Membership Requests to Address the Board:    Anthony Minderman
 
Call to Order
 
Roll Call: 
Candy Weaver, Randy Bigler, David Qualls, Richard Fergola, David McAllister, Myron Berry, Chiles Cridlin, Rick Wagner, Ralph Williams, Nancy Goldsmith, Stan Dobosenski, Corey Linton
KCBS Office:  Emily Detwiler
 
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.
 
Consent Agenda
            Notice concerning Committee Reports. Some committees do not meet monthly, If a report is presented, it will be included as attachments to the Agenda.
 

• Minutes of October 26, and November 8, 2021, Meeting
• October 2021 Financial Report
• Finance Committee
• Contest Report
• Sanctioning Committee
• Judging Committee
• Contest Representative Committee
• Rules Committee
• Foundation Committee
• Nominating Committee

 
Discussion of any items removed from Consent Agenda
 
Chief Executive Officer’s Report
 
 
Old Business  
NONE
 
New Business
 

• Discussion and Consideration of Approving the application for a contest under the 90 day guideline approval in Lake Wells, FL on Jan 7-8, 2021 
• Discussion and Consideration of Allowing Backyard teams to earn Backyard Points when competing in Single Meat contests.
• President’s Report of Goals and Projects for the year

 
 
 
Closed Session Agenda:
Legal, Financial, and Real Estate Reports
Foundation Committee Report
Marketing and Promotions
Discussion Sanctioning Programs
Contest Representative Reports
 
After Closed Session:
The Board may take any necessary actions including Motions on any or all matters discussed in closed session
 
Adjourn or Suspend
 
Attachments and Reports
 
Contest Report
 

BOD Approval –	None
In-House Approval –
Mission Farm's King of the Farm	3/18-19/2022	Iron Station, NC
Vienna BBQ Days 2022 - Day 1	5/20-21/2022	Vienna, Austria
Vienna BBQ Days 2022 - Day 2	5/21-22/2022	Vienna, Austria
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - Day 1	6/24-25/2022	Belvidere, IL
Heritage Days BBQ Showdown - Day 2	6/25/26/2022	Belvidere, IL
Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge	9/23-24/2022	Connelly Springs, NC
Ribs, Rods & Rock N Roll	9/9-10/2022	Vermillion, SD
Vista BBQ Competition	9/30-10/1/2022	Altavista, VA
Original SD BBQ Championship	6/3-4/2022	Huron, SD
Original SD BBQ Championship - One Meat Ribs	6/2/2022	Huron, SD
Western Legends BBQ Contest	9/9-10/2022	Kanab, UT
Fo.G & Smoke	9/24-25/2022	Modena, Italy
Tri City BBQ Fest	9/16-17/2022	Denison, IA
BBQ, Boots & Brew	4/8-9/2022	Perris, CA
Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship	7/21-22/2022	Galax, VA
Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 1 (Backyard)	10/14-15/2022	West Salem, WI
Bring'n Home the Bacon II Day 2 (Backyard)	10/15-16/2022	West Salem, WI
Smokin' in the Creek BBQ Contest	4/22-23/2022	Sugar Creek, MO
Minnesota in May	5/13-14/2022	Cambridge, MN
Minnesota in May (Backyard)	5/13-14/2022	Cambridge, MN
Minnesota in May - One Meat Ribs	5/13/2022	Cambridge, MN
3rd Wild King BBQ Contest - Day 2	4/23-24/2022	Tirol, Austria
Smoke, Wind & Fire	7/16-17/2022	Lethbridge, Canada
Smoke, Wind & Fire (Backyard)	7/17/2022	Lethbridge, Canada
BBQ Boogie & Blues	4/29-30/2022	Calhoun, GA
The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out	9/23-24/2022	Fresno, CA
Beat the Heat BBQ & Brews	8/5-6/2022	Alamosa, CO
Sand Creek Summer Daze Saucy & Glazed BBQ Competition	7/8-9/2022	Newton, KS
Smoke in the Grove - Day 1	7/29-30/2022	Spring Grove, PA
Smoke in the Grove - Day 2	7/30-31/2022	Spring Grove, PA
Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest	7/22-23/2022	Apex, NC
Central Plains Ribfest	6/17-18/2022	Holdrege, NE
17th Annual HANOR Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ	4/22-23/2022	Enid, OK
Shelby BBQ Extravaganza - Day 1	10/28-29/2022	Shelby, NC
Shelby BBQ Extravaganza - Day 2	10/29-30/2022	Shelby, NC
Twin Valley Fire and Smoke	05/13-14/2022	Morgantown, PA
Bands  & BBQ at the Point	09/9-8/2022	Carrollton, KY
The Robertson County Fair Assoc. Barbeque Throwdown (Competitor's Series)	6/10-11/2022	Springfield, TN
Pending-	None

