May 19, 2010 Youth Meeting

3 youth members have dropped out for Saturdays tournament. Their partners Jared, Joey, and Brandan have opted to either fish by themselves or find a friend. They were ok with that. If fishing with a friend, they need an emergency contact form filled out and signed by a parent.

On Saturday, if you are interested in going to breakfast before the tournament, Dan and Paul will be at the Coney Island in Howell. If you take I-96 and get off at the D-19(Pinckney Rd.) exit, the Coney Island will be on your left hand side right before you get to Mason Road so if you pass Mason Road you went to far.

If you are not interested in breakfast, we will meet at the boat launch at 7:00 and launch by 7:30. You will be fishing until 3:00.

Everybody received maps at the meeting but if you need directions let me know.

I believe after talking to everyone at the meeting that rides have been arranged by everyone.

Don't forget to bring rain gear, life jackets, money, extra clothes,  - PLEASE TALK TO YOUR BOATER BEFORE SATURDAY AND SEE WHAT IS NEEDED AND HOW MUCH ROOM IS AVAILABLE ON THEIR BOAT.

After the tournament, we will be grilling hot dogs. If it is raining, we will go over to the beach area under the pavilion. The following people have offered to bring something:

Hot Dogs & Buns - Jon and his Dad, Mike
Ketchup & Mustard - CJ
Chips - Brandan & Dan
Cups, Napkins, Ice, and the Grill - Greg & Jake
2 - 2 liters - Jared
2 - 2 liters - Kyle
If anyone else would like to bring something that is not on the list above, just let me know what you are bringing.
Ex: Desserts(I prefer my cookies chewy), potato salad, etc. We will need plasticware if any type of salads are brought.

I decided to wait until Saturday to do the draw for the June 13 Wolverine Lake tournament. A few kids were not sure yet if they would be fishing or not so I thought it best to wait.

Michigan Bass Anglers Adult Club Meeting

4-18-10, Novi Gander Mt.

Meeting Minutes by Tim Morris

Members in attendance:

• Tim Morris, Paul Wagner, Greg Choiniere, Dan Wagner, Jay Haaseth, Chris Bishop, Ken Carlman

New Business:

·         Bass Club Digest Magazine was handed out

·         Drawing for a Boat Angler US Membership: Tim Morris won a random draw

   o    A free subscription for on the water Towing and Trailer assist membership

·         Shirt orders

   o    Who needs to order shirts, hats or jackets?

   o    Order forms are available.

·         Tournament partners for upcoming tournaments:

§  May 1, Adult Golden Rule at Union Lake

 §  Blast off 7:30

1. Paul Wagner, David Bobr

2. Chris Cooper, Greg Choiniere

3. Tim Morris, Joel Pence

4. Mark Wilfong, Jay Haaseth

5. Dan Wagner, TBD

6. Chris Bishop, TBD

7. Ken Cariman, TBD

§  May 8, Adult Golden Rule at Woodland

 §  Blast off 7:30

1.Mark Wilfong, Joel Pence

2. Ken Cariman, TBD

3. Chris Cooper, David Bobr

4. Paul Wagner, Greg Choiniere

5. Tim Morris, David Funke

6. Chris Bishop, Jay Haaseth

7. Dan Wagner, TBD

·         Dates we need to know if you are attending or not:

   o    May 22, Youth Golden Rule at Woodland or Thompson  

(6 boats confirmed)

   o    June 5-6, Grand Lake, for room reservations etc. We are reserved at

   §  Reservations made a Parker House

   §  (3 boaters and 2 non-boaters confirmed)

   o    June 12, Veterans Michigan Bass Federation Tournament, need boaters and others

   §  Need commitments from any boaters or anyone who can assist at the tournament site

·         Michigan Bass Federation Information

   o    We will have CD's for everyone with the Federation Handbook on it.

   o    Information about the State Championship in September

 §  September on Muskegon Lake

 o    Information about the Classic Series

   §  Houghton, Wixom, Saginaw Bay, St. Clair, with ~ 15 teams entered to date, which is ahead of last year.

 o    We received the check for the Casting Kids events we did.

