KCBS BOD Quick Notes - January 2020
Kansas City Barbeque Society
Board of Directors’
Quick Notes
January 8, 2020
Meeting was called to order at 7:12pm CST
Roll Call:
Dennis Polson, Alan Sellers, Candy Weaver, Randy Bigler, David Qualls, Richard Fergola, Haymo Gutweniger, Myron Berry, Ralph Williams.
KCBS Office: Emily Detwiler, Kim Collier
Note: Organizer from Oregon Contest addressed the Board Prior to Start of Meeting.
Board pledge:
Recognizing barbeque as America’s cuisine, the mission of the Kansas City Barbeque Society is to celebrate, teach, preserve and promote barbeque as a culinary technique, sport and art form.
I accept my duties as a KCBS director to further the KCBS mission so that truth, justice, excellence in barbeque and the American way of life may be strengthened and preserved forever.
Membership Requests to Address the Board: None
Minutes of Last Meeting
David Qualls: I move to accept minutes of the December 11, 2019 regular Meeting
Second – Sellers – Motion Passed Unanimously
Financial Statements
Myron Berry: Attached is the November 2019 financial report. Please accept this report.
Contest Report – Kim Collier
| Event_Name |
Begin_Date |
End_Date |
City |
State |
| Southern Sounds BBQ & Bluefest |
5/1/2020 |
5/2/2020 |
Semmes |
AL |
| Delta Smoke BBQ Contest |
6/12/2020 |
6/13/2020 |
Wynne |
AR |
| Smokin on the White |
9/11/2020 |
9/12/2020 |
Batesville |
AR |
| Clayton BBQ Cook-off |
7/10/2020 |
7/11/2020 |
Clayton |
CA |
| Separation Day Colonial BBQ |
6/12/2020 |
6/13/2020 |
Wilmington |
DE |
| Plant City Pig Jam |
11/20/2020 |
11/21/2020 |
Plant City |
FL |
| Boss Hog State Championship Cook-OFF |
5/7/2020 |
5/9/2020 |
Waynesboro |
GA |
| Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que & Music Festival |
5/22/2020 |
5/23/2020 |
Augusta |
GA |
| The Great Georgia BBQ Festival |
5/29/2020 |
5/30/2020 |
Cumming |
GA |
| Hawgin On Lanier |
7/31/2020 |
8/1/2020 |
Gainesville |
GA |
| BBQ Boogie & Blues |
4/24/2020 |
4/25/2020 |
Calhoun |
GA |
| Swine At the Shrine |
9/11/2020 |
9/12/2020 |
Savannah |
GA |
| Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition |
6/19/2020 |
6/20/2020 |
State Center |
IA |
| Route 66 Smoke Out |
5/1/2020 |
5/2/2020 |
Dwight |
IL |
| Red, White, & B-B-Q (DAY 1) |
5/22/2020 |
5/23/2020 |
Westmont |
IL |
| Central Illinois BBQ Throw Down |
7/17/2020 |
7/18/2020 |
Peoria |
IL |
| Up In Smoke on the Square |
6/5/2020 |
6/6/2020 |
Lincoln |
IL |
| Red, White, & B-B-Q (Day 2) |
5/23/2020 |
5/24/2020 |
Westmont |
IL |
| BBQ SmokeDown at Chicagoland |
6/19/2020 |
6/20/2020 |
Joliet |
IL |
| Minonk I-39 Smoke Off |
7/4/2020 |
7/5/2020 |
Minonk |
IL |
| Smokin For Garrett |
4/17/2020 |
4/18/2020 |
Boonville |
IN |
| Smokin Hot Cars & BBQ |
7/24/2020 |
7/25/2020 |
Iola |
KS |
| Mclouth BBQ Blowout 29th Annual |
6/5/2020 |
6/6/2020 |
Mclouth |
KS |
| East Central State BBQ Cook-Off-Paola Roots Festival |
8/28/2020 |
8/29/2020 |
Paola |
KS |
| Interstate BBQ Festival |
4/17/2020 |
4/18/2020 |
Hagerstown |
MD |
| 12th Annual Auburn Hills Barbecue Cook-Off |
6/26/2020 |
6/27/2020 |
Auburn Hill |
MI |
| Cameron Elks BBQ Cook Off |
7/17/2020 |
7/18/2020 |
Cameron |
MO |
| BBQ & Fly-In on the River |
8/14/2020 |
8/15/2020 |
Excelsior Springs |
MO |
| Anchor City Cook Off |
10/9/2020 |
10/10/2020 |
Centralia |
MO |
| 39th Annual Kennett Jaycees Show Me State BBQ Cook Off |
5/1/2020 |
5/2/2020 |
Kennett |
Mo |
| Smokin' Trackside BBQ Bash |
8/7/2020 |
8/8/2020 |
Winston |
MO |
| Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) |
5/29/2020 |
5/30/2020 |
Meridian |
MS |
| Roast-N-Boast |
10/9/2020 |
10/10/2020 |
Columbus |
MS |
| Miles City Cowtown Cook Off |
6/19/2020 |
6/20/2020 |
Miles City |
MT |
| Montana Pitmaster Classic |
8/28/2020 |
8/29/2020 |
