The Newsletter of the Texas Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, Volume 35, Number 1, Spring 2009 Page: 4
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* End of February deadline for next newsletter report submissions
o Nominating (presented by Charlie Munger)
* Thanked Fred Janssen and John Taylor for technical assistance with the online voting program
* 39% of membership voted via the internet; 10% voted by ballot at the conference for a total voter participation
of 49%
* Greg Conley received the most votes for Secretary/Treasurer
* Ken Kurzawski received the most votes for President-Elect
o Exhibit/Raffle (presented by Juan Martinez)
* Thanked those that helped committee
* Grossed over $5,730.50; netted $4,807.52
o Scholarship (presented by Mike Morgan)
* Recognized John Findeisen's help
* 66 mailed announcements to university programs
* 11 applicants for 4 individual awards of $1,500 each (see recipients below)
* Michelle Parmley (TX State) - undergraduate student
* Nicholas Bertrand (TX State) - undergraduate student
* Joshuah Perkin (TX State) - M.S. graduate student
* Bridgette Froeschke (TAMUCC) - Ph.D. graduate student
o Student Outreach (presented by Mandy Scott)
* emailed job list to fisheries professors and printed in newsletter
* Recapped activities at meeting
* Thanked Dan Bennett for organizing the job board
* Fisheries student scavenger hunt
* Updated membership on her participation in 08 Bass Brigade
* Mandy is new coordinator for next Bass Brigade
* Needs adult leaders for camp councilors
* Asked for continued Chapter financial support
* New Business
o Outgoing President Tim Bonner encouraged members to get active on committees
o Outgoing President Tim Bonner passed the presidential skag to new President Brian Van Zee
o President Brian Van Zee presented Past-President Tim Bonner with a Past-President's plaque in honor of Tim's
service to TCAFS
o President Brian Van Zee gave a brief summary of the successful conference and thanked Juan Martinez and Jvonne
Lalla one more time for their outstanding leadership and effort as co-chairs of the Raffle/Exhibits Committee
o President Brian Van Zee solicited committee assistance and service from membership
o New Secretary/Treasurer Greg Conley announced Matt Chumchal will be the new Awards Committee Chair
* President Brian Van Zee called the meeting adjourned at 11:35 am.
Membership report
by Dennis Smith - Membership Committee Chairperson
If this reads like d6ji vu all over again, it should. I took my newsletter submission from last February and updated
the numbers and a little of the text.
This past year the chapter membership was down a little. We ended the year with 181 members of the chapter, 26
fewer members than we had in 2007. We have 86 paid members thus far for 2009. Last year at this time we only
had 60. This number does not include members who pay their dues through the parent society. Approximatelyhalf our members pay through the parent society and I haven't received the list from them yet.
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