   §  $450 received

 o    Notes from the recent Federation Presidents meeting

 §  Copy of handouts given

 §  Code of conduct implemented

·         Discussion on attendance at Fund Raisers

 o    Discussion took place asking the question “Do we need to change our Club Rules to require participation in some way”.  For example by adding a clause that limits the persons ability to participate in some things, for example:

 §  Anyone who does not attend at least 25% of the Fund Raising events, club tournaments, Youth meetings and Adult meetings will not be allowed to compete in the “Club Classic”, the Michigan Bass Federation Classic Series or State Championship.

 §  This idea was brought up with the intent of group discussion and potential implementation next year, further discussion to follow.

·         Discussion on 501 (3c) status

 o    Status update needed from Mark

 o    Discussion on Amending our Club Bylaws Mission Statement

 o    Proposed First reading of a new Mission Statement: "Teamwork, Education, and Youth Development are the three pillars of The Michigan Bass Anglers. From novice to the experienced, we allow anglers the chance to compete in a rotating team format that focuses upon sharing knowledge while still constantly challenging angling abilities. Fishing only for trophies, our proceeds help fuel our Youth Program, where young adults learn the techniques and leadership skills to succeed in the sport of bass fishing and beyond."

o    Club resume will be prepared

o    Club introduction letter is in the draft form

·         Discussion on Sponsor Packet

 o    We have started putting together a packet to send out to sponsors offering them specific items they can choose from to sponsor the club. It would be helpful if there were some more suggestion.

 o    Packet draft is prepared

·         2010 Tournament Draws, when to do them?

 o    It was decided to do tournaments draws at the previous post tournament meetings, as done last year.

 o    Anyone not at a tournament, but planning on fishing the next one, needs to communicate that intention so they can be in the drawing.

 ·         Boat Insurance proof needs to be provided

 o    This can be e-mailed to Jay (jhaaseth@michiganbassanglers.net) or Faxed Paul (734)434-5456

·         Fall Fling Prizes

 o    Just a reminder to start working on getting some for the Fall Fling, we expect a pretty good turnout this year.

Youth meeting reminder, April Wednesday 21 at this Gander Mountain

January 24, 2010 Club Meeting

• Aubrey's Pizza

• Meeting Minutes by Tim Morris

•  6 members in attendance.

• Tim Morris, Paul Wagner, Greg Choiniere, Mark Wilfong, Dan Wagner, Jay Haaseth and 2 potential new members Chris Cooper and Ken Carlman

• Old Business:   None

• New Business:

• 2010 Lakes as well as finalize the 2010 schedule.
  • Lake for May 1^st, , Union
  • Lake for July 31^st   Holloway Reservoir
  • Change Lake for 8-14 from Cass to St. Clair
  • Confirm Grand Lake for June 19-20, Accommodations = Parker House
  • Agreed to change Woodland May 15^th to the 8^th.
• Discuss the 2009 trophy cost
  • Trophy cost to be divided equally amongst all club members
  • Exact budget and method of payment TBD

• Jr. State Championship is at Cass Lake July 17^th
• Mark to investigate web site optimization for coming up higher in Google searches, will seek advise and pass it on to Paul.

• We have 2 new boaters who attended.
  • Chris Cooper
  • Ken Carlman

• Discuss 2010 fund raising
  • BPS Feb 14^th, 10 to 3 pm. Serving hot dogs
    • Outdoor Rama Scheduling Feb, 25^th to 28^th.
      • Saturday Trout Pond all day
      • Saturday and Sunday for casting kids
      • Tim to organize a schedule

