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<p class="MsoNormal"> An Open Letter to the Liquid Poets.....<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>from<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>Jim<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>“Doc” Damon</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Caution: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Education
has fallen into a very low priority in our club!!</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There always seems to be a <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>reason why we can’t have any educational
talks.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“The meeting place is poorly equipped for a talk”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“We got to dispose of all this beer “</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“That’s the way we have done it in the past.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“We don’t have the time”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Truth of the matter is that we have only had two 15 min
talks in the past 10 months.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What do we need to do to improve this?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Select meeting places where we can have a private meeting;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>if this means renting
a semi-permanent meeting place , so be it</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Schedule some topics in advance...We could do <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">styles of the month</b>; pour beer for all
and have a discussion open to all about that style and even discuss the members
examples</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have panel discussions, on broad topics such as “My favorite
Yeast”<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>“how I ferment”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Or<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>“my favorite
gadget”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Have an open forum where members can ask Brewing Questions</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Invite guest speakers to speak on Topics we choose...of
interest to all</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We certainly have tons of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
</span>expertise in our local area.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Truth is there are tons of way to improve our brewing knowledge;<br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> But in order to make it work WE MUST PLAN to do it IN
ADVANCE, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and take some time and dedicate it to EDUCATION.</p>
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