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President
Kim Stanfield, kstanfield@nebs.org
Treasurer
"Open Position" treasurer@nebs.org
Recording Secretary
Sarah Geehan sgeehan@nebs.org
Vice President
Paul Dahlstrom, pdahlstrom@nebs.org
What's Going On?
Committee and Board Updates:
What's the Sanctioning Committee working on?
• Finalizing cooks information for a Tailgate contest in September - Otter River Cook Off returns
• Beginning conversations with an organizers in Hillsboro, New Hampshire; Boothbay, Maine and Peru, Vermont
• Conversations with postponed event organ- izers in Connecticut
What's the Events and Member Service Committee working on?
• Working on a date for a Serv-Safe Manager Class to be held before June 2022.
• Currently in conversation with KCBS to offer a KCBS Judges Certification class in conjunction with a "Meat Prep Class" for members and a NEBS Judging Certification
Upcoming NEW events! Snowshoe Returns!
Get your applications in quick! It's almost time and you don't want to miss out!
See the NEBS calendar for more information! Compete or Judge! Volun- teers also needed!
Are you a newer team? Done some NEBS Tailgates? Deciding on if you are ready to move to the next competition circuit with KCBS? Want to tip your toes in but still trying to figure out all the pieces?
Here's your contest! It's all the categories with turn-ins at the 1 hour mark vs. 30 minutes. It will help you work your timeline, prepare
your strategies and help you pre- pare for future contests!
Hogs 4 Heroes organized by
Inclusive BBQ Events - see the NEBS calendar for the application!
NEBS Board of Directors Jim Morey
Anissa Ladd Craig Kimberley Mic Stanfield Mike Leger Pete Kelleher Adam Dufresne Geoff Mullen Kathy Trainor Ben Piela John Egan Bill DeKing Michael Lane
• Looking for a date and location for a "Class n' Cook" as presented last year for the first time which was a hugely successful event and a lot of fun!
• The Judges Sub-Committee is working on bringing the NEBS Judges Cer- tification back with some enhancements
What's the Technology Committee working on?
• Some redesigning of the website
• New Membership cards that are available NOW
• Software enhancements for the NEBS Scoring System for NEBS sanc- tioned events
What's the Marketing Committee working on?
• They are working with a New England based company who is interested in providing a discount code to members only. Stay tuned!
• Working on establishing added benefits for being a member with dis- counts, members only information on the website and more!
BOARD Positions:
The Board is still actively seeking a new Treasurer to handle the organiza- tions finances. Is this YOU? Reach out to Kim Stanfield at kstanfield@nebs.org
679 Washington St.; Unit #8-170; South Attleboro, MA 02703 www.nebs.org
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