Our June Mr. & Mrs. Bass Club of Austin Meeting was held at the Red Lobster off of Hwy 183.  Teams present were Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez, Trevino, Wacker, Summers, Tyrees and Welcome Back Pederzani’s.

President Lesli Brown opened the meeting by extending Happy Birthday wishes to Glenda on the 12^th and Allen on the 28^th!!!  Celebrating Anniversaries this month are the Connell’s on the 2^nd and the Davis’s on the 4^th!!

Rosemarie Trevino, our treasurer, presented the monthly financial report.

Our May Choke Canyon winners were announced and presented their awards by our Tournament Director, Jesse Sanchez.  Jesse also brought to the Club’s attention the need for big bass patches.  Our talented anglers have been bringing in some big fish and we need to make sure that we have enough patches to award their triumphs.  Larry provided the club a contact and an order was placed while in our meeting with our Treasurer’s help.

Club Members voted on our June Lake Stillhouse Tournament times to run from 6am to noon and the weigh-in site will be at Riversbend on the 11^th.  We voted on an August Tournament date to be the 13^th at Lake LBJ.

The team discussed the progress of recruiting new members and discussed having someone reach out to the Dudley & Bob Radio Show to see about getting a plug in.  Jesse and Robert agreed to call them.

TABC- It will be at Lake Falcon this year.  Our President, Lesli Brown will reach out to Sunbridge for Lodging.  She also received an email regarding the opportunity to earn the entry to the State Tournament for Free for the club.  It would require that we sell raffle tickets and if we sold the most of any club then we would not have to pay the entry fee.  Club members discussed it amongst themselves and no interest was shown in selling the tickets as a club.

Leslie Killough conducted the monthly prize drawing and the Wackers/Martinez’s table seemed to have the most luck of all.  The sounds of “Winner, winner, chicken dinner” kept coming out of Karl & Jesse’s mouth with every number that was called.  Several club members including your own club secretary tried sitting at their table in hopes of stealing some of their luck.  The Trevino’s stole from the Connell’s who now hold the steal token.

Club Members gathered at the Red Lobster on 183 on May 3, 2011 and enjoyed the plentiful “cheesy biscuits”.  Teams present were Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez, Trevino, Wacker, Summers, and Tyrees.

President Lesli Brown opened the meeting by extending Happy Birthday wishes to our Lifetime Member Donna Heinemann on the 25^th!!!  Celebrating Anniversaries this month are the Trevino’s on the 5^th and the Wacker’s on the 21^st!!!

Treasurer Rosemarie Trevino presented the monthly financial report.  She also mentioned that we had a total of 4 sets of magnetic signs – two were bought with money from the club and two were donated.  Should we buy more?  The group agreed to hold off on purchasing any more signs until we determine if they’re paying off by bringing in new members.

Tournament Director, Jesse Sanchez announced the winners of our April Lake Travis Tournament and presented the awards.

Club Members voted on our May Choke Canyon Tournament times to run from 6:30am to 3:00 pm and the weigh-in site will be at South Shore.  Jesse has submitted for the permit, but is still waiting to hear back.  Our July Tournament will be held on the 23^rd at Lake Austin.  Jesse recognized Brent for his help as Assistant Tournament Director and for all of the support that he has provided at the past few weigh-ins.

Brent brought up the idea of taking part of the money used to buy raffle items and setting it aside for the benefit of the Club. For example, it can be used towards a donation made at the end of the year to a charity, to pay for TABC dues or expenses, or to buy things like signs or any other expenses that may come up.  After much discussion, it was decided that we are going to keep things the way they are, but we will be setting up a donation jar for club members to put donations into.  Rosemarie will keep those funds separate from the all other Club money.

Pete discussed the parades and how much fun was had by all.  He felt that the exposure at the parades has helped get the word out that we exist, but we have not seen much success from it.  The Club discussed different ideas on how to recruit new members.  President Lesli Brown is looking into posting on a Bass Fishing Forum in order to look for new recruits.  Alan suggested that we submit tournament results along with photos to TABC to have them included in their publications.  (Brent requested that Alan get him the info on who to send that to.)  Marilyn brought up the possibility of posting an article in the newspaper “Community Section” and include meeting times and dates to see if that sparks interest.  Alan suggested having a kids casting event and Brenda suggested a “take a kid fishing” event.  Robert Brown suggested going on a Radio Talk Show and discussing our club on the air.  Many ideas arose, but most required a lot of time and a great deal of planning.  The group decided to keep looking for opportunities to get our name out.

