Newsflash

Our next chapter meeting will be Thursday, April 18th at Lockhart’s BBQ in Royal Oak (202 E. 3rd St). We will be meeting in the downstairs meeting room (elevator is available) where food and drink is offered.  The meeting starts at 7:00pm (come early to order dinner) and the speaker is Kimberly Balke of Conservation Resource Alliance (CRA). She will be speaking on the Boardman River dam removal project – the largest dam removal project in Michigan history.

Come join us for some great fishing information and good food and drink. Of course, any interested parties and all TU chapters are welcome!

February 2019

Challenge Chapter Board Meeting – February 5, 2019

 Meeting called to order 7:10 pm.

 In attendance: Dan Cronin, Jim Zyla, Kelvin Connor, Dave Parker, Conrad Surdu, Judd Street

 Treasurer Report:       Current bank balance             $12,849.82

                                    We have no current requests for donations

                                    We are on target for upcoming Fly Fishing Expo

 

Old Business:

            Outings – Four options discussed regarding number of outings

  1. Should we drop 2 outings?
  2. Drop lodges requiring 10+ people
  3. Pick one: Wawasum or Fullers or Au Sable Valley View
  4. Add Woodland Springs as a September outing.

Consensus from discussion led to a motion to drop May – July outing and have two outings; August – Wa Wa Sum and September – Cast/Blast

 

New Business:

  1. Discussion of National TU recomendations/response to headwaters Chapter Treasurer Thefts. 30K was stolen; it has been paid back by the guilty party.

           TU State Council discussed having 2 persons sign chapter checks.

           State council made motion that chapter banks send statement to both treasurer and chapter president and report at chapter meeting.

  1. Last year requests were received from CRWC, Cedars of the AuSable, Coaster Brook Trout, Michigan TU, Junglecock Org.
  2. Clinton Valley Banquet Offer

       4. Discussion revolving around Clinton Valley Chapter Banquet and should we support it.  Is apparently a money maker thru bucket item & meal sales.  Consensus was               we would not do it but would pass out information about the banquet.

  1. Expo preparations & booth.

               Discussion indicated we would have an “Expo” meeting in March, prior to the Exposition.  We need to make sure the iPad is working.

  1. New Board Members:

             The issue is the trouble of getting volunteers to serve on the board.  Discussion included ways to do this; among them were “talking it up” at the membership                       meetings.

  1. Kids Fishing: We have a jumble of rods, reels, tackle that need to be “Cleaned Up”, hooks tied to lines, etc.  These are used at Johnson's N.C. for kids fishing days.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm

Respectively submitted by Dave Parker