 September 16, 2009 Youth Meeting

• To start off the meeting Dan updated Us on Paul and Paul Is home. He is done fishing For the year but he might be able to come to the fall fling.
• The Fall Fling is in like 2 weeks. A letter was handed out and flyers for the the tournament were also handed out. This letter is Supposed to given out to the people that you go to and ask for door prizes. We still need about 30 Door prizes. So go out asking people. The worst they can so is no. we also Filled out a list about food items we needed. A list of who signed up for what was sent out in a previous e mail. so  make sure you look at the list so you do get what u signed up for. We don't want to be at the tournament and all of a sudden need to go out to get something that someone didnt get. Once you get your food items you signed up for or any door prizes you get, send an e mail to everyone so we now what people got. We don't want everyone getting the same thing. This is a brief idea about how the day will look:
  • EVERYONE wear their shirts.
  • Sign up for all the late entries
  • A pre tourney meeting to go over the rules and such, (During the sign up  we will be doing a fifty fifty and during the whole day we will be doing it also)
  • During the tournament we will need to fill up the tanks, Get all the food items ready, line the door prizes  up neatly and some other little things.
  • Get release boats ready
  • Weigh in
  • Clean up
  • If you are planning on attending just reply to this email and I will forward it to my dad. Just want a rough estimate of who will be there.
    

August 20, 2009 Youth Meeting

• We have 3 new members Braden Armstrong, Ryan Cigile, and Jeremy Cigile.
• One very important thing that was brought up first is that whenever you receive an e-mail that needs to be responded to you should respond to it as soon as possible. You not responding to an e-mail, which only takes a minute, can cause the sender another 5 to 10 minutes trying to call you and get an answer.
• We Are trying To have a September tournament. The Dates that we Are trying to decide on are the 5th, 6th, 18th, and the 19th. As of right now it does not look like we will be able to do a tournament in September. Everyone is to busy in that month.
• The 2nd Annual Fall Fling Will take Place October 3rd at Lake St. Clair. EVERYBODY needs to start looking for door prizes and food. If we get a turn out like we did last year we are going to need around 36 door prizes. The more the better. We don't want to come up short. Greg handed out a sheet of all the things we used last year so use that as a guide when u are asking for door prizes and for food.
• This Saturday is the Cass Lake tournament. This tournament will also count as a club tournament. We will be weighing in at a stage at an elementary school so we all need to look good and wear our club shirts. Most likely an 8-9 pound limit will win. If  you need a ride getting there you need to set that up asap but for the most part we had that figured out at the meeting.
  

June 17 Youth Club Meeting

• Paul told us that everyone liked the way the trailer looks and how it is organized.
• Paul also mentioned that we have a new boater in the adult club named Mark Wilfong
• On June 28th we have the Pontiac Lake tournament.
  • For anyone that wants to eat breakfast we will be meeting at Ripples by the lake at 5:30 am. If you do not want to eat breakfast meet at the DNR launch ramp at 6:15.
  • The tournament will be going on from 6am-1pm.
  • The partners will be:
    • 1) Mark Wilfong / David Bobr / Jon Bandy
    • 2) Dan Wagner / Brandon Wagner / CJ Hatton
    • 3) Chris Bishop / Andy Vader / Jared Choiniere
    • 4) Paul Wagner / Zach Bishop / Anthony Gilmore
    • 5) Doug Ratliff / Jake Choiniere / New Youth member
    • 6) Greg Choiniere / New Youth member / New Youth member
  • Just in case you were not at the youth meeting Doug Ratliff told us what he thinks will be working at Pontiac Lake when we go. He  said that a worm or jig worked on the bottom and pretty much anything else that is worked on the bottom will work good.
          
• Junior MBI- there will be three boats that make up a team for each club. There will be plaques provided and they will fish the same way are club fishes with 1 adult fish and 4 fish between each youth. We are also making this a club tournament and will count toward your points.
• We will be having a car wash fundraiser on June 27th all day long. At Discount Tire on Carpenter Rd, in Ypsilanti (MAP & More info)
• Raffle tickets for the Truck are due at the next junior meeting.
• The adult State Championship will be on St. Clair July 24 & 25, if you are able to help go out there.
• PAY YOUR BOATERS FOR ST. CLAIR IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID THEM ALREADY.
• There will be a barbecue and pool party at Paul's house July 19th. We will also be counting raffle tickets that day.
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June 13 Adult Club Meeting

