KCBS News FeedKCBS BOD MEETING AGENDA - December 14, 2011
December 13, 2011
KANSAS CITY BARBEQUE SOCIETY
Board of Directors Meeting - December 14, 2011
AGENDA
MEMBER REQUESTS TO SPEAK: None as of Sunday, December 11, 2011
MINUTES: Tana Shupe moves that the Board approve the Minutes of the meetings held on November 9, 2011 and the special meeting held on November 30, 2011.
Financial Report: Mike Budai
The Finance Committee recommends adopting the attached financial reports sent to the board on December 9.
Marketing Report: Mike McCloud/Tana Shupe
KCBS Banquet
- Supporting KCBS staff with logistical/messaging/coordination
Merchandise
- Total November Sales: $1189
Web
- Advertising sold for November: $1798
- Uploaded December Bullsheet
- Uploaded MP3 of November’s BOD meeting
- Uploaded MP3 of special board meeting
- Created a Bullsheet Archive
- Uploaded KCBS Banquet Registration page
PR
- Social Media, Using MMA, KCBS, and GABT Facebook and Twitter pages to promote KCBS-related events/promotion
- GABT: 1611 Twitter Followers / 3106 FB post views
- KCBS: 1087 Twitter Followers / 64,643 FB post views
- Updated News section of KCBS website as necessary
- Currently populating KCBS Mobile App event database
- Working on KCBS Continuing Education/ CBJ Master Online projects
Sponsorship Activities
- 2012 Planning/ Mike will update the board on current sponsorship activities
- New rib sponsor proposal (exec session)
- GABT funds summary (exec session)
- New Sam’s Club Tour contract changes (exec session)
Miscellaneous
- Discussion of BBQ Pass concept
- Re-consideration of Goody Bag program
CBJ Report: Mike Lake
The YTD report will follow this I am asking Karrin to send it directly from the office. No action needs to be taken, it is FYI. I will also be following up with a report that takes a closer look at these numbers. I will also bring you up to date on the web based continuing education and MCBJ testing programs.
The following updated YTD judging classes report was sent to BOD: 63 classes - 2,838 Students - 847 KCBS Members - 1,974 New Members - 15 Media Comps.
Program Committee Report: Mike Budai
Work on KCBScore is progressing. The 1st draft of the program should be ready for the committee to review this week. Work on the KCBS database interface to KCBScore is underway. Once any changes the committee determines are necessary have been completed, we will be able to start the testing phase.
Once we start deploying KCBScore, due to the anticipated overlap with BQWin, it may become necessary to temporarily take down the TOY calculator on the KCBS website and put up a message that we are switching over to the new program. This is to insure the accuracy of the reported points during the transition.
Rules Committee Report: Randy Bigler
The Rules committee would like to make a motion to send an email blast to all KCBS members of the schedule of meetings that will be happening at the Annual Banquet. The schedule was not in the December Bullsheet.
I have attached the revised comment card for you to look at and discuss. We had discussed this action in October and I don't think we need a motion to revise it. But if we do I make a motion to do so.
Sanctioning Committee Report: Wayne Lohman
Included below is the latest information for the 2012 Sam's Club BBQ Tour. There have been several changes in the contest locations from the report sent last Thursday.
The Sanctioning Committee recommends approval of all new and existing contests listed in the December New/Change Request Report with the exception of the Sam's Club Des Moines, IA contest and the new Grandview, MO. We questioned the density of teams for both locations.
Due to the large number of contests listed, please contact me if you have any questions prior to the Board meeting.
