Meeting called to order at 7:25 pm

Read/Motion to Accept Agenda…agenda was accepted

Roll call: Clubs not present: NH HOOKSETTERS, KINGSWOOD

Secretaries Report:
January minutes were accepted as is.

Treasurers Report:
Bob handed out ledger for current report these report were read and accepted

VP Report:
Could not make the meeting.

President Report:
Talked about possibly getting a youth director

Youth Report:
Ray Meyer will have input on this program in the future, Thank you Ray for lending a hand.

Conservation report/Legislative/State Team/PVA Director/Committee report:
Dick talked about the Winnipesaukee speed limit bill and that we are in the closing hours as far as this getting voted on. Dick expressed to contact your reps and we need to express our opinion. Dick talked about the possibility of some other damaging proposals that could affect bass fisherman. See dick for more info. Dick also mentioned that there were currently 30 different lake access projects in progress.

Tournament Director: Will be covered in old business.

Old business:

Web Advertisers:
Web advertisers were all contacted and asked if they want to continue advertising with us, we will give them a few weeks to respond.

Dues Increase:
Some clubs expressed that they did not have a problem with the increase. This was voted on and passed, so look for more information on this in the coming months. It was discussed and this could possibly be combined with STQT dues which are due in July/August.

STQT Report:
Tournament Director: This was brought up and discussed again, there was discussion about STQT's and who will run these events. We will be pulling drawing club names from who are participating in the STQT and not from clubs that are not participating in the STQT. It was noted the all clubs must vote on the Prospect proposal on Tournament director, the vote it wheather or not the State Team will act as tournament director for the 08 season. Please vote on and report back in March.

Dues Increase: Dave talked about how we would implement a dues increase and it would possibly be staggered throughout the year.

Break: not taken in order to keep meeting short.

New business:

Sponsors:
New Sponsors coming on from FLW, Chevy, Berkley and Solar Bat, see Ron for more details. Members need to register for these programs; Email is a must, YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS. This is the primary communication method for these partners.


Sign Up FormPLEASE REGISTER: Members need to register at the meeting; we need this info to communicate better, please sign up.

State Team:
John Diaco volunteered to be state team captain and will work with the team to get organized.

Additional Business

Talk was brought up about the Spring Open and the Divisional and where they will go out of. Silver Sands was brought up as an option and Dave Andrews is actively working on this.

Questions were brought up about casting kids program and where that program is currently, it was mentioned that this will be a stronger program in the future. Stay tuned for more info.

Meeting Adjourned: 8:33 pm

Next meeting: March 25, 2008 @ 7:00pm