Montana Bass Federation: My Site News

The meeting was held at the Press Box in Missoula, MT. It was called to order at 1000 am by the MBFN president. The following items were distributed to those present:

- Meeting minutes from the Sept 07 State Meeting

- Copy of proposed new by-laws.

- 2008 CK’s and Jr. BM Alignment Draft

- Bass Club World Championship information

- Copy of Financial Statement

- Meeting Agenda

The following representatives were present:

- Curtis Spindler - MBFN President, Jim Armstrong - MBFN Vice President, Tim Sutton - MBFN Sec/Treasurer, Ken Riska - MBFN Tournament Director/Hi Line Club, Willie Reed - Big Sky Bassers(BSB), Jeff Lund - BSB, Marshall Ridenour -BSB, Shane Baertsch - BSB, Jay Evans – MBFN Conservation Director/State Team Captain & BSB, Randy Gust - Clark Fork, Mark Newman – MBFN Youth Director/Flathead Jr Bass & Western Montana Bass, Don Collins - Echo, Bruce Sackett - Echo, Ed Kennedy - Echo, Mark Connole - Capital City Bassers.

Minutes from the Sept 07 meeting were reviewed. Motion to accept the minutes made by Willie Reed and seconded by Mark Newman. Passed by a unanimous vote.

Financial statement for the period ending 30 November 07 was reviewed. Motion to accept the financial statement made by Mark Connole and seconded by Willie Reed. Passed by a unanimous vote. The Certificate of Deposit which has a maturity date of 21 Feb 08 will be moved to a Money Market account at Edward Jones. This decision is based on a proposal made by Jay Evans to insure accessibility to these funds if needed until the purple Triton boat is sold. Motion to accept made by Ken Riska and seconded by Willie Reed. Passed by a unanimous vote.

Changes to new format as shown on the 2008 CK’s and Jr. BM Alignment Draft were explained by Mark Newman.

The MBFN needs to qualify 2 Jr. members by the end of April to go to the 2008 Western Divisional. There will be a single Jr. qualifier on April 26-27 on Noxon reservoir in order to qualify kids to go to the divisional in May.

Proposed dates for this summer’s Youth tournaments will be 21-22 June 08 and 12-13 July 08.

Proposal to sign contract with alliance 2008. Motion to accept made by Willie Reed and seconded by Don Collins. Passed by a unanimous vote.

Proposal to spend $5,000.00 for the state team expenses (same amount as 2007) and the State Team Captain will divide the funds up evenly at the divisional tournament. Motion to accept this proposal made by Mark Connole and seconded by Ken Riska. Passed by unanimous vote.

Proposal that the future State Team members are required to have their state team contract tasks completed prior to the January state meeting to ensure their good standing. The 2008 state team members will have a stay until the State Banquet. Motion to accept made by Mark Connole and seconded by Ken Riska. Passed by a unanimous vote.

Proposal made to require all boaters to be paired up with a non-boater was made. Motion to accept this proposal was made by Don Collins and seconded by Mark Newman. For-Western and Echo, against- BSB, Capital City Bassers and Hi-Line. Motion was not passed.

Proposal to ensure all boaters will be added to a list once they have been allowed one day competing alone with no non-boater aboard. They will not be allowed to be selected to compete alone again until all boaters present have done so. All Boaters competing alone with no non-boater aboard will also be required to wear their personal flotation device(PFD) at all times while alone in the boat. Motion to accept was made by Willie Reed and seconded by Mark Connole. Passed by a unanimous vote.

Proposal to spend up to $1,000.00 for a new computer to be used by the MBFN. Motion to accept made by Mark Connole and seconded by Willie Reed. Passed by a unanimous vote.

State Banquet will be held on 8 March 08 (depending on availability of space).

New draft of By-Laws were reviewed and changes were made. A new draft will now be made and voted on at the Sept 08 Meeting. Also need to find out if the new by-laws need to be reviewed and/or accepted by the state to ensure we maintain our non-profit status.

The next State meeting will be held on 20 Sept 08. Meeting was adjourned by Curtis Spindler