AHA Governing Committee Meeting Summary: August 2023
The following is a summary of the August 2023 meeting of your American Homebrewers Association Governing Committee (GC).
GC Members Present: Matt Bolling, Sandy Cockerham, Shawn Cormier, Amy Martin, Gail Milburn, Melissa McCain, Doug Piper, Goose Steingass, Roxanne Westendorf.
AHA Staff: Julia Herz
Notes:
- Previous meeting notes – Approved YES (May, June, and July)
- New GC Exec Secretary needed
- Goose Steingass has stepped down and will remain on GC.
- Opened call to existing GC members for new Secretary.
- Secretary will also sit on AHA Executive Subcommittee who meets monthly.
- Duties are essential to the role GC needs to fill.
- Group review of GC Social Contract.
- Weeds (introduction of new concept) – Group agreed to implement.
- AHA Future Ad Hoc Group work overview. (New group created from 6/23 BA Board Meeting. Group to focus on strategic visioning for AHA and advise on future AHA busines model.
- HBC 2024 discussed. GABF October 10-12!
- E&E Subcommittee – Monthly Zym Live, Home Fermentation Day, Learn to Homebrew Day.
- Another GC member should sit on E&E or Zym Lives moderated by the same people.
- DEI work for AHA
- Looking for mentees who are homebrewers who have been through the program and will share their success story. Cohort starts in the Spring 2024.
- Connecting with Pink Boots Society to advance homebrewer DEI and increase/diversify AHA membership. – Waiting to hear back from their leadership.
- Working to finalize AHA Club Code of Conduct that clubs will customize.
- AHA members and clubs can apply for BA mini-grant program. Also want GC members to sit on that subcommittee. This group analyzes the mini-grants.
- BA Governance Committee
- Ongoing review of BA foundational documents and AHA committee structure.
- Anticipate the evolution of GC, how the committee is run, and AHA/BA board relationship.
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