New Contests (2012):
4/27-28 Smokin Q Springfest Placerville, CA
4/28-29 Smokin Q Springfest Placerville, CA
5/25-26 Courtyard Hawg's & Hot Rods Cookoff Vandiver, AL
6/22-23 BBQ, Bands & Brew Palmyra, VA
6/29-30 Silicon Valley BBQ Championship Santa Clara, CA
6/30-7/1 Northwest Rib Fest Meridian, ID
8/3-5 Kiwanis BBQ & Brews Chico, CA
10/5-6 Firelake BBQ Cookoff Shawnee, OK
10/12-13 BBQ & Brew Festival Hamlet, NC
Date Changes in 2012 for Existing Contests:
4/27-28 Char-Broil Pig Bowl Columbus, GA
5/19-20 Great Mall Olathe BBQ & Festival Olathe, KS
6/15 change
To 7/6-7 Bay Area BBQ Championship Oakland, CA
7/20-21 Smokin in the Oaks Penn Valley, CA
9/21-22 Roots 'n Blues'n BBQ Columbia, MO
Existing Contests (2012):
3/9-10 NKC, MO State Championship NK, MO
3/23-24 Smokin Blues & BBQ Hammond, LA
3/30-31 Smokin on Big Creek Pleasant Hill, MO
4/20-21 Capitol City Cookoff Jefferson City, MO
4/27-28 Smokin in the Ozarks Rogers, AR
5/4-5 Naptown barBAYq Annapolis, MD
5/4-5 Belton Heritage BBQ Contest Belton, MO
5/11-12 Roman Roast on the River Rome, GA
5/11-12 Boss Hog Cookoff Waynesboro, GA
5/18-19 Middletown BBQ Cookoff Middletown, DE
5/26-27 Roc City Rib Fest Rochester, NY
5/26-27 Smokin in the Junction West Des Moines, IA
6/1-2 Variety Children's Charity BBQ Bash Memphis, TN
6/1-2 Armada Meats & Motors Cookoff Armada, MI
6/8-9 Ole' Glory BBQ Challenge Fredonia, KS
6/8-9 Brick Street BBQ Marietta, OH
6/8-9 Boats, Bands & BBQ Pueblo, CO
6/8-9 It's a Smokin Good Thang Tecumseh, OK
6/8-9 Delta Smoke BBQ Contest Wynne, AR
6/8-9 Canterbury Park State Championship Shakopee, MN
6/15-16 Smokin on the River Jeffersonville, IN
6/22-24 Boston Hills BBQ Fest Hamburg, NY
7/13-14 5th Annual Wellsville BBQ Cookoff Wellsville, MO
7/13-14 SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC
7/20-21 BBQ'loo and Blues Too Waterloo, IA
7/20-21 Enshrinement Festival Ribs Cookoff South Bend, IN
7/20-21 Que and Cruze Festival Louisa, VA
7/20-21 Smokin on the River Glasow, MO
7/27-28 Wine, Brew & Bar-B-Que Too! New Palestine, IN
7/27-28 The Harpoon Championships of
New England BBQ Windsor, VT
7/27-28 Riverside BBQ Classic Iola, KS
7/27-28 Bluemont BBQ Bash & Blackberry Bonanza Bluemont, VA
8/3-4 4th Annual Smokin Q Classic Vista, CA
8/4-5 Battle of the BBQ Brethren Manorville, NY
8/3-4 Wheels 'n' Squeals BBQ Challenge Olathe, KS
8/10-11 Med City BBQ & Musicfest Rochester, MN
8/10-11 Smokin in McMinnville McMinnville, TN
8/10-11 Mountain High BBQ Fest & Car Show Franklin, NC
8/10-11 Krystal 93 BBQ at the Summit Dillon, CO
8/11-12 Mainely Grillin' & Chillin' BBQ Competition Elliot, ME
8/11-12 Cass County "Cookin at the Fair" Weeping Water, NE
8/17-18 BBQ & Fly In on the River Excelsior Springs, MO
8/17-19 Grillin' in Grafton Grafton, WI
8/17-18 Smokefest Marshall, MN
8/17-18 Madison Ribberfest Barbecue & Blues Madison, IN
8/18-19 Hudson Valley Ribfest New Paltz, NY
8/24-25 Nevada Kiwanis Club BBQ Contest Nevada, IA
8/24-25 Sooie't Relief Benefit Greer, SC
8/24-25 Great Southern Tailgate Cookoff Amelia Island, FL
8/24-25 Monroe County Jam Monroe, MI
8/24-25 Big Island Barbeque State Championship Albert Lea, MN
8/24-25 Pigs & Peaches Kennesaw, GA
8/31-9/1 Smokin in Mesquite BBQ Championship Mesquite, NV
9/1-2 Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX
9/7-8 Smoke on the River Quincy, IL
9/7-8 International Goat Days Festival BBQ Bash Millington, TN
9/7-9 Wabash Ribberfest BBQ Championship Mt. Carmel, IL
9/7-8 Blue Springs Barbeque Blaze-Off Blue Springs, MO
9/7-8 Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge Grand Junction, CO
9/14-15 Ribstock: Peace, Love & BBQ Cameron Park, CA
9/14-15 18th Annual Decatur Jaycees Riverfest Decatur, AL
9/14-15 Q the Lou Litchfield, IL
9/14-15 King Turkey Day Smokin' Gobbler Cookoff Worthington, MN
9/21-22 Sky's the Limit BBQ Classic Garden City, KS
9/21-22 Art of BBQ Tulsa, OK
9/22-23 Que by the Sea Seaside Height, NJ
9/28-29 Dana Point BBQ Championship Dana Point, CA
10-5-6 Keystone Classic Barbeque Harrisburg, PA
10/5-7 Riverside Blues & BBQ Festival Greenfield, MA
10-5-6 2012 Downtown Jonesboro Jonesboro, AR
10/11-13 Oktoberfest BBQ Challenge Culman, AL
10/12-13 Cookin' on the Kaw DeSoto, KS
10/12-13 Anchor City Cookoff Centralia, MO
10/12-13 The Fountains Blaze-off & Senior Q Independence, MO
10-12-13 Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown Rocky Mount, NC
10/12-13 7th Annual Barn Burner Bar-B-Q Libertyville, IL
10/19-20 Shenandoah Valley BBQ Fest Woodstock, VA
10/19-20 Cherokee Pignic Canton, GA
10/19-20 Ohio Smoked Meat & BBQ Fest Nelsonville, OH
10/19-20 Balloons, Blues, Bike & Barbecue Parsons, KS
10/20-21 12th Annual Bordertown Bash Ft. Smith, AR
10/26-27 Smokin' the Fort BBQ & Bluegrass Ft. Gibson, AL
10/26-27 Hillbilly Hog BBQ Throwdown White County, GA
10/26-27 Bates County BBQ State Championship Butler, MO
11/2-3 Cookin' on the Creek Harrison, AR
11/16-17 The National BBQ Cup Cumming, GA
11/30-12/1 Christmas on the River Demopolis, AL
MISSED DECEMBER 1ST DEADLINE
New:
3/23-24 Florida BBQ Challenge West Palm Beach, FL
3/24-25 Chester's Harley BBQ & Bikes
Presented by WRPRO BBQ Series Mesa, AZ
5/4-5 Truman Heritage Festival Grandview, MO
5/11-12 West Coast BBQ Classic Long Beach, CA
10/5-6 Atlanta BBQ Festival Atlanta, GA
Licensed:
10/5-6 Piggin' Around Woodbury, TN
Date Changes in 2012 for Existing Contests:
6/9-10 Muddy Water BBQ Festival Hanibal, MO
7/6-8 Brockport BBQ & Blues Festival Brockport, NY
7/27-28 Racing for the BBQ Lee's Summit, MO
8/3-4 Smoke on the River at Riversedge Herber City, UT
9/21-22 Smokin' For Gold Placerville, CA
Existing
5/11-12 Smoke in the Valley BBQ Competition Green Lane, PA
6/1-2 That BBQ Thang in the Sprang Salisaw, OK
6/1-2 Royal Gorge Holy Smoke BBQ Throwdown Canon City, CO
6/8-9 Tonga Days BBQ Tonganoxie, KS
7/14-15 Troy Pig Out Troy, NY
8/10-11 MD State Bash Bel Air, MD
9/7-8 Bands & BBQ at the Point Carrollton, KY
9/21-23 Oinktoberfest Clarence, NY
9/21-22 Grillin & Chillin BBQ Cookoff Owensboro, KY
10/12-13 Wahabi 2nd Annual BBQ Cookoff Jackson, MS
Rep Committee: Mark Simmons & Randy Bigler
The contest rep chair, co-chair, rep committee and BOD extends to all the friends and family of Jim Monihan our deepest sympathy and condolences for his recent sudden passing. He will be greatly missed and warmly remembered as one of our outstanding KCBS contest representatives.
I propose that the Nominees questions/answers and photos be posted on a web page on the KCBS.us site during the election period. A link to that page could be used along with member election notice e-blasts.
