The regular monthly meeting was held on December 14, 2011, at Perkins Family Restaurant in Olean, NY.

2012 Tournaments Finalized

Tournament dates for the upcoming year were proposed and accepted by the members present. The points tourneys (with launch sites) for 2012 are:

• Keuka Lake – June 23 (Penn Yan)
  Sodus Bay – July 28 (Bay Side)
  Lower Niagara River – August 11 (Ft. Niagara)
  Lake Erie – September 22 (Small Boat Harbor)

Silver Lake (Club Classic) will run on September 1-2.

• Open team tourneys will be held:
  
  Lake Erie – May 19 (Small Boat Harbor)
  Conesus – July 7 (State launch)
  Honeoye - October 6 (State launch)
  Conesus – October 20 (State launch)
  

2012 Banquet News

Our banquet will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 from 5-9 PM at the Old Library in Olean. Reservations are a must and will be posted soon on the website.
Wade and Sue McClurg will once again be running our biggest fund raiser of the year - the Chinese auction – and donations are needed. If you have items please let the McClurg’s know you can bring so they can plan.

2012 Officers Elected

Elections for 2012 club officers were held with the following slate being named:

• President – Kevin Kuhn
  Vice-President – Ted Barth
  Secretary – Dominic DiGirolamo
  Treasurer – Don Hallock

Elected to a one-year term to the Executive Committee were Larry Good and Noel Good.

The Executive Committee will meet on Saturday, December 31, at 9:00 AM at Dominic’s house.

Other News:

Members are reminded that if you did not pay your dues for the 2012 season by the end of the December business meeting you must now include at $10 late fee. Late renewal dues will be $65 and cover our club’s dues and the national BASS dues. Dues for new members are still $65. The optional New York Bass Chapter Federation dues will be an additional $20. Applications are available on our website.

The next meeting will be held at the Olean Perkins Family Restaurant on Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7 PM.