October 2024 Meeting Notes

Star City Brewers Guild

October 2024 Meeting

Sunday 10/20

The Home of Mike Usberghi

Agenda:

  • Thanks to Mike Usberghi for hosting!
  • Financial Report
    • Checking account balance $8094.15 with $66.50 still to be deposited
    • 49 members
  • Upcoming Events
    • November 2nd Learn to Homebrew Day
      • Need brewing demos, setup and take down help, ID/wristband table volunteer, ABC license, flier design printing and distribution, homebrew samples
      • Soup cook off on location same format as the chili cook off at Big Brew
        • Need to get larger cups and spoons for soup tasting
        • Will try to make soup voting secretive
        • Plan for noon to 2 for voting on soup
      • Lynn sent out a Facebook event invite to all and received a lot of positive response
      • Keith will plan to brew – let him know if anyone else plans to brew
    • T-shirt
      • Lynn to submit some design ideas to Keith to send out
      • Consider Fuzzy Pickle for purchase as no min quantity required
    • December 8th meeting and competition hosted by Harry Montoro
    • Quarterly competition style voting
      • Keith to ask Rudy if he can still do a survey monkey request
    • Officer nomination and voting
      • Keith agreed to accept nomination to stay on as president
      • As such a BOD position will need to be filled
      • Mike U agreed to accept a nomination for VP while also continuing as treasurer
      • Keith to ping John Thompson on whether he would accept a nomination for either VP or BOD
  • 50/50
    • $43 Collected
    • Mark Stakor won $21.50
  • Open Floor
    • Dennis and Chris Stevens – offered a variety of glassware free to whoever would like
      • Including growers, amber swing top bottles, de-labeled 12oz bottles and gallon jugs
        • Will bring to LTHB as well
      • They also have three pin lock corny kegs for sale at $20 each

Attendance: 13