I would also like to discuss the banner that is hung by the reps at contest for turn-in location.
Education Committee: Paul Kirk
No Report for December.
Philanthropy Committee: Arlie Bragg
Preparing to run the applications in the Bullsheet for all Grants and Grants in Aid. Motion to email blast all members about the Grants and Grants in Aid. Also request that we receive a foundation report.
Membership Report: Gene Goycochea
Membership has increased by approx. 60% over the past 3 years (huge growth) this is an average of 20% per year. Looking forward to next year!
Updated report regarding Annual Meeting Banquet.
Technology Report: Don Harwell
Web: Created MP3 files of the November regular and special meetings for posting on our web site.
President's End-of-Year Items for Resolution:
I thoroughly reviewed minutes of past meetings and made note of the following issues that have not been resolved over the course of the year.
Motions are proposed to get the discussion flowing. These three motions by no means cover all the issues dangling from this year.
January -- ToY identification method, hopefully finalized 12/14
I move that we identify barbeque cook teams for Team of the Year purposes by a single chief cook member number filed with the KCBS office at the start of the cook year. That chief cook must be present at a contest for that team to receive points for ToY. In the event of the chief cook not being present at a particular contest, that chief cook must present a valid reason (illness, family issue) to the Rules Committee for ruling as to whether the reason justifies awarding ToY points to the team.
February -- Opt Out option for members removal from eblasts
March -- Opt Out tabled to April. Lifetime membership logo tabled until April.
I move that KCBS sponsor member contests for art relating to a pen design for 4-1st places at a single contest, a logo for MCBJs who reach 100+ contests judged and a logo for KCBS Pit Master program.
April -- March tabled not handled
May -- Consequences of April motion to discontinue tracking state championships for the invitational major contests. Organizers need to be contacted. Pen design for teams who finish first in all four categories at one contest.
June -- none
July -- e-blast matters regarding costs, availability for contest promotions arise.
I move that we immediately set up procedures for KCBS members to opt out of e-blasts. I further move that we establish a means and price structure for contest organizers to use KCBS member e-blasts to promote contests in a 500 mile radius (or more) around their contest.
August -- none
September -- KCBS charitable foundation. Logo for 100+ contest CBJs. Community disaster and relief fund. KCBS Pit Master. Formalizing turn in table procedures. Grievance panel issues.
October -- Tabled philanthropy report. Findings on prepping 2nd truck/trailer for 2012 use.
November -- Rework of regional board representation addendum to Bylaws for vote of members in January 2012. Budget for 2nd truck/trailer. International Initiative guidelines. ToY team identification method.
Old Business:
Don Harwell: I motion that the following be added to the January 2012 BOD general election:
Membership to vote for:
Vote 1: Adding to the bylaws that: A Member of the Corporation is not eligible to seek election for Director of the Corporation if the member shares a physical address with any current Director of the Corporation.
Vote 2: Adding to the bylaws that 6 directors of the BOD will be from six regions and that the attached document be accepted as the regional breakout of the six regions to be placed on January 2012 BOD general election.
Vote 3: Changing the following sentence in the bylaws to read: .... the Directors be limited to two consecutive three-year terms, after which one year a three (3) year period must lapse before a Member is eligible for another term(s).
Candy Weaver: Per motion made and unanimously passed on March 9, 2011, committee chair persons must submit to the Board all members serving on their respective committees. The executive director and the president are de facto members of every committee and must be informed of every committee meeting.
New Business:
Candy Weaver: Review and approval of proposed rules for Sam's Club BBQ Tournament send to the board on 12/11/2011.
Candy Weaver: I move that each committee chair person has the absolute freedom at any time to choose any KCBS member in good standing to serve (or not serve) on their particular committee. The Board may not force any committee chair person to add a member to any committee by motion or any other method.
Randy Bigler: I propose that the Nominees questions/answers and photos be posted on a web page on the KCBS.us site during the election period. A link to that page could be used along with member election notice e-blasts.
Randy Bigler: I would also like to discuss the banner that is hung by the reps at contest for turn-in location.
Closed Session Agenda:
(1) Reinstatement of contest rep/judging instructor.
(2) 2012 Sam's Club BBQ Series Schedule & Rules
