Our third general meeting for the 2025 Season begins was held on 1/19/2025 at Larrys Barn, 120 N Parkview St. Maryville, IL 62062.
16 members were in attendance plus another 5 of the wives who are working hard on the banquet decorations and raffles..
The meeting was started promptly at 2:13pm by president Larry Heagy.
The reading of the meeting miuntes from the last meeting were read, Motion by Frank Wilcoxon to approve the minutes as read with a second from Denny Beiter, motion passed.
Larry congratulated all the new officers and board members that were elected at the last meeting.
The banquet will be held on Feb 1st. at the VFW in Collinsville, Ravenellis will be catering the event (thanks to Carl for arranging the food), the club has paid for drinks for the first $500, after that you can purchase your own drinks. No outside drinks cannot be brought in. You must register through the website so that we can have an accurate number for the food. If you do not register do not expect to have food, registration is free and easy. We currently have 91 people registered for the banquet.
Frank talked to the owner of the Sportsmans Lodge and he noted that we still have 6 open cabins to reserve for the Lake of the Ozarks event. You must call them to reserve a room as the rooms are blocked for us.
Next we discussed the food at our Table Rock events. We have used Danas BBQ for many years but we feel that a change would be appreciated. Several members suggested having a Taco Bar as out evening meal after the event. Ed suggested that maybe Joy from Lazy Lees would want to take this on or we can go to a local Mexican restaurant such as Tequila’s Mexican in Branson West. The main thing would be to find someone who can deliver and set up the meal.
The next item we discussed was to fizz the fish at deeper lakes like Table Rock, Paul Davis has provided some instructions on how to do this properly to ensure the health of fish that are caught deeper. The instructions will be posted on the Facebook group page and on the website.
Marj Wilcoxon nominated herself to run the Marjarita Bar at the Table Rocks Events.
We discussed some ideas for pairing non-boaters with boaters who are seeking partners. Ed mentioned that he could look into a method to ask boaters if they are seeking a non boater when they register. It was discussed that the basic principle of the club is not to have a draw club but to have a club where you fish with whom you want to fish with. The best way for a non-boater to find a boater would be to attend the events like the meetings and the banquet and ask around.
A motion to adjourn was made by Mike at 3:11pm and seconded by Sergio. Motion passed
50/50 was won by Ed Montgomery
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