August 4th. 2002
Time 10:00 a.m.
Place Lodi, Ca.
The following Directors were present:
Gary Bradford, Sal Gervasi, Kelly Steele, Archie Steele, Bruce Carpenter & Tim Turner
The following Directors were absent:
Craig Eller, Bob Munson, Juan Pimentel, Dean Salt, Jeff Boundy, James Chaffey & Harvey Kunkel
The following Guests were present:
Ben JoeÃ, Willis Steven Gervasi & Paul Owen
The Minutes of the last meeting were read and accepted with no changes.
The Treasures report was read and accepted
Old Business
1) Law Suite: Settlement Agreement, We have settled our law suite with Charles McNees’ insurance company. We have agreed to dismiss the law suite without prejudice for $15,000.
2) Gary read a letter from our attorney to Charles stating that now he can do what he claims he wanted to do all along. Return the money to the anglers and the clubs.
3) Gary read a letter to the 2001 State team.
4) Gary read a letter from our attorney to us discussing the distribution of the $15,000.00. We will pay the 2001 State Team members $400.00 each,$2000.00 will be paid directors for expenses and the remainder will go to the attorney. We will pay the balance off in 12 months.
5) Motion to accept the terms of the agreement was voted on and accepted.
6) Web Page update: Dean was not present to give an update. We will wait a couple more weeks then we will have to find someone else.
7) Divisional Report: The Ca. State team won and Chris Vanclef will represent Ca. at Nationals, B.A.S.S. understood our cash flow problem and the event went very well. We provided t-shirts for everyone in attendance as well as bodies for weigh in and blastoffs
8) Bylaws: A motion to accept the new bylaws was voted on and accepted.
New Business
1) Gary Read a letter of resignation from Richard Felix. A motion to accept Richards resignation was voted on and accepted.
2) A motion to accept Ben Willis as the Tournament director for the Big Valley was voted on and accepted.
3) Paul Owen would like to start a region in the Bakersfield area. He gave us his vision and details on what he has planed for the area.
4) Gary would like to see Paul as the Golden Valley T.D. and gave him the ok to explore the possibility of that region starting in 2003
5) A motion to accept Paul as T.D. for the Golden Empire Region was voted on and accepted.
6) Tournament Schedules & Rules Changes.
a) Some regions do not need event permits they could use annual permits instead.
b) Still need Sacto. Dates.
c) Motion to have an average of at least 18 anglers per tournament in each region. If the average is not met, that region will not continue after three events. Voted on and accepted.
d) Discussed taking sign ups at the lake. Defeated in committee.
e) Fish measurement- Motion to make 13 inches, mouth open tail fanned at a 45 degree angle voted on and accepted.
f) Late Penalties: a motion to make a 1 pound per minute penalty up to 15 minutes in the a.m. then D.Qed voted on and accepted.
g) Angler of the year policy: Motion to make an average of at least 20 anglers in all regions to have a paid A.O.Y.Ã, Voted on and accepted.
h) Non-Federation Anglers: A motion to let angler’s fish 1 tournament without having to join the Federation voted on and accepted.
i) Every region must have some way to sign up anglers to a federation-affiliated club.
7) Region 7: A motion to make Ted Nguyen T.D. for region 7 voted on and accepted.
8) 2003 State classic: Delta Regions turn, open dates Oct. 25th. & 26th. Or Nov. 8th. & 9th. A Motion to hold the Ca. Classic on Oct. 25th & 26th at Lads voted on and accepted.
9) Ã, Classic update: Gary attended meetings at the Classic, discussed the possibility of the opens coming back to the west. Also the possibility of having open qualifying tournaments. We could make some money by running the events. The top 5 anglers of a 50 man field would have there entries paid.
10) Ã, Next Board meeting will be held on Oct. 18th. In So. Cal.
There being no further business the meeting was adjourned.
