Meeting Minutes – November 2016

I. Call to Order

• Several new members were in attendance this evening. Welcome to Ruben, Denise and James, Jamie, and Corey!

• This is our last annual meeting

II. Review of Previous Minutes

• Waived

III. Treasure's Report (Dave Kirsten)

• Account Balance: $ 5629.93

  • “We’ve got money!”

  • Club funds are in surplus. Members are encouraged to start planning and brewing for BFBC competitions.

  • Mash will pay for the first two entries, per competition, for any competitions counting towards the Florida Homebrew Cup.

• Cash Flow: $ 957.71

• Paid Members: 47        

IV. Current Business

• Volunteers​​ are needed​​ for​​ North Miami/FIU Brewfest

  • Matt Waldron will be there speaking, and with kegs for a Brulosophy experiment.

  • Help is needed with pouring the beer and managing the club tent.

• MASHups - Social Event/Bottle Share - Next one will be scheduled in January (Josh Hubner)

  • Location for next MASHup is TBA

  • More info will be available soon.

V. New Business

• Upcoming Events

  • South Florida Brewfest @ FIU (11/19)

  • Veritage (TBD)

    • MASH is registered.

    • Still no date selected. We will inform MASH once a date has been selected.

  • ​​ Miami Beer Festival - January 2017

    • January 14

    • MASH will give more info soon for club involvement.

    • Start brewing or planning your involvement now for this Festival!

    • MASH will have a signup sheet by next meeting.

• Coconut Cup 2017

  • Volunteers are needed for Judging, Stewards, Bottle sorting, Food gathering, etc.

  • This is our largest annual event, is BJCP sanctioned, and has over 400 entries each year (that require sorting/judging help). This competition provides the bulk of MASH’s annual funds. So it is very important to have club involvement in it.

  • Date of competition is being finalized, for late February or early March

  • ​​ The Coconut Cup trophy is awarded to the best performing club. Start planning your entries, and brew! We want the trophy back this year.

• Winter Solstice

  • Will be held at​​ Tom's NFL,​​ in Miami Springs​​ (Just north of MIA Airport)

  • Saturday,​​ December 17, 2016. Starting at 1:00 p.m.

  • First BOTY for 2017 will be held at this meeting, with the category being “Open/Best of Show”

• Officers/Elections for 2017

  • ​​ Nominations

    • President – Dan Barrett Jorge Molina  Matt Waldron

    • Vice President – Dan Barrett Jorge Molina  Matt Waldron Patrick Whiteside

    • Membership Secretary – Marie Waldron

    • Treasurer – David Kirsten

    • Librarian – Bob Billany

  • Nominations are still open, and will be open until elections are held at the Winter Solstice. If you want to be involved, speak up!

VI. BotY

• Nov: Spice/Herb/Vegetable Beer

  • 1st​​ – Daniel Kinard – Pepper Russian Imperial Stout

  • 2nd​​ – Bob & Dave – Rosemary Pale Ale

  • 3rd​​ – Mike Moussa – Pumpkin Seed Helles

• December’s BOTY (first of the 2017 BOTY​​ calendar) is​​ Open/Best of Show. Bring out your whales, bro.

VIII. Adjournment and Next Meeting

• Next meeting: December 17, 2016