Hey All -
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<div>We had an exciting month with RIBS elections, and our annual holiday party. Much fun was had by all.</div>
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<div>If you missed the last meeting, please peruse the minutes below, and congratulate the new officers for 2018 at our January meeting.</div>
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<div>The next meeting will be held January 11th at&nbsp;<a href="http://islebrewers.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Isle Brewers Guild</a>, and, as always, we hope to see you there.</div>
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<div>Thanks for a great 2017 everybody; see you in the new year.</div>
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<div>Cheers,</div>
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<div>John</div>
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<div><u>DECEMBER MINUTES</u></div>
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<p dir="ltr">New Faces Jay+ Gordon</p>
<p dir="ltr">Meeting Location</p>

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<p dir="ltr">Results of November Poll:</p>
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<p dir="ltr">MONDAY - 9</p>
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<p dir="ltr">ISLE BREWERS GUILD - 10</p>
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<p dir="ltr">TUESDAY - 12</p>
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<p dir="ltr">BUTTONWOODS - 17</p>
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<p dir="ltr">WEDNESDAY - 16</p>
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<p dir="ltr">LOCATION TBD - 10</p>
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<p dir="ltr">THURSDAY - 14</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Every day and location got a score</p>
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<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MXmG0Wr4QnSBOS0IQiZNNg-7eWuEBdzsamOOc0M1fCI/edit#gid=1348235736" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Apparel Order, Round 3</a></p>

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<p dir="ltr">12 screen print items (need 24 to order)</p>
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<p dir="ltr">5 embroidery items (need 12 to order)</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Nationwide Homebrew Competitions</p>

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<p dir="ltr">Matt Ellis will be new club coordinator for competitions</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Ocean State Homebrew Competition Update</p>

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<p dir="ltr">March 24 &amp; 25</p>
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<p dir="ltr">3/3 entry deadline</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Volunteer sign up sheet for stewarding and judging</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Food bank charity drive occurs at the competition - bring a non-perishable, and get a free raffle ticket!</p>
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<p dir="ltr">If you have a lead on potential sponsor, please contact Ryan Durgin - <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow">ryan....@gmail.com</a> &nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr">RIBS meeting in March will be a drop-off location</p>
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<p dir="ltr">We want to keep the most entries of all clubs</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Special awards for homebrew clubs</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Pro-Am award for best in show? Winning entry would go to Great American Beer Fest</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Mini Jamboree with the Mashholes</p>

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<p dir="ltr">June 2 at <a href="https://koa.com/campgrounds/boston/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">KOA Campground in Middleborough MA</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Elected Officials and Voting</p>

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<p dir="ltr">To be eligible for office the candidate must be an active RIBS member in good standing for a minimum of 4 months.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Candidates can either nominate themselves or be nominated by other members.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Candidates Must hold over 50% of the votes, ties will be broken by existing President.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Office will be held for 1 year but can have multiple terms.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The RIBS officers will pick a member or trusted guest who is not running for an office to conduct the election. They will be designated “Election Officer” for the duration of the meeting. The Election Officer will ensure that the elections are conducted in a fair manner.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Candidates will be allowed to make a speech as to their qualifications and goals.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Voting will be secret ballot.&nbsp; All member will vote by writing their preferred candidate on piece of paper provided and placed into a box.&nbsp; The votes will then be tallied by the election official</p>
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<p dir="ltr">The elections will be held in December at the monthly meeting and transfer of power will occur on January 1st of the following year.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">If no member challenges an executive seat, that seat will continue to be occupied by the current Executive member.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">If any Executive member is unable to perform their duty they are to inform the leadership and step down. The other Executive members will organize an election at the next meeting.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Members must be active and in good standing to participate in any of the election process. This includes both voting and running. &nbsp;</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Presidential candidates: Alex,</p>
<p dir="ltr">Vice Presidential candidates: Jamie &amp; Brandon</p>
<p dir="ltr">Secretarial candidates: Mike &amp; Josh</p>
<p dir="ltr">Tech guru: Jake</p>
<p dir="ltr">Winners:</p>
<p dir="ltr">President: Alex</p>
<p dir="ltr">Vice President: Jamie</p>
<p dir="ltr">Secretary: Josh</p>
<p dir="ltr">Tech Czar: Jake</p>
<p dir="ltr">Vienna Lager Tasting</p>

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<p dir="ltr">Alex &amp; Ryan brewed a Vienna lager together at Ed’s homebrew demo day</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Split it and fermented separately - accel lager method with American lager yeasts and safale 37/70 at room temp</p>
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<p dir="ltr">It’s a simple, free, chat app</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Amazing way to stay up to date with all ribs happenings instead of getting a million emails on the listserv</p>
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<p dir="ltr">Slack URL:<a href="https://ribrewingsociety.slack.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> https://ribrewingsociety.<wbr>slack.com</a></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Slack sign-up page:<a href="https://ribrewingsociety.signup.team/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener"> https://ribrewingsociety.<wbr>signup.team/</a></p>
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