The meeting was started promptly at 2:15pm by President Larry Heagy. We continued having our meetings at Friday’s South Bar and Grill 106 East Main StreetCollinsville, IL 62234.
18 members were in attendance and 2 guests were attending the meeting to inquire about membership.
Larry started off the meeting by talking about the Let’s Go Fishing show. This event did not have as many people or vendors attend as in the past. This was most likely due to the new variant of COVID-19. We did have our normal booth location and operated the Kids Fishing pond. Since a number of vendors did not show up some of the booths in the LaSalle Room were moved to the main hall. this created even less traffic at our booth. Nonetheless we were able to talk to some perspective new members and it was good to catch up with some people we have not seen in a while.
Larry then turned the discussion to the banquet. He sent out a message to all members regarding the attendance for the banquet. All members were asked to provide the projected count for the banquet. We have not heard from many of the members. If you have not yet responded please do that to Larry as soon as possible.
The Banquet will be held on January 29th, 2022 at a new venue, The Gateway Center, LaSalle room. The same catering company as in the past will provide the food and promises to be an excellent event. The banquet will start at 6:00pm and end at 10:00pm. The club has projected the attendance to be 150 and we are set up to accomodate that number of attendees, if you have not RSVP for the banquet please do that ASAP to Larry.
Larry then introduced the club to the perspective new members. they paid their dues and are looking forward to meeting everyone in the club through our events.
Ed discussed the partnership with Razr Rods and two or our members Bryant Stickels and Joe Revelle. Both Brynat and Joe will be at the banquet so if you want more information on Razr Rods please talk directly to them. They might even have a discount for Steel City members.
Ed mentioned that all of the tournament permits have been obtained from Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri. All tournament will be registered online. You MUST register yourself for any event online. After registering you will have an option to pay with Cash/Check or online payments can be made. The club prefers cash or check for the events as to not incur the online transactions fees.
The Annual Dues are due and again this is an online process exactly like the tournament registration.
The banquet setup will be at 4:00pm on January 29th, 2022 for those who are interested in helping out.
Carl motioned to adjourn the meeting and Sergio seconded it. Motion passed.
P.S.: Someone who did not buy me a drink won the 50/50 pot.
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