Brewings Brewings Vol 32 Issue 1 | Page 3

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Ending Cash Balance as of

Treasurer ' s Report

September 30 , 2009 $ 2,857.56

Total Cash $ 4,425.56

Penny Lane : A Message From Your Secretary / Treasurer

Well I ’ ll put on my Treasurer ’ s hat for a minute & fill you in on things Border Batch things financial . First of all thanks to each of you who helped to make our Hamm ’ s Scene-o-rama raffle a huge success . Ticket sales were brisk & a good number of our members participated in helping to get them sold . A ninth hour push by the B & L helped to clear out a good chunk of the remaining tickets . Be sure to patronize them when in New Ulm as a thank you for their support . One more thanks to Steve Miner for donating the sign . That was really above and beyond the call of duty . Steve & Sue are being presented with a gift certificate for the donation as well as the fact that Steve was the leading ticket peddler . I ’ d say as a result of some very prosperous fundraising & events over the last couple of years the Border Batch coffers are fuller than ever before . I ’ d like to think we could lay off of the aggressive fundraising for the time being and enjoy the rewards . However , if anyone comes across a quality breweriana item to use for a future raffle by all means contact an officer or use your good judgment & acquire the piece . One important consideration would be finding a piece desirable to our members & contacts to ensure good sales . Purchasing the item at reasonable price in order to make the raffle worth the effort involved in ticket sales is another consideration . If you have ideas or input to what the chapter should be doing with its finances be sure to participate in one of our meetings or get with a Chapter officer or Board Member .

As an aside I will be taking a much needed hiatus from Life Through Beer Goggles for the time being . Look for a tid bit of commentary & color here in Penny Lane to tide you over until the column ’ s return . So for starters stew on this dark moment in brewing history . About 1640 Wilhem Krieft of the New Amsterdam Colony was the first to tax beer in America . This led to the first known formal protest by colonialists of taxes in 1644 . To the best of my knowledge these early colonists were at least wise enough not to demonstrate their protest by throwing kegs into the ocean !