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Minutes

October 11, 2006=

CALL TO ORDER

The meeting was called to order by Vice-President BILL= PAYNE at 7:30 PM. Twenty-four membe= rs and four visitors were present. T= he meeting was held at the Kansas Secured Title location at 901 River Road in the Jetz Building.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The minutes of the previo= us meeting were approved.

MEETING LOCATION FOR NOVEMBER

DAVE SCOTT notified the club that the facility at Kansas Secured Title WILL be available= for the November meeting. It will= be the 901 River Road location, the same location we used for the past several meetings.

TREASURER’S REPORT

Treasurer CHRIS HEDQUIST announced that $936.85 was available in the treasury. From that, he was paying expenses o= f $200 to JIM MADL for reimbursement of campground fees and $145.87 to the process= ing plant for the hog. In additio= n, revenues at this meeting totaled $264.00, of which $140 came from the sale = of wrist wraps for the memorial party, $104.00 in payments for “Brew Your Own” magazine, and $20.00 in payment by GREG BURTIN as a membership fee.

TOPICS ON THE ART OF BREWING

THE ADVENT OF CRAFT BREWING

JOHN DEAN and DOUG SALSBU= RY led a discussion of the resurgence of craft brewing, particularly regarding the r= ole played by business groups in = Colorado. The Great American Beer Fest start= ed as a tasting for home-brewers, and graduated to a professional tasting for commercial brewers. This year= over 2,000 beers were submitted in 69 categories by 400 commercial brewers. It is a tremendous change since the first tasting took place.

OLD BUSINESS

HALL OF FOAMERS BUFFALO BOB DEAN’S MEMORIAL PARTY

Additional wrist wraps were sold, placing the party in= a financial break-even position. JIM MADL, JAY KETTER, and JOHN DEAN each volunteered to purchase a keg of BLIND TIGER beer to ensure there would be enough for the party. The beers will be: Mai Bock, Jim Dandy, and Barleywine. In addition to these three kegs, the club brewed up 20 gallons during a clinic coordinated by DOUG SALSBURY and JOHN DEAN. A Motion to approve two wrist wrap= s for Doug at Ale & Vino was approved. This was set up to thank him for t= he discounts he gives to the club members.&nb= sp; WALT DARLING, BILL PAYNE and JIM MADL volunteered roasters for the m= eat.

OLD CHICAGO SPECIAL INVITATION

WALT DARLING provided a summary of the club response t= o the invitation. The club followed= up on an invitation by Old Chicago to have the brew club and friends over for free pizza. The purpose was to hig= hlight the current Octoberfest Mini-Tour. The club met at Old Chicago on two occasions. On Sept 27, the cl= ub had 22 persons attend and on Oct 4, the club had 25 persons attend. General agreement among the attend= ees was that it was a fun time for all.

BREW MAGAZINE=

JOHN DEAN noted that Brew Magazine is available at a r= educed cost if at least ten persons agree to subscribe to the magazine at the same time. Eight persons made the = $13 payment for the magazine. Wit= h four other persons still on the list of interested persons, we should be able to= get the last payments needed for the purchase by the next meeting.

20^{th
ANNIVERSARY PARTY}

CHRIS HEDQUIST noted that he would be bringing thought= s to the next meeting for items that the club could order for sale to members to help raise money for the 20^th Anniversary Party to be held in February. MIKE GLOTZBACH anno= unced that the Assumption Church Basement could be used for the party and can hol= d up to 200 persons.

NEW BUSINESS

INTRODUCTION = OF VISITORS

Greg Burtin, Adam Madl, Willie Madl, and Kyla Daugherty were introduced and welcomed as visito= rs to the meeting. Each noted that = they had brewed some beer on their own and were interested in gaining informatio= n on brewing.

NEW MEMBERS

GREG BURTIN joined the club on this night and paid the= $20 membership fee in cash to Treasurer CHRIS HEDQUIST.

PROPANE AVAIL= ABLE AT DISCOUNT

PAT DELAPP announced that he had successfully completed negotiations to obtain a discounted rate at Kansas Propane for all members = of the Greater Topeka Hall of Foamers. The company has a list of members,= so to get the discount rate of about 40%, you must identify yourself.

CHRISTMAS PAR= TY

LLOYD BECKER announced that he and his wife would welc= ome the opportunity to host the annual Christmas meeting at their house.

MUNCHIES FOR NOVEMBER

            <= /span>TOM DOBELBOWER     &nb= sp;            =     AL CONZALES        &= nbsp;           KE= ITH HOGAN

ADJOURNMENT

            <= /span>Noting that there was no further business to come before the club, the meeting was adjourned. The President decl= ared the motion to adjourn for social tasting passed at 8:40 PM.

HOUSEKEEPING SPECIAL NOTES

TASTER GLASSES: T= he glasses used for tasting during the meetings must be cleaned at the end of = each meeting. Please don’t r= eturn your glasses to the storage box until after it has been cleaned.

FACILITIES: As we= use “free” facilities, we do our best to keep the facility as clean= as possible. All members are exp= ected to help police the area prior to leaving to ensure that our relationship wi= th our facility “host” remains friendly.

BOTTLE RECYCLING: At the end of meetings, please dispose of glass bottles separately from dishes= and food scraps so that they can be recycled.&= nbsp;

Hall of Foamers=

NOVEMBER Meeting Agenda

7:30           Ca= ll to Order / Approval of the Agenda

7:35           Ap= proval of the Minutes

7:40           Of= ficer Reports

            &n= bsp;            = ;    President Don Josling

            &n= bsp;            = ;             <= /span>Introduction and Welcome of Visitors

            &n= bsp;            = ;    Vice-President Bill Payne

            &n= bsp;            = ;    Treasurer Chris Hedquist

            &n= bsp;            = ;    Master Brewer Doug Salsbury

7:50           Di= scussion of Brewing Arts, Topics, and Techniques

8:10           Old Business

            &n= bsp;            = ;    Collection of monies for “Brew Your Own”

            &n= bsp;            = ;    Fall Memorial Party

            &n= bsp;            = ;             <= /span>Left Over Meat

            &n= bsp;            = ;             <= /span>Thanks for smoking hog/providing beer

8:15           New Business

            &n= bsp;      Christmas Party – Date/Location/Arrangements

            &n= bsp;      Club Discussion of Upcoming Events in Region

            &n= bsp;      Munchies for Next Month

8:20           Ad= journ for Social Tasting