Freedom Bass Club Monthly Minutes
January 24, 2009

Tournament Report:
- January Tournament - The January
tournament was held on January 24th and 25th at Falcon Lake. We had a great turn-out with 12 members
participating in the tournament.
The weather was pretty intense this weekend. The outcome of the tournament is as
follows:
1. Don
Richards – 25.67
2. Ira
Lynn – 23.38
3. Janet
Zipperer – 20.85
4. Scott
Hutzler – 15.43
5. Tina
Lynn – 10.38
6. Troy
Zipperer – 9.64
Big Bass – Don Richards 7.09
- Tournament
- The
February tournament is a two day tournament at Amistad. The dates are February 28th
and March 1st.
New Business:
- Executive Committee
- Troy
Zipperer and Denny Rosenfeld volunteered to be a part of the executive
committee.
- The
executive committee consists of the club officers, Troy Z., and Denny R.
- Warranty for Weigh Scales
- Do
we want to renew the warranty for the weigh scales? The cost is $30. Members present voted for the warranty
to be renewed.
- Troy
Zipperer will take care of this issue.
- City Tournament
- City
Tournament is set for October 3rd and 4th with the
lake currently undecided. Metro is
waiting for the best offer. It
will be between Falcon and Amistad.
- The
September and October tournaments will be adjusted depending on the lake
set for the City Tournament. Don
Richards will e-mail us with the corrections closer to the dates.
- 2008 Award Banquet
- A
club banquet for the 2008 season will consist of a cook-out paid for by
the club.
- We
will hold this cook-out in March or April (good weather months).
- Club
Champion will have their name placed on a plaque. The winner will receive the plaque to
hold onto for the current year.
- Sportsman
of the Year is Don Richards.
- Top
six will be awarded $25 gift cards to Academy, Sportsman’s Warehouse, or
Bass Pro Shops.
- Tournament Points
- The
top ten tournaments will be used to determine end of year standings.
- Charity
- Create
a list of ideas for charity events.
We will share out in April the ideas.
- Some
ideas mentioned:
i.
Military
ii.
MacArthur
High School Bass Club
- Bubba Bass
- The December
winner goes to Don “How far will that oar Go?” Richards. Just ask him about his many troubles at
LBJ.
- Bubba
Bass for the Year – Ed “Brush Butt” Manning and Ashley “Who’s going to
pick out the thorns?” Manning
- Start
nominating your partners for Bubba Bass.
No one is safe!
- Membership – Membership dues of
$30 must be paid no later than the third tournament/meeting of the
year. There are currently 9 paid
members to date.
i.
Troy Zipperer
ii.
Janet Zipperer
iii.
James McCarty
iv.
Denny Rosenfeld
v.
Greg Snell
vi.
Ashley Manning
vii.
Ed Manning
viii.
Don Richards
ix.
Scott Hutzler
Metro Report:
Metro Meeting, Wednesday, February 18th,
7:30 P.M., VFW Hall, Universal
City
