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March 18, 2006
Subject: Minutes of Bayern Stein Club
Executive Committee Meeting March 18,
2006
To: Bayern Stein Club Executive
Committee
The meeting was called to order on March
18 at 2:40 p.m. by President Phillip
Walden for the purpose of reviewing
action items.
Members in attendance: Juergen Mahneke,
Phillip Walden, Elke Nutterfield, Gary
Coats, Eddie Rose, Bo Fedolak, Floyd
Wood, Andrea
President Walden had a meeting agenda;
but before the agenda was addressed,
Eddie Rose brought up pertinent points
relative to the poor turnout of members
at last months Stein Club dinner
(actually item 4 on the agenda). He
attributed the problem to lack of
communication. The dinner event notice
was not made clearly and timely
available to members. This dinner is
traditionally held on the second
Wednesday of odd-numbered months, but
there was confusion between the Bavarian
Grill newsletter and the Stein Club
newsletter. A simpler way is needed to
avoid confusion. Also, because Stein
Club dinners are moved occasionally to
accomodate BG patrons, members must be
clearly notified of changed dates.
Action 1: Henceforth, the president will
provide a simple reminder to be sent out
to SC members on the weekend preceding
the event. Ask at beginning of month
which beers will be available for SC
meeting; this depends on beer rep and
what is available.
Action 2: Table tents will also be made
available to announce the upcoming
event. Andrea also suggested a sign to
place at the bar to notify patrons of
the upcoming SC events.
Next, Phillips agenda was discussed.
1. On-going items.
Item a: Rotary Club event. Bo led a
debate about Stein Club participation in
this event. It was suggested that
members be encouraged to participate by
purchasing raffle tickets, attending the
dinner, and otherwise support this event
as individuals, but that the Stein Club
as such should not be involved. This met
with general approval by the other
members of the board. This item will be
removed from the agenda.
Item b: Table Tents: Elke had printouts
of several proposed table tents
available to see for various upcoming
activities. Andrea suggested that they
should not use the blue and white motif
which would tend to blend in with the
table cloths. The colors should provide
some contrast to attract more attention.
Action 2: Table tents need to be
available to advertise the next Stein
Club meeting in
April. Schneider bier will be featured.
Warsteiner will be featured in June.
Kostritzer is on the way for a future SC
meeting.
Item c: e-mail address
corrections/maintenance. This is
presumed to be an ongoing activity but
the status of this activity is unknown.
2. Update on Mavericks (Dirk)
opportunity
Floyd was of the opinion that this is
unlikely to happen. The consensus was
that it is highly unlikely that Dirk can
be enticed to attend a Stein Club event
without paying a large appearance fee.
Consequently, this item is being
dropped.
3. Fasching.
Eddie reported that the Stein Club
should have more member participation
before attempting to hold this event.
It's not likely that it could be held
this year. It was tabled until August
when it could be reviewed again.
Suggestions were to hold this event in
conjunction with Fat Tuesday next year.
4. Attendance at Stein Club dinners (see
above)
5. Discussion on Weinfest
Members were enthusiastic about this
type event, maybe to be held as a Stein
Club dinner. The details of this event
and the date need more study. May seemed
to offer a possible time. This requires
coordination with Juergen as to date and
content.
Action 3: Phillip to coordinate with
Juergen on details.
6. TV games promotion
Item 1: Soccer watch party. Reminders
need to be sent out for each event.
Likely to be a popular event.
Action 4: Send out e-mails for each
event weekend prior to event.
Item 2: NCAA basketball watch party.
Drop for lack of interest.
Item 3: No other watch parties likely to
be of interest.
7. Taste of Plano
Bavarian Grill will participate in Taste
of Plano on Monday March 27. All members
should be notified and encouraged to
attend.
Action 5: Send out e-mails to members to
remind of event.
8. Army Care Package
Bo recommended to Juergen who approved
the establishment of a drop box for
collection of needed items to send to
troops in Iraq/Afganistan. Bo sent out
lists of items needed. This will become
a SC supported activity.
