{"id":209,"date":"2026-05-03T12:46:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:46:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ozarkzymurgists.com\/?p=209"},"modified":"2026-05-03T12:46:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T12:46:50","slug":"minutes-april-7-2026-chapter-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ozarkzymurgists.com\/?p=209","title":{"rendered":"Minutes &#8211; April 7, 2026 Chapter Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Recorded by: Darin Dickson, Secretary<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recorded on: Tuesday 4\/7\/26 @ New Province Brewing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Membership Attendance: 14 of 18 Present (Quorum)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ric Bailey, Rusty Cramer, Darin Dickson, Doc Farmer, Randy Germann, Ken Gill, Justin Hart, Dave Kapple, William Lalum, Andy Langston, Mike Lewis, Lary McCallister, Steve Offutt, Alex Smith<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest Attendance:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James Harvey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting was called to order at 7:08pm by Mike Lewis<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Beer introductions commenced after the toast from Steve Offutt.\u00a0 16 beers were introduced from 11 brewers\/teams.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Motion was made by Mike Lewis and seconded by Justin Hart to approve the minutes from the March 2026 Chapter Meeting.\u00a0 <strong>Motion carried unanimously.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mike Lewis presented the financial report stating the club had collected $450 in dues and had $3,818 in available funds.\u00a0 At the time of the report we had 18 paid members for the club year.\u00a0 Dues are due so pay yours now.\u00a0 Please double-check that Ozark Zymurgists is listed as your primary club for the AHA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Old Business\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Darin Dickson presented BotY standings through April 6th but the results are provisional since he still had some competition points to enter.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oz Monthly Social will be at Bentonville Brewing on April 18th from 1pm &#8211; 4pm (also Home Brew for NWA Women\u2019s Shelter event)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>John Lee from New Province Brewing presented the club with a check for $210 for participation in the King for A Day event in March.\u00a0 He mentioned wanting to maybe incorporate BJCP judging into next year\u2019s event.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The membership voted on 2027 Iron Brewer styles.\u00a0 Q2 2027 will be Pre-Prohibition Pilsner (5 votes) and Q4 2027 will be SMASH (7 votes).\u00a0 The other two quarters will be decided by FLOPS at their April meeting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>New Business\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A motion was made by Mike Lewis, seconded by Justin Hart that Darin Dickson head up a committee to explore the club taking over the NWA Women\u2019s Shelter event as Justin McGinnis was interested in handing it off.\u00a0 <strong>The motion passed unanimously.<\/strong>\u00a0 Steve Offutt, James Harvey, and Justin Hart volunteered to serve on the committee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The membership discussed setting up the Christmas Party Committee.\u00a0 General consensus was for the officers to coordinate with FLOPS to gauge their interest in participating before we set up the committee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The membership discussed setting up the NWA Oktoberfest Committee.\u00a0 Mike Lewis offered to lead, Ric Bailey expressed interest in helping. No motion was made.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Big Brew Day (May 2, 2026) will be held at Ric Bailey\u2019s house this year.\u00a0 A motion was made by Mike Lewis and seconded by Randy Germann to authorize the officers to spend up to $500 on ingredients to brew the Pre-Prohibition Porter on either Ric\u2019s or Larry\u2019s system.\u00a0 The motion also mentioned asking FLOPS to participate.\u00a0 <strong>The motion passed unanimously.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keith Linn\u2019s retirement celebration will be held at Black Howler on May 9th.\u00a0 All are welcome to stop by and wish Keith well on the next chapter of his adventure!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Education Session\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Jess Selby gave a great talk about her Journey to Professional Brewer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brewer of the Month\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Detailed in BOTY Tracker on ozarkzymurgists.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Meeting adjourned at 8:30pm by Mike Lewis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recorded by: Darin Dickson, Secretary Recorded on: Tuesday 4\/7\/26 @ New Province Brewing Membership Attendance: 14 of 18 Present (Quorum) Ric Bailey, Rusty Cramer, Darin Dickson, Doc Farmer, Randy Germann, Ken Gill, Justin Hart, Dave Kapple, William Lalum, Andy Langston, Mike Lewis, Lary McCallister, Steve Offutt, Alex Smith Guest Attendance: James Harvey Meeting was called [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Here are the minutes from the April meeting.  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