Februhairy Meeting Notes

“There are two kinds of People in the World… Those who appreciate a good beard and those who are wrong”

Hey guys, here are your Mustache Minuets for the Brazos Valley Whisker Club February Meeting on 2-5-15:

A whiskery welcome to:

Chris Rahman

Elizabeth Bledsoe

Welcome New Officers:

President: Carl Hjelmen

Secretary: Britney Chargois

 Announcement: The paper work has been submitted for the club to be internationally recognized

Hair Raising Fundraising and Events:

  House concert with beer brewed by the club. Admission would be charged and it would be used as a fundraiser.

                          Beer ideas: Peach pumpkin beer

                                               Dew berry stout

No Shave November event with the organization Health for all.

Booth at world fest representing beard culture:

                  We need to look into registering by late summer / early fall.

                    Calendar of the group

Advertisement:

                 Stickers eventually will be made for the group.

Bearded faces everywhere (Community outreach.):

Please let’s make an effort to go to The Neil Park pot luck/ Community Garden

It is every Saturday starting at 5 Pm &Sunday starting at 1:30pm.  Bring family, Bring friends, and Bring food.

Web-Stache (B.V.W.C on the Web):

                        Officer Profiles for the blog

Member Trimmings:

Tokens for members are being discussed; in the future members may be able to design their own. Materials that they might be built out of: Wood or Aluminum.

                             Have an Awesome weekend

President & Secretary Nominations

Howdy whiskered friends,

At our business meeting last Thursday, our club adopted some bylaws with the consent of the officers and the dues-paying members who were in attendance (see attached). These bylaws help us fit into the "club definition" as described by the World Beard and Mustache Association (http://www.wbma.info/). We have also met perhaps one of the most difficult criteria which is to maintain records of attendance to regular meetings over a period of two years. Our club became two years old on December 6, 2014. We have written our application to be an approved club by the WBMA and it is being translated to German by our new member, Kelly Mowry, before we send it off. Currently, there are only 9 approved clubs within the US and if our application is accepted, it will give our club a great reputation.

In other business, one of the bylaws is of particular importance since Morgan and I will be leaving soon. We decided to stagger the voting process for officer positions to make the transition easier. Morgan and I will be stepping down from our positions (secretary and president, respectively) as we move in to February. This means that we will be asking for dues-paying members to run for these positions (see descriptions in the attached document and below). Please respond to this email before next Tuesday to run for a position. If you are not yet a dues-paying member but would like to run for a position, you can contact me and we can try to meet up so that the club can collect your dues (we will be at Carney's tonight at 9!).

A week from today (1/20/15), we will use an online voting platform to allow a vote from all dues-paying members. Voting will be open for two weeks and the new positions will be decided before the next business meeting (2/5/15)

Here are the position descriptions:

President: The president of the club acts as the manager for the business meetings and supports and supervises the other officers. The president is also expected to act as a spokesperson and ambassador for the club.

 

Secretary: The secretary records the attendance and minutes of the business meeting. The secretary should be involved in sending emails to the members and making events for social media.

Finally, the coat drive will continue through February at New Republic Brewing Co. The box was full last weekend and Jon was able to distribute them to members of the community that needed them. Spread the word that bringing a coat, blanket, or sleeping bag will get you a free pint. Also, New Republic has a limited release Russian Imperial Stout in their taproom that you should definitely try!

Let me know if any of you are interested in running for the officer positions!

Beard On!

Chris Garza

Januhairy Monthly Meeting

Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year celebration!

If you're in town this Thursday, come on out to the January monthly business meeting at the Village Cafe and Art979 Gallery. Hope to see you there! I was thinking that with the start of the new year, we would think about getting new officers! We could also start thinking about other things to do throughout the new year. What fun!

Also, just a friendly reminder about the coat drive at The New Republic Brewing Company. Bring a coat and get a free pint. If you're visiting family, see if they have any winter clothes you can bring back into town!


Beard On!
President
Chris Garza

Good Evening, Mr. President.

It was ABMC election night and we had just enough of a crowd to field a ballot. Apparently, Luby's takeout was more of a draw for some. 

                       Luby's, really?

But, what we lacked in numbers we more than made up for in enthusiasm.

Please give a virtual round of applause to your ABMC officers:

President - Justin DeSola

Vice-President - Cameron Shults

Secretary/Treasurer - Chris Garza

Historian - Jon Kotinek

The officer duties will be much as described last month, with sharing of some social media posting among the officers. The meeting schedule will remain unchanged for the time being, with monthly meetings being held 7:00-8:00 PM on the first Thursday of the month, and weekly opportunities to hang out. We also discussed developing opportunities to hang out away from restaurants. One concept would be to have a "Beard Brew" where we all pitch in and get to drink the fruit of our labors the following month. 

In addition to the elections, we revisited the World Beard and Moustache Association recognition requirements. We are looking forward to our 2-year anniversary in December 2014 and being recognized by this organization!