| The regular
monthly meeting was held on January 9, 2008, at Perkins Family
Restaurant in Olean, NY.
BANQUET
DATE CHANGED!!!
Due to a scheduling conflict, the date for this year’s
banquet has been changed to Saturday, February 9, at the Old
Library restaurant in Olean. The dinner will start at a new
time: 6:00 PM. In addition, there will be no “walk-ins”
at the door. Everyone must pre-register in advance so
that we can have an accurate seating count and start on time.
Reservation forms are available on the website.
Junior
Club News
The juniors will hold their second
annual breakfast fund raiser at Applebee’s in Olean
on March 8 from 8–11 AM. Later that day, they will sponsor
a Casting Kids competition at the Olean Center Mall from Noon
to 3 PM.
The juniors announced that starting this year, all Boating
Trail tournaments will run from 6:30 AM – 12:30 PM.
There are 14 paid members in the Junior Club.
MEETING
SCHEDULE CHANGED!!!
As a result of declining attendance
at regular monthly meetings the Executive Committee recommended
that we reduce our monthly meetings. After a vote at the regular
January meeting, the following was approved: effect immediately,
regular monthly meetings will take place in months of January,
March, June, September, November and December.
Tournament
News
Tournament Director Tom Spencer reported
that all tournament permits are in the works with dates confirmed.
The only two outstanding contacts are Small Boat Harbor and
Union Springs.
Members are reminded that tournament
entry forms for all STBM tournaments are available on our
website. Also, entry forms must be received at our post office
box by 5:00 PM on the Tuesday before a tournament to be accepted.
Other
News
The NY Federation will be holding it's winter meeting on January
19 in Syracuse and STBM will have a representative at the
meeting. Several changes for 2008 tournament format and rules
will be discussed. Please check our STBM December minutes
or the NYSBCF website for the issues that will be voted upon.
STBM has a membership cap of 40 members
and the Senior Club presently has 32 paid members, leaving
eight openings for 2008. Anyone interested in joining should
check out the details on our
website. Applications
are available on the website and are voted upon at regular
monthly meetings. They are prioritized in the order they are
received so don’t wait!
The next meeting will be held
at the Olean Perkins Restaurant on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
at 7 PM. |