District Texas
Spring 2009 Meeting
Meeting Minutes

Waco, Texas
March 21, 2009

Meeting was called to order by President Takacs.

Peter Takacs thanked the sponsors for the meeting, including OI and Rahr Malting.

Joe Caracausa read minutes from Summer Meeting. A motion was made and approved to accept the minutes as read.

Joe Caracausa submitted a treasurer's report.

New members and visitors from other MBAA districts were recognized and introduced:

The BoG report was given by Joe Caracausa. Roy Johnson, Membership Chairman of the BoG was called upon to update the district on membership across the organization. There was much speculation on the impact of the A/B merger to the organization and the membership.

New Business:

1. Election of officers:
   
   A slate of officers was submitted for approval. New officers submitted are:
   
   • President: Michele Amsterdam
   • Vice President: Peggy Melton
   • Sec'y Treasurer: Joe Caracausa
   • Technical Chairman: Peter Koestler
   • BoG rep: Joe Caracausa
   
   A motion to accept the slate of officers was made and approved by the membership.
   
   
2. Future Officers of the District:
   
   There was debate about nominees for officers of the district. There was a question about eligibility of retirees to hold offices in the district and whether the national by-laws would allow it. A motion was made and approved by the membership to instruct the BoG representative to inquire as to eligibility of retirees and to submit a motion to the BoG to allow the practice if necessary.
   
   
3. Scholarship
   
   In the BoG report, Joe Caracausa stated that the national MBAA had approved a motion to set up a separate fund for the promotion of scholarships to MBAA classes. Joe Caracausa posed the question to commit $1000 to the fund. There was much debate about the merits and any conditions the scholarship donation should come with. Motions were made to
   
   
   
   1. Donate the money in memory of John Popson, deceased member of District Texas;
   2. Give preference in the award of the scholarship to members of District Texas
   3. Ask that a Texas area recipient make a presentation on the merits of the class he/she used the money toward at the next Summer Meeting after the class.
   4. That this donation to the National MBAA scholarship fund not be an automatic annual donation, but that it should be considered and voted on yearly.
      
      
   These motions were passed by the membership.
   
   
4. Summer Meeting:
   
   Michele announced that the summer meeting would be held in Kerrville July 24-26th. Saturday night dinner would be held off site with shuttles for members to attend at a restaurant called the Rail Depot.
   
   A motion was made from the floor for including late snacks at the hotel for Friday and Saturday evenings, after hours. This was passed by the membership.
   
   
5. Spring Meeting 2010
   
   Michele announced that Miller/Coors would be hosting the 2010 Summer Meeting. She would begin to solicit hotel contracts to coincide with the Main Street Artfest event in Fort Worth.
   
   
6. Tom Reap Award Nominations
   
   Michele asked for nominations for the Tom Reap Award. Joe Caracausa will make an email to the membership detailing the award and soliciting membership nominations for consideration at the Kerrville meeting.
   
   
7. Adjournment
   
   A motion was made and approved to adjourn the business meeting at 9:45am.