December 6, 2022
Paradise Bay Sarasota Bay Boating & Fishing Club Meeting Notes
President:
Vice President: Chris Matteson
Treasurer: Kevin Sullivan
Secretary: George Mullen
The meeting was called to order at 9:00am by Vice President Chris Matteson with 42 members present, Chris lead everyone in the Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of silence for Larry Blank and others we have lost.
John Kalman Lead the Club in Prayer
Ken Hulinga spoke about the Frank and Bean dinner, Ken explained the ticket price will be $8.00 or 2 for $15.00 this year due to covid and the soaring inflation that everyone has experienced, He also passed a Sheet around for volunteers to help prepared and serve food.
Secretary George Mullen: Read 11/8/22 Meeting Minutes, there were no additions, Minutes were accepted as Read.
Vice President: Chris Matteson asked for any other President nominations, there were none, Chris then asked Ron Prieskorn who was nominated at the November meeting to introduce himself.
Ron Prieskorn spoke to the club about the process of finding Paradise Bay though his Wife Sues research to find a great place to retire, and his past experiences as a cross country school coach. A vote to elect Ron was led by Chris Matteson, every hand in the crowd went up in approval and the crowd cheered!
Treasurer: Kevin Sullivan Gave the monthly Treasurer Report, there were no questions or addition to the report.
Kevin also discussed the Clubs New shirt sales and finances. He then reviewed rules about fishing contest winners and witnesses being current club members.
Chris Matteson then spoke about the many aspects of the club needing Chairs for the following activities.
CPR/AED, Coast Guard Aux, Kayaking and fish fry.
Chris then spoke about the red tide and how it might affect the Fish Fry, it was decided to table that conversation till the January Meeting.
Chris then introduced the Boating and Fishing Trips that would be raffled off for club donations, Jim Gath and Tom Billings have both volunteered to take winners on a cruise of Beautiful Paradise Bay. Stan Hellbrand had volunteered to take raffle winners fishing, Chris asked for one more volunteer to take winners fishing.
Chris also asked for a volunteer to lead a Kayak group to lead Kayak activities.
Scotty Yates gave the dockmaster report, Scotty reviewed the wait list procedure and night time security, Scotty talked about the many cameras though out the park and the security system in the boat yard. Scotty thanked the many volunteers that worked on the new boat ramp to get it completed.
Scotty also reviewed boat yard procedures like never lock your trailer or block the wheels because of the trailers needing to be moved at any time, like the past hurricane.
Scotty explained that the boat yard alarm system is on from dusk to dawn and not to enter the boat yard at that time.
Chris Matteson Thanked Lenny Robinson who volunteered to manage the CPR and Boat Safety Class on Jan 22nd
Kevin Sullivan Awarded Fishing Contest Prizes to the Winners toward the end of the meeting.
50/50 Drawing Winner was John Harrington who won $29.00
Meeting was Adjourned by Chris Matteson
Respectfully Submitted George Mullen Secretary