January 2024 Meeting Minutes
Location: Wagon Wheel BBQ, Mountain View CA
Treasurer’s Report
The 2023 year ended with a small deficit of $93, leaving us with $1895. With no income from S27 Wort sales this year, we were concerned about the upcoming year. To project a cash flow positive year, the club will continue with AHA General Liability insurance only and not renew the more expensive Director & Officer Insurance which runs out after June. The insurance can be revisited when income increases.
Beer City
As part of the Treasurer’s Report, we had income from the Beer City running event we did last year. We confirmed the Almaden Lake Run will happen on June 1st this year, and they will have another in Fremont on Aug 17th. The plan is to do the June event and consider the Fremont one.
Membership Renewal
It is that time of year again. The easiest way to pay is via WoW PayPal from the WoW Links. Remember to pay “As a friend”, otherwise PayPal takes a cut of club dues. The account has the Steve’s name, as PayPal requires this.
Officer elections
The current officers have agreed to run again this year. In a vote at the January meeting, the officers were confirmed.
- President: Tony Scarpino
- Vice President: John Wheeler
- Treasurer: Steve Keck
- Web Master: Lincoln Ong
- Secretary: Arjun Desai
A competition chair was brought up, but no official person was named. At this time it’s a group effort.
Christmas party wrap-up
Another good Christmas party was had. Way too much food was brought by members. Plenty of beer was sampled and consumed. The white elephant gift exchange was fun. Thanks to our friends at Clandestine Brewing.
MoreBeer Brew-in – January 27th
We are finalizing our plans for the MoreBeer brew-in. Soon MoreBeer will be sending out multiple emails and Instagram posts about the event and an in-store discount. We plan to do an extract brew for simplicity, using MoreBeer’s “American Amber Ale by Tasty” kit. Members are encouraged to join us with club attire and bring home-brew samples. The motivation is a membership drive, but we hope everyone can come by, say Hi, and buy some ingredients for your next brew.
MoreBeer has confirmed the two tables, easy-up tent, water access, and simple electricity for us to use.
Club Brew
We are closing in on our February club brew: AltBier with Spalt.
April club brew is Bock.
June will be discussed next meeting and we may align it with our Beer City participation.
Members are encouraged submit these brews to competitions coming up.
SF Beer week
February 9th-18th is SF Beer week. Keep an eye on the events and send email to the list if you find one of interesting. We hope to do one or two this year as a club. https://sfbeerweek.org/activities
Scoresheets
We had 3 beers we evaluated Tony’s Schwarzbier, John W’s Black is Beautiful Stout, and Arjun’s Winter Warmer.