The Club voted and agreed to return for some “cheesy biscuits” next month.  We will continue meeting at Red Lobster on 183 until something better comes along.

Leslie Killough conducted the monthly prize drawing and the Trevino’s still hold the Steal Token.

After finding out that the room at Pappadeaux Restaurant was not available, our President Lesli Brown arranged for the club to meet at it’s nearby sister property, Pappasitos Restaurant. Teams present were Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez, Trevino, Wacker, Summers, and Tyrees.

President Lesli Brown opened the meeting by extending Happy Birthday wishes to Pete Trevino on the 3^rd and Jim Tyree on the 30^th, Pat Gold on the 22^nd, and Brenda Davis on the 29^th, she also announced that her .

Treasurer Rosemarie Trevino presented the monthly financial report.  She also requested that going forward, you have your tournament entry fee at the weigh-in.  Bring your fish to the scale and your cash to the treasurer.

Tournament Director, Jesse Sanchez announced the winners of the March O.H. Ivie tournament and presented the awards.

Club Members voted to on our April Lake Travis Tournament to run from 6:30am to 3:00 pm and the weigh-in site will be at Arkansas Bend.  Our June Tournament will be held on the 11^th at Lake Stillhouse.

Rosemarie brought in the magnetic signs and passed them out to the members of the club that do the most driving.  The signs look very sharp and should attract new members.  There are 6 signs of which the Browns, Trevinos and Tyrees all donated a set.

Pete reminded everyone to be at the Parade by 11:30 am.  Pete will try to find some candy or something to toss at the kids in the crowd.  He will take his bubble machine to see if it proves to attract attention without causing any problems with kids trying to chase the bubbles onto the street.  Pete will have Club Business Cards to hand out to any spectators that are interested in our club.  Sugein & Leslie informed the club that they ordered 2 banners to use in addition to the magnetic signs.  Hoping to get them by the first parade, but for sure they will arrive in time for the one on the 15^th.

After much deliberation, the club members took a vote and decided to give the Red Lobster on Hwy 183 a try in May.  Although Pappasitos has great food and service for a reasonable price, their separate room is located by a bar and it was quite loud for those who had to speak.

Prize Drawing: Leslie Killough conducted the monthly prize drawing and Jim stole some lures from the Trevinos leaving them with the power of the Steal Token.

Members gathered at the Pappadeaux Restaurant off of I35 & HWY 290 on March 1^st for our monthly meeting.  Teams present were Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez, Trevino, Wacker, Summers, and even the Tyrees made it.

President Lesli Brown opened the meeting by extending Happy Birthday wishes to Gina Martinez and Cliff Davis both on the 11^th, Pat Gold on the 22^nd, and Brenda Davis on the 29^th, she also announced that her birthday was on the 15^th.  Happy Anniversary wishes to Pat & Jerry Gold today (March 1^st) and Glenda & Allen Summers will be celebrating theirs on the 31^st of March.

Treasurer Rosemarie Trevino presented the monthly financial report

Tournament Director, Jesse Sanchez announced the winners of the February tournament on Lake Belton and presented the awards.

Members chose the times for our 2-Day tournament on OH Ivie.  The tournament will begin at 7:00 am and end at 4:00 pm on Saturday March 26^th and run from 7:00am to 2:00 pm on the 27^th.  The weigh-in on both days will be at Elm Creek.  Members voted on our May tournament date to be Saturday the 21^st at Choke Canyon Lake.

Old Business:

All twelve teams have paid their annual dues as well as their TABC dues.  Thank you everyone!!!

Pete & Glenda updated us on the banners.  They are looking for a different vendor to make the banners because they were too expensive.  Sugein and Lesli agreed to be on a banner committee and will work on a way to make a very low cost banner for the front or back of our boats.  Pete handed out some details regarding the guidelines for participating in each of the two parades.  He will be submitting the paperwork required now that the members have confirmed that we will have 3-4 boats participating.

Brent looked into the availability of the domain www.mmbc.com and it is unavailable.

