Minutes of Meeting
February 6th, 2010, 10:30 AM

Location: Almost Home in Salem
Called to Order: 10:30 am

Attendance:
President:              Orville Alleman
Vice-President:    Jason Hooper
Secretary:              Tom McArt
Youth Director:    
Conservation:       Chuck Lang
Treasurer:             John Buller
Attending- Edward Chin (Columbia River) Howard Pierce (Eugene bass masters) Chuck Lang (COBC) Mitchell McClannahan (MCBA)    plus above board members.

Minutes from October Meeting: Tom McArt reviewed October minutes. Reviewed and accepted...

Treasurers’ Report: John Buller presented the financials. Passed and went through the 3 year look at expenses and income. The net result being a slight increase on the balance sheet. Worries expressed on the income side vs. expense side.
Accepted as presented and accepted.

Youth: Jason Hooper and Ed Chin reviewed the dwindling youth program. Discussed several obstacles and possible solutions for growing this important segment of the sport.  Also covered that Oregon Bass has covered youth expenses and haven’t had any help, thank yous or volunteering. Ideas to change the momentum and getting some more participation.               

New Business:  Sportsman’s show dates discussed nothing firm yet. Some talk of moving it back to January as well as a one day vs. two day show. State Team structure and pay was discussed. 800 non boaters 1000 for boaters including their deposit. Special compensation for the alternate as he will have an extra expense of taking the youth fishing.

Conservation: Chuck Lang showed pictures of the spider blocks that are going to be placed in Prineville. We have the approval to place them in Prineville as well as a couple of other lakes. Talked about a preliminary report from Siltcoos which shows a very low level of zooplankton. Chuck has requested a copy of the report when it’s final and see if there is something long term and constructive that we can do about it. It was approved for 150.00 to go to some more blocks for a wheel chair access dock.


Tournament Report: Jason Hooper went over schedule and format.  See website for further details. Jason proposed buying 6 of the new mach bags for tournaments this year.

The next meeting is in May site and date TBT.

Meeting Adjourned:

Minutes of Meeting
October 16th, 2009, 6:30PM

Location: State Fair in Salem
Called to Order: 6:30 pm

Attendance:
President:              Orville Alleman
Vice-President:    Jason Hooper
Secretary:              Tom McArt
Youth Director:    
Conservation:       Chuck Lang
Treasurer:             John Buller

Attending: Tom McArt, Jason Hooper, Orville Alleman, Howard Pierce, Mitch McClananhan, JL and Jonni Neal, Chuck Lang, Ed Chin.

Minutes from August Meeting: minutes accepted as noted on web page.

Treasurers’ Report: Treasurer report reviewed balance to date, expenses and income since May 2009 report. Motion to accept as read, second and accepted.

Youth: Ed Chin reported the youth tourney at Cottage Grove- 9 participants. Also noted and discussed need for active Youth Director.

New Business: Reviewed Jamboree strategy and results so far. Looks to positive as far as cash goes, more importantly more involvement and support to put together the event is needed. John will report the financials at the January meeting.

Conservation: Chuck Lang reviewed conservation report. Slow time as far as activity goes. Reviewed current list of activity and accomplishment in 2009.


Tournament Report: Jason Hooper reviewed tournament dates for 2010, will be posted.


Meeting Adjourned: 7:51 PM

MEETING MINUTES FOR SATURDAY AUGUST 22, 2009

Meeting was called to order by Orville Alleman at 3:15 pm.

•    May Minutes:  Minutes were presented and approved by all present

•    Treasurer’s Report:  John Buller was absent and the treasurer’s report will be presented at the October 8th meeting.

•    Conservation Report:  Conservation reports are ongoing and are available on the website.

•    Youth Report:  The Columbia River Club held our youth tournament for the year.  We have two youth who have qualified and will be going with the State Team next spring to compete on the final day of the Western Divisionals.

•    Tournament Report:  Jason stated we had three tournaments this year and the contestants who qualified and signed up are fishing August 22nd and 23rd in the State Fish-off.  The State Team will be posted on the internet after the tournament.

•    Sportsman Show:  Jason talked about the show this year will include hunting and fishing versus just fishing as in the past.  Jason is looking for volunteers to assist on October 16, 17 and 18, 2009.  The show setup is the 16th and the show itself will be the 17th and 18th.  All those making the State Team will be asked to help.  Information on the show can be downloaded off our website.

•    Nationals:  Byron Chavez will be representing Oregon at the Nationals and has requested some financial assistance so he can prefish and buy his two tickets, one for prefish and the other to attend the Nationals in October.  It was moved and seconded to give Byron $1000. for tickets and prefish expense.  Motion passed.

•    Next Meeting:  The next meeting will be Friday October 16, 2009, at the fairgrounds in Salem.  Watch for time and exact place on the web.

Meeting Minutes for Friday May 29, 2009

Meeting was called to order by Orville Alleman at 6:50 pm.

• January minutes:  Minutes were presented and approved by all present

• Treasurer’s report:  John Buller presented the treasurer’s report, discussion followed and report was approved as presented

• Conservation report:  Chuck Lang was absent and no report was presented, discussion followed.  Chuck has been requested to apply for the vacant position on the State Marine Board; Frank Morton stated that Chuck has not heard final approval of his appointment.  Frank said he had heard that Chuck will be appointed.  Dan Jordan stated that the zoo plankton counts at Siltcoos were low.  He also stated that their will be a report out soon (we will ask Chuck to put something up on the web page about this).  Dan also stated that the Cormorants have moved from Siltcoos to Tenmile which may be a problem in the future.

• Youth report:  Jason Hooper stated we do not have a youth director at this time but he and Orville will be interviewing a person who has shown interest.  Our Jr World contestants finished 2^nd and 5^th in their division.  Our Casting Kids gave it a good effort but didn’t place at the Divisional.  We will not be sending any youth onto the Nationals this year.  Ed Chin came over to tri cities and assisted with the youth for Casting Kids and took the Jr World youth out on Friday to fish.   Thank you Ed for a job well done!!!

• Tournament report:  Jason Hooper talked about the tournaments coming on Saturday and Sunday, which we would be required to fill out paperwork for invasive species for the State of Washington.  There was discussion about the fish-off and several people asked that points be not carried into the fish-off while several other people stated why have a circuit at all if you don’t carry the points into the fish-off.  Jason said he would review what was printed and posted for our fish-off at the beginning of the year.

• Divisional report:  Oregon took 2^nd place which gave us $4500 to be divided after the State receives their $1200 entry fee back and gas money is paid.  Jason stated he has this all worked out and that no one owes any money and every person on the State team will receive a check.  Jason also said he would get this information to John Buller the week of June 1 so checks can be sent out.  Next year Arizona will be hosting the Divisional and there is talk that it will be late April versus 2^nd week of May as in the past.  Kip Polly the President of AZ stated their first choice of water is Lake Havasu.  We will keep you posted as we know for sure.

• Sportsman show:  The show will be October 17 and 18, 2009.  Jason needs a lot of help.  This is a 2 day show and it will take about 10 or 12 volunteers per day to make this work.  There was discussion about the feasibility that this show has the potential to make our organization over $10,000 per year.  Hope to see everyone at the show.

• Next meeting:  The next meeting will be Friday August 22, 2009 with time and place to be determined.