OBFN Presidents Meeting October 3rd, 2009 Top Six Tournament at Lake Hudson
Attendees:
Keith Blackstone
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President
Mike Myers - Tournament Director
Richard Minyard - Secretary
Gene Gilliland - Conservation Director
Lee Sanders - North Central President
Johnny Burke - Keystone Bassmasters President
Troy Enmeier - Enid Bassmasters President
Eddie Clark - Grand Lake President
David Morgan - Cleveland Bassmasters President
Kent Bottenfield - Bartlesville Bassmasters President
Nominations for Spring Qualifier Lakes 2010:
Troy Enmeier nominated Grand Lake and Lee Sanders seconded
Troy Enmeier nominated Lake Texoma and Lee Sanders seconded
Nominations ceased
A vote was called for the two nominated lakes and was passed
unanimously.
Nominations were taken for which trails that the qualifiers would
miss in the Spring of
2010.
It was decided to continue to schedule around the Nichols trails and
the BASS weekend
series events and Legend trail if possible.
Entry fees were confirmed to be #200 as passed on March 14th
meeting.
A motion was made by
Lee Sanders and seconded by Mike Myers that the OBFN would pay
whatever fees were left when then money from the higher entry fees
was collected. The motion passed seven yes votes to one no vote
Lee Sanders made a motion to cut the fees to $100 dollars for the
fall qualifier. There were no seconds and the motion died on the
floor.
Conservation director Gene Gilliland updated everyone about the
progress of the spider block program, spider blocks will be
available to clubs soon to place in a lake of their choice.
Eligibility for upcoming qualifiers was discussed in regards to
participating in youth events. How is tournament committee going to
enforce the rules for not fulfilling the youth obligation. What
would the penalty be? Members of the 2009 state team were required
to either be at Camp Cavet or Burn Camp plus participate in two
other youth events.
Lee Sanders made a motion to deduct 10 points for each event missed
from the participants final qualifiers score up to a maximum of 30
points. David Morgan seconded the motion. A vote on the motion
was called and passed six yes
votes to zero no votes with two abstaining.
David Morgan made a motion to require anyone who is going to
participate in the 2011 OBFN Qualifiers must have participated in a
youth event before being allowed to enter the qualifiers. The motion
was seconded by Gene Gilliland. A vote was called and the motion
passed seven yes votes to zero no votes with one abstaining.
A request was made to ensure everyone has given the secretary,
Richard Minyard, current email addresses.
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting and seconded.