New Business:

• Members took a vote and decided that they will be eating at the restaurant on Saturday evening while at OH Ivie in stead of having a potluck dinner.
• Rosemarie found a vendor that can provide us magnetic signs for our trucks to use at the parade and in our everyday commutes.  Members voted and agreed to buy three sets of two.  Lesli’s friend is working on our logo design and will send it to Pete and Rosemarie to see if it can be done.
• Lesli Brown brought information for the club regarding the upcoming Bassin for Babies Tournament which benefits March of Dimes.  The tournament is on April 3^rd and the entry fee is $100 per team.  The entry fee gets participants a t-shirt and a bar-b-que lunch.  First prize winners receive $1500 and prizes are given for the top 5 finishers.  The big bass winner earns $500.  Lesli provided entry forms to those who were interested.
• Brenda brought up a concern regarding teams returning dead or distressed fish back into the lake.  According to Texas State Law, we are not to return them into the water and are subject to a substantial fine if we do.  After a very long and thorough discussion, the club members have decided to enhance the weigh-in procedures a bit to ensure that we are doing the right thing for the fish and for the integrity of the club.  For the next few tournaments, we will try this new procedure to see how it works as we expect it will eliminate all concerns.  Our tournament director, Jesse and our newly appointed assistant-director, Brent will weigh the fish and check to see if any look distressed or dead.  Any fish that look like they might not make it, will be put in Jesse’s livewell and the weighing-in will continue.  The owner of the fish must stay near to return the fish to the water or to find someone who will take the fish if it is deemed that the fish is/are not going to survive.  At the end of the weigh in, Jesse and Brent will check back on the fish in the livewell and make that call.  All members of the club agreed to respect and honor the judgement that the directors make.
• Donna let everyone know that the BassMaster Classic was scheduled for February 24^th – 26^th of the year 2012.  She advised that if anyone was interested in obtaining a hotel room, that they try to book them now to ensure availability and a good rate.  They found rooms for $144 per night in Shreveport.
• The club members took a vote and although there were some concerns regarding the cost and the size of the space, everyone agreed to have the April Bass Club meeting at Pappadeaux and determine at that time whether or not to continue.

Prize Drawing:

Leslie Killough conducted the monthly prize drawing where the Tyrees cleaned house.  The Tyrees won so many prizes that the Killough-Parish team exercised their right to steal and now Team Tyree holds the token.

The February meeting was held on Tuesday, February 1, 2011, at the IHOP restaurant.  Teams attending were:  Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez, Summers, Trevino and Wacker.

President Lesli Brown opened the meeting and wished a Happy Birthday to Robert Brown on the 9^th and Marilyn Connell on the 10^th!  She also announced that Jesse & Gina Martinez will be celebrating an anniversary on the 25^th!

Treasurer Rosemarie Trevino gave our financial report.

Tournaments:

Tournament Director, Jesse Sanchez, announced the winners of our January Lake Dunlap tournament and presented them with their winnings.  Brent fished the tournament alone and was the only member to bag a limit as well as achieved Men’s Big Bass Honors.  By request of the other members, Brent gave us a lesson on fishing a Jig.

Members selected 7am to 3pm as the times for our February 19^th Lake Belton tournament with the weigh-in at Arrowhead.  Our April tournament will remain on the 30^th at Lake Travis.

Old Business:

Make sure you’ve paid your membership dues!!!  The deadline for TABC dues is March 1^st.

Pete updated us on the cost for banners for the parades.  We can get two banners for $100.  The teams voted to move forward with the banners and chose blue as the preferred color.

New Business:

Special recognition goes out to our Web Master, Brent Parish, for all of the great improvements to our site.  He added a slideshow with our tournament pictures as well as our 2009 & 2010 year end club videos.  Thank you Brent!!!

We are on Facebook!!!

The members agreed to pursue the purchase of the domain name:  www.mmbc.com.  It will be easy for potential new members to memorize and remember.

Our March Meeting will be held at Pappadeaux’s.  Our usual IHOP is having a special “pancake event” that will keep us for using our usual room so we will check out Pappadeauxs as a possible new meeting place.  The members will decide during the March Meeting where the April Meeting will be held.

Prize Drawing

Our Vice President, Leslie Killough had some great prizes, including a camo camping chair (won by one of Leslie’s daughters) and the Grand Prize a cooler.  Lesli Brown had the steal token and stole the camo camping chair so the Parish/Killough family will be able to steal from someone at the next meeting.

The club met at the IHOP restaurant on Tuesday, January 4, 2011.  Our new president, Lesli Brown welcomed the teams Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez, Gold, Summers and Trevino who were in attendance.  She also introduced and welcomed our new team members Karl & Monica Wacker!!!  Leslie wished a Happy Birthday to Luther Lentz on the 7^th, Joe Connell on the 12^th, Rosemarie Trevino on the 27^th and Steve Bohmer on the 28^th!  Happy Anniversary to Jim & Donna Tyree on the 1^st and Brent Parish & Leslie Killough on the 14^th!

