May 10, 2010:

• We officially formed as the Lady Bass Anglers Association during our meeting and tournament in Kentucky.

• Pro Results Kentucky

• Co-Angler Results Kentucky

• Meeting and Tournament Photos

• We are planning our kick-off tournament for September 16-18, 2010. Our initial announcement was for the tournament to be held on either be on Lake Guntersville, Alabama or Sam Rayburn, Texas. We have since been told that a tournament is already being held on Lake Guntersville that conflicts with our dates.

• Because the official tournament was cancelled, all sponsors will continue to have their logos posted and recognition given up to and including the September tournament.

• We are working on setting up a means of collecting membership dues. All memberships paid from now through 2011 will be valid until December 31, 2011.

• Our online store link will be available in the near future as well.

• SPONSOR APPROACH PROTOCOL was put together to provide consistency when we are talking to potential trail sponsors. We will make every effort to keep the name of the individual who works to bring a sponsor onboard for the tour. We can not promise that a sponsor will choose to sponsor the lady who creates the opportunity.

Monday May 17, 2010

• With all of the information compiled from the Kentucky meeting, the work has shifted toward the future. we are working on the kick-off tournament and the 2011 schedule. Secret has taken the list of suggested lakes as well as the list of cities who have approached us to begin the process.

• A couple of good questions have been posed and we want to address both of them.

• First Question: What is a Wildcard? A wildcard is an idea that we have developed to keep ladies who are not in the top 20 championship spots fishing all of the tournaments including the last one. We are planning on having 30 spots for the championship. 20 from our national tour. The Northeast division will qualify on a average of their participation. If they average 25 or more boats per tournament they earn five championship spots. 20 boats = 4 spots and so on down the line. Dave Kilby will be running the Northeast Division as a totally separate trail except for qualifying ladies for the championship. All anglers from the Lady Bass Anglers Association who do not qualify for the championship and fish ALL of the tournaments will earn a "Wildcard" chip. All of these chips will go into a container (Pro and Co-Anglers in separate containers). Chips will be drawn out to fill the remaining available championship slots. That means at least five ladies will then be added to the list of those fishing in the championship tournament. More to come on this topic.

• Second Question: Are we paying someone to build our web page? Yes, we are working with a web builder to develop a professional web page that will help to attract and keep quality sponsors while meeting our specific needs. Items we have identified as needs include: Hours of fully edited for TV videos, online magazine, organization newsletter, online registration, online store, sponsor pages, tournament location information, results pages, press release pages, and some other components. This will allow us to grow without great expense once it is set up and allows for ongoing technical support and the ability to access and update the page from anywhere we can get internet access.

• The press release has gone out and we are starting to get them posted in various locations.

• Several media outlets have been contacting Secret and I for interviews. One was supposed to post today in North Carolina in The News and Observer out of Raleigh, NC. Some of these have come about due to the work of many of our lady anglers spreading the word! Great job ladies!! Keep on spreading the word.

• We will be holding our kick-off tournament on Lake Dardanelle in Russellville, Arkansas September 16-18, 2010. Lake Guntersville was booked on our dates and there was much concern over Sam Rayburn in the fall in light of hurricane season.  Promoters in the Rayburn area are working with us for 2011!

• LBAA merchandise is now available online through Vickie Barlow. Her web page is www.vickiesthreadworks.com and she also has a Facebook Page Vickie's Thread Works.

• We are working to set up a way for ladies to become members and pay their membership fees. This should be ready in the near future.

Monday May 24, 2010

• Secret has been contacting our Board of Directors and setting up a meeting the weekend of July 10th.

• Secret is also working on the 2011 schedule. Thank you to all of the ladies who provided input on the lakes and times of year. Also thank you to the ladies who have helped with making those local contacts.

• Martha Goodfellow made a great point in an email recently. If each lady talks up the Lady Bass Anglers Association in her area, it could be bigger and stronger than any of us can imagine!

• Recent article in Greenville, South Carolina about LBAA. Follow this link and go to page 2. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100530/SPORTS/305300052/Ashley-hopes-to-muster-Classic-finish  Look for an upcoming article to follow.