April 26, 2009, Adult Club Meeting

• Treasurers Report
  • Paul reported he made a deposit of the money we have made so far for Truck Raffle Ticket sales.
  • No other report
• St. Clair Junior Golden Rule Club Tournament May 9th
  • Pairings done, Partners
• Lake Nepessing Golden Rule Junior Tournament May 17th
  • Pairings done, Partners
• Junior State Championship, May 31 at Nepessing
  • We need help and boaters for this tournament
• May Meeting Location and Date was discussed and decided to do it after the Youth Nepessing Tournament May 17th at 3 pm
• MBI Funding
  • How do we want to pay for it this year? Cost is $125 for the entire team.  It is due June 1st.  We will go ahead and send a check from the club and the teams will just contribute towards the cost.
• State Championship
  • Minimum requirements?  Should a member have to attend so many fund raisers? meetings? Tournaments?  It was discussed and the club bylaws will be reviewed.  Everyone agreed the we should have some requirements.
• Boater Fee's, reminded everyone that the boaters are still spending a lot of money, take care of them...
• Skegemog
  • Accommodations?  Doug Ratliff is checking with Paul Soma who lives up there.
  • Partner draw?  We will wait until the May meeting.  We all need to let Paul know who is fishing.
• Youth Meetings
  • If the guys want to come help out, let Greg or Paul Know so we can plan something to do for them.  Just showing up does not do us a lot of good.  We would like to use your expertise with the kids.

April 15, 2009 Junior Club Meeting

• Paul brought a bunch of baits to give away
• Emergency Information Forms were collected
• Golden Rule Tournament at Lake St Clair, May 9th
  • Partners were picked Partners
• Lake Nepessing Tournament May 17th
  • Partners were picked Partners
• Junior State Championship, May 31st
  • Need Commitments for who is fishing the JSC, deadline to turn in is May 16th
  • Does everyone have money in their accounts for it, Greg had a report on hand
  • Remember, you must have fished at least one qualifying tournament before May 24th
• Shirts being ordered on Thursday
  • If you needed to bring a shirt that you have to get done, you should have brought it to this meeting
  • If you need to order one, forms were available at the meeting 
• Fund Raisers discussed
  • Car Washes
  • Bottle Drives
  • Other

March 18, 2009, Junior Club Meeting

Meeting Minutes by Jake Choiniere

Members in attendance

• Greg Choiniere
• Jared Choiniere
• Jake Choiniere
• Paul Wagner
• Dan Wagner
• Brandon Wagner
• Jon Bandy
• Kyle Decare
• CJ Hatton
• Zach Bishop
• Chris Bishop
• David Bobr
• Jeff Najmowicz

Meeting Notes

• We started with Dan bringing his stuff so we all could choose as many things as we wanted from his old tackle at the end of the meeting.
• We then talked about  a dress code. When we go to places we need to have our bass shirts on and blue jeans.
• Junior State Championship
  • For the state championship we talked about how much it is going to cost. We figured out that there is a $25 entry fee, $20 for the boaters that we fish there with, and another $20 for the boaters in our club that drive up there for it. so it will end up being around $25 -$65 depending on if the boaters accept the money our not. We also talked about how you should bring your own food since we will not be going anywhere in the middle of the tournament  for food. We also talked abut how we should respect the peoples boat that we are in since the are volunteering their boat and time to be there.
  • People that are going to it are:
    • Zach Bishop
    • Brandon Wagner
    • Jake Choiniere
    • Jared Choiniere
    • CJ Hatton
    • Jon Bandy
    • Kyle Decare
    • David Bobr
  • People who we are pretty sure are going but were not at the meeting to confirm it:
    • Zack Rosen
    • Andy Vader
    • Anthony Gilmore
  • The deadline to sign up for the state championship is May 16th. We also talked about how we need to think of a 4 person team to represent us in the stated championship. We are going to be taking angler of the year from last year and the top 3 people in the 2 tournaments we have before the state championship. We also need to think of a person in our club that we want to fish with in the state championship but they have to be in the opposite age group.
• Bobr also talked about the Junior MBI that he wanted to make up. he is going to contact some people to see if it is worth while doing it.
• Bobr and CJ received some Gamma line from Bass Club Digest and the need to use it and give feedback to the company about how it performed for them.
• Truck Raffle Tickets are due in July and we get $1 each one we sell.

