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Dave – Regarding your comment on this section:
The BOT’s decision would be based upon having had conversation with the member in question. No action being taken would be if the member thought they DID have 4 meetings or had some unforseen problem that came up for a one time (presumably) situation. For this year the examples would be Jonathan, Mike, Vern… who all thought they had the required 4 meetings. Are you saying that they should be put on a years probation and if it happened again they’d be dropped? I guess that situation would be handled by the BOT which would be back to the way I outlined the procedure of contacting the member again and finding out what was up. Then a course of action would be recommended. Does that make sense?
– PetePat –
You realize you’re sitting in on a TRAIL BLAZER meeting, right? For this group to sit with their hands in their laps and not voice their opinions is a lost hope and I personally hope it never happens. I completely enjoy the meetings of late and find them to be a great combination of very dedicated individuals who are passionate about what they do. See ya next month.
– PeteMichael and I talked for quite a while after the meeting and we realized that we were not comfortable with the punitive feeling of the Membership part of the by-law re-write. He asked me to see what I could come up with. Sandy’s really well written thoughts also influenced my ideas here. I got the feeling from the meeting that the somewhat hard nosed flavor of the section presented confused some as to the purpose of the 4 meeting requirement. See what you think about this version:
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Article 2 Membership
Section 2 Active Members:It is felt that for members to be truly active members, for them to be fully engaged with the TB’s operations, goals and fellow members, they need to attend at least four (4) meetings per year.
Members failing to meet the required number of meetings in a calendar year will be referred by the President to the BOT. The member in question will be asked about his/her intentions in regards to full and expected participation in the Trail Blazer organization. If their intention is to remain a TB in good standing and they indicate their effort to make the required number of meetings will increase then the BOT would recommend no action need be taken. The members who are referred to the BOT will be recorded in the minutes so as to be on record.
In a year following a member not attending the required minimum of four meetings and they again fail to meet the minimum four meeting requirement, the President will present that case to the BOT for review and recommendation of action. The BOT will make their recommendation following contact and discussion with the member in question. Actions could include the members decision to leave the TB, to go on inactive status or to remain active. A recommendation qould be made to the club for a decision.
Special cases will be dealt with by the President and the BOT as needed.
__________________________________________This wording has the effect of putting the member on notice, but also putting the action more in their hands. If they make only a couple meetings a year for multiple years and it’s pointed out to them and the rest of the membership they may come to the decision that they simply don’t have the dedication to the club to be an active member. This puts it more on the individual member rather than on the BOT/membership police. No lakes are “taken away” from anyone. If a member decides to become inactive then THEY have also decided to give up their lakes.
– PeteDave – Yes, it’s the Stillwater Classic Lite.
Sandy – Sorry, I wasn’t clear about that was I? That is the old boat. I’ll put in a picture of the new one for those who don’t know what I’m talking about.The Jan 1st date was set for the survey contest. We needed a hard cutoff date so we could finish up the details by the Feb meeting. You can always add surveys.
– PeteUm, guys, I’m pretty sure those bass in all those lakes i the Hancock are large mouth bass, not smallies. Bill Henkle and Steve Regis can confirm. Either way, there are to darn many of ’em. Take a hand full home and fillet ’em. Great eating. Better you eat them than they eat our trouts, eh?
Kathy – In Minn. when ice fishing they use the dippers with wire mesh over them for fishing deep fried stuff out of the hot oil.
Ali – When I last got a permit in ’08 they practically wanted to see our marriage cert. to get Cheryl on the permit. Unless you have some really good connections for some funny ID it would probably be cheaper to just get the permit. Tho, you are in the theater biz, maybe props?:-)
At any rate, I wouldn’t want to be up there today! I think we had the last good day in the high country for some time.
Thanks for posting the pics, Rich. It was a beartiful day with great color. Probably the last good day for the year. Wouldn’t want to be up there right now!
Ali – You can give it any name you want. I think I know the lake you’re talking about. I call it Papoose in my journal notes. To go with Squaw.
– PeteMaybe it could have been a really well fed caddis. I’ve actually used this spinning rod as a fly rod in the past so maybe that counts for something?
