IBD MIDLAND UK SECTION 2012/2013 22/3/2014
IBD MIDLAND UK SECTION
2013/4 CHAIRMAN: Mr Colin S McCrorie
Secretary; Mr John B Round
Contact address; 2 Church Lane, Caldwell, Swadlincote, DE12 6RT
Telephone number; +44 (0) 1283 76107
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MINUTES OF 9th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE IBD MIDLAND UK SECTION
Held at the Purity Brewing Co. The Brewery, Upper Spernall Farm, off Spernall Lane, Great Alne, Warwickshire B49 6JF onFriday 21st March 2014at 6:45 pm.
Mr C McCrorie, Chairman, opened the meeting of 12 members& 1 guestat 6.45pm and the meeting followed the agenda issued previously.
In attendance were:-
Mr C McCrorie,Mr T Batham, Mr M Batham, Mr F Vialan,Mr J Ramshaw
Mr S Best Mr P Reeves,Mr B Awford, Ms S Bates, Mr J Nowack,
Mr T Spencer Mr G Bateman, Mr J B Round +another
1 Apologies
1.1The Secretary advised he had received 26 formal apologies from members of the section who had been unable to attend:-
Mr K Fairbrother, Dr J Andrews, Mr Z Barnes, Mr P Dowd,Mr D Bentley,
Mr M Hadwen, Mr R Westwood Mr I MacKenzie Mr N Worth, Mr C Marchbanks
Mr P Tulloch, Miss Z Cooper, Ms L Hannam, Mr A Wedgewood, Prof C Boulton, Dr A Woodall, Mr A Etheridge, Mr S Yates Mr Tipler Mr K Davies
Prof K Smart,Dr R Webster, Mr M Callan, Mrs T Adie Mr J Walker,
Mr B Jones
2 Minutes of 8h AGM
2.1 The meeting was held on 28/3/2013 atthe Purity Brewing Co. The Brewery, Upper Spernall Farm, off Spernall Lane, Great Alne, Warwickshire B49 6JF and the minutes were accepted on the proposition of Mr B Awford, seconded by Mr F Vialan and unanimously approved by the rest of the members in attendance.
The Chairman duly signed them.
3 Midland UK Section Accounts for year ending 31/12/2013
3.1 Copies of the signed off accounts were available before the meeting and they were tabled
In summary, the sum of the twoaccounts showed an overall positive balance of £6140.52. Generally the funds are in a good condition.
On the proposition of MrB Awford and seconded by Mr. S Best the accounts were adopted
The auditing of the accounts has changed this year at the request of IBD HQ. The accounts are no longer audited by the honorary auditors Mr P Brown and Mr J B Wilkinson ( for whom grateful thanks was expressed for all their years of auditing the section’s accounts) but by the external auditors of the IBD along with access to our bank account statements
4 Chairman’s Report on 2013
The Chairman gave the following report
IBD MIDLAND UK section report for 2013
Date / Event(Lecture, Seminar, Technical Visit, Networking) / Topic/Venue / Attendance / Notes
12/1/2013 / Technical / Practical Brewing 5.5%ABV Porter @ Thornbridge Brewery, Bakewell / 11 / Young members event – beer brewed for February Dinner
17/1/2013 / Lectures / Filtration /centrifugation Afternoon – T Musk Engineering, Swadlincote
Brewhouse designs
Evening BFBi - Tower Brewery
Burton upon Trent / 38
32 / Joint venture with BFBi
1/2/2013 / Networking / Annual Dinner
Burton Town Hall Burton upon Trent / 295
20/3/2013 / Seminar / Packaging Seminar @ Carlsberg Northampton / 41 / In readiness for exams
10/4/2013 / Technical Visit / Bottle manufacturing
Quinn Glass,
Elton, Cheshire / 18 / Joint with GNS
20/4/2013 / Technical Visit / How to brew Bud
AmBev Salmesbury Lancashire / 20 / Joint with GNS
29/6/2013 / Technical Visit / Food pairing Purity Brewery, Great Alne, Alcester / 38
10/7/2013 / Technical Visit / Flavor & Pure Malt products
Hampton by Hilton Hotel
Magor / 41 / Joint with IBD members from Wales (Southern Section)
YM Event
21/8/2013 / Networking / Skittles Evening
Burton Bridge Brewery, Burton upon Trent / 14 / YM event
25/9/2013 / Lectures / Craft brewers workshop
University of Nottingham
Sutton Bonington campus / 37
14/11/2013 / Technical visit / Castle Rock Brewery Tour, Nottingham / 25 / YM event
4/12/2013 / Networking / Christmas lecture
Chris Garratt of Warminster Maltings at Everards Brewery Leicester / 34 / More would have attended but a traffic incident on the outskirts of Leicester caused gridlock with road closures
