Minutes from the PNWBA Board of Directors Meeting
Date: March 26, 2025
Prepared by: Diane Mee, PNWBA Board Secretary
Roll Call:
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Name
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Title
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Present
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Excused
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Bill
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Stock
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President
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X
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Jason
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Hertz
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Vice-President
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X
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Lance
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Rasmussen
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Treasurer
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X
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Diane
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Mee
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Secretary
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X
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Christina
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Poteet
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Director
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X
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Jason
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Aqui
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Director
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X
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Doug
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Canada
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Director
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X
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Allen
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Carter
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Director
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X
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Adam
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Scattergood
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Director
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X
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Scott
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Bramhall
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Director
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X
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Sheldon
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Koehler
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Director
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X
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Eric
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Mendel
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Director
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X
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Noel
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Ostrander
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Director
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X
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William
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Whitfield
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Director
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X
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14 of 14 Members present for a quorum.
The President called the meeting to order at 6:30pm.
Discussions:
Approve Minutes – Diane
A motion was made to approve the minutes of the February 26, 2025, meeting. A motion to accept the minutes was made by Noel O., and Christina P. seconded the motion. The motion was voted on and approved.
Diane will post the minutes to the forum for membership.
Financials – Lance
There was income from Spring Fair registration by the teams.
The amounts designated for investment in the CD’s has been transferred.
There was a discussion about the Portland storage unit, and whether we should close it or not. An effort needs to be made to sort out the contents and determine if we need to keep any of the records stored there, and then possibly turn it into a judge storage unit for judging supplies. We should close storage units that we do not actively use. Bill will collaborate with Jane to determine a plan of action.
A motion to approve the financial report was made, seconded, and the motion was voted on and approved.
Events Committee
Lynden –The vending will be by PNWBA tokens, and the event organizer will have volunteers on hand to sell tokens. The PNWBA also needs to supply some token sellers and supervision on Saturday and Sunday from 2-4pm.
Spring Fair – There will be a judging class on Friday, April 11th. Load in for teams helping with the class will be on Thursday starting at 2pm. Lance needs to get a check from the organizer for the prize money.
Rib Rally – We should consider adding pitmaster judging to help teams from a technical pitmaster standpoint. There was diminished involvement by the fire department, and some of the mentor pitmasters in attendance had to step in and judge the firefighter rib category.
Adam S. made a motion to send a $700 check to the Vancouver Firefighters Fund, and a $700 check to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Association. It was seconded by Christina P., voted on and approved.
Pendelton – Steve has sent the sanctioning agreement to Lance.
Clearwater – No report.
Berry Days, Mt. Vernon – Sampling will be on Saturday only. 11-4pm, $3 Tokens. The venue will be in a park this year. The organizer needs to decide if they are doing “traditional” sampling, or if they are going to provide the meat for the teams to cook.
Black Diamond – There will be no event in Black Diamond this year.
Enumclaw Pitmaster Class - Ready to go.
Adjourn:
A motion to adjourn the meeting was made at 8:00pm by Noel O., and Adam S. seconded. The motion was voted on and approved, and the meeting was adjourned.
The next meeting will be on April 29th, 2025, at 6:30pm.