Treasurer Rosemarie Trevino made the financial report to the club.

Tournaments

Our new Tournament Director, Jesse Sanchez presented Jerry and Pat Gold with their winnings from the Lake Amistad Tournament.

All members were for the times of the Saturday, January 22^nd Lake Dunlap Tournament to be held from 7am to 3pm.  The I35 Ramp was chosen as the weigh-in location. (Take the Seguin exit and it is located off of the service road.)

Members also voted on a March Tournament Lake and had decided to have the 2-Day tournament in late April, but upon some research done the day after the meeting, it was found that lodging accommodations were unavailable for the dates chosen.  Our MMBC Board of Directors communicated the accommodation challenges and after conferring with the club officers, it was determined that we would be changing the dates to the weekend of March 26 & 27^th which was the date originally voted in for our March tournament.  Elm Creek was kind enough to block 12 rooms for our club for those dates chosen and members were urged to call and reserve their room.    The dates and lake for the April Tournament will be discussed in the February Meeting.

Old Business

Rose Marie informed us that the $180.00 that the club donated in December to the Food Bank was used to provide 540 meals those in need in the community.

Members voted on and made the following new policy rule:  A member may fish a club tournament alone but a team may only fish with a guest twice in a given year (being January through December of said year).

Members voted to continue being members of TABC.

Pete provided us the information regarding two upcoming parades that we can participate in to advertise the club and recruit new members.  The first was the Georgetown Red Poppy Festival on April 16^th with an entry fee of $20.00 for as many boats as we want to include.  Anyone with a red boat is urged to participate.  The second parade will be held in Cedar Park on April 9^th at the Heritage Festival and this one is free.  We had a lot of interest and further research is being done on a couple of signs/banners to hang off of at least one boat with our club information in order to recruit new members.

The Holiday Party is this Saturday, January 8 at the UT Club from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm.  As a reminder, parking is available on the street or you may use the Manor parking garage (fee) across the street from the club entrance.  Don’t forget to bring a wrapped, (new) fishing related gift for our gift exchange during the party.

New Business

Happy New Year- Make sure you get your 2011 Annual Dues of $30.00 to Rose Marie!!!

Joe Connell will be our Club Photographer this year!!!

Thank you Jesse Sanchez for fixing our club scale!!!

Prize Drawing

Our new Vice President, Leslie Killough, conducted the monthly prize drawing.

The club met at the IHOP restaurant on Tuesday, December 7, 2010.  President Brenda Davis welcomed teams Brown, Connell, Davis, Forby, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez, Summers and Trevino.  She wished Happy Birthday greetings to Judy Anderson on December 6, to Sugein Sanchez on December 7 and to Leslie Killough on December 11.  Happy Anniversary to Donna and Jim Tyree on January 1.

Treasurer Cliff Davis made the financial report to the club.

Tournaments

Tournament Director Pete Trevino announced the winners of both the November 6 & 7 Amistad Tournament and the December 4 LBJ Tournament and presented the awards.

Pete reminded us that the January Tournament will be on January 22 on Lake Dunlap.  The tournament times and weigh-in location will be chosen at the January 4 meeting.

Members voted to hold the February tournament on Lake Belton on Saturday, February 19.

Pete also reminded members that they should research lakes and dates and bring some suggestions/nominations for the Spring two-day tournament to the January 4 meeting.  It seems early but in order to secure rooms for all teams we need to plan in advance.

Old Business:

Members present voted to add the following to the club policies section:

Section 11, Tournaments:

“Our club practices catch and release and members take as many steps as possible to release all fish alive.”

Officers for 2011 were elected at this meeting.  Congratulations to the following:

President Lesli Brown
Vice-President Leslie Killough
Secretary Sugein Sanchez
Treasurer Rosemarie Trevino
Tournament Director Jesse Sanchez

These officers will begin their “term” at the January 4 meeting.

The January Holiday Plans were finalized.  The party will be held on Saturday, January 8 at the UT Club.  The cost per person will be $38.50 or $77.00 per couple.  The party will begin at 6:00 pm and will end at 10:00 pm  The cost includes appetizers, two beverages, full dinner buffet, dessert, tax and gratuity.  The party will be held in a private dining room.

Parking is available on the street or you may use the Manor parking garage (fee) across the street from the club entrance.

Each person is asked to bring a wrapped, (new) fishing related gift.  We will have a fun gift exchange  during the party.

