by Boston, seconded by Clearwater to take this back to your clubs for discussion. Motion passed. Jim asked the Directors to form a Committee to look into the rules and a regulation needed to conduct the club opens. Motion by City, seconded by Wachuesett to form the committee. Motion passed. There was much discussion about fishing the spawn on Mass and NH waters. Bryan King from Metro West will investigate all information from several studies and bring a report back to the Directors. There was a letter read from the Hudson Cub Scouts asking for any kind of donation to help start the Cub Scouts in their first fishing derby. The derby will be held at the Gun club trout pond. Motion by Wildside, seconded by Buzzards Luck to donate $100. Motion passed. The directors collected another $25 to add to this. The sites to choose from for the 2001 State Championships are as follows. Conn. River Hartford Hudson River Catskills Mempramagog VT Champlain at Ticonderoga Champlain at Mallets Bay We will be voting at the April meeting. Metro West is helping host a youth tournament and Casting Kids on May 13th at Lake Cochituite. They need help running the Casting Kids. Several new clubs volunteered to help. Anyone else that would like to help can contact Brian at bjkbass@excite.com . Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. Due to the large crowd at the March meeting President Jim Marino will only allow Directors into the April meeting. Sorry for the delay in getting the minutes out. I crashed my system and had to rebuild a new one. I had to type in 130 addresses I had off old email. If anyone has been omitted please email me so I can add you to my new list. Don’t forget the Federation opens at Watuppa and Webster!! MASS BASS FEDERATION MAY 2000 DIRECTORS MEETING Meeting called to order at 7:40 P.M. Roll Call: Plymouth Rock and South East. Secretaries Report: Joe read the April minutes. Motion by Boston, seconded by Wachusett to accept the minutes as read. Motion passed. Treasures Report: Dean read his report and listed all outstanding bills. Motions by Greenwater, seconded by American Eagle to pay all bills and accept Dean’s report. Motion passed. Conservation Report: Dean talked about the current boater safety laws being proposed and about the upcoming Massachusetts lead bill. Youth Report: Motion by Bass Addicts, seconded by Metro West to donate $200 to the Connecticut Youth Tournament on July 29th. Motion passed. Tournament Report: The 2000 TOC will be moved to Congamong if we can get a permit. Don’t forget the second Federation Trail Tournament, which is on Barton’s Cove is before the next Federation meeting. Scholarship Report: This years two scholarship winners are Mathew Demarias and David Wolf. Mathews mother Dot is in Bristol County and David’s father Dave is in Tri County. Congratulations to both! Newsletter Report: Paul is still waiting for write-ups for the Casting Kids Finals. Paul needs a few articles for up coming issues so if your club wants to put in a few write-ups the space is available. Give your club and its members some free press! Web Report: Dean and Sully have swapped web jobs Dean will be doing the Web site and Sully will be the Web Chairman. Thanks for the great job Sully; you made our site 1st class. Dean is currently working on a classified page to replace the bulletin board. Old Business: Brian King of Metro West gave a report on fishing during the spawn. Brian got info from the state biologist, BASS and several other sources. Its was an interesting bit of info. It is info for you to hear and make a decision on your own about spawn fishing. He will be printing it in the Federation newsletter and you should check it out. Good job Brian! Tiny still needs boaters for the PVA tournament on the Charles River on June 11th. There was a motion by the River Rats, seconded by Massmasters to donate $500 to the PVA tournament for any expenses that may come up. Motion passed. Jim read an email from Ray Lentine. Ray seemed to be confused as to whether he could fish the 2000 Championship at Winni. The Directors voted 39 to 1 that the intent of the suspension was that Ray miss the 2000 Championship and be a non-boater in 2001 and 2002. New Business: BASS has a new sponsor Worldwaters.com. It’s a web site for tackle, shipping is free and the prices are supposed to be very competitive. Have your members check it out! Meeting adjourned at 8:30 P.M.! That’s a record !MASS BASS FEDERATION NOVEMBER 2000 MINUTES Roll Call: Missing were: Bass Masters of NE, Berkshire County Bass, Northeast, Plymouth Rock, Rod Jockey’s, South Shore and Worcester Bass. Secretaries Report: Motion by Minute Man, seconded by Metrowest to wave the reading. Motion passed. Treasurers Report: Tiny read