The meeting was started promptly at 2:13pm by President Larry Heagy. We had our meeting at Larry’s Barn, 120 N Parkview St. Maryville, IL 62062. The new venue allowed everyone to bring their own drinks.
20 members were in attendance plus 1 guest, former memberTom Miks..
Larry started off the meeting with a recap of the December meeting. Ed read the meeting minutes from December. Sergio motioned to accept the minutes as read and rudy Seconded the motion, vote was 20 for and 0 against..
The Board member election was last meeting and first time board member, Mike Anderson, was introduced.
The Gateway Center, Jamie Lane, contacted the club and mentioned that the Let’s Go Fishing show was a great success and she appreciated the time and effort the Steel City Bassmasters put into the event to make it very successful. There were well over 10,000 attendees to the show. Larry noted that the Saturday afternoon session was absolutely packed. A big draw this year for the kids fishing was the Ice Cream Giveaway that the Gateway Center arranged for the kids fishing booth. We saw many adults participating in the booth to get ice cream as well. The giveaway Ice Cream had a great effect on the show participants as they all had to come to the back room to check it out.
Ed produced a new membership brochure that was handed out at the Let’s Go Fishing show to encourage new members to join the club. Several new members already joined with others verbally committed to the club. The next meeting is scheduled to be on 2/12/2023 but that is Superbowl Sunday so the date has been changed to 2/26/2023 2:00pm again at Larry’s Barn, 120 N Parkview St. Maryville, IL 62062.
Stay tuned to the website or Facebook Group page for more information: STEEL CITY FACEBOOK GROUP CLICK HERE.
Razr Rods allowed Steel City to put a membership booth inside if their booth, this was greatly appreciated and resulted in a lot of new conversations with prospective members that would not normally have happened in the back corner of the show.
At the show, Larry Heagy was inteviewed by New England’s Top Rated outdoor show and the video was posted online. Check out the Video here: https://vimeo.com/788705141
Tom Miks, one of our former members, attended the meeting. Tom is doing well but no longer fishes tournaments. It was good to see him at the meeting as well as the Let’s Go Fishing show.
All permits were received from the proper authorities with the exception of Stockton Lake. The venue for Stockton Lake has not been chosen and the membership decided to try the Orleans Trail Marina and the recommended hotel is the Orleans Trail Hotel. Larry will submit for the permit next week and the website will indicate the status of the approval.
The Banquet will be held on January 28, 2023 at the Caseyville Village Hall. This is a new venue for us. One aspect is that alcoholic beverages are not provided therefore the membership can bring coolers of beverages (or bottles) for the evening. The rule is that the coolers and liquor must be turned into the bar and the bartender must serve you the drinks out of your cooler. this is very common to anybody who has attended an event there and works to control the costs of the evening very well.
If you have not already done so please contact Larry with the number of people that will be attending the banquet so that we can ensure we have enough food for everyone.
The Banquet will being at 6:00pm on Jan 28th. The club will meet at about 3:00pm to start setting up the banquet and Rudy has arranged for the sound system for the banquet. Thanks Rudy!
Darrin and Logan Harnetiaux will once again provide the deserts for the banquet. The desert was excellent in the past and we really appreciate them stepping up to provide the desert for the banquet.
Ed mentioned that the website is currently down and an issue with the security certificate will be resolved no later than Tuesday morning.
The website now has the complete Tournament Schedule completed with flyers attached. Check is out at: 2023 Tournament Schedule
Meeting was adjourned at 3:14pm.
Bud Lyons was the 50/50 winner for which he prompyly paid his 2023 membership dues with his winnings.
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