Indiana Bass Federation
Zone 3 Meeting
August 15, 2007
Meeting Called to Order;
Our NEW meeting site is the FOB Lodge 400 East Davis Road Greenfield IN
Sign In Sheet:
Also passed around Club Contact Sheet, for corrections
Reading of the April 11, 2007 Meeting Minuets:
Director for District 8:
Brookville Bass Club, Greg Raider, Rushville IN, ( H ) 765/ 938-5011
( C ) 765/ 561-1451 has stepped forward and volunteered to help in this position.
Tournament of Champions:
See enclosed INFO Sheet for more information.
There was a motion to allow the Top Finishing Club from the Tournament of Champion’s, from Dist. 7 & Dist. 8 to be the # 1 Boat at the Top-8 Tournament the following year. Motion 2nd Motion carried.
Zone / Dist. Top-8 for 2008
Dist. 7
Dist. 8 Brookville Bass Club to host on Brookville Lake, on a date to be determined by the State Draw in Indianapolis ( either May 17 - 18 OR
May 31 June 1 2008 )
The STARS were made available to the clubs that fished the Top-8 in 2006 & 2007. These will be available to those clubs that did not attend. There was also a vote taken if clubs wanted stars or chevrons. The clubs voted to go back to the chevrons. OR possible to put the year on the Top-8 Patch, instead of the chevrons.
State Finals 2008:
The zone 3 will host the State Finals in 2008; Larry Watson offered to
host the event with a possible date in
August on
Riley Tournament:
Larry Watson shared the article that will be in the Indiana Bass News. Also those we, helped out with a $ 5,000.00 contribution to Bradford Woods this year.
State Finals 2007:
Reported on the tournament held at Rocky Point and the 12 men advancing
on to
represent
Raffle Boat 2007 / 2008
Dave Dick is the Chairperson; the boat is ready for club use, so SELL, SELL,
Those tickets as that is our foundation and cash cow for the Federation.
TBF / FLW:
Clubs need to be aware Indiana Bass gets a cash award from the TBF on the number of memberships we have, that carry membership in the TBF and FLW
( Standard Competitor ) level.
FOR 2008 Top-8’s, all clubs are required to have these memberships to fish the Top-8 Program .
Zone 3 NEXT Meeting:
November 07, 2007
Eldon Crabtree report:
Drawing date for 2008 tournaments, working on getting this rescheduled.
The BP Gas PROBLEM!!!!!!
E-Mail Report
There is a young ( 15 years old ) lady in the Muncie Jr. Bass Club that has ovarian cancer, there is to be a tournament to help her and her family through this turmoil.
Please find enclosed an entry form for this tournament and please support it or send a cash donation to Ken Gibbs and help out this young fisher lady.
Also enclosed is the FACT Sheet of when and where to send your club dues, assessment and Top-8 fees for 2008.
Please try to meet the dead lines for the different dates to have all your fees and roosters turned in as this is a yearly problem and you can help us out by being on time.
ALSO please notice there has been a change to the TOP -8 Fee, this is our first fee change in a number of years, this was necessitated by the raising cost of running the complete Top-8 Program. From Zone Top-8’s through the State Finals and also the State Team and the FOUR Openings for our anglers to advance on to the FLW and Weekend Warrior Tournaments.
Submitted by
Zone 3 Helper
Larry P Watson