Meeting notes

[Linedawg]

The last EC meeting is done and I have the notes. From here on out we will posting the highlights of the EC meetings here. If you have any questions after the meeting notes are posted just ask here. Myself or another EC member will get back to you.

New EC members: Myself (Steve Whittington) and Debbie Keeling were appointed as area reps. I'll be taking an area 75 position and Debbie has an area 77 position. According to the by-laws the president can appoint people to fill empty positions with the approval of the EC. Thanks to everyone for letting me help out.

Tournement: The regionals are going along well. This weekend there was a good tournout. Steve Davis is also getting bids for new belt buckles to be awarded. If you have any input or ideas that will help Steve give him a call or an email. Steve appreciates any help he can get.

Magazine: The newest magazine is out. It did go through a little delay but that is taken care of. We have more back issues of the magazine. If you are attending an event and wish to hand out magazines contact Jane Lassman. She can cordinate getting back issues to you.

Website: Gary Lassman is working to set up a paypal account for the LSBA. This will be taking place asap. LSBA memberships and merchandise will be available via paypal. Also, as this progresses all LSBA transactions will be available on paypal. That will include tournament preregistrations and hunt preregistrations.
We are also looking to increase sponsors and advertisers on the website. At this time we are looking into the prices charged and such so we can set a far price for advertising on our site. If you know of someone that may be interested keep us informed. As soon as we are ready to accept new advertisements we will post it here.

Banquet: The banquet committee is still researching options for the upcoming banquet. Also, they are looking for future locations as well. If you can help them out that would be greatly appreciated. Contact Debbie Keeling for more info. Also, we are looking at making this years banquet an informal dress as opposed to the formal dress it has been in the past. Lets hear your comments.

Public hunting: We spent considerable time talking about ways to improve public bowhunt. Some of the key points brought up by Bob Wright (Beleg) were about under utilization of the oppurtunities out there now. When he has spoke with TP&W officials in the past they have commented on lack of participation. Gary Dick pointed out some of the problems with trying to move the hunts to weekends and such to increase participation. Bob has a contact at TP&W and is going to continue to pursue this topic with them. Anyone that may have input or want to help can contact Bob. One new item we are going to offer the TP&W is to post stand-by positions on our site. This will be totally new and hopefully they will take us up on this. Each year many stand-by positions go unused. Hopefully we can help take care of that.

Hunting: Bowfishing on LCRA controlled waters has come under attack. Apperantly there has been a law in effect for some time that prohibits the use of any weapon capable of firing a projectile on LCRA waters. In the past this was not heavily enforced when it came to bowfishermen in boats. A group of carp catch and release fisherman (yea, I thought it was crazy too) have attacked bowfisherman and our sport. They don't want the carp killed!? :? If you can help in anyway you should. We need to contact the LCRA and show our support for bowfishing. The carp guys have a website but I didn't write it down. Bob had told us how they were claiming a victory for putting a stop to bowfishing on the LCRA waters. Now we apperently have enemies in the ranks of fishermen.

That pretty much covers the latest EC meeting. If I missed anything of importance I'm sure one of the other EC members will fill in. If there is anything you would like on the agenda for the next meeting contact your area rep or your president Gary Dick.