Summary of Actions:
Action 1: Notify of upcoming SC events
Assigned to: Phillip
Status: Open
Action 2: Prepare table tents for SC
meetings and dinners
Assigned to: Elke
Status: Open
Action 3: Coordinate Weinfest activity
Assigned to: Phillip
Status: Open
Action 4: Soccer watch parties
Assigned to: Phillip
Status: Open
Action 5: Taste Of Plano Event
Assigned to: Phillip
Status: Open
by Gary Coats
Secretary
Stein Club Officers
Meeting
Feb. 18, 2006
A meeting of the Stein Club officers was
held on February 18, 2006 at the
Bavarian Grill. Present were Juergen
Mahneke, Phillip Walden, Gary Coats,
Elke Nutterfield, Eddie Rose, and Floyd
Wood. Bo Fedolak and Andrea arrived near
the end of the meeting. The meeting
lasted from 2:40 to 4:15. Juergen
provided for a choice of refreshment for
each person present. Items on the agenda
for this meeting were a list of events
for the year put together by Juergen,
and a list of German
holidays/festivities put together by
Floyd.
Juergen provided a comprehensive list of
all Stein Club events from the present
to Jan. 10, 2007. The times for some of
the soccer matches, in particular March
22, were not yet available; they will be
filled-in when available. (A correction
to last months minutes should show the
Sunrise Rotary Oktoberfest on Monday 16
October whereas it was reported last
month to be on 30 October.) The soccer
matches lend themselves to organized
watch parties at the Grill. Watch party
would also fit in with the NCAA finals.
In conjunction with this it was
suggested that Dirk Nowitzki be
approached to attend a special dinner at
the Grill sponsored by the Stein Club
with money donated on his behalf to a
local charity as an inducement to
attend. Juergen asked Floyd to put
together thoughts on how to go about
getting Dirk to attend. The Stein Club
dinners on Juergens list were identified
as events to be advertised by table
tents. Elke showed some ideas she had
worked out for the ads. The dates are
March 8, May 10, June 17, July12,
Sept 13 & 16, Nov 8 and Jan 10 '07.
An idea proposed to bring in someone to
talk about soccer at a watch party was
not well received. Another proposal to
place photographs of members on the wall
near the entrance was turned down by
Juergen.
Eddie Rose was asked to decide how to
tie-in the list of German holidays
supplied by Floyd to Juergens list of
events. Fasching was added to this group
of events as a possibility. Also a
proposed weinfest would need to have a
date selected for this event. These will
be discussed at the next meeting which
was scheduled for 18 March at 2:30.
Both Phillip and Gary will send out
reminders before the next meeting, that
way at least one should remember.
"Gary Coats" <gtcoats1@yahoo.com>,
"Bohdan Fedolak" <bfedolak@comcast.net>,
"Elke Nutterfield" <enutterfield@aol.com>,
"Eddie Rose" <r.eddie@insidetxbiz.com>,
"Floyd Wood" <floydc34@earthlink.net>,
"Tom Anderson" < tpaul46@sbcglobal.net>
Stein Club Officers
Meeting
Jan. 21, 2006
A meeting of the Stein Club officers was
held on January 21, 2006 at the Bavarian
Grill. Present were Juergen Mahneke, Bo
Fedolak, Phillip Walden, Gary Coats,
Elke Nutterfield, and Floyd Wood. Andrea
was asked by Juergen to join the group
while it was in session. The meeting
lasted from around 2:30 to almost 4:00.
Juergen provided for a choice of
refreshment for each person present.
Items on the agenda for this meeting
included: Rotary club, Stein Club
meetings, Oktoberfest, Christmas party,
Distributors, German
holidays/festivities, tips at club
meetings, Stein Club events,
communications, library, administration
help, and officers meetings.
Rotary Club - The annual Rotary Club
meeting at the Grill will be 30 Oct.
this year. The Stein Club members will
be encouraged to assist with this event
if they are needed. The club can assist
in one way by encouraging members to
purchase raffle tickets. Juergen will
inform the club if other assistance is
needed.
