The regular monthly meeting was held on December 12, 2007, at Perkins Restaurant in Olean, NY.

Banquet News – Some Changes

This year’s annual banquet will be held at the Old Library restaurant in Olean. The dinner will start at 6:00 PM to help those with children and long driving distances. In addition, there will be no “walk-ins” at the door. Everyone must make a registration in advance so that we can have an accurate seating count and start on time. Invitations will soon be posted on the website.

Junior Club News

Junior officer elections were held:

• President – Eric Blue
  Vice-President – Clinton Brewer
  Secretary – Caswell Stanton
  Treasurer – Brandon Hill

The juniors announced the dates for their Boating Trail tournaments on these lakes: Rushford, Chautauqua, Honeoye and Conesus. The Pond Trail dates were set but sites details are still being worked out.

Shoreline Trail: Note all sites are tentative
TBA June 25
TBA July 9
TBA July 23
TBA August 6
TBA (Classic) August 20

The juniors raised $215 with their 50-50 raffle.

Rockwell & Pelican Point Make Donation

Chris Rockwell donated his $241 winnings from the last points tournament on Canandaigua to the junior club treasury. Not to be outdone, his sponsor, Pelican Point Marina, matched that amount. The juniors gave Chris and Pelican Point an ovation at the meeting for their generosity.

Senior Club Officer Elections

2008 club officer elections were held as follows:

• President – Bob Green
  Vice-President – Ted Barth
  Secretary – Dominic DiGirolamo
  Treasurer – Don Hallock

Elected for the three Executive Committee positions were: Bob Elliott, Bill McKelvey, Jr., and Ron Manhart. Only members present at the December meeting were eligible to cast a vote. Congratulations and thanks to those who will be volunteering their time for the benefit of our club.

Federation News

At its December meeting the NY Federation is looking into several changes in an effort to increase participation. All clubs were asked to return to the January meeting with feedback from their members in order to give the state some direction.
Several issues that were given a “yes” form those STBM members at our own meeting were:
Go to a pro-am format with separate pay pots; use a 7/3 boater/non-boater ratio for the divisional team; don’t change the format of the CTC; guarantee the boater’s boat when he brings a non-boater to a tourney; keep the points tourneys at four (no increase or decrease); either expand the off limits to at least one more day or eliminate it all together; and draw the lakes at random (don’t try to pick them when good bags are likely (does such a thing exist?). Also, do not let boaters go out alone if there is a shortage of non-boaters, and, lastly, take a look at regionalizing the state for tourneys.

The next meeting will be held at the Olean Perkins Family Restaurant on Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 7 PM.