Big Bend Bassmasters Creed...
I promise to create among my fellow anglers, and the public in general, an awareness of my Chapter's and my Society's contributions to American angling, conservation and outdoor recreation. I will encourage and instruct the youth of my community in the art of bass fishing. I pledge myself to full adherence to all conservation codes and to detect and report any polluter of our nation's waters.
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Big Bend Bassmasters Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes
March 4th, 2010
President Rick Ferrell called the meeting to order. Secretary Mark Lewis conducted roll call with the following club members present.
Rick Ferrell Tommy Goodson Roy Headley Adam Leachman Mark Lewis Dennis Naylor Tim Rhodes Jerry Spradling Dale Taylor Rick Vincent ( Petitioners for membership attending meeting are: ) Chris Graham & Orvil Graham
Secretary Lewis read the minutes of the February 4rd, 2010 meeting. and also the club members boat insurance expiration dates. Roy Headley made the motion to accept the minutes as read and was seconded by Rick Vincent. All club members present voted in favor of the minutes to be accepted as read.
Treasure Report: Treasurer Roy Headley gave his monthly report with all funds accounted for.
Roy wrote a check to cover the cost of Big Bend's charter dues to the WVBF and presented it to the club president Rick Ferrell to take to this Sunday's WVBF meeting.
The treasurer report also reflected that all club members banquet dinner funds had been paid and accounted for.
Rick Vincent made the motion to accept the treasurer report as read and was seconded by
Tim Rhodes.
All the club members present voted in favor of the treasurer report to be accepted as read.
Old Business: None
New Business: Roy Headley reminded everyone that the WVBF meeting was this Sunday, March 7th if anyone wanted to attend and that we would have to pay our charter dues.
Club member Tommy Goodson reported that the Big Bend T-shirts would be ready soon.
Tommy also has the info that club members would need in order to purchase a Big Bend T-shirt.
Chris & Orvil Graham attended the club meeting to petition for membership into
Big Bend Bassmasters and was recommended by Roy Headley and Mark Lewis.
Chris and Orvil told the club members present why they wanted to join the club.
Then President Rick Ferrell asked them to wait outside while the club members voted on them for membership. All the club members present voted in favor of Chris & Orvil Graham's membership into Big Bend Bassmasters.
At such time all the club members welcomed Chris and Orvil into the club.
Treasurer Roy Headley received their club dues, and at such time wrote a check to cover their TBF/FLW dues. That check was presented to the club secretary so the club roster could be updated.
Regular Meeting Date Change:
We all know that it is custom for us to hold our pre-tournament club meeting's the Thursday before our Saturday tournament and that will continue to be in affect.
But do to the fact that so many of our club officer's will be on vacation at Guntersville Lake, Alabama the week of our regular April 8th meeting date prior to our April 10th, Saturday tournament at Sutton Lake.
The exception to the rule was made by our club President Rick Ferrell that we have our
pre-tournament club meeting date for that tournament only to be held on Thursday, April 1st for our tournament #5 at Sutton Lake on Saturday, April 10th.
ADJOURMENT: The motion to adjourn was made by Rick Vincent and seconded by
Dennis Naylor and all club members present were in favor of the closing of the meeting.
The next regular club meeting for Big Bend Bassmasters is scheduled for Thursday,
April 1st, 2010 at Motor Service Garage. MEETING ADJOURNED!
This page was last updated: March 12, 2010
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* NOTE: Starting the first of the every year this web site roster will be updated with only active club members pictures,
and inactive club members as they change to active statue will have there name and picture posted......Thank You.
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Rick Vincent
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Lester Marsh
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Tony Barnett
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President:
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Bill Garrett
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Tommy Goodson
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GONE FISHING
Secretary:
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Dennis Naylor
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Dick Smith
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Big Bend Bassmasters Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes
December 3rd, 2009
Past President Roy Headley called the meeting to order. Secretary Mark Lewis conducted roll call with the following club members present.
Roy Headley Adam Leachman Mark Lewis Dale Taylor Rick Vincent
Secretary Lewis read the minutes of the October 22th, 2009 meeting and also the club members, Boat Insurance expiration dates. Corrections to the minutes were made during this meeting.
