My fellow Border Batcher ’ s there is big news and some big changes going on in the chapter right now . First let me appoligize for this newsletter being late , but with the remodeling project dragging on , and all the other things in life like work , more work and trying to keep up with beer things like the chapter and my personal hobby interests , plus some time to drink beer . Now back to the big news . For the first time in 15 years you will have a new chapter President this year as Jay Martin moves up from Vice President to President . Steve Miner will become Vice President and next year he moves up to the office of President . So for the first time in 15 years I ’ ll have some time off the job . Don ’ t worry , I ’ m not going away . I ’ ll have a seat on the newly ( soon to be formed ) Board of Common Sense . I ’ ll still be Newsletter Editor and Webmaster ( unless one of you would like to give it a whirl ) and I may be your President again in the future . But I ’ m grateful that someone else wants to give it a try . I ’ ve always thought that with any organization leadership should change and people should step up and do their part to serve their club . No club should be under constant leadership by the same person . Things get stagnant that way . With change you get new ideas , some good , some not so good , but new and different and the good ideas will thrive . I look forward to seeing where your next two Presidents will lead the chapter as we head toward our 30 th anniversary . I hope I have done a service to this club and I thank everyone that has helped me get this far . So get behind your new club officers and show your support . If you want to be a future President of the club let me , or one of the other officers know and we ’ ll present it to the Board of Common Sense for approval . Now , on to other business . On January 12 th we met at Steve Miner ’ s house to film the video segments for the Border Batch movie . It will be cool and the videos turned out quite well . Our club is now having 2 annual meetings per year . The meetings will be hosted at the homes of club members who volunteer to host a meeting . This is your opportunity to show off your collection and get to know your chapter officers and other members . The first meeting is on February 16 th at Bryan Madsen ’ s home in Owatonna , MN with a social hour from 2 till 4 , meeting at 4 p . m . and a potluck and beer sampling . So put it on your calendar , bring a dish and some beer and your ideas and suggestion . Please RSVP so the host knows how many are coming . We ’ ll also try to get a 1 / 6 th barrel of the new Schell ’ s specialty beer they are brewing from old recipes as they prepare to celebrate 150 years . I believe this first one is a Doppel Bock . So make plans to attend . The second meeting will be in August at Larry Holm ’ s residence near Essig , MN . Date to be announced . Remember to look for a progressive raffle prize we can purchase for the club and of course we need raffle prizes for our spring show at Schell ’ s . As I leave the President ’ s office there is still unfinished business that I hope will be carried out . We still need to purchase and install Stubiecam in Mark Stueber ’ s garage so our members that can ’ t be at events like the Christmas Party can log on and attend virtually . We have work to do on the Border Batch Hall of Foam at Dan Stueber ’ s building where we hold Stubiefest . We need to make over the website and look for the website to continue being the focal point for chapter promotion and communication . The newsletter will get a new look with new columns . I still want to have a homebrew contest that the chapter sponsors . Lots to do ! And I have faith it will get done !
Prosit !
Tom # 28855
Volume 30 Issue 1
Chapter # 83 of
January 2008
Inside this issue :
25 Beers Ago 2
Backwash 3
Beer in Pictures 4 & 5
Life Through Beer Goggles
Beer Trekkin 6
Beer Events 8
Judylicious 8
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