Marilyn Connell said that she would not be able to create a photo slide-show this year.  Leslie Killough said that she and her family may be able to produce one.

Charity:  Members voted to give the proceeds from the prize drawing at this meeting to The Capital Area Food Bank.

Pete Trevino presented a report on the Brown Santa Toy and Book Drive.  Our club members donated 95 stuffed animals and 28 books.  Please continue to save and collect because we will do this again next year.  Thanks, Pete and Rosemarie for guiding us to this need.

New Business:

A motion was made to add the following the club policies under tournaments:  “A team may fish with a guest no more than twice a year.”  We will vote on this at the January 4^th meeting

Pete Trevino suggested that our club members participate in some local parades in order to advertise the club and possibly attract new members.

Prize Drawing:  Members brought prizes to this meeting and all monies collected ($180.00) were donated to The Capital Area Food Bank.  Thanks, Lesli for the superior job that you did for the past two years as Vice-President.  You will make a great Prez!!!!

Marilyn Connell, Secretary

The members of the Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club met at the North Austin IHOP on Tuesday, November 2, 2010.  President Brenda Davis welcomed everyone, including Bobby Forby, who along with his wife, Barbara, joined the club.  Welcome!  Teams present for this meeting were:  Brown, Connell, Davis, Forby, Parish-Killough, Sanchez and Trevino.

Treasurer Cliff Davis made the financial report to the club.

Tournament Director Pete Trevino helped the members select the times and weigh-in location for the Lake Amistad tournament held on Nov. 6 & 7.

Members also chose times for the December 4^th tournament on Lake LBJ and they are from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm with the weigh-in at the Cottonwood/LBJ Yacht Club Ramp. http://www.lakelbjmarina.com/ (click on “Location” for map). Please note that this tournament will be held before the next meeting so please make a note of the times.

The first tournament of 2011 will be on Saturday, January 22 and it will be held on Lake Dunlap. The times and weigh-in location will be selected at the January 4^th club meeting.

Old Business:

• Members discussed the club remaining a part of TABC.  We tabled the issue to next month
• Constitution & Policy Changes:
  • There was a discussion about how most other clubs have a penalty for dead fish weighed in.  Members participated in a good discussion.  A nomination was made and seconded and will be voted on next month.  It says: “Our club practices catch and release and members take as many steps as possible to release all fish alive.  It will be place in Policies, Section ll, Tournaments.
• 2011 Officer Nominations were made.  Members will vote on the following at the December 7^th meeting:
  • President:  Lesli Brown, Joe Connell*
  • Vice President:  Leslie Killough
  • Secretary:  Sugein Sanchez
  • Treasurer:  Rosemarie Trevino
  • Tournament Director:  Jesse Sanchez
  • (Brent Parish has graciously offered to again be the webmaster)

*Does not wish to hold this office

• The December Meeting Prize Drawing:  It is a tradition of our club for members to bring in fishing prizes of their own and hopefully extra money for tickets at the December meeting.  All monies collected will go to a charity to be chosen at the December meeting.
• January Holiday Party:  January 8^th is the date for our annual party.  It will be held this year at the University of Texas Club.  Cost is $38.17 per person which will include appetizers, full buffet, dessert, two beverages, tax, gratuity and a private meeting room.  Please note that parking is not included.  Members may use the parking garage (fee) or park for free on the street.
  • Gift Exchange:  We hold an annual “White Elephant” type gift exchange but this year we ask for all prizes to be new and fishing related.  The amount for each gift should be $20.00 and each member is asked to bring a wrapped gift.  Numbers will be drawn and the exchange will begin.  It is always a fun event!

New Business:

• Membership was brought up.  All members are encouraged to  attract new members.  Brent will make up a flyer and Marilyn suggested that members post on local Internet fishing forums about the club, the fun and our fishing

Raffle

There was no raffle held at this meeting.  Prizes will be held over to the January 4 meeting.

The October 5^th meeting of the Mr. and Mrs. Bass Club of Austin was held at IHOP with President Brenda Davis starting the meeting at 7:00 pm.  She welcomed guests, Barbara and Bobby Forby who are interested in joining the club.  Teams present at this meeting were:  Brown, Connell, Davis, Gold, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Summers and Trevino.  Brenda wished Happy Birthday’s to Erin Cromleigh who celebrated on October 2^nd and to Larry Pederzani who will celebrate on October 14.  She also extended Happy Anniversary wishes to Lesli and Robert Brown who will be married for two whole years on October 11!

