Ed Roden - 1/20/2006
A friend of mine invited me to a local TU meeting several
years ago, where I was introduced to fly tying by the great
fly tyer Sam Surre. This was my first exposure to Trout
Unlimited. Through the meetings and events CVTU held I was
able to meet some friends and relax my mind with them on a
river nearby and sometimes up north. In recent years, for
some reason the interest in the general membership meetings
have declined to the point where we are averaging six
members per meeting. In the past year we’ve had two
members outside the Board attend a general membership
meeting. The Board did a study this past summer and found
the majority of the membership lives along the Gratiot
corridor between Grosse Point and Port Huron. Therefore, we
changed the meeting location from Madison Heights to the
Macomb County Library on the campus of Macomb Community
College on M-59. Membership attendance averaged only eight
the past two meetings, with only one member outside the
Board attending each meeting. Due to lack of interest in the
general membership meetings, it is disappointing for me to
announce cancellation of general membership meetings until
further notice. A 2006 fall meeting will be considered, but
only if the membership expresses interest.