Minutes from 10/27/2021 Call-In PNWBA Board of Directors Meeting

Prepared by: Steve Rubin, PNWBA Board Secretary

Roll Call:

Jane Biehl – President – Present
Pat Maddock - Vice President – Present
Lance Rasmussen - Treasurer – Present
Steve Rubin - Secretary – Present
Jason Bauer - Board Member – Present
Gregg Fujino - Board Member – Present
Dale Groestema - Board Member – Present
Rush Hoag – Board Member – Present
John Lim Hing – Board Member
James Jones - Board Member
Eric Mendel - Board Member – Present
Bill Stock - Board Member
Karen Stral – Board Member – Present
Steve Waldron – Board Member – Present

11 of 14 members present for a quorum.

The President called the meeting to order at 6:34 pm.

Approve minutes - Steve
Motion to approve the minutes from the September call-in meeting was approved. Steve will post the September Minutes to the forum.

Treasurer's Report/Update – Lance
Presented the September financial reports which were approved by the board.
The funds in PNWBA collected in memory of Lynn Brokaw were voted by the board to apply them to Feed the Troops charity.

Events Committee

Application for Sanctioning received from Saffron for Sportsmen’s show in February. Possible PNWBA Dutch Oven, Salmon, and burger on Saturday, and 3 meat PNWBA competition will be on Friday. There will be a 4 meat KCBS competition on Sunday. Possible $5k prize. Motion to approve Friday event & categories and ask for additional info on a possible judging class.

Redmond event will happen in 2022. It is moving to earlier in the month and they are redesigning the comp & judging area to highlight the BBQ teams. Thinking about BBQ Judging and competition cooks class as well.

November Membership Meeting Committee- Pat
We’re basically maxed out in terms of participation and basically full. Finances look good! Response to everything needed has been very positive. Lance has put together a method for paying for dessert auction proceeds with our current website vendor. Allow us to be able to take credit cards for donations.

Board nominations – Gregg
No official nominees, but interest has been expressed. He would like to go into the annual meeting with some nominations.

New Business:

End of the year awards:

Eric – latest ToY calculation was sent out to the best 5 2-day cooks. None qualified this year so no official winner. Looking at combining the1 day cook winners for this year only. Board approved that motion.

Eric – competition and prize purse. $5k for total prize purse between open and championship. Expecting 7 for the championship – no category purse. $3300. $150 PNWBA would need to kick in up to $2900 for the prize purse. Board passed a motion to add funds for our competition prize pool.

Another casino is interested in holding BBQ comp. Possibly more to come.

Unfinished Business/Old Business:
Possible Judging class at Sportman’s show. 15-35 attendees. If it happens, Lance will run.

Still looking for Charlie Johnson nominees - Jane
Still looking for Hall of Fame nominations – Jane

Spring Fair – was discussed, but no formal sanctioning request as of yet.

Announcements:

The next board meeting will be in-person on November 14, 2021, at 10:00 am following the annual meeting.

Motion to adjourn the meeting was approved at 7:20 pm.