Secretary Marilyn Connell read a thank you note from Pat Gold for the flowers sent to her during her recent surgical stay.  Treasurer Cliff Davis reported on the financial state of the club.

Tournament Director Pete Trevino announced the winners of the Choke Canyon Tournament held on September 11 and present awards.  He then announced the winners of the October 2^nd tournament held on Lake Austin and presented those awards.

The November club tournament will be the Fall Two Day Tournament on Lake Amistad November 6 and 7.  The times for this tournament will be chosen at the November 2 meeting.  The club already has a tournament permit for Diablo East.  Rooms held for members at Anglers Lodge have now been released.

Teams present chose Saturday, December 4  for the December Tournament and we will fish Lake LBJ..

Old Business:

• TABC Tournament:  Members present who participated in the tournament held at Choke Canyon on September 25 and 26 gave a brief report about the tournament.  Congratulations to our team for the 12^th place finish out of a field of 23 teams.

New Business:

• Sharelunker season is here from October 1 to April 30.  Make sure any fish caught over thirteen pounds is weighed on a certified scale and call TPWD (888-784-0600)
• Members are asked to read over the Club Constitution and policies.  Any changes regarding the Constitution or policies regarding tournament points or standings need to be brought up at the November meeting, nominated and then voted on at the December meeting.  Members are asked to make changes in writing.
• Nominations for 2001 Officers will be made in November and voted on in December.
• A motion was made to hold a regular business meeting in January instead of conducting business at the annual Holiday Party.  Members voted on this and we will hold a club meeting on Tuesday, January 4, 2011.
• A date was chosen for the annual Holiday Party and it will be on Saturday, January 8.  Joe said that we could again hold it at the UT Club. We agreed to have a gift exchange as always but will not call it a “White Elephant” and ask that everyone bring in a new prize.  We forgot to set an amount so we will have to do that at the next meeting.  It is usually a $15-$20 gift per person.
• Members voted to again bring prizes of their own to the December meeting and all monies collected that evening will be donated to charity.
• Rosemarie Trevino reminded everyone that the next meeting, November 2, will be the last time to bring in gently used or new stuffed animals and books for Brown Santa.

Prize Drawing

Lesli had some great prizes, including the Grand Prize, which was a captains chair (won by Rosemarie Trevino!).  Cliff Davis had the steal token and stole from Lesli Brown so she will be able to steal from someone at the next meeting.

Members gathered on a stormy, rainy night at our new meeting location, the IHOP restaurant at 183 and Duvall.  Teams present were Brown, Connell, Davis, Martinez, Parish-Killough, Sanchez and Trevino.

President Brenda Davis opened the meeting by welcoming guests, Lee and James Roberts.  She extended Happy Anniversary wishes to Alice and Luther Lentz on September 19 and to Judy and Wayne Anderson on September 23.

Secretary Marilyn Connell thanked Brenda and Sugein Sanchez for filling in for her in August while she was on vacation.

Treasurer Cliff Davis presented the monthly financial report

Tournament Director, Pete Trevino announced the winners of the August 21 tournament on Lake Travis and presented the awards.

Members chose the times for the September 11 tournament on Choke Canyon.  The tournament will begin at 7:00 am and end at 4:00 pm with the weigh-in at South Shore.

The lake for the October 2 tournament has been changed to Lake Austin.  The tournament will be from 6:30 am to 2:30 pm and the weigh-in will be the 360 ramp.

Teams Brown, Nicholes-White, Parish-Killough and Sanchez will represent our club at the TABC Top 8 tournament on Choke Canyon the weekend of September 25 and 26.  The tournament information has been updated on the TABC website as of September 7. http://www.tabconline.org/ Good Luck to our TABC team!  We will be thinking of you that weekend!

Former MMBC member, James Roberts attended this meeting and spoke to club members about the October 23 & 24 Gone Fishing for Kids tournament on Lake LBJ http://www.gonefishingforkids.com/

Thanks for speaking to us, James.  It was great to see you again!

Old Business: None

New Business:

• Robert Brown volunteered to help Pete at the club weigh-ins
• Members were reminded that both team members should bring the fish to the weigh-in, help remove the fish from the bags and also to mark the Women’s big bass.  Also be sure to stop by and have your photo taken!
• Marilyn mentioned that she will not be present at the Choke Canyon tournament and Lesli Brown volunteered to write down the weights.  Thanks, Lesli!

Prize Drawing:

Lesli Brown, assisted by her precious daughter, Lilly, conducted the monthly prize drawing.  Cliff Davis now owns the steal token for the October  5^th meeting.