ATF Homebrew Club
February 2014 Meeting Minutes
By Bryan Conway
Here’s the meeting minutes from the February gathering held
at 7pm on February 20th, 2014 at New Bern Homebrew Supply.
First of all, a thank you goes to Travis Watson for
providing the location and Greg Bergquist for supplying the vittles.
We introduced the officers, held a roll call and the
following members and guests were present:
Bryan Conway
Dennis Overby
Greg Bergquist
Jeff Brungard
Jeremy Davis
Joe Stewart
Mike Dawson
Pete Frye
Rob Jones
Steve Dunham (Ben Chapman's Guest)
Terry Laurie
Tim Martin
Travis Watson
If anyone was accidentally excluded or a mistake to the list
noted, please let me know and I will correct the minutes.
The Treasurer's Report
Ben Chapman was absent due to illness and a report was
unavailable.
Old Business/Recent
Events
The logo has been modified to reflect a broader target
group. Instead of the logo stating “New
Bern Brew Club” it now reads “ATF Homebrew Club”.
Business card were acquired and passed out for everyone
present. Everyone seems to like them.
We talked about Jolly Skull and how we finished all kegs
taken.
Committee updates
The Crystal Coast Brew Off Committee Chairman, Ben Chapman, was unavailable
but a quick synopsis of the sponsorship progress was given by Bryan Conway.
The Monthly Club Competition Committee Chairman,
Terry Laurie gave us a rundown of the club competition guidelines. There is now a webpage on the site dedicated
to the club competition listing the rules and current schedule. Until the level of interest in the club
competition shows enough activity, Dennis is reserving judgment on the future
of the judging committee.
Homebrew Festival Committee Chairman Rob Jones
reported that research is still being conducted.
New/Old business:
Rob called
for nominations for this month's "Brewer of the Month" page and Greg
Bergquist was selected. Go to the
website to see a quick bio on Greg.
A discussion was started to find out more details about the
Mill Whistle Brew Day offer (date, amount, cost...) and gauge an interest
level. There were several members that
indicated they wish to participate:
- Steve
Dunham
- Jeremy
Davis
- Terry
Laurie
- Dennis
Overby
- Bryan
Conway
More will be discussed about this with Travis, possibly on
the forum, as to recipe formulation/date/time.
The possibility of ordering a newer & larger banner was
touched upon, especially in light of the fact that Travis has made a donation
toward the club obtaining a larger banner than the one we currently have. This will be looked into later as we get
closer to the Brew Off.
The subject of beginning a tech talk and discussion was
brought up and a couple of volunteers stepped up to kick the play into motion.
- March
– Rob Jones
- April
– Travis Watson
- May -
?
Jeff wanted to mention that The Beer Army is offering a 10%
discount to AHA members. Nice!
A motion was passed to make up some membership ID cards, Rob
took everyone’s picture.
Next Meeting will
be at New Bern Home Brew Supply at 7PM on March 20th and will be sponsored
by Ben Chapman
Meeting sponsors:
·
March sponsor - Ben Chapman
·
April sponsor - Bryan Conway
·
May sponsor - Luke Dobbs
·
June sponsor - Terry Laurie
·
July sponsor - Phil Smith
·
August – Mike Dawson
·
September - need
a volunteer
·
Oktoberfest - Dennis Overby
·
November - need
a volunteer
Motion passed to adjourn
the meeting, drink some beer.
