[Liquidpoets] Education ..fallen by the wayside

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Hello my friends: 



An Open Letter to the Liquid Poets..... from Jim “Doc” Damon 





Caution: Education has fallen into a very low priority in our club!! 



There always seems to be a reason why we can’t have any educational talks. 



“The meeting place is poorly equipped for a talk” 



“We got to dispose of all this beer “ 



“That’s the way we have done it in the past.” 



“We don’t have the time” 



Truth of the matter is that we have only had two 15 min talks in the past 10 months. 



What do we need to do to improve this? 



Select meeting places where we can have a private meeting; 

if this means renting a semi-permanent meeting place , so be it 



Schedule some topics in advance...We could do styles of the month ; pour beer for all and have a discussion open to all about that style and even discuss the members examples 



Have panel discussions, on broad topics such as “My favorite Yeast” “how I ferment” 

Or “my favorite gadget” 



Have an open forum where members can ask Brewing Questions 



Invite guest speakers to speak on Topics we choose...of interest to all 

We certainly have tons of expertise in our local area. 




Truth is there are tons of way to improve our brewing knowledge; 


But in order to make it work WE MUST PLAN to do it IN ADVANCE, 

and take some time and dedicate it to EDUCATION. 

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