July 2024 Meeting Notes

Star City Brewers Guild
July 2024 Meeting
Sunday 7/14
Home of Cindy and John Thompson

Agenda:

  • Thank you Cindy and John for hosting!
  • 2024 meeting host volunteers needed
    ? December
  • Financial Report
    • $8054.83 in the bank
    • 47 members
    • We need to pay for annual insurance
      • Mike U to apply and pay
      • ~$5/person so around $250
  • Upcoming Events
    • Homebrew Fest Competition (Heliotrope Brewery and Murphy and Rude Malting)
      • No entry fee and open to all BJCP styles. Judged by industry professionals and each entree will
        receive a score sheet
      • Recipes that require barrel ageing requirements and exotic ingredients may be disqualified
        from the grand prize
      • Entries due by July 22nd
      • 20% discount on grain from Murphy and Rude after registering for competition
      • August 6th private party with bottle share, brick oven pizza and awards at Heliotrope
      • For entry registration and more info visit https://heliotropebrewery.com/homebrew-fest/
    • August 25th meeting hosted by Pete and Sue Heyroth
    • September 22nd meeting and competition hosted by Bill and Laurie Gunn
    • October meeting hosted by Mike Usberghi – date TBD
      • Q4 20B American Stout style presentation
    • November 2nd Learn to Homebrew Day
      • Need brewing demos, setup and take down help, ID/wristband table volunteer, ABC license, flier
        design printing and distribution, homebrew samples
      • Ideas on something similar to the SMASH and chili cook off events?
        • Soup cook off on location same format as the chili cook off at Big Brew
    • December meeting and competition – host TBD
  • 50/50 ($60)
    • Lynn Donnary won $30
  • Open Floor
    • Some Interest in getting T-Shirt made – Keith to ping Chris Stevens – who offered to propose a
      design
    • Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
      • Harry presented an issue regarding Fin CEN – Financial Crimes Enforcement Network – US
        Government. Legislation from the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) – details that most all
        incorporated entities must file with the government a beneficial ownership information report
        BOIR. The following link is provided for those who wish to read more about the requirements.
        https://www.fincen.gov/boi The initial filing needs to be done by Jan 1, 2025, and only needs to
        be updated whenever a change in the BOI occurs. Changes must be filed within 30 days of the
        identified change or stiff penalties of $500/day and/or up to 2 years imprisonment can be
        imposed for non-compliance. The main purpose of the legislation is to cut down on money
        laundering etc… It is not likely the intention was to affect clubs such as ours; however, since we
        chose to incorporate several years ago we fall under the conditions requiring compliance. The
        reports are not complicated and are done online. Harry will file the initial report, but he needs to
        have an electronic photo of each officer’s and director’s valid government issued photo ID e.g.
        Driver’s License, Passport etc…As a minimum, he needs to file by Jan 1 so that would still be
        the current officers and directors excepting Robb who will drop as of the end of this year… thus
        Rudy, Harry, Keith, John, and Mike will be the first to be included in the initial filing and then
        depending on the outcome of the elections in December will dictate what other changes willneed to be made in Jan 2025. Additionally, this requirement may need to be something we add
        to the By Laws… so that it be done in perpetuity or until the law affecting our compliance
        changes.

Attendance: 14

Keith Fields