Monday, May 31, 2010

• Many ladies have been inquiring into when we will be accepting memberships and tournament registrations. Here is what we know right now:

• Membership forms and dues will be available Vickie's Thread Works late this week or early next week. Those wishing to pay with credit or debit cards may do so through Vickie's site until our official web page is ready. Membership forms will need to be downloaded, filled out and mailed to Lady Bass Anglers Association, % Vickie Barlow 774 Sugar Creek Road, Grand River, Kentucky 42045. This is the same address that ladies who wish to pay with cashier's checks or money orders will mail forms as well.

• Tournament registrations will not be opened until after the Board of Directors meeting early next month. Registration fees and tournament rules will be completed at that meeting and released as soon as possible.

Monday June 7, 2010

• The first memberships started coming in to Vickie this week. The first lady to join the LBAA is Diane Smith!

• Secret has been working hard on the 2011 schedule and is getting the applications to the cities filled out and returned.

• If you pay online, you need to add the $3.00 processing fee so your membership will actually end up being $53.00. This only applies if you are paying by credit or debit card. Those mailing payments in will only pay $50.00. Everyone must download the membership form and mail it to Vickie.

Monday June 14, 2010

• Vickie is working hard to get the links to the membership form working properly as well as the payments.

• Guntersville sent Secret this message: "Hope you are having a great week so far! I have seen great stuff on the LBA’s  Facebook page! Membership just keeps growing!  Anyway,  wanted to thank you for sending the references. Everyone spoke so highly of yourself and your association! Guntersville would be pleased to host y’all! The board has approved your application, ..."

• Brandi Frasier has picked up a tackle sponsor! She is now going to be sponsored by River Runner Baits. This adds to the ladies who gained sponsorships since Kentucky. Todali Tackle now sponsors Dawn March, Secret York and Charlotte Frazier!

• Membership Form (click here)

Monday June 21, 2010

• Secret is working hard to secure the tournament locations for 2011. She has the dates and is trying to get the final details and location details worked out.

• The list of information to share with the board of directors at our meeting in July is growing with all of the things we are learning.

• Our presence on Facebook continues to grow! Many of you like what you see. We suggest you become Friends of the LBAA page so that when we create events and send out invitations you are included.

• Several interviews with various media outlets this week.

• Larry Morris of West Virginia and owner of River Runner Baits will be our media specialist. He will be taking photos of our events and writing our press releases. Welcome aboard Larry!

Monday June 28, 2010

• We have been working on the final details for the kick-off tournament on Lake Dardanelle in Russellville, Arkansas. We have the visitors and tourism banner and information. We are still working on the host hotel. Just a few more calls to make.

• The launch ramp will be at the state park with weigh-ins at the pavilion.

• Thursday and Friday will be the ladies tournament and Saturday will be the buddy/charity tournament. In both events, anglers are fishing for cash prizes.

• The buddy/charity tournament is a team event with each boat having at least one female angler.

• Don Day will be our Master of Ceremonies for the Dardanelle Tournament. Welcome to the team Don!

• Louie Zhelesnik is getting things prepared for our next video advertisement for Lake Dardanelle. Look for this near the end of July on Facebook and You Tube!

• Our first newsletter started being distributed yesterday. Lila Bass started emailing those out yesterday. The final batch should go out by Friday, July 2, 2010. There is a link on the LBAA temporary landing page just in case you are not on the mailing list or you are not a member, but would like to see what it contains.

• Leslie Lively is the newest member of our Board of Directors.

Monday, July 5, 2010

• FACEBOOK updated with Lake Dardanelle Event posting.

• Don Day's photo, comments and bio are now posted on the web page. Check out the information on our Master of Ceremonies!

Monday, July 12, 2010

• A lot has been happening. As many of our Board members as could, me this weekend to work out details and be caught up on information related to our tour. We worked for approximately 14 hours on Saturday to get a draft of our tournament rules and a multitude of business items taken care of. Members present were: Lila Bass, Cheryl Bowden, Patti Campbell, Charlotte Frazier, Susan Gregory, Leslie Lively, Emily Shaffer and Secret York. Emily, Patti and Lila all made cash donations of $100 to $120 toward the operating budget of the organization. We also worked for another couple of hours on Sunday before some got on the road for their long drive home.