Rick Vincent made the motion to accept the minutes as read with the following corrections and was seconded by Dale Taylor. All club members present voted in favor of the minutes to be accepted as read with the following corrections made.
Past President Roy Headley read the report for Tournament #4; and the Tournament Overall's for the 2010 Tournament Trail.
Treasure Report: Treasurer Roy Headley stated that their has been no changes.
Old Business: Secretary Lewis reported that the plaques for the Top Six, Big Bass, and John Burdette's plaque have been ordered. The price of the plaques will be the same.
New Business: By Law Changes: Adam Leachman made the motion to delete Article II-Section 3-Requirements for Individual Junior Membership, and was seconded by Rick Vincent.
Dale Taylor made the motion to make the following changes to Article II-Section 4-Membership Dues, and was seconded by Rick Vincent. Rick Vincent made the motion to delete Article IX-Section 1-Subsection (g)-Tournament Rules, and was seconded by Dale Taylor.
All the club members present voted in favor of the above motions for the By Law changes.
By Law change results:
Article II-Section 3-Requirements for Individual Junior Membership: This was deleted because Big Bend Bassmasters is an Adult Club.
Article II-Section 4-Membership Dues: The following changes were made to keep up with the change in how our FLW dues are to be paid now thru the club. The change reads now as:
The membership dues of $95.00 shall be paid annually as of the (#1) first tournament of the Tournament Trail Year, or upon being voted into the chapter. Such club dues will cover the club members TBF/FLW and WVBF membership.
Article IX-Section 1-Subsection (g)-Tournament Rules: This was deleted do to the fact that we don't want to keep anyone from being able to go to the Qualifier because they didn't fish 60% of the club tournaments for that Tournament Trail Year.
Election of Officers:
Nominated for President was Rick Ferrell, Vice President was Dale Taylor,
Secretary was Mark Lewis, and Treasurer was Roy Headley.
All the club members present voted in favor of the nominated club members for Club Officer's.
TBF/FLW Dues:
Treasurer Roy Headley wrote a check to cover twelve club member's TBF/FLW dues for 2010.
ADJOURMENT: The motion was made by Adam Leachman and seconded by Dale Taylor and all club members present were in favor of the closing of the meeting.
The next regular club meeting for Big Bend Bassmasters is scheduled for Thursday,
January 7th, 2010 at Motor Service Garage. MEETING ADJOURNED!
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Big Bend Bassmasters Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes
January 14th, 2010
Vice President Dale Taylor called the meeting to order. Secretary Mark Lewis conducted roll call with the following club members present.
Bill Garrett Tommy Goodson Roy Headley Adam Leachman Mark Lewis Dennis Naylor Randy Norris Tim Rhodes Dale Taylor Rick Vincent
Secretary Lewis read the minutes of the December 3rd, 2009 meeting and also the club members, Boat Insurance expiration dates. Roy Headley made the motion to accept the minutes as read and was seconded by Randy Norris. All club members present voted in favor of the minutes to be accepted as read.
Treasure Report: Treasurer Roy Headley gave his report of the January 2nd, 2010 statement.
Three club members FLW dues were paid at the meeting and will have to be deposited.
Roy also wrote a club check to cover the three club members TBF and FLW dues. Randy Norris made the motion to accept the treasurer report as read and was seconded by Tommy Goodson. All the club members present voted in favor of the treasurer report to be accepted as read.
Old Business: Secretary Lewis reported that the by-law changes had been adopted to
Big Bend Bassmasters by-laws and a copy had been presented at the meeting.
Awards Banquet and Ladies Appreciation Night: The motion was made by Secretary Lewis that the banquet be held at the "Country Kitchen" in Ravenswood and was seconded by Randy Norris.
Secretary Lewis also made the motion that the banquet be held on February 20th, 2010 starting at 7:00 pm and was seconded by Adam Leachman. All the club members present voted in favor of the motions.
There was a discussion of the banquet menu and was decided by all club members present to have the following menu, house salad, baked steak with gravy, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and rolls, with dessert being apple pie and ice cream, and the following drinks would be coffee, ice tea, and soda's.
The following club members will be attaining the door prizes for the Awards Banquet,
Rick Ferrell, Tommy Goodson, Roy Headley, Mark Lewis, Dale Taylor, and any other club members that would like to help.