Bozeman |
MT |
| Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival |
5/15/2020 |
5/16/2020 |
Ayden |
NC |
| Butts and Beans BBQ Challenge |
9/25/2020 |
9/26/2020 |
Newton |
NC |
| Eastern Carolina BBQ Throw Down |
10/9/2020 |
10/10/2020 |
Rocky Mount |
NC |
| Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) |
11/6/2020 |
11/7/2020 |
Concord |
NC |
| Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel B) |
11/7/2020 |
11/8/2020 |
Concord |
NC |
| Currituck Heritage Festival Bulls & BBQ |
11/6/2020 |
11/7/2020 |
Powells Point |
NC |
| Red White & Que: Day 1 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES |
10/23/2020 |
10/24/2020 |
Jackson |
NJ |
| Red White & Que: Day 2 CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES |
10/24/2020 |
10/25/2020 |
Jackson |
NJ |
| New Jersey State BBQ Championship |
7/10/2020 |
7/11/2020 |
North Wildwood |
NJ |
| Hudson Valley Ribfest |
8/20/2020 |
8/23/2020 |
New Paltz |
NY |
| Oinktoberfest BBQ Cookoff |
9/19/2020 |
9/20/2020 |
Clarence |
NY |
| Pig Mania Deerfield State Championship BBQ |
7/18/2020 |
7/19/2020 |
Deerfield Township |
OH |
| Smokin in the Hills |
9/18/2020 |
9/19/2020 |
Hillsboro |
OH |
| Blazathon |
4/3/2020 |
4/4/2020 |
Stillwater |
OK |
| 15th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ |
4/24/2020 |
4/25/2020 |
Enid |
OK |
| Beats, Brews, & BBQ |
6/12/2020 |
6/13/2020 |
Wagoner |
OK |
| BBQ, Blues & Brews on the Bay |
5/23/2020 |
5/24/2020 |
North Bend |
OR |
| The Ironman |
4/10/2020 |
4/11/2020 |
Greencastle |
PA |
| Hill City Wine Brew and BBQ Fest |
8/21/2020 |
8/22/2020 |
Hill City |
SD |
| Cookin On Kampeska |
7/17/2020 |
7/18/2020 |
Watertown |
SD |
| World Championship Hot wing Contest and Festival (COMPETITOR SERIES) |
4/25/2020 |
|
Memphis |
TN |
| Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass Festival |
5/15/2020 |
5/16/2020 |
Sevierville |
TN |
| International Goat Days Championship BBQ Contest |
9/11/2020 |
9/12/2020 |
Millington |
TN |
| Smoking For Down Syndrome (Formally Bull moose) |
4/3/2020 |
4/4/2020 |
Collierville |
TN |
| Sixth Annual Dallas Kosher BBQ Championship (KOSHER SERIES) |
10/25/2020 |
|
Dallas |
TX |
| Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 1) |
5/15/2020 |
5/16/2020 |
Plainview |
TX |
| Mark Marley's Go Big or Go Home BBQ Bash (DAY 2) |
5/16/2020 |
5/17/2020 |
Plainview |
TX |
| Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival |
9/4/2020 |
9/6/2020 |
Bedford |
TX |
| Rockahock Pickin N Pullin BBQ Competition |
4/24/2020 |
4/25/2020 |
Lanexa |
VA |
| The Harpoon Brewery BBQ Festival |
7/24/2020 |
7/26/2020 |
Windsor |
VT |
| Gold Ribbin BBQ Fest-Day 2 |
7/11/2020 |
7/12/2020 |
Green Bay |
WI |
| 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) |
8/29/2020 |
8/30/2020 |
Washington Island |
WI |
| Puckaway Pigfest |
9/11/2020 |
9/12/2020 |
Montello |
WI |
| 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1) |
8/28/2020 |
8/29/2020 |
Washington Island |
WI |
| De Vliegende Hollander BBQ |
8/22/2020 |
8/23/2020 |
Ternenzen |
|
| Twin Smoke |
5/16/2020 |
5/17/2020 |
Ezeraiciu km |
|
| Porkapalooza BBQ Festival |
5/30/2020 |
5/31/2020 |
Edmonton Alberta |
| Smoke & Fire Festival-Master Challenge |
8/15/2020 |
8/16/2020 |
Essex |
|
| Quebec City International BBQ Music and Festival-514 BBQ |
6/5/2020 |
6/6/2020 |
Quebec City |
|
| Summer Daze BBQ Classic |
8/22/2020 |
8/23/2020 |
Niagara Falls |
|
Need Board Approval –
Guinea Pig Inside 90 Days
Randy Bigler: I move to Approve Sanctioning for Tyson Guinea Pig
Second – Berry – Motion Passed Motion Passed with Qualls Abstaining
Albany Oregon Inside 90 Days
David Qualls: I move to Approve Sanctioning for Oregon Contest
Second – Bigler – Motion Passed Unanimously
Iowa/Minnesota radius conflict.
