KCBS Board Meeting Agenda for February 19, 2026

Kansas City Barbeque Society
Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
Thursday, February 19, 2026 12:00 PM CST
 
Membership Requests to Address the Board:   
  • None
 
Call to Order – Rod Gray, CEO
 
Roll Call: 
 Randy Todd, Jeanne Titus, Thomas Gearheart, Paul Buob, David Qualls, Luke Darnell, Donna Fong, Carol Bigler, Blake Moore, KCBS Office:  Rod Gray
 
Absent: 
 
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.
 
Declaration of Quorum
 
Election of Board President - President presides over the meeting after election
 
Election of Officers:
Vice-President
Treasurer
Secretary
 
Consent Agenda:
            Notice concerning Committee Reports. Some committees do not meet monthly, If a report is presented, it will be included as an attachment to the Agenda.
 
  • Minutes of previous BOD meeting
  • Contest Report
  • Sanctioning Committee
  • Judging Committee
  • Contest Representative Committee
  • Rules Committee
  • Foundation Committee
  • Nominating Committee
  • Workgroups:
    • Organizers Work Group
    • Backyard Work Group
    • Bylaws Work Group
    • Technology Workgroup
 
Discussion of any items removed from Consent Agenda:
 
Chief Executive Officer’s Report:
 
  • CEO Report attached.
  • The Board may take Actions based on Topics and Discussions from this report as New Business
  
Old Business:
  
New Business: 
  • Discussion and Consideration of Board Review of IRS Required Conflict of Interest Statements and Declaration of findings.
  • Discussion and Consideration of Establishing the Dates and Time of the Monthly Board Meetings
 
Closed Session Agenda: 
Discussion of Legal, Financial, Personnel and Real Estate
 
After Closed Session:
The Board may take any necessary actions including Motions on any or all matters discussed in closed session
 
Announcement and Ratification of Committee and Workgroup Appointments
 
Strategic Planning Session to be Conducted by the Board of Directors
 
 
Adjourn or Suspend