Volume 30 Issue 2 March 2008
Greetings to all my loyal subjects. Yes, I’ m the NEW President of this fine Chapter. For those that are rubbing their eyes in disbelief and thinking this is an episode from the Twilight Zone, or Pro Wrestling, have yourself a beer, relax and let me fill you in. First off, check out the title of my column. Woo!!! Can you feel it? Go ahead and do a little Ric Flair strut across the kitchen floor. I know ya want to. Don’ t fight it, just do it.
By the way, I plan on doing some Struttin at the April show this year. So if you want to“ Strut with Da Prez”, we can hook up and do a group Strut. That should be a sight to see. Well, my phone has been ringing off the hook with Chapter members asking me the same questions over and over. Not to mention that this promotion to President has put a Bee in the Breweriana worlds collective bonnet. So, let me answer these Presidential questions once and for all.
# 1. How long will you serve?? My term as President will last until April of 2009 or until I screw up, whichever comes first. Steve Miner is taking over my newly remodeled and spacious office, which is now being relocated in Winnebago. He is your new Vice President. So you got the M & M boys running the club for now. That ' s Martin & Miner, not Mauer & Morneau) Some of the reasons behind this change is that, the Chapter will turn 30 years old next April and the“ Board of Common Sense”( more on these wise men later) wanted to mix it up some and just have some new blood take over. Hopefully it will encourage others to take a turn at being an officer of this Chapter. # 2. So Jay, how did you get elected?? I sure do not remember voting for you?? You don’ t remember because you were intoxicated when the vote was taken and you would of said yes to anything. Sober up and pay attention next time. # 3. Are you doing this for the money or your own self interests?? As President, I will serve you the people. I’ m not doing this for profit, glory or the prostitutes that comes with this position. Those in Washington, take note) Although I do accept free beer and an occasional bite of Goat cheese on the day of Bockfest. But, you will not be able to influence me with free beer. At least not with free Budweiser or similar wastewater.
# 4. Will you listen to your constituents?? Friends, my bar and ears are always open. Just don’ t pour beer in my ears, that would be wasting it. You can use whatever means of communication you want,( except, Swahili, I have not mastered that language yet) to tell me your ideas, complaints( I’ m not scared) or just plain ole bull. It’ s your Chapter so tell me what you want.
# 5. So, Jay, after your term as President ends, what will you do, how can you possibly top this experience?? Good question. It has been determined that the Chapter will send me to Tibet, where
I will contemplate life by studying an orange on a mountain top with Buddha himself. Should be a good time. I’ ll bring the Schell ' s beer.
# 6. Do you have any goals Jay, ANY goals at all for your term as President?? Wow, never thought about that one. Well, I can only say that as President, I will be your, 12 pack Killing, Beer Swilling, Conversation Thrilling, President Filling, Son of a Gun. Woo!!!
All right, now that the serious stuff is out of the way, we can have some fun. If anyone has any raffle items they would like to part with, the Chapter can use some donations for the April show. Bring with what you got and help out your Chapter. We are also looking for a nice progressive raffle prize to purchase and sell tickets throughout the year, which will be drawn at our annual Christmas party.
On Saturday April 19th, the day before the April 20th show,( Makes sense 19 comes before 20) there will be a pre-show party at Stubie’ s place in New Ulm. If you need directions, call me or Stubie. The party starts when Stubie has the first beer and ends on Sunday after the show at Schell ' s. We are hoping / planning to get a 5 gallon keg of some special beer from Schell ' s for the pre show bash. It will be the second offering in their series of beers, leading up to the 150th anniversary of Schell ' s. For more info on these beers, check out their website. Before I forget, I wanted to talk about the“ Board of Common Sense” that runs this club. Anyone can be an Officer of this Chapter, all you need is 4 things. You need to be a BCCA member( that’ s a BCCA rule for chapters) and be able to use Logic, Reason and Common Sense. I know it’ s asking a lot but, if I can do it, so can you. The Chapter is looking for Humans with these qualities to be on the board and / or take a turn at being Veep or Prez. If interested, just ask.
The Border Batch had it’ s first Chapter meeting in about 15 years in February. The meeting was at Bryan Madsen’ s place in Owatonna. I just want to say we plan on having 2 chapter meetings a year, with the next one planned for August at the Larry Holm residence. All members are invited to attend and air their complaints or praise and if you want to host a meeting, let an Officer know. This is a great way to show off your collection and maybe meet some new friends. More on this in upcoming
newsletters. Well, I think I covered most everything on my agenda. I hope to see a big turnout at the April show and hope you all enjoyed my first Presidents letter. You only have to endure another 3 of these. Of course, I can not leave without my quote of the newsletter, so here it is,“ Death waits for no man” The Undertaker, Pro Rassler. Woo!! Till next time, Jay. President,
Schell ' s Border Batch
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Inside this issue:
The Bear’ s Den |
2 |
Treasurer’ s Report |
3 |
Beer in Pictures |
4 & 5 |
Beer Googles |
6 |
6 |
Beer Events |
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