2010 PA TBF, Inc.
District VII Meeting
June 8, 2010

Meeting was called to order by Fred Lewis @6:46 PM.

Members in Attendance = 7

Daniel P. Swartz  -  Leggett’s Creek BM
Fred Lewis   -  Leggett’s Creek BM
Tom Murray   -  Lunker Landers
John Osmond  -  Northeast BM
Bill Moray  - Berwick Bass
George Bowers  - Wayne County BM
Steve Lowe  - Kickin Bass Baits Pro Team

Minutes = Dan Swartz III
Read the April 13, 2009 Minutes.

Accepted by:
John Osmond - NEBM
Tom Murray - LL

Treasurers Report = John Osmond
As of Apr 13th.

 Previous Ending Balance:       
 General Account Balance:        
 Youth:        
 Conservation:       
 AOY/COY Balance(correction from last month):  
 AOY/COY 2010 Tournament Fees:    
 Divisional Team:       
 Ending District VII Balance:       
 Deposits for D7 Oneida Tournament:
o Checks received for Angler Fees -
o Checks received for Co-Angler Fees -

Accepted by:
Bill Moray – BB
Tom Murray - LL

Conservation Report = Tom Murray

 Update on Cowanesque Conservation Project (Sept 25th and 26th):

o No Update
o Still no response from other clubs for participation.

 Reminder – Personal care and prevention of invasive species – Please wash your boats after fishing lakes to prevent the spread of invasive species.

Accepted by:
Fred Lewis - LCBM
John Osmond – NE BM

Youth Report =

 Sept 5th – Casting Kids State Championship at Cabellas

Accepted by:
Fred Lewis – LCBM
Tom Murray - LL

Tournament Report = Fred Lewis

 Mr BASS East – 41 boats currently signed up.
o D7 members results – Dave Kozlansky – 4th, Len Janeski – 5th in the co-angler division.
o 80 anglers total participation

 Mr BASS West – July 9th / 10th – launch at Prendergast.

 Eastern Regional at Lake Oneida:
o 19 teams are currently signed up to participate
o Captains Meeting – Only team captains need to attend.  Make sure captains have parking and lunker fees from team members at the meeting.

 Championship:
o Permit approved. 
o Launch out of Long Point.
 
 OPEN TOURNAMENTS – Please get your OPEN TOURNAMENTS registered online before the BOD Meeting.
o FISHING 4 A CAUSE Benefit for St. Joseph’s Center.
 Aug 1st @ Lake Winola – Contact George Bowers 570-824-8032

 D7 Event – Cowenesque:
o Application approved.
o Fred Lewis to get flyers together  - Time if from safe light to 2pm for the tournament.

Accepted by:
George Bowers – WCBM
Bill Moray - BB

Steering Committee = Fred Lewis

 Web Site – Up and running.  Lots of positive feedback.
o Members need to register – user name and password.  There are features on the site that are restricted to registered users.
o Each Dist. Chairperson will have access to their District Page.
o Each club should contact Brian Lynott directly to get links for your club’s own website posted on the new pabass.com website.  Also clubs need to provide club officer info for access into different web function.

 State BOD meeting – June 6th at Milesburg.

Old Business

 BOD Meeting (highlights):
o Tickets were given to each District for the 2011 calendar year.
 These tickets were given to D7 club reps:
• #225 – 235 Berwick Bass
• #236 – 249 NEB
• #250 – 299 Wayne County BM
• #300 – 319 KBB
• #320 – 369 Lunker Landers
• #370 – 424 LCBM
• 
o Club with most amount of tickets sold will receive $500 from the PA-TBF

o Looking to end the Aug meeting and have 3 meetings/year
o D3 Tournament Trailer

New Business

 D 1-3-7 Format for 2011:
o As has been customary for the past three years, the District will vote on whether or not they wish to remain with the 1-3-7 Regional Format.  Each district representative was asked to go back to their clubs and be ready to cast a vote at the October District meeting either to remain with the current format or go back to the old format for 2011.
o 
 2011 District Officers and Directors:
o Looking for a D7 Tournament Director for 2011.
o F. Lewis wants to focus on the State TD Responsibilities.

Dist 7 Meeting Schedule

Month Day
January 12
February 9
March No Meeting
April 13
May No Meeting
June 8
July No Meeting
August 10
September 14
October 12
November 9
December No Meeting

End of Meeting

• Next meeting is to be held on Tuesday August 10, 2010 @ Major League Sports Bar @ 6:30 P.M.
• Meeting was adjourned @ 8:35pm by Fred Lewis.  

Accepted by:
Dan Swartz – LC BM
Bill Moray - BB

District 7- 2009 Date  Date  Date  Date  Meetings
Club   01/12/09 02/09/10 4/13/10  6/8/2010 Missed
Berwick Bass  Present  Present  Absent  Present  1
Kickin’ Bass  Present  Absent  Absent  Present  2
Leggett's Creek  Present  Present  Present  Present  0
Lunker Landers  Present  Present  Present  Present  0
Northeastern  Present  Present  Present  Present  0
Wayne County  Present  Present  Absent  Present  1