February 22, 2009, Club Meeting  

Meeting Minutes by Tim Morris

• Members in attendance
  • Paul Wagner
  • Dan Wagner
  • Chris Bishop
  • Greg Choiniere
  • Jeff Najmowicz
  • Jay Haaseth
  • Tim Morris
  • Doug Ratliff
• Treasures report: None given
• Old Business: see some old business items listed below.
• New Business:
  • Potential new member attended the meeting; Bob Callsen, 248-432-1413,
    callsen@att.net, 18’ boat with 85hp – no live wells, likely no back casting deck.
    Chris to contact him informing him of the boat requirements to be a boater and the
    fact there is a waiting list for non-boaters.
  • If member sells winning ticket he will get $100 and the other $400 will go to the
    club general fund. The youth member selling the most tickets will get a Gander Mt.
    gift card.
  • Outdoor Rama schedule is posted on the web site, stay tuned for updates.
  • Truck raffle, tickets are available from Paul per sign out, all tickets due back to
    Paul by July 18th .
  • Jr. State Championship May 31st, Lake Nepessing
  • Junior Angler of the Year, prizes for winner, Paul will try to put some prizes
    together over the summer and if anyone wants to contribute/organize a prize get
    those to Paul.
  • State championship is July 23, 24, 25 on St. Clair
  • Gander Mt. Weekends: The club has been invited to sell raffle tickets any weekend
    between Feb. 26th and March 22nd . We just need to let Pete Lusis know. Store: 248380-
    4000, or cell: 248-672-7603
  • Open Tournament October 3rd: Flyer handed out at MBCF and Bass Pro Shop,
    copies of the flyer are available from Paul, Jeff to start the DNR process, all
    members are encouraged to start working on donations.
  • 2009 Tournaments, all dates are confirmed and on the website, location for the
    August 8th tournament are still TBD with Algonac and South Detroit River being
    considered.
  • Anyone interested in the value of their club account can contact Greg who has
    those details.
  • New phone list was handed out at the meeting and is available from Paul.

January 21, 2009 Youth Club Meeting

• We talked about the tournaments and the fall fling and how we will get more specific info on them later. We also talked about fundraising and if there were any new ideas. We are going to try to have 4-5 fundraisers this year and hopefully if Jay buys a boat we will try to get Wonderland as a future sponsor. We cleaned reels and Dan showed us Rods that would be good to use.

December 14, Club Meeting Agenda

• Elections for Officers for the Adult Club
  • Paul Wagner, President
  • Jay Haaseth, Vice President
  • Greg Choiniere, Treasurer
  • Tim Morris, Secretary
  • Jeff Najmowicz, Tournament Director
  • Greg Choiniere, Youth Director

• 2009 Club Dues are due for those who have not paid.

• MBCF @ $25 (Need to be paid by the club at the December MBCF Meeting.)
• BASS @ $20 (Need to be sent in by the club before the end of the year) BASS is having a contest for all clubs that sign up before the end of the year, for one free lifetime membership for one of the club members.
• Club @ $5

• 2009 Tournament Season

• Tournament Directors Position, who will be the 2009 Director

• Schedule and dates, what all do we need to avoid was discussed and considered.

• Discussion on when and where everyone would suggest our tournaments, we put  together a preliminary list
  • Adult Club:
      >April 25th ~ St. Clair "Paper Tournament"
      >June 13th & 14th ~ Up North "West Side" 2 Day cumulative
      >July 18th ~ Whitmore Lake
      >August 8th ~ Either North St. Clair or South Detroit River
      >September 12th ~ Wamplers Lake
      >September 20 MBI Tournament at Whamplers
      >September 26th & 27th ~ Saginaw Bay "Out of Town" 2 individual tournaments (team of course)
    
  • Youth Club:
      >May 9th ~ St. Clair "Paper Tournament"
      >May 17th ~ Nepessing "Paper" (Practice for the State Championship)
      >May 31st ~ Jr. State Championship at Lake Nepessing
      >June 28th ~ Pontiac Lake
      >July - Sept.???  TBA

• Cleaning out and working on the MBCF trailer, scheduling and discussion
  • How about a Sunday in late January? Wagner will check to see what is available and let everyone know

• Rules Revisions.

