Mana-Sota Mako Owners Club, Inc.
2007 General Meeting
Linger Lodge Restaurant, Bradenton, FL
January 13, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
Order of Business
Roll
Call
Bryan Smith,
President
Jim Krick, Vice President
Sheila Dahlberg, Treasurer
Linda Bounds, Secretary
Kevin Deiter, 2006
Vice President, and Stephanie
Deiter, our 2006 VP and Secretary,
resigned from
the BoardBoardBOD
after the boat raffle in September. They wanted to
concentrate more on their work schedules and
family.
raising their
child. Subject to our By-Laws, Article V, Board of
Directors, Section D, Vacancies, Sheila Dahlberg,
Treasurer, and
and
I, Bryan Smith,,.
President,
asked and then
selected Jim Krick as Vice President and Linda Bounds as
Secretary. Jim and Linda
accepted to serve in
these positions until our next general meeting.
Proof of Notice of Meeting (-
Invitations
were sent
to 2006 Members)
Secretary’s Report – Motion
to wave the reading of report
Treasurer
Report – Sheila Dahlberg -–
Motion
was made to accept report
Vice President Report – Jim Krick -
Pass
Presidents Report – Bryan Smith
2006 was a good
year and we are looking forward to an even better year in
2007. President Smith outlined the 2006 Events and
presented the 2007 Events to members as follows:
2006
Events
10th
Annual
Mana-Sota Family Funament, April 2006
Sarasota Outboard Club, City Island. We had
96 People
24 boats and 96
people in attendance. Boats
Snake Island Rendezvous, Venice Inlet, Venice,
FL. We had
35 People
8 boats and 35
people in attendance.Boats
26th
Annual Crystal
River Family Funament, July 2006
Plantation Inn, Crystal River, FL. We had
113 People
20
boats and 113 people in attendance.Boats
Labor Day Rendezvous, Twin Lakes Park, Sarasota,
FL. We had
65 people in
attendance and 1 boat (boat raffle). The Mako Boat, Motor
and Trailer was won bybyPeople
One Boat (Raffle Boat)
Winner - Chip and Maryanne Hecht Miller
2006
Membership
We had
32
Member Families at the
beginning of the year, with– Added
nine (9) New Member Families joining.
2006
Volunteer Recognition
Terry and Linda
Marshall – Our club web site
Don & Kim McGuire and Patty Krick –
Hor
de Hordeouvers at
Manasota Funament
Chris McGrath
– Recording the fish caught @ Manasota Funament
Maryanne Hecht-Miller – Pictures at the Manasota
Funament and for the newspapers
article
Jim
Krick, Brett Krick & Randy Krick – Cooking the
meals and supplying the smoker for the Manasota Funament
and Twin Lakes Park Rendezvous
Bill
and Gale Rivenbark – Serving awards dinner at
Manasota Funament
Adrienne Dahlberg – Designing our 2006 Manasota
Funament T-Shirts
Cathy O’Brian and Mike McKinney – Pizza Party
at Crystal River
Keith Jordon and Dan Ausley – Serving BBQ
AwardsAwardsawards
meal at Crystal River
Ron and Gale Hess – Awards and Pontoon
BoatBoatpontoon boat
management at Crystal River
Dahlberg, McGuire, North & Smith children helping with
the Bingo game
Jim and Martha Costa – Handling the boat raffle and
all of the records
Jim and Cheryl Stephens – For just being
there
to
help when we needed it throughout the
year
Bill North and
Joe Chapman - Officiating and certifying the Boat Raffle
2006
Sponsorship / Supporter Recognition
North and
Company/
/
Bill & Deb North – Ballroom cost at Crystal
River/
/
Bingo
Mako Marine/
/
Curt Jarson – Pontoon Boat rental cost at Crystal
River
Mako Marine, Bennett Marine, Ande Monofilament, L&S
Bait (Mirrolures), Travis Boat Center, Bam-Bam Custom Rods,
West Marine, Boat US, GP
Productions
(George Poveromo), Ocean Pro Dive Shop, Hydro-Glow Fish
Lights, etc.
….
President
Smith reminds the club members to thank and all of our
sponsors and supporters for their donations to our club.
President
Smith reminded members to thank our Sponsors for their
support when patronizing their businesses.
2007
Funament Dates
11th
Annual Mana-Sota Family Funament
April 21 &
22, 2007 @ the Sarasota Outboard Club, Sarasota, FL
•
Saturday 4/21
Fish all day, 4:00 pm Registration, 5:00 pm Captains
Meeting, 6:30 pm Pot Luck Dinner (Pig)
(We/
/
You can cook your catch)
•
Sunday 4/22
Fish till 12:00 noon, 1:00 pm Funament Lunch, 1:30 pm
Awards, 2:00 pm Raffle
27th
Annual Crystal River Family Funament
July 19, 20 and
21, 2007 @ Plantation Inn and Resort in Crystal River, FL
•
Hotel Rooms @
$125.00 night,
/
plus tax
•
Encore
RV/
/
Camping Park The
park
will
accommodate tents and has a boat ramp. (will
accommodate tents, ramp and slips
available)
•
Presidential
Suite or some other meeting area.
