[Liquidpoets] Board Elections, November LP meeting, and more!!!

Sun Oct 28 13:10:12 MDT 2012

Hey Poets,

Board elections will be conducted at the *December* meeting which means we
need some nominations!  We will be accepting nominations for all positions.

Personally, I would like to see self nominations.  I want to encourage
people with the desire and motivation to contribute their ideas or talents
to the greater membership, however, you can also nominate other people.  We
have many talented people in the club with varied skill sets that could be
doing more for our club if they chose to, I hope they will.

We will also be accepting nominations (via email) up to 1 week from the
meeting.  The deadline is Nov 7th, at midnight.  Once all the nominations
have been collected, we will have a 1 week period (until Nov 14th at
midnight) to retract your name from the list if you do not want or are
unable to fulfill the duties of the position.  The complete list will then
be sent out to the membership and online voting will commence.  Online
voting will continue until the meeting on December 6th.  We will also have
voting at the meeting for those that do not participate online.  Finally,
we will tally the votes at the meeting and announce the 2013 Board.

Just as a quick reminder, I'm going to give a quick description of the
positions on the board.

*President* - this position is responsible for leading the club at meetings
and through the year.  They will work closely with other board members as
well as delegate to non-board members to get things done.  They will be
responsible for announcing meetings and other news pertinent to the
membership.  They represent the club and are responsible for outreach and
welcoming new members.  They are responsible for the Monthly news letter to
the membership.  Finally, they are responsible for calling together the
board for meetings which traditionally happen quarterly but is at the
discretion of the president.  Ultimately, this is not a difficult or time
consuming position it mainly is a communication position and is nice if you
can provide some energy and excitement about and/or behind the club.

*Vice President - *this position is responsible for backing the president
in all of the previously mentioned duties, especially when the President is
not able.

*Events Coordinator - *this position is responsible for coordinating with
all the other breweries in town to provide a annual meeting schedule.  They
are the contact between the club and the breweries for club meetings.  They
are responsible for confirming meeting arrangements in the week/s prior to
the meeting.  They are also responsible for coordinating all other events
that the  LPs get involved including, Summer BBQ, Xmax Party, and other
Beer events.

*Competition Coordinator -* this position is responsible for conducting,
coordinating, planning, and arranging all things competition for the LPs.
 The main event is the LP Slam that happens in June.  The Muse cup will now
be part of the Poetry Slam next year so this is the main event for
the position.  This is a very time consuming position and will require
effort, however, it is very important for the club.

*Treasure - *this position handles the finances of the club.  They are
responsible for cutting checks to the appropriate people when necessary.
 They also are the person who deals with the bank.  This position require
an organized and reliable person.  They are responsible for doing all the
book work also - making sure all the pluses and minus add up.

*Board-at-large (4) - * these positions are advisory positions for the
other positions.  They represent the rest of the membership at the board
meetings.  They often are involved with committees and sub groups to get
other things done behind the scenes such as website work, etc

This is a very rough list of the responsibilities and in no way complete.
 The important thing to remember is that this is a volunteer group and the
only way things get done is by volunteering your time.
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Our next LP meeting will be at *New Belgium Brewery* on Thursday, *November 1st
 *@ 7:00 PM.

We will have a beer social for the first ~ 15 min.  You can bring any
homebrews you would like to share with the group.

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1)  We will *NOT* be doing tasting panel.  We have a lot to do this meeting
and will not have time.

2)  Grady from NBB will be giving us a tour of the new 8.5 bbl brewing
system.

3)  Remi will be doing a small break out session on yeast propagation from
slants.  Club members have access to our yeast library (all on slants)
which is loaded with many rare and unique strains.  He will explain how to
use slants in your home brewing process.

4)  Doc will be purchasing a few commercial examples of hoppy beers for a
tasting session.

5)  *Belgian Golden Strong* *Ale* (BJCP: 18D) is the November style of the
month.  If you have a one, please bring it for the table.  We will bring a
couple commercial examples for calibration.  Discussions will be lead by
BJCP judges and is a great opportunity to really dissect the diversity and
qualification for certain beer styles.  For brewers who are interested in
learning how competition beer judging works - this is the table to be
seated at!

6) November style of the month is American Barleywine.

7)  Our Xmas Party has been scheduled for *Friday Dec 7th* at the Barn.
 This is a potluck style dinner so please bring a side.  The club will
provide a large meat of sorts (perhaps ham or turkey, maybe both).  We will
also have a line up of homebrew on tap that have been crafted by your
fellow brewers.  Mark your calanders and stay tuned - more info later.

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*Upcoming Local Competition News*

11/3/12 - Rocky Mountain Club Only Homebrew Competition - ($7 and 2 bottle
per entry) - DUE: 10/19/12
http://fotr.brewcompetition.com/index.php
Hops & Berries is a drop off!

12/08/12 - Biere de Rock - Belgian and French Ale ONLY (BJCP Categories:16
- 18)  ($6 and 2 bottles per entry) - DUE: 11/24/12
http://bierederock.com/
Contact: Feoff Humphrey
Contact Phone: (303) 885-7287
Hops & Berries is  a drop off!

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Cheers,

Joe
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