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NW CT Chapter of Trout Unlimited Minutes of Meeting September 8, 2012
The September meeting was replaced with our annual picnic held in conjunction with the Farmington Valley Chapter at the Matthies Grove picnic site on the Farmington River. Approximately 60 people attended the event. In addition to good food and drink, personnel from Orvis were on hand to demonstrate and coach fly casting. The weather held off until most of the eating was done and all had a good time.
An impromptu meeting was held by our members. A slate of officers was nominated ahead of the October elections. The nominated slate is as follows: President – Jim Fedorich Vice President – Ron Leoni Treasurer – Evan Williams Secretary – Bob Hart Banquet Chairman – Ron Leoni Delegate to NWCS Council – Scott Ritchie William Ritchie (Alt) TU State Representative – Evan Williams Dick Heffernon Communications – Bob Hart Web Site Chairman – Mike Alciati Program Chairman – Jim Fedorich
Ron Leoni reported he had been contacted by Joan Kirchner regarding the filming of a documentary on fishing the Naugatuck River. The filming will take place on Friday, September 21st and they were looking for some of our members to be on the river during the filming. Ron is supposed to contact the filming crew to get more information and email the members with it.
Ron also reported the Friends of the Naugatuck River will hold a bicycle tour on Sunday, September 23rd. The tour would be stopping at the west side commuter lot at the bottom of Exit 42 off Route 8 from 8:45 to 9:15 AM. They were looking for members of NWCTTU to speak on the river from Torrington to the Thomaston Dam.
Jim Fedorich mentioned we should dedicate the annual banquet in February to the founding members of our chapter, which is one of the oldest chapters in the country.
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 2nd at the Torrington Elks Club at 7:30 PM. Among other things, we will hold the election of officers for the upcoming year.
Respectfully submitted, Bob Hart Secretary, NW CT Chapter of Trout Unlimited |