Myron Berry: I move to Approve Sanctioning for the Both Iowa and Minnesota Contests
Second – Williams – Motion Passed Unanimously
Sanctioning Report:
Myron Berry: The Sanctioning committee met on Jan 6, 2020.
In attendance was Haymo Gutweniger, Charlie Brinza, Robert Stouffer, Kim Collier and Myron Berry. Meeting began at 12:06pm.
Kim had two contests that needed board approval.
The contest in Albany, Oregon sent in their paperwork under the 90 day in house approval. This is a new KCBS contest but has been held with the Pacific Northwest for several years. The committee recommends approval.
The other conflict is two contests, one in Iowa and the other in Minnesota and are 127 miles apart. They have had contests on the same date in the past and only one team has cooked in both contests. The committee recommends approval of both contests.
Meeting adjourned at 12:38pm
Social Media / Member Liaison Committee: *Note- This Committee is charged with communication, education, marketing and membership issues.
Alan Sellers: Committee Report our phone call meeting on Dec 16
th conference call: SM-MScommittee@kcbs.us
Monday, at 4:00 pm Kansas City time:
This groups meeting time is changing to the 3
rd Monday of the month at the 4:00 PM Kansas City time.
(Marketing), (Social Media), (Member Services).
Notes from our committee discussion: we did not have a phone meeting this month as we had several issues that caused most on the committee to not be available.
- Membership Counts.
We are currently 18,322 Members count Down 110 from last month.
New Members: 139 from 233 last month, down 94
Re-New Members: 576 this month from 574 last month, Up 2
Non-Renew: 329 this month from 275 last month,
Lifetime: 1942 this month, up 10
International Members: 2225 this month 2256 last month, down 31
Countries represented: 42 this month, Steady
- Sammye has been approving all requests for the members to join the official Facebook page. “Official Judges Facebook Group” new Members approved in the last 28 days 25.
Total active membership on the Facebook group in 1,349.
Over the past 28 days we have accepted 25 new members into this Facebook group.
12 requested members to enter are still pending.
International Committee:
Wayne Lohman: No Report for this month.
Strategic Planning Committee:
Haymo Gutweniger: No meeting this month. Committee meets Bi-Monthly
CBJ Committee:
Dennis Polson: KCBS CBJ Committee Meeting Minutes January 6, 2020 7:30 pm
Present: Dennis Polson, Chair, Ralph Williams Co-Chair, Linda Polson Recording Secretary, Frank Gonzales, Brian DeCoud, Carl Parrish, Marge Plummer, Jon Amedei, Maxine Kilgore, Carolyn Wells KCBS Co-founder, and Emily Dewiler KCBS CEO.
Dennis opened the meeting and reviewed the agenda for the CBJ portion of the upcoming KCBS Annual Meeting/Banquet. The Committee discussed the Park Road presentation; questions/suggestions will be sent to Emily this week so she and Park Road stall will be able to organize the presentation. There will also be an opportunity to ask live questions during the meeting.
Dennis reviewed the list of accomplishments of the committee during 2019 and asked for feedback.
Dennis expressed his appreciation to the committee for their participation and contributions to the committee’s work and Emily reminded the committee to vote and to encourage other KCBS members to vote in the Board election.
The meeting adjourned at 7:50 pm.
Rep Committee
Randy Bigler: No Report for this month.
Technology Committee
David Qualls: No report
Event Committee: *Note: Event Committee is charged with Banquet, Invitational, Team of Year, and Great American Cookout
Randy Bigler: No Report for this month.
Nominating Committee
Dennis Polson: Voting has started, and results will be announced Saturday the 18
th at the Banquet.
Bylaws Committee Report
David Qualls: No Report this month.
Old Business None
New Business
None
Closed Session Agenda:
Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director Reports
Discussion of Financial Reports
Discussion of adding a Contest Representative
Discussion of Real Estate
Discussion of Legal Matters
Ralph Williams: I move to enter into Closed Session
Second – Sellers – Motion Passed Unanimously
Board Entered Into Closed Session at 7:33pm CST
After Closed Session:
Board Returned to Open Session at 9:06pm CST
The Board may take any necessary actions including Motions on any or all matters discussed in closed session
Randy Bigler: I move to Accept Tiffany Patrick and Regina Shannon-Bodnar as Reps in Training
Second – Haymo – Motion Passed Unanimously
Adjourn or Suspend
Myron Berry: I move to Adjourn
Second – Polson – Motion Passed Unanimously
Meeting Adjourned at 9:07pm CST