5 Installation of new Chairman
Mr Colin McCrorie then handed over the Chairman’s medal to Mr Flo Vialan who consequently became the section’s new Chairman. Mr Vialan was heartily congratulated by all those present
The outgoing chairman was thanked for all his hard work, enthusiasm and the positive contribution he has made to promote the section
6 Election of Officers for 2014/5
For the forthcoming year
5.1Vice Chairman – position to be confirmed at a later date
5.2Mr John B Round remainsas Secretary /Treasurer. Following a proposal made by Mr S Best, seconded by Mr C McCrorie and unanimously approved by the rest of the assembly
5.3 The appointment of Honorary Auditors is no longer required –see item 3 above The committee wished the express the thanks to Mr P Brown and Mr J B Wilkinson for their past diligent work as auditors of the section’s accounts
5.4 Mr F VialanistheMidland UK representative on the IBD council
5.5 Mr J B Round would be the Alternate on the IBD Council
6 Committee members
6.1Prof K Smart tendered her resignation from the committee before the meeting, all other existing members advised they wished to continue serving on the committee and as the committee is well represented by members across the spectrum of the industry, no new committee members are currently being sought
The Chairman thanked all these members for their assistance and invaluable hard work they had put into the section over the past year.
6.2All the other members had indicated their willingness to remain on the Committee.
Mr R WestwoodDr A WoodallProf C Boulton
Miss J Kershaw Mrs T Adie Mr J Walker
Mr K Davies Mr C McCrorieMr M Hadwen
Miss B MandannaMr M CallanMr S Best
Mr T SpencerMr A Jones
All 14 members were duly elected as the IBD Midland UK Section Committee following a proposal made by Mr P Reeves, seconded by Mr B Awfordand unanimously accepted
7Dinner Secretary
Mr J Walker was thanked for the sterling work he had done in organising this year’s Dinner especially as he was faced with new challenges including a new venue
Next year’s dinner will be at the Town Hall, Burton upon Trent on Friday,13th February 2015 ( to coincide with the International Beer Competition to be held in Burton on the same date)
8AOB
8.1 From the floor it was felt by several members,that the sale of HQ in Clarges St and the purchase of Curlew St had been somewhat ‘cloaked in mystery’ and ended up as a’ fait complait’
Colin McCrorie gave a response identifying approximate positive sale and purchase costs and advising that whilst in previous years the relocation of the IBD HQ outside London had been considered, because the IBD is an international body a London HQ address adds weight to its provenance and authority
It was recommended an article in the forthcoming issue of the BDI on the new HQ would be well received which include the benefits of such a move
8.2Communication of events to the section members was raised and as well as thecontinued use of flyers certainly Dan Cannas’ weekly news was well received and suggested two simple and effective improvements
a)Change the font for each event listed
b)The first word of each event should be the name of the section holding the event Action JR
Also to email out to section members individually event details Action JR
8.3 Colin McCrorie who is to become one of the ‘permanent’ trustees of the IBD gave a resume of the new formalised role of trustees
8.4 An observation was made as to why no IBD HQ staff were again absent from the AGM. The Secretary advised invitations had been issued but as it is a section event, their attendance is not mandatory
There being no further business the Annual general meeting was closed at 7:45pm
9Their then followed after an extremely tasty buffet a visit around the new Braucon brewery installed and commissioned in 2013 by Mr Flo Vialan
Thanks for the hospitality were shown this eveningto Mr F Vialan and Purity Brewing Co
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