The "Thank You Letter's" that are to be presented to our sponsors for the door prizes they donate to the club will be made by the club Secretary and those letters may be obtained from the Secretary's home or from "Motor Service Garage".
Secretary Lewis stated that the honor of making the Banquet presentation papers, of course would be all his.
Banquet Plaques: Secretary Lewis made the motion that we accept and pay the price for the eight plaques that was made for our Awards Banquet. Randy Norris seconded the motion and all the club members present voted in favor of the motion. At such time Treasurer Roy Headley wrote a check to cover the price of the eight plaques.
New Business: Big Bend Bassmasters 2010 Tournament Trail:
Roy Headley made the motion that we accept the 2010 tournament trail schedule and was seconded by Randy Norris. All the club member's present voted in favor of the motion.
(NOTE: I will post the tournament schedule on this web site under the Tournament Schedule link after our next regular club meeting in February when these minutes are read and approved as read by the club members present and there are no changes to be made.)
Secretary Lewis made the motion that we have the club Treasurer pay for the deposit of the Veterans Shelter at the Riverfront Park, Ravenswood Ramp out of club funds for our club picnic.
The motion was seconded by Tim Rhodes and all the club members present voted in favor of the motion.
ADJOURMENT: The motion was made by Tim Rhodes and seconded by Randy Norris and all club members present were in favor of the closing of the meeting.
The next regular club meeting for Big Bend Bassmasters is scheduled for Thursday,
February 4th, 2010 at Motor Service Garage. MEETING ADJOURNED!
Club Member:
Mike Waggoner
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Club Member:
Bill Bowers
GONE FISHING
GONE FISHING
Big Bend Bassmasters Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes
February 4th, 2010
President Rick Ferrell called the meeting to order. Secretary Mark Lewis conducted roll call with the following club members present.
Rick Ferrell Tommy Goodson Roy Headley Adam Leachman
Mark Lewis Randy Norris Tim Rhodes Jerry Spradling Rick Vincent
Secretary Lewis read the minutes of the January 14rd, 2010 meeting. Roy Headley made the motion to accept the minutes as read and was seconded by Randy Norris. All club members present voted in favor of the minutes to be accepted as read.
Treasure Report: Treasurer Roy Headley gave his monthly report with all funds accounted for. Randy Norris made the motion to accept the treasurer report as read and was seconded by Rick Vincent. All the club members present voted in favor of the treasurer report
to be accepted as read.
Old Business: President Rick Ferrell brought to the club members attention that there was a need for a change in our 2010 Tournament Trail Schedule due to the fact that some of our tournaments were in conflict with the WVBF tournaments and we have to change them along with one tournament that falls on a holiday weekend.
A decision was made in favor by all the club members present to change the 2010 Tournament Trail as needed to not to be in conflict with the WVBF tournaments or on a holiday weekend.
Secretary Lewis reported that the plaques for the Awards Banquet should be ready for pickup by this weekend and also we should have Twenty Five (25) attending the Banquet.
New Business: We received twelve club members TBF cards that were presented to those that attended the meeting and the others will be mailed to the other club members. Also six TBF cards for another bass club were sent to us by mistake and will be sent back to TBF.
Roy Headley reported that the WVBF has added a second Championship tournament that will be held on the Kanawha River at Charleston, WV on September 4th and 5th.
Jerry Spradling attended the club meeting to petition for membership into Big Bend Bassmasters and was recommended by Tim Rhodes and Rick Ferrell.
Jerry told the club members present why he wanted to join the club.
Then President Rick Ferrell asked Jerry to step aside while the club members voted on him for membership. All the club members present voted in favor of Jerry Spradling's membership into Big Bend Bassmasters. At such time all the club members welcomed Jerry into the club.
(NOTE: The 2010 Tournament Trail Schedule has been posted.)
ADJOURMENT: The motion was made by Roy Headley and seconded by Rick Vincent and all club members present were in favor of the closing of the meeting.
The next regular club meeting for Big Bend Bassmasters is scheduled for Thursday,
March 4th, 2010 at Motor Service Garage. MEETING ADJOURNED!