Stein Club meetings and guests - It was
noted that some members may bring a
large group or bring guests
persistently, i.e. freeloaders. This
needs to be discouraged. An occasional
guest is OK. A word to offending parties
is required to fix the problem. Also
associate members, i.e. those working on
their first card. can be allowed to
attend one club meeting, with approval
of an officer, depending on their
progress on filling the card. The next
time, that member must have their stein
to attend a club meeting. Stein Club
dinners in odd months should have dates
and menus published more to increase
attendance.
Oktoberfest - This year it will be held
on September 23rd at the Grill. Need to
increase attendance. To do this, it
could be advertised more during the
year. Members are generally notified of
this event, but the club should probably
remind them again beforehand.
Christmas party - This event was well
attended last year and will be held
again this year.
Distributors - Distributors cannot give
away beer, but beer reps can. Sometimes
it is necessary to educate (train?)
Distributors about what they can do in
the way of enhancing club meetings with
merchandise give-aways and advertising.
It was noted that work can be done is
this area as turn-over in these areas
bring in new people who may not know
what has been done in the past.
German holidays/festivals - It was
suggested that a review be made of the
typical festivities that are held
annually in Germany with the intent of
incorporating some of these into Stein
Club events. Floyd Wood volunteered to
undertake this review and report back on
those that seem to be likely candidates.
Tips - It was noted that this is a
problem because some people give big
tips whereas some give no tip at a Stein
Club meeting. It was suggested that a
standard tip should be $5 per person. At
future meetings, when the tip jar is
passed around, the suggested amount will
be announced.
Stein Club events - This is tied-in with
the holidays/festivals noted above.
Standard club events can be enhanced
with the addition of those events tied
to some celebrated in Germany. Also,
event calendars will be generated for
publication so that members and
potential members can keep track of when
future events will be held. Event
calendars may be printed up as hand outs
that can be picked up at the Grill.
Communications - Elke will investigate
making table tents to announce Stein
Club activities and events. It was
decided that the newsletter should be
produced once a month within the first
week of the month. It should be in final
form when sent to Juergen for
publication and will include events for
that month plus the next month. It was
recommended that new members be
recognized at meetings and in the
newsletter; also those finishing a
recent card. The Stein Club agenda
should be published 1-2 weeks in advance
of the meeting.
Library - The discussion had to do with
how this might be used and what we would
like to see new or different at the
Grill. These can be discussed at the
next officers meeting.
Administration worker - It was noted
that e-mail addresses of members need
frequent updating and may need to be
collected from multiple sources. Help is
needed for this. The question was, can
someone be found to undertake this
action?
Officers meetings - It was decided that
club officers should meet once a month,
the next meeting will be 18 February. At
Juergens request, Andrea will be
included in these meetings.
"Gary Coats" <gtcoats1@yahoo.com>,
"Bohdan Fedolak" <bfedolak@comcast.net>,
"Elke Nutterfield" <enutterfield@aol.com>,
"Eddie Rose" <r.eddie@insidetxbiz.com>,
"Floyd Wood" <floydc34@earthlink.net>,
"Tom Anderson" <tpaul46@sbcglobal.net>
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The
Stein Club had its bimonthly meeting on
Wednesday, August 9, 2006. Thirty-three
members and two guests were present.
Eight members were first-time attendees.
Juergen provided each of us with a stein
of Ayinger Brau Weissbier along with
several types of snacks: meatball patty
on mushroom, three wursts with potatoes
and kraut, and two types of hitzplotz
which were much appreciated by all
present. A stein was passed around to
collect tips for the wait staff. The
topic of this meeting was the Ayinger
brewery in Aying, just south of Munich
in Bavaria. Juergen presented an
informative slide show of photos he had
taken on his recent visit to the town
and the brewery.
The Warsteiner Ambassador
presented an informative slide show
about the brewery and some of their
biers, Premium Verum, Premium
Dunkel, Premium Fresh (non-alc), and
Premium Oktoberfest. Members in
attendance were treated to a stein
of the Premium Verum. The Ambassador
then passed out key chains and 1
liter glass steins. These latter
could be filled with Premium Dunkel
for the price of a half liter which
many members took advantage of. He
also mentioned Konig Ludwig Weiss
which has been available in the past
and may be available again here.