• Leslie Lively is at I-CAST. She and Kenny have copies of our promotional brochure there to help get promote our organization.

• At our meeting, we added an "Associate Membership" for any person who wants to be a part of our organization but will not be fishing in our regular tour events. Ideal for any kid, especially young ladies under age 16, and fans and supporters of the LBAA! This membership also gets two LBAA patches, two LBAA stickers, an LBAA membership card and will be added to our newsletter mailing list for $25 per year.  This membership will also be good until December 31, 2011. The idea for this type membership came from Kenny Lively! You can access the updated membership form on the Temporary LBAA site.

• We are working hard to get a press release, the 2011 schedule, tournament registration forms and information, and the updated membership forms ready for release on Monday, July 19th.

• There is a bank of rooms reserved for the LBAA at the Best Western in Russellville for the Lake Dardanelle tournament September 16-18, 2010.

• On our third day in Russellville, Saturday, September 18, 2010, the LBAA will host The Main Street Mission Charity Tournament. The entry fee is $100 per team and is open to anyone. Each team must have at least one female competitor. More to come later!

Monday, July 19, 2010

• The rules, membership forms and tournament entry forms are now all available on the web page as well as through Vicki'e Threadworks.

• Phoenix Boats with their First Flight Program is on board for Lake Dardanelle as well as for 2011.

• Skeeter Boats Real Money has also come on board for Lake Dardanelle and 2011.

• Our promotional brochure is posted for anyone to print and use to promote the tour and use to help gather your own sponsors. Print it two sided and make sure to turn it landscape and to print short sided.

• Lesli and Kenny Lively spent the week at ICAST and made lots of great connections for the LBAA.

Monday, July 26, 2010

• Larry Morris has worked incredibly hard to get our press release ready and out to the media outlets. Bass Resource, Ultimate Bass and EBass were quick to post information.

• Registration Deadline for Lake Dardanelle is August 17th. Linking is part of the rules, however ladies can register without links. Those not linked will be paired on a first to register basis.

• Cheryl was on two radio shows this past weekend. One in Arizona and the other in California. Both with host Darla Bardelli.

• Susan Gregory is working to get media contacts from ladies in the state of Arkansas so we can get press coverage at the Lake Dardanelle Event.

• Linda Walker and some of the ladies from the Lake Dardanelle Lady Anglers Club are working hard to secure local sponsors for our three day event.

• Two small bait companies are looking to fill pro-staff positions with ladies of the LBAA. See the newsletter for more information on Fleck's Hand Poured Baits and Predator Spinnerbaits!

• Lake Dardanelle Charge: Bring Three. If each person registering for the Dardanelle tournament will bring three boaters, the field will go well beyond the 50 boat field and that raises the cash payouts!

Monday, August 2, 2010

• Our Charity will be the Main Street Mission. Entry fee for the charity event is $100 per team. Must be at least one female on each team. Guaranteed $1000 first prize. Proceeds going to the Main Street Mission. There will be a raffle for donate items. Anglers may earn additional raffle tickets by bringing non-perishable food items or packages of new undergarments for various ages of people. Additional raffle tickets may also be purchased to increase your chances of winning prizes.

• Rayjus sublimation jerseys is offering all members of the Lady Bass Anglers Association with "Team Pricing" when ordering your new sublimation jerseys! Just be sure to tell Justin you are with the Lady Bass Anglers Association!  www.rayjus.com

• Our July Newsletter started going out today.

Monday, August 9, 2010

• More memberships and tournament registrations came in over the weekend!

• Photo posted or our first Associate Member Kiera.

• Adjustment made to the Charity event. No longer listed as one female required on the team. Added Bonus: $200 paid to the highest finishing team with at least one female team member and to the highest finishing team with a child ages 12 or under on the team.

• Looking for a member who has the Page Maker Program and knows how to use it!

• July Newsletter posted on web page.

• Updated promotional brochure uploaded on web page.

• Kick'n Bass comes on board as an LBAA sponsor! Thanks Ken!

More to come!

Cheryl

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