• When do points start for next year? After the Club Classic

• What do we need to tune up for 2009?
  • Boat size.  Paul suggested going to 17 ft, that might help getting more boaters. Those boats can not be used in a MBCF or BASS Tournament at the next levels.
  • A clause was added about being a little more flexible on partner choosing, we recognize that some people fish other circuits and do not know if they will be available or not. 
  • The other thing that was discussed was dropping out of a tournament.  The impact it has when someone drops either without telling anytime or right before the tournament.  A one week deadline was set up, with a penalty after that. 
  • The points for catching big bass of the individual tournaments was dropped down to 1 point for each boat in the tournament, 6 boats would mean 6 points when someone gets the big bass for the day.  A clause.
  • A clause was added to ensure members maintain their BASS Membership at all times.
  • A clause was added about Youth Club Tournaments, that they sometimes may need to go to individual because they have to fish without a Youth Partner

• Boat and Fishing Shows

• Fishing and Boat shows as a fund raiser and Recruiting Campaign?

• Primary show is Outdoor Rama February 26, 27, 28 and March 1. Trout Pond, maybe casting kids

• Ultimate Fishing Show, Novi Jan. 8-11 No trout pond, just PR, and Casting kids

• Proposed flyer to hand out at the shows. CD to hand out if anyone can help print some

• Bass Lines Article and ad

  • Paul, Jeff and Dan attended the MBCF Presidents meeting.  We had the opportunity to purchase a $60 ad in the upcoming show edition of Bass Lines.  Paul Built one on the spot and submitted it.  It was a recruiting ad.

• Paul Wagner

• Dan Wagner

• Chris Bishop

• Chris Cloutier

• Greg Choiniere

• Jeff Najmowicz

• Bill Reed

• Jay Haaseth

• Tim Morris

• None given, see Chris C. for details on account balances.

Old Business: None

• Location: Aubrey's Pizza on Whittaker Road near Stony Creek Road in Ypsilanti.
• Lunch
• Crooked Creek Baits (a new club and Youth sponsor we got) came to the meeting to introduce themselves and show some of their product line. They offered to take orders also, they have some great Senko's!! Their new web site will be up in the next few weeks.
• Review of Club Bylaws and Tournament Rules, went over the basics and did some minor tune ups.
• Trophy List for 2008, reviewed the list and cost for the year, our cost will be around $540
  • Discussed how we will pay for them
• Thompson Lake Tournament
  • Partner Draw for Paper Tournament done, list will be posted
  • DATE CHANGE: Because of some scheduling conflicts, the Adult Club Tournament is rescheduled to Sunday April 27, the Youth date is moved to May 3rd.
  • Working on Park Passes for the City Park.  Jay Haaseth has may have a possible source. 
  • Overview of Paper Tournament guidelines and work sheets
• Veterans Tournament, June 14
  • Boats for Veterans Tournament? They are still looking for boaters if anyone is available
  • Chris Cloutier has offered so far. Will fish either the Veterans or the Jr State Championship
  • Does anyone want to step up and do a casting kids event for the Veterans Tournament at Kent Lake? Would be a good PR and something the non-boaters could do as well as the kids
• Junior State Championship, June 15
  • Boats for Jr State Championship at White Lake? We will need to know for sure at some point. It will depend on how many kids are going.
• Dan Wagner, Paul Wagner, Chris Bishop, Chris Cloutier and Greg Choiniere have offered so far.
• If we take 8 Youth Members we need 4 boats
• New Scale has not arrived yet
• Proof of Insurance for your boats is due before we start fishing. Chris Cloutier is checking them. Check to see if yours has been taken care of yet.
• Debut of a new Money tracking envelope. It will be handed out to everyone. Handed out copies of what it will look like, everyone needs to use it to make it simpler for Chris to track money when anyone gives him money
• Meeting note done by Paul Wagner

Meeting adjourned