Brewing, incorporated

By Darryl Barbour, President

We are into the second half of the year and what looks like being a busy time in the club. The Science Festival is now just five weeks away, Sunday 8 August. We have been provided a 45 minute talking spot at 11:30am, space for a stall, and weather permitting will also be brewing outside. We will need plenty of help on the day, so please get in touch with Craig (Brewtus) or myself — the more the merrier. We will be at the Shine Dome, otherwise known as the Australian Academy of Science.

After that we've still got two more competitions (Comp 3 and the ACTABC), Oktoberfest, a road trip to the Nationals, and at the end of it all, the AGM. We are also keen to try and have a second guided beer tasting at a club meeting a bit later in the year, following on from the weizen tasting at the July meeting, and I'd love to hear suggestions for styles or beers that people would like to learn more about, and get some tips on how to brew them well. As always, we need volunteers to help out at events, so please pitch in wherever you can.

On the club news front, we have now prepared a draft Rules of Association. It has drawn on the model rules provided by the ACT Government, and which would apply in the absence of our own. These rules detail the purpose of the club, the various office holders, options for additional committee members and procedures for elections, meetings and spending of club funds. This draft forms the basis on which the club will become formally incorporated, so I encourage everyone to log onto the forum and read it, highlight any issues you see, and to discuss this generally. I anticipate we will seek formal incorporation in the next month or two, subject to a formal vote at a club meeting.

See you at the meeting!