Meeting Minutes

December 13, 2001

In attendance were:

Tom Keels, James Palmer, Steve Stinson, Mike Dalton, Michael Scibelli, Wil Johnson,  Dewayne Williams, Terry Lunn, Brent Pell, Tre' Warren, Buddy Warren, Jim Ervin, Carl Connell, Dave Iacampo, Ryan Lynch, John Knox, Steve Lane, Jim Bachemin, Dennis Raitt, Matt Ellinor, Dan Richardson,  Don England, and Brian Walls

• Steve Stinson called the meeting to order at 6:45 pm.
• Steve announced that the club would look into renting a booth for the upcoming Florida Sportsman show in April.
• Steve also proposed ideas for the club functions and tournaments for the year that the different committees would finalize plans for.  These include a multi-species tournament, a joint tournament with the Pensacola Trout Club, and a few more.
• Discussion was expanded to rate the response of purposed raffles at club meetings.  General consensus was good and may be done in the future.
• Steve announced that the club will be looking into separating the club website from BigBendFishing.Net 
• Steve asked for volunteers for the different club committees.  These are listed below.
• James Palmer gave a status on the situation with the Carrabelle IGA fire and the folks that it will effect.  James explained the the Carrabelle First Baptist Church will be making deliveries twice a week to shut ins that the IGA used to serve.  They will be taking donations for gas money for the deliveries.  Their address is:

First Baptist Church of Carrabelle
P.O. Box 768
Carrabelle, FL 32322

Please note on checks that this donation is for gas money for grocery van

Tournament Committee:

• Don England
• Matt Ellinor
• Dan Ellinor
• Mike Dalton

Activities Committee:

• Brian Walls
• Capt. Vic and Lori
• Jim Ervin
• Lee Huszagh

Brian Walls – Information Officer

Nothing to report 

Tom Keels – Secretary

Tom announced that the paperwork has been completed for the Boat U.S. affiliation. 

Guest Speaker – Brian Walls

Brian gave and excellent impromptu seminar on grouper fishing in this area.  He answered many questions on techniques and dispelled the myth of where grouper go in different seasons.  He also gave a quick overview of how to read a depth recorder and what to look for when searching for grouper habitat.