Mustache Minutes for March 3/5/15

With thanks to BVWC Secretary Britney Chargois

A whiskery welcome to: No new members

 Announcement:  We are now a part of the W.B.M.A!!!

Hair Raising Fundraising and Events:

  House concert with beer brewed by the club. 

When would this be?  

This conversation was moved to next meeting.

No Shave November event with the organization Health for all.

We could have people to sign up to raise money with a sponsorship for growing or in a whiskerina’s case  making a beard  , the person who raised the most money would get a beard  care package . Facebook voting would take place for the person with the best beard.

Booth at world fest representing beard culture:

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

There is a $50 vendor fee, would could discuss beard care, and make beard combs. We could also sell calendars. We would need a stamp for when the people came to our booth, for their world fest pass ports. The average cost of the Stamp would be $40; Jonathan agreed to look into that for us.

Calendar of the group:

                We can do this:  We discussed having beard themed names of the month. Part of the profit would go to the club, and on fundraiser months the other part would go the charity. Month ideas Jan. New Year’s resolution theme, Feb. Vikings, Mar. Red beards, April. Umbrella hats, May. Flowered beard, June. Father son photo with Jonathan and his kids wearing beards, July. Uncle Sam I want you to grow a beard, August.  First day of school photo, Sep. Pirates, Oct. Halloween costumes, Nov. Guy Fox at Thanksgiving, Dec. Santa.

                                                Photographer?   Ashley and Carl are looking into finding one.

                                             Group & Individual shots (possibly people from pint night)

                                            Date? Photo’s need to be taken by August and the calendars should be                                printed by October, so we can sell them during world fest and November.

Brazos Valley Derby Girls VS. Brazos Valley Whisker Club:

   Dates? Carl brought up a great point about time commitment, and most of the members not knowing about derby. So we will promote their events on our page instead.

Koozies:

                 Fundraiser or Prize? The Koozies will be a prize, will discuss for what at a later date.

Advertisement:

Bearded faces everywhere (Community outreach.):

Food Pantry at the Bridge:

                The club would be interested, but not sure who would show up. We need to figure that out, and how long training is first.

Every Thursday at 6:30 or 6:00 pm

                We would have to do volunteer training

Relay for life:

          Would we like to participate?

We will participate; team first needs to be created on the site. Then members can go on the Relay for life page and click join a team, and the can join our team B.V.W.C. Donations can also be taken on the site.

We could set up a team on the website

No due date, just when the event occurs April 27^th

Any other ideas?

Some fundraiser ideas are stickers, shirts, and a brew day.

Web-Stache (B.V.W.C on the Web): No new business.

Member Trimmings:

We also discussed that we need to have at least two members agree to go to an event ahead of time, so that we have some kind of presence at things like the Pot Luck.  We also discussed setting up events, so that they give notifications to members.

That's Right, Peach Fuzz

Hey there! Hi there! Ho there, facial hair enthusiasts!! Here's a little somethin' to jog your memory on the happenings of our last meeting! 

We are considering a name change.  This is to make the group more inclusive of people who are not affiliated with A&M. To go along with our fancy new name, we need to have a design that'll tie in all nice like.

NAME**:

-Brazos Valley                

-Brazos County

-Whisker

-Facial Hair

-Beard and Mustache

-Club

-Society 

-Alliance 

-Beardsmen

-Beardos

-979

**These are things to be thinkin' about possibly including in our new name.

DESIGN IDEAS: 

-Grackle

-Armadillo 

-Jackalope 

-Post Oak

-Bearded Cowboy Skull

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Jon's Anniversary Cookout!!

-June 21st

New Republic!!

-Sunday June 29th

-$40-$50 total cost; equalin' out to about $5 a person!

-We'll be brewin' up some "Peach Fuzz" Pale Ale 

Battle on the Bayou (Houston) Beard and Moustache Competition!!

-July 26th

https://m.facebook.com/events/222261694637380

**Mark these on your calendars folks!

We also bid a sad farewell to Justin DeSola, our former president, and his beard loving wife, Megan, to their new home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. (We're looking forward to hearing about his establishment of the "SteamBeards"). We wish you the very best of luck!!

Taking Justin's place as our president will be Chris Garza, the one with the mustache. Vice President/Treasurer is now Cameron Shults, the one with the mutton chops. I, Morgan Baggett, will be standing in as Secretary, the one with very little, to no facial hair.  Not to worry, Jon Kotinek, the one who knows what he's doing, will remain our Historian.

We'd also like to give a warm welcome to our new bearded friend, Lee Kavanagh!! 

Thanks to everyone who came out to the meeting! 

BEARD ON! 

Morgan Baggett

Secretary 

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! 

Februhairy

We didn't get a January meeting together, but several ABMC members did make it out to Potluck in the Park.

Our February meeting moved back to the traditional spot at The Village Cafe. Our meeting coincided with the launch for Insite Magazine's February issue launch, so we benefitted from a big crowd and live music (ABMC also got a shout out from Kristy when Jon won a door prize).

The band playing was Raspa, a local reggae-rock group, and their whiskered members were shoe-ins as automatic members.

Hanging with Raspa

We learned Rummy on the fly in order to make use of these awesome Gentlemen 52  playing cards. 

John Louis promised to send card rules ahead of the next meeting so we can all brush up. 

The Gentlemen 52 Playing Cards

Because the December meeting was so popular, and we have had interest in more frequent meetings, we decided to try having informal meet-up opportunities through the month:

1st Thursday - Village Cafe

2nd Tuesday - Carney's

3rd Wednesday - Harvey Washbanger's

4th (or last) Friday - Blackwater Draw

 (We also made an informal visit to Revolution after the meeting, maybe this can be a regular thing?...gotta spread the love).

Thanks to everyone who showed up! See you next time!