American Homebrewers Association Bylaws Update 

Chad on January 23, 2024

The board of directors of the Brewers Association, the 501(c)(6) parent organization of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA), recently met and approved a restated set of association bylaws. The existing bylaws were drafted last century, had undergone many amendments over the decades, and needed modernization to comply with current best practices. 

A summary of substantive changes related to the AHA includes the following: 

  • Board Size: The Brewers Association board size will be reduced to 18 beginning in February of 2024, then reduced again to 17 beginning with its first board meeting of 2025. This reduction puts the number of board members closer to (but still larger than) not-for-profit board size and will streamline decision-making 
  • Packaging Brewers Designated Directors: beginning with the first board meeting of 2025, the maximum number of elected Packaging Brewer Members will be reduced from seven to six. 
  • At-large Directors: beginning with the first board meeting of 2025, the maximum number of board-appointed, at-large directors will be reduced from five to four. 
  • American Homebrewers Association Directors: effective with the first 2024 BA board meeting, the two AHA-designated directors will be eliminated. 
  • The AHA Governing Committee has been renamed the AHA Committee and given the same standing committee status and governance structure as other BA committees. Its charters have been updated (view here). 

As transition steps,  

  • AHA Governing Committee chair and current AHA representative to the BA board, Shawna Cormier, was elected as an at-large director for a one-year term beginning February 14, 2024. 
  • AHA Governing Committee representative Roxanne Westendorf will remain on the AHA Committee and end her term as BA Governance Committee chair and BA board member.  
  • Current AHA Governing Committee members have been invited to serve on the AHA Committee, and the committee chair will appoint future members.  
  • Active AHA members interested in participating in the new AHA committee can learn more here. 

AHA members are invited to provide their feedback by participating in a member survey. 

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