over his report, including the upcoming year’s budget. Motion by American Eagle, seconded by City Bass to pay all bills. Motion passed. Dean clarified to the directors about the checking account. Tournament Report: No report at this time Youth: Wayne reported he needed information from clubs that held casting kids competition this past year, so kids who are eligible for the championships can be notified. Each club will need to send four guys to the Worcester Show (Feb. 4). Conservation Report: Dean reported that the Federation would be purchasing an oxygenator for the weigh-in tanks at Federation events. It will cost $200-300. He also cautioned members to watch for charities that are actually PETA in disguise. Mike Keane handed out information to the directors of clubs who had submitted their tournament lists for next year. The Charles River has an attached sheet to fill out, and a $17 fee. December first is when New Hampshire begins to accept permits. Later in the meeting it was discussed how to contact Connecticut for tournament on the Connecticut River. The number is 1-860-424-3474, and they accept permits as they come in. Contact Riverfront Recapture Group for more info on the river and launching. Newsletter: Dean and Jim want to get the travel guide before the fishing show. Articles are due by December 7th. Dean handed out forms to be filled out by clubs for contact info. Banquet Report: The Banquet will be on November 25th at the Maynard Elks. Tickets are $25 per person and are available now. See your Director or call Joe McKinnon. Scholarship: We are looking for a scholarship chairman. State Team: Roy Wood handed out envelopes for a 50/50 raffle to be drawn on May 15th. Directors are asked to bring them back to their club. There will be four Regional team open tournaments next year, with the two in April, Mother’s Day weekend, and one on Labor Day weekend. Old Business: Incident from the fish-offs concerning the trailer hitting a car was brought up again. Both parties involved need to take care of this themselves. New Business: Letter from Myron Sayers, acting president of Western Mass Bass (formally Berkshire County), about their club situation. Part of their club has left to join the Connecticut Federation, but some members want to remain in Mass Bass. One of the new by-laws says they have to be in the federation for one year to be eligible for fish-offs. Motion by Blackstone, seconded by Cochituite to suspend Article 2, Section 1 requirement for membership. In order to do this we need an 80% per capita vote. Ballots were handed out. Motion passes 517-54. Motion by South Shore, seconded by Worcester County to donate $200 from the conservation travel budget in the Jimmy Fund in the name of a members child that recently passed away from brain cancer. Motion passed. Our heart felt sympathy goes out to the family. Extensive discussion regarding new by-laws. The following were points that were raised. By-law lowers the number of members from a club who can be in the fish-offs. Some clubs already have chosen their team prior to this by-law. Mandating tournaments in MASS when some clubs hold tourney in New Hampshire. Question as to how Massachusetts got into by-law. By-laws might be invalid because an individual instead of a club submitted them. Intent was to try to help overall, but there are some problems. By-laws should stand, because they were voted in.
Joe echoed many words form all sides. In an attempt to make things go easier, a committee will be formed to look at the by-laws that were voted in, and try to work this out, keeping in mind the thoughts used to make them, and how they can help the federation. The directors agreed this was the best thing to do. Motion by Buzzards, seconded by Boston to have a 5 man Committee appointed by the President to find an eqitable solution to the recently passed by-laws. Motion passed unanimously. The 14-member tournament committee that was voted in will stand for this year. Joe brought to the Directors a possible problem with the Federation event in August on the Connecticut River. Rhode Island will be launching 30 miles south. Joe will talk with RI and get back to us. Dean ended the meeting be telling us about a letter he received from the Attorney General’s office. He will work on this, but not include Tiny. