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June 8, 2009
Secretary's
Report was read and accepted;
by Mindy Gagner
Treasurer’s
Report was read and accepted: by
Scott McKay
Communications
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Frank hande=
d out
Boater Safety handbooks that are issued from the State of Vermont. There are lots of people out there=
on
the water so please be careful everyone.
· =
Genmar has =
filed
Chapter 11 which means reorganization.&nbs=
p;
They own Champion, Ranger, Glastron, etc. Frank has some communication from =
them
and basically they plan to reorganize and come back bigger & better.
· =
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TBF News: by Norm White
· =
TBF is busy=
with
Divisionals. Norm added to wh=
at
Frank was saying about Genmar and there will be no change in the TBF/FLW
because of the Chapter 11. Ge=
nmar
pretty much lets Ranger do their own thing and they will continue as they h=
ave
been.
· =
Hopefully t=
he TBF
Store will be open soon.
· =
Norm is wai=
ting
for next years’ contract and he will hopefully have that soon. It looks like the 2011 Divisionals=
will
be at Sebago Lake in Portland, Maine.
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nbsp; &nbs=
p; Committee Reports
· =
For the fir=
st
open Chad & Tim will need a payout chart. Scott & Frank will write
checks. There was supposed to=
be a
third person from the State Team helping to run this open. A few people registered early. There will be a 6 fish limit. Let Frank know if you need anything
else.
State Team:
· =
There will =
be a
State Team meeting directly after the first open for all of those that are
present. You need to bring yo=
ur
shirts for pictures.
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p; &=
nbsp; Youth: Tim Austin
· =
Timmy is lo=
oking
for donations for the kids going to Nationals from the clubs. North Country is going to donate $=
200
and is challenging the other clubs to do the same.
· =
Timmy is lo=
oking
for four boaters for the kids TOC which is the week after our's on Magog if
anyone is interested.
· =
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Old Business:
· =
Update on t=
he
Club vs. Club that Bill Spence is trying to organize: CCB will have a meeting Thursday a=
nd
will let us know. NCBM and SC=
BM
will both attend.
· =
There was an
issue with the bonding insurance with the treasurer balancing the books so =
the
solution is to have the Vice-President review the reconciliations at each
meeting. So Gilly will do tha=
t at
each meeting.
· =
You can list
boating related items for sale on the VBF website all you need to do is send
Frank the info.
New Business:
· =
North Count=
ry has
opened their tournaments to anyone.
·
Meeting adj=
ourned
at 7:35pm =
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Respectfully submitted, =
Mindy
Gagner &=
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