 
 
Sanctioning Committee
 
Sanctioning Committee will have a item on New Business for approval of a contest within the 90 day requirement,
 
 
Judging Committee
November 18^th 2021
Invitees: - Chiles Cridlin, Emily Detwiler, Rick Wagner, Amy Acock, Julie Poe, Nancy Goldsmith, Frank Gonzales,  George DeMartz, Kelly McIntosh, Bill Jones, Dave Druetzler, Paul Buob, Candy Weaver
Not in attendance – Emily Detwiler, Rick Wagner, Amy Acock, Candy Weaver,
New Agenda Items –
 

• JCUP and JSSP progress review. 
  • The JSSP Program modules 2 thru 5 were reviewed.
    • Module 2 and test questions look great.  A few suggestions were made.
    • Module 3 reviewed and test questions completed.
    • Module 4 reviewed and test questions completed.
    • Module 5 reviewed, the Judges Code of Conduct was missing from the video, will follow up with the team as to a direction, but new content will be required.

 

• Outstanding Judge Nominations or submissions.
  • Reviewed, delivered and announced at the KCBS World Invitational.  Congratulations to:
    • . John Aboud, Chris Canada, Brian DeCoud, Bruce Lederer, William Moth and Bruce Robb.

Ongoing Agenda Items
 

• Ongoing Goals for the 2021 CBJ Committee.
  • Develop online or web based certification update training course (In progress)
    • Review of conceptual updates to the KCBS Scoring System (100%)
    • Define Objectives (This is a separate document 100%)
    • Determine content (100%)
    • Develop a story board (Start after August 1st) (100% complete).
    • Choose LMS Platform (KCBS.US website has the capability) (100%)
    • Create RFP and send out by 7/30/2021 (sent out 8/2/2021) (100%)
    • Gather media needed (95% complete)
    • Build test bank questions (Start after August 1st)  90% complete
    • Assemble video for CE program (80%)
    • Beta testing, review and deploy (Not started)

 

• Update related documents
  • Review of current KCBS Judge training class material (Nancy Goldsmith, started)
  • CBJ Training manual update (Not started)
  • Reps manual update (Not started)
  • Rep Advisory manual and Redacted Rep Advisory Manual (handed off to Nancy Goldsmith) (100%)
  • Judging Tri-fold (part of the Rules pamphlet) Completed by Rules.
  • Judges MP3 (100%)

 

• How to grow the list of teams willing to host a CBJ that needs to cook with a team for their CBJ Masters.
  • Update 10/18/2021 – Review a way to help encourage Reps as “match makers” to bring CBJ Master Candidates to teams that are willing to host and may be good fit.
  • Bull Sheet and other communications requesting teams is not working
  • Request to have an announcement added during the cooks meeting.
    • The office has completed a three year review as to teams that have hosted judges.
    • Possibility of creating new way of tracking teams that host and having an award or recognition for the team that hosts the most in any given TOY year. 
    • Use social media to highlight the teams and judges (picture submission, quick judge write up, etc.).

Closing – Any additional questions or concerns that are provided. 
 
 
Rules Committee
 
Rules met by zoom on Tuesday 11/16/2021
.Wozniak, Franklin, Fleetwood were present.
Ongoing kids Q Rules was worked on.  Other committee members are in on the effort via email. 
Meeting adjourned at 8:05.