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

BV Whisker Club Winter Charity Opportunities

Howdy facial hair enthusiasts,

Tuesday night at Carney's we developed some plans to help out the community this winter. Briefly, here is what we are thinking.

This Saturday, we can participate in the Salvation Army's "adopt an angel" program. Basically, the way it works is we select angels (kids) with a list of things they want or need (clothes, toys, etc.). After purchasing items for the children, we return to the tree and drop off the gifts (no wrapping necessary).  I was thinking that we could meet at 10 AM in the morning at the "Angel Tree" which is located in the food court of Post Oak Mall. We can then decide which children to provide gifts for and split up to purchase them. After that, we can then meet back up at the mall at 11:30 or 12 to get the gifts back. If anyone wants to do anything after, I was thinking we could go get lunch somewhere.

The club has also helped out with the Neal Park Potluck and Community Garden in the past. For those who aren't aware, every weekend, there is a potluck in Neal Park and anyone can attend. Those who cannot bring anything, simply get to eat what others provide. Vincent Morgan, who was a regular at the potluck, passed during one of the recent cold snaps. Jon came up with an idea for a "coat drive" that will accept coats, blankets, and sleeping bags. We could then bring them to the potluck every weekend for any one who needs them. Andrew Golnar came up with the idea of continuing the drive through January so that any students traveling home during winter break can bring back items when they return. New Republic is willing to give a free pint to people who donate an item. We can have a box set up there as soon as this weekend. We will ask around and see if any other places are willing to have collection boxes through January. If you have any connections, please feel free to help out and use them!

Last, Jon is participating in the marathon this Sunday. We were planning on setting up a table in Brison Park where we can have orange slices for the runners. We'll also have our sign, business cards, and we can also take pictures of the whiskered runners to share on our page. Apparently, the club did this a couple of years ago and got a great response from it. If you want to join us to cheer Jon and the others on, you can meet up with us on Sunday morning any time after 7:45 AM.

We toyed around with the idea of modifying Christmas carols to be beard related and making calendars with images of club members but it may be something to think about a little earlier next year.

I also apologize for any spam emails you might have received from this address yesterday. My account was hacked yesterday but I have resolved the issue.

Beard On!

President 

Chris Garza

Decembeards

A bit late in posting this, but we had a great time at the December meeting. Based on the suggestion of a member (thanks Heather!), we moved the meeting closer to campus and enjoyed Aggieland's newest culinary sensation: Blackwater Draw Brewing Company. BWD is all about local, from the garden-fresh vegetables sourced from Howdy Farm, to the all-Texas tap line up (including a rotating selection of beers brewed in-house), this one-of-a-kind gastropub lives up to its pedigree (Blackwater Draw is the source of the Brazos River). Turns out sone of the staff at BWD sport beards, too, so we fit right in. 

Left to Right: Jim, Ed, Juan, Jon, Chris, (sorry I forgot!), and John Louis. Photo credit: Noah, age 6

We had a number of new faces and enjoyed the (relative) warmth of the heaters on the porch despite the cold weather. 

Of course, warm soup helps!

BWD is thinking about soup to go.

We also learned that Chris (aka The Artist Formerly Known as Yellow Rain) has been named (co-) Mr. Texas Interhash 2013. The Moustache had to play a role in that vote!

(co-) Mr. Texas Interhash 2013

Chris suggested that ABMC follow up on our pledge of giving back to the community, so we decided that we would go to Potluck in the Park the second Sunday of each month.


Thanks to those that showed up! We look forward to seeing you at the next one!