•
We
will still dododue
the same activities as we have done in the past, i.e. Pizza
Party, Bingo, and
Raft-Off Lunch
with Awards on the river.
2007
Other Events & Activities
Along with the
two Funaments this year in April and July, we are planning
a trip for the club members only to:
(1)
(1) Bass Pro Shops
in Ft. Myers, FL. Bass Pro will give us an extra 10%
off everything we buy during that trip and a possible
discount to eat at the Islamorada Fish
Company.
(2)
We
will also have another Rendevouzes planned this year, i.e.
Boca Grade.
(3) Curt Jarson, VP
of Sales for Make Marine, would like assistance from our
club to plan a Mako Marine trip to Bimini.
(4) If you want to
lobster in the FL Keys during the lobster weekend in July,
I can get our members in touch with Lee Arnold in Naples,
FL for rooms at the Ocean Reef Resort in Key Largo, FL.
(1)
Bass Pro
Shops in Ft. Myers, FL. Bass
Pro will give us ann extra 10% off everything we buy during
that trip and a possible discount to eat at the Islamorada
Fish Company.
We will also
have another Rendevouzes.
planned this
year, i.e. Boca Grade.
Curt Jarson,
VP of Sales for Mako Marine, would like
assistance from our club to plan a Mako Marine trip to
Bimini.
If you want to lobster in the FL Keys during the lobster
weekend in July, I can get our members in touch with Lee
Arnold in Naples, FL for rooms at the Ocean Reef Resort in
Key Largo, FL.
*****
Open for Discussion ******
No
discussion
President Smith drew raffle tickets and passed out winning
prizes to three members.
No discussion,
meeting continued.
BOARD
BOD
Goals in 2007
•
Improve both
Funaments in 2007 - 11th
Annual Manasota
Family Funament and the 27th
Annual Crystal
River Family Funament.
•
Plan at least
one boat trip and one road trip (no boat) for the club
members only in 2007.
•
Develop a
budget to help the present BoardBoardBOD
and future BoardBoardBOD
to manage the Mana-Sota Mako Owners Club for the next ten
years.
•
Increase our
sponsors and supporters for the club, either corporate or
personal, either with product or cash, to help us defray
the costs and increase the attendance to our two yearly
Funaments.
•
Focus on
increasing the family membership in our
the
club. We presently have 32 family
members.
President Smith is, I am asking
all members to bring into the Mana-Sota Mako Owners Club at
least one new member family. At the end of 2007, we would
like the club to have 50 to 60 member families.
*****
Open for Discussion ******
In
order to ask members to help with finding more sponsors and
cash donations to help support the Mana-Sota Mako Owners
Club in 2007, President Bryan Smith and Lori Smith will
give money to the club to cover the cost of the Funament
sticker in 2007. The gesture was followed by several other
members also willing to donate money to help the club,
Treasurer Sheila Dahlberg and Capt. Scott Dahlberg
Vice President Jim Krick and Patti Krick
Katie Smith, with Leslie Wells Reality
Beckie Knott, with Travel Center, Inc.
Jim and Cheryl Stephens
No discussion,
meeting continued.
Election
of 2007 Board of Directors
Subject to our
By-Laws, Article V Board of Directors, Section C, Election
& Term of Officers, are two years.
President Smith read readRead
from the
By-Laws
to
the members..
President
Smith read that the Board of Directors positions are for
two years only.
The Nominations for the Mana-Sota Mako Owners Club,
2007 Board of Directors are:,
President – Bryan Smith
Vice President – Paul Smith
Secretary – Jim Krick
Treasurer – Sheila Dahlberg
President Smith announced a new position (not a Board
position) of Funament Director, which Patty Krick agreed to
hold for 2007.
President
Smith announced that the Funament Director is not a Board
position. Patty Krick agreed to hold the position for 2007.
President
Smith asked for forAny other
nominations for officers.
There
were no nominations from the floor.. There were no
nominations from the floor.
Paula McGrath
made a motion to accept the 2007 Board of Directors slate
of officers as presented. Chip Miller seconded it. Motion
carried.
Motion and vote
for 2007 BOD
Paula
McGrath made a motion to accept the 2007 Board of Directors
slate of officers as presented.
Chip Miller seconded it.
Motion carried
Meeting
adjourned
Everyone
enjoyed a delicious dinner and Karaoke. All had a good
time.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda D. Bounds
ManaSota Mako 2006 Secretary
Meeting
adjourned - Eat Dinner!
All
members enjoyed a delicious dinner and Karaoke. All had a
good time.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda D. Bounds
Mana-Sota Mako 2006 Secretary