The meeting was started promptly at 2:16pm by President Larry Heagy. We had our meeting at Larry’s Barn, 120 N Parkview St. Maryville, IL 62062. The new venue allowed everyone to bring their own drinks and Larry provided some vittles for us to eat.
14 members were in attendance.
Larry started off the meeting with a recap of the 2023 Season and stated the agenda for the meeting today. The items are to Discuss Survey Results, Discuss and Approve the Tournament Schedule , Discuss Banquet, and to nominate the Officers and Board Members for the 2024 season.
Ed read the meeting minutes from the last winter meeting on February 26, 2023. Approval of the minutes was by Carl and seconded by Paul, all members voted for approval.
Ed discussed the survey results from the recent survey put out to the membership. There were 43 people responded to the survey and 66 people did not respond to the survey. The results of the survey are reflected on this years schedule that the Board created. The first proposed schedule had to be changed due to several lakes/dates we could not get lodging at or a tournament permit for.
The members in attendance were presented the proposed 2024 Tournament Schedule. An open discussion was made around the schedule. After the discussion a motion was made to accept the proposed schedule into the final version of the Schedule for the 2024 season. The final version will be on the website as soon as possible but here is the final draft of the approved schedule: Approved-2024-tournament-schedule
The Wappapello tournament will be out of a different ramp this year. We will use the Redman Creek Recreation Area ramp.
A discussion was brought up by Larry about the Table Rock Tournament expenses. The club is currently losing money on the two Invitational Tournaments that we hold at Table Rock each year. This is due to increased costs of catering and food. Several options were discussed about making an optional checkbox for if you want food on Friday or not, optionally a discuss was brought up to raise the tournament entry fees. The current tournament entry fees have not been raised for the past 20 years and they have not kept up with the times. A motion was made and passed unanimously to raise the Table Rock Tournament fees to $75 per individual or $150 per team effective immediately.
The banquet will be held on January 27, 2024 at the Caseyville Community Center, Ravenellis catering will cater the event. Carl Gansner is working on the menu selections and will report the options selected for the next meeting. To better control costs of the banquet we request that each person attending the banquet fill out the registration form and indicate how many people they are bringing. This effort is not to discourage attendance it is designed so that we can order the proper amount of food without unecessary expense. If you do not register you may not get any food as registered people will be the only approved people to go through the food line. The costs for the banquet still remains free, you will need to bring your own drinks (alcoholic or non-alcoholic). If you bring alcohol you must present your cooler or beverage to the bartender for them to serve you. At the end of the evening you can take your remaining liquor home.
Banquet: 1/27/2024 – 6:000pm Banquet (Caseyville Community Center) 909 S Main St, Caseyville, IL 62232.
A location for the takeoff location for the Truman tournament was discussed and the final location will be at the Sterrett Creek Marina. The board will file for a regatta permit for that ramp.
Ed made anew EZ-Registration location on the club website to register for Club Dues and Tournaments. the page is: EZ-Registration Page This link can be used to register for all of the events for the club.
Larry then brought up officer and Board member nominations. The seat of Vice President was vacated by Mike Vallino so we have to elect a new Vice President.
Nominations for Offices were:
Larry Heagy – President,
Paul Davis – Vice President,
Ed Montgomery, Secretary Treasurer. All officers were nominated and a motion was mode to close nominations.
The Club Board member nominations were as follows for the 7 board positions.
Rudy Cardenas – Accepted nomination
Carl Gansner – Accepted Nomination
Marj Wilcoxon – Accepted Nomination (Frank will shuttle Marj to the board meeting and help with the weigh ins)
Mike Anderson – Accepted Nomination
Denny Beiter – Accepted Nomination
Russ Rensing – Accepted Nomination
Brian Carlson – Accepted Nomination
A motion was made by Rudy Cardenas and Seconded by Paul Davis to approve the 3 officers and 7 Board members as presented about. Motion was passed by all members in attendance. Therefore since there are no additional nominations the Officers and Board Members were selected without a vote. All members who were nominated are now Board Members. Ed will register the Board Members with BASS as soon as possible.
A discussion was made around the Angler of the Year. Since we now have 13 tournaments we will still keep track of the 100lb Club and Big Bass for the year. A point system was discussed around your top 8 tournament finishes for the year to become Angler of the Year. More discussion on teh points system will be had at the winter meetings.
Motion to Adjourn at 3:39pm. Motion passed.
50/50 was won by Brian Carlson.
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