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 P.M. NEXT MEETING IS DECEMBER 12th!!!!!!!!! Don’t forget anything for travel guide!!! Bring all BASS dues to the December meeting. List plus copy and check to BASS for $15 per member. You must pay this through the Federation. MASS BASS FEDERATION OCTOBER 2000 MINUTES Roll Call: Missing were: Active Bass, Bass Masters of NE, Classic Bass, Clearwater and Top Rods. The regular order of business was suspended to further cover several incidents that happened at the September meeting. After much discussion there was a motion by City Bass, seconded by American Eagles that John be suspended for two years from all Federation events (tournaments, banquet, youth events, meetings, etc) and will be place on probation for five years after being his two year suspension. This will take effect upon a full apology to the girl and the members of the Federation. Motion passed 22 to 10. Update: the Wednesday following the Board meeting the parents of the girl that was involved in the incident with John contacted me. They were very unhappy with Directors changing the penalty for John. They have no problem with the two years suspension and the 5 years probation. They would like to have the two years be from his club as well as the Federation. I will forward the letter they sent me to all Directors. BASS has contacted me and we will have to revisit this. Secretaries Report: Motion to wave the reading. Motion passed. Treasurers Report: Dean went over his report and listed all outstanding bills. Motion by River Rats, seconded by Boston to accept Dean’s report and pay all bills. Motion passed. Dean needs anyone with Federation checks to please cash them so he can close out accounts. Tournament Report: Mike Tamburello and Steve Marshall won The Federation Tournament of Champions with 40.09 pounds. Congrats to Mike and Steve!! Joe thanked the Tournament Committee for a job well done all year and thanked all those who participated on the Federation trail in 2000. We hope to see you all back next year. Conservation Report: Mike Keane reminded everyone that he would be accepting club tournament lists for 2001 on November 1st. Remember that you can not use the following dates April 14th and 15th, May 20th, June 17th, July 15th, August 5th, August 19th, September 8th and 9th, October 6th and 7th. Also be reminded that the PVA tournament is on June9th try not to schedule that date. Newsletter: Paul Dalida will be stepping down as editor. Jim Marino and Dean Percival will be taking over as Co – Editors. If you need ad info call Jim or Dean for info. Banquet Report: The Banquet will be on November 25th at the Maynard Elks. Tickets are $25 per person and are available now. See your Director or call Joe McKinnon. Old Business: The December meeting will be on the 14th please remind your Directors. New Business: Election results are as follows: President Joe McKinnon Vice President Karl Veazie Secretary Bryan King Treasurer Tiny LaFontaine Youth Director Wayne Bacon Environmental Director Dean Percival All Tournament committee members that were nominated were elected. See the web site for results of Bylaw votes. Out going President Jim Marino would like to thank all of the members of the Federation for their support over the last 3 years, and a special thanks to all those that worked for the Federation in the past three years. Meeting adjourned at 11:30 P.M. Chapter Year Books due at the November meeting!! Don’t forget the Banquet!!!! MASS BASS FEDERATION January 2000 MINUTES Roll Call: Assabet, Eastside, and Totem Pole Secretary’s Report: Report accepted as printed. Motion by Clearwater, seconded by Wildside. Motion passed. Treasurer’s Report: Dean read his report and listed all outstanding bills. Motion by Wachusett, seconded by River Rats to accept Deans report and pay all bills. Motion passed. Youth Report: Don’t forget the Worcester Casting Kids on February 6th. The Casting Kids Championship will be held March 12th at Marine USA. Tournament Report: The 2000 Bylaws/Tournament rules were handed out to the Directors. There were several changes so make sure your club goes over the changes. Conservation Report: Dean is looking into several ways we can help out the Mass Division of Fish and Wildlife. There were several suggestions made. We will be discussing this at the February meeting. Mike Keane reminded the Directors that if you have tournament changes to make you must contact him with the changes. Scholarship Report: Bill Staples of Fall River Bass Anglers has volunteered to chair the Scholarship Committee. Applications should be available soon. Old Business: The orders and the money for the Mercury order have to be in at the February meeting. See your Director for details. New Business: The two members of The Cajun club that owe the money from the State Championships at Champlain are suspended till the $50 per man is paid to the Federation. Meeting adjourned at 9:45 P.M. Don’ forget to send your four members to the Worcester Centrum Casting Kids!!! The Dead line has passed to pay your 2000 Federation/Bass dues. Please send me all updates ASAP to get members covered on the BASS insurance. | 
