is SABAA crazy?

[Crafty]

Well , we are in the process of getting out local club up and running and to get SABAA affiliated.

Apparently it is now R1200 per competitive anlger per year to fish div's?
EISH! Can someone verify this? I was under the impression it was R800

Our guys won't pay that much I know it for a fact. We might just get our club up and running and skip SABAA until our members request affiliation and a vote can be cast. Personally I think this is crazy. I have ranted about this before :

In order for our sport to grow it need's to get out of the "rich man's game" status.
Yes it is expensive to start and it is expensive to run and maintain a boat. WHY make it more unobtainable for the regular guy? The more regular guys we get the bigger the sport will become. After a year or so many "regular guys" will upgrade and get a boat and start fishing comps.

The reason Bass Fishing is so big in USA can be debated, obviously its an indigenous species etc but I believe its also due to affordability of practicing the sport e.g. Brand new rigged ranger $8999.00 and you can find second hands for way cheaper and not to mention the price of lesser known brands.

I like the idea of bassing kids etc, it implants our sport at a young age but how many of these kids will actually have the means to take it further and become a competitive fisherman? Taking into account the price tag that comes with getting on the water, and now this SABAA bull, not many....

[Kassie]

This would be quite a shocker!

Especially as we have nearly completed collecting our club member's SABAA affiliation fees for the 2014-2015 season @R800 for a gold card membership.

For the 2013-2014 season it was R700 for gold card - so I don't see how they could suddenly justify R1200.

[Crafty]

I spoke to the northern division chairman yesterday and that where I got the figure from.

[Riprap]

This is not possible! SABAA affiliation is currently R300 per principal member thus a silver card non competitive member is R300.
Competitive members pay an extra competitive angler fee as follows:
RED (Jnr) R50
GOLD (Snr) R500

Thus I must assume that the remainder of the cost reported to you is for the club fees and has nothing to do with SABAA but with the club itself.
Because we have so many Silver cards members in our club we only charge R165 Snr and R90 Jnr membership fee in our club which doesn't keep it afloat but after guys already have to pay SABAA a minimum of R300, they are very reluctant to pay more monies..........Now if SABAA gave some of the affiliation fees back to the clubs to encourage membership......?

[Kassie]

Now if SABAA gave some of the affiliation fees back to the clubs to encourage membership......?

:eusa_clap: Interesting thought.

:eusa_hand: :eusa_snooty: SABAA's likely response

:roll:

[Crafty]

This is crazy, I am starting the club so its not club fees, as this is a fledgeling club we will not be charging a joining fee for the first year.
The amounts I got was

R400 per non competitive per year
R1200 per competitive per year
Minimum of 8 anglers in club non or competitive

So how can the price change from area to area? Is this not bogus BS!?

[Kassie]

Send Wendy Watson an email.
She is the SABAA secretary and an extremely helpful tannie

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[Navrik]

Send Wendy Watson an email.
She is the SABAA secretary and an extremely helpful tannie

I trust your medical aid is in order Kassie :eusa_shhh:

[Kassie]

Minimum of 8 anglers in club non or competitive

As per the current SABAA constitution:

Article IV - Association Membership - section A subsection (1):
A Chapter shall have a minimum of 6 (six) members to be recognised, all of which shall be Association members.


Received an email recently from tannie Wendy regarding the SABAA constitution and note that the executive are planning to review the constitution in a future meeting (not sure when) for any necessary changes emanating from SASACC constitution changes ( personally I doubt whether this will affect members numbers for chapters though)

[Kassie]

Send Wendy Watson an email.
She is the SABAA secretary and an extremely helpful tannie

I trust your medical aid is in order Kassie :eusa_shhh:

[Bob]

I paid R950 for this upcoming season which is club + divisionals so don't know where 1200 comes from

[Riprap]

Crafty - Oom Kassie Koekemoer is correct and Bob's club fees are probably R150 which makes sense. Follow this up with Wendy but what we gave you is correct.
Would you like a copy of my club constitution seeing as you are starting one??

[Crafty]

That would be nice Rip. Would help me with ours.

[Brenden]

We basically get most of our fees back through perks like discount at tackle shops, free launching or discounted rates negotiated by our division in WC for our funds so I cannot comment. The sabaa affiliation fee itself cannot be that high, but look at the breakdown of the charges first. Anyway it still is R100 per month and you probably find most okes that complain about the cost drink more beer value on one night than that. I'm just saying first look at the breakdown and what we are paying for. There might be value like prize giving dinner tickets and fishing licenses to name a few of the costs that could make up that total.

[Crafty]

The feedback from the oom is :

SABAA competetive : R800
Division : R350
Province: R50
Total: R1200
Apparently this is what we have to pay...

If this is the case it is a rip off. I would rather just keep our club for fun and maybe after a year or so look at the SABAA issue again.