Leavenworth Bass Club

Newsletter and General Membership Meeting Minutes

7 October, 2013

Please note, the next monthly Club meeting is on November 4^th, 2013 at the Fort Leavenworth Rod and Gun Club.  The grills will be ready at 6:00 PM for you to cook your steaks, hamburgers or whatever you want to bring. The meeting will begin at 7:00 PM.

The website is located at the following address: http://theleavenworthbassclub.org/. .  Once the web site is back up, please check to make sure your personal information is correct on the members only page.  If your information is not correct, please notify Travis Perret.

For all of you that missed the meeting, you missed a chance to win a free entry into a 2014 season tournament.  Just remember, you cannot affect any club decisions or win a free entry into a tournament, if you do not show up for the meetings! Be sure to plan to attend the next meeting.   Come early and join us around the bar.

The General Membership Meeting Minutes follows:

 WELCOME:

The Leavenworth Bass Club held its regular monthly meeting on October 7^th, 2013 at the Fort Leavenworth Rod and Gun Club Clubhouse.  There were 20 members present. The vice-president called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

The meeting started with our guest speaker, Casey Scanlon, a BASS Elite Series pro from Lenexa, KS. He gave a great talk on Fall fishing patterns, concentrating on Truman and Table Rock since that was our next two locations we’re fishing. Thanks to Travis for arranging this.

 Secretary’s Report:  The minutes for the September 9th, 2013 general membership meeting were approved as written.  They were e-mailed to all members and were posted to the club website.

Treasurer’s Report:   Treasurer reported a beginning balance of $4,830.12 and a current balance of $3212.11. The Treasurer reported a beginning balance of $30,117.87 in the Fishing for Freedom account and a current balance of $35,204.83.  The Fishing For Freedom PayPal account has a current balance of $23.95. The treasurer’s report was accepted as read.

Conservation Committee: The state biologist will install brush piles in Mozingo Lake during a work week in November, but an exact date has not been determined.  Dan Senterfitt will maintain contact with the state biologists and let members know when the installation will occur.

 Youth Committee:  Bill discussed the upcoming “Bearcat Fall Open on 19 October 2013. Anyone interested in fishing this tournament please contact Bill. Also, the club was invited to send a member to the NWMSU fishing club meeting on 8 Oct in Maryville. A request was made to pay for the gas for whoever went.

Banquet Committee: Banquet is still scheduled for 25 January, 2014 at the Leavenworth Eagles. There was a vote to spend $1,000.00 for men and $300.00 for ladies , not including tax for the raffle at the banquet.  The sponsors level for invitation for free meal remained at $150.00. The club agreed to one member and guest for the banquet being funded by the club

Webmaster:  If you have something you would like to see on the website please email it to Travis at wayrnnr@yahoo.com and he will post it.  Fishing pictures or fishing articles would be great. Travis is working with the developer to de-bug the web site.

Vice President’s report:  Vice president handed out fliers from Bassing Bob, A website on bass fishing at Lake of the Ozarks.

President’s Report: No Report

OLD BUSINESS:  Fishing For Freedom Meeting Minutes: Larry thanked all the members who helped make the 5^th annual F3 a success.

NEW BUSINESS:  Congratulations to the new officers for 2014, and many thanks for all the hard work for the officers from 2013.The new term starts on 1 November.

2014 LBC Officers

New Members: We have one new member that joined – please welcome our newest co-angler, Bill Peterson to the club.

Tournament Director’s Report: 

Classic results: Congratulations to Steve and Lou for a very tough two days on Truman

Free Tournament Entry:  ????  was the lucky winner of one free tournament entry to be used in the 2014 season.

. There being no further official business, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 PM.

Bill Horvath