MARCH MEETING

Had our monthly meeting Thursday night and I just wanted to touch on the highlights real quick. We had some great discussions concerning lowering the tournament entry fees, reducing the number of plaques given out at these tourneys and scaling back the invitations to fish the clubs "Classic". A lot of members think with the state of the economy the way it is that we should adjust accordingly and I couldn't agree more. Fishing can be expensive and a few dollars here and there probably don't mean a great deal but every little bit helps and I was encouraged by the amount of positive feedback that was created during our discussions.

We will have a board meeting this upcoming week and these issues will be discussed at great length and hopefully we can vote on them at Aprils' meeting. I personally will try and get the entry fees scaled back from $30 to $25, trim the plaque handouts from 1 for every 4 entrys to 1 in 8 and reduce the number of "Classic" participants from 10 to 8. These will all result in lower costs for members and hopefully get the emphasis back on just fishing and having fun.