The October Stout and Porter competition is tabulated below.

We need volunteers, new blood and help to run the club for 2005 - please let us know if you have the passions to run for any of the offices below!

Office of President

Article 8 of the Fermental Constitution covers the duties of the club officers, I will paraphrase and add in the other duties of the Chief Executive Officer not found in the chapter.

The President is the chief executive officer and chief administrative officer of the club. The president establishes the meeting sites and presides as chairperson during the meetings. The president has authority to execute contracts based upon Executive Board approval, and co-sign drafts against the treasury. The president also has authority to appoint committees within the club (i.e. Pig Roast committee).

The president represents the club at the monthly (except summer months) FERA General Council meetings. FERA provides a free meal to entice attendance, and a formal Christmas party in December as a reward. The great part of the job is the title, and the knowledge that you are the Big Cheese of one of the countries premier homebrewing clubs. You get your name in lights. Based on recent IRS rulings, the president of FERA clubs must be an active, full-time Ford Motor Company employee.

Vice President

The most important role of the VP position is to perform the duties of the president in case of absence. The VP is a voting and active member of the executive committee. The Fermentals have also added the duties outside of the constitution such as scheduling and organizing the clubs homebrew contests. This includes maintaining the prize inventory and locating judges. 

The vice presidential position has been an excellent way to be involved in the shaping of the club, without all the publicity as the president and secretary.

Secretary

The person that will hold the position of secretary should be prepared for a multitude of different tasks, taking minutes at executive and regular meetings, writing up minutes and articles for the newsletter, copying and distributing the newsletter via intercompany mail, US mail and profs.

Treasurer

The treasurer collects dues from new members and collects yearly dues from the active members. Deposit moneys into the savings account. Dispense moneys for various expenses (to secretary for newsletters and postage, etc.), for various equipment bought for club use, raffle items bought. Keeps balance of savings account and makes sure the account is up to date.

Librarian

The librarian position is really three duties. First; maintain the library and ensure that you keep a record of where the various journals and books are. Second, raise funds (currently through the 50-50 raffle) to purchase new titles. All of the library has been funded separately from the rest of the clubs dues. Third, bring the library to club meetings and ensure that members are aware of their benefit to use this resource. That is the basic duties, the rest is up to the individual to determine what they see as the best method of disseminating important homebrew information to the club members.

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