Board Members Present
Travis Murphy President
Vacant Vice President
Bill Jones Treasurer
Shannon Turner Secretary
David Dick
Theresa Bell
Board Members Absent
George DeMartz
Andrew Shaffer
Dave Travis
Frank Krause
Lisa Dommes Past President
IX. Confirmation of Quorum, Call to Order – 7:10pm
X. Reading of Mission Statement
A. The Mid-Atlantic BBQ Association (MABA) is a social organization representing BBQ competitors, backyard cooks, BBQ judges and others united by love of America’s cuisine-BBQ! MABA provides information to its members about BBQ and the BBQ industry, facilitates social events and contests and serves as the vehicle for camaraderie amongst BBQ enthusiasts in the Mid-Atlantic region.
XI. Approval of Prior Meeting Minutes (April 5, 2023)
Motion raised by David Dick, seconded by Frank Krause
XII. Unfinished Business
A. Budget Discussion: Financial update was provided Mon., May 1 by Bill Jones
B. Order business cards (Vistaprint), stickers (Sticker Mule) or fliers to hand out at contests/cook’s meetings, introducing MABA programs: Will watch for specials for stickers so we can purchase by 2024 banquet. Looking to purchase ‘350’ 3″x3″ stickers for backyard. KCBS will continue to provide the ‘180’ and ‘700’ stickers. David Dick created flyers so don’t see need to purchase business cards at this time. ACTION: Flyer file is on BOD page so flyers can be printed by any BOD members as needed.
C. Order any flags, banners, etc. to be used by Board at contests to publicize MABA. Can we get flags available for members via
bonfire? ACTION: David Dick will check Bonfire to see if they offer flags and if not, will explore other options. One-sided flags.
D. Backyard 350 Sticker- KCBS doesn’t want to pursue
a) MABA Specific 700+, 180 and 350+ stickers?
b) Have we decided how to distribute these?
c) Have they been ordered through sticker mule
E. 2023 Budget Finalization
XIII. New Business
A. Vote for election of President: Frank Krause nominated Travis Murphy; Theresa Bell seconded; all agreed. Travis Murphy will serve the remainder of George’s term.
B. Election for new V.P. or office if needed: Frank Krause nominated himself; seconded by Bill Jones; David Dick nominated himself; Frank Krause seconded; Shannon Turner nominated herself; Theresa Bell seconded; Vote by email by ranking; ACTION: Bill Jones and Travis Murphy will send email out and tabulate results.
XIV. Committee Reports and Action Item Discussion
A. Membership Committee – Live Meeting Agenda: Will meet in May
F. Strategic Planning – Travis Murphy
Board Members Present
George DeMartz President
Greg Boggs Vice President
Bill Jones Treasurer
Dave Travis
Travis Murphy
Chris Schriver
Norris “Syd†Sydnor
Theresa Bell
Lisa Dommes Past President
Board Members Absent
Shannon Turner Secretary
Call to Order
George DeMartz called the meeting to order at 7:10 p.m., noting the presence of a quorum.
Reading of Mission Statement
The Mid-Atlantic BBQ Association (MABA) is a social organization representing BBQ competitors, backyard cooks, BBQ judges and others united by love of America’s cuisine–BBQ!
MABA provides information to its members about BBQ and the BBQ industry, facilitates social events and contests and serves as the vehicle for camaraderie amongst BBQ enthusiasts in the Mid-Atlantic region.
George DeMartz read the Mission Statement.
Approval of Minutes
Travis Murphy moved to approve the minutes of the November 2, 2022 Board Meeting as presented. Theresa Bell seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
Committee Reports and Action Item Discussion
Unfinished Business
New Business
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:58 p.m.
Motion to adjourn: Chris Schriver; Second: Bill Jones; motion passed unanimously
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Dommes
Board Members Present
George DeMartz President
Shannon Turner Secretary
Bill Jones Treasurer
Travis Murphy
Theresa Bell
Chris Schriver
Norris “Syd†Sydnor
Lisa Dommes Past President
Board Members Absent
Dave Travis
Greg Boggs Vice President
Call to Order
George DeMartz called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m., noting the presence of a quorum.
Reading of Mission Statement
The Mid-Atlantic BBQ Association (MABA) is a social organization representing BBQ competitors, backyard cooks, BBQ judges and others united by love of America’s cuisine–BBQ!
MABA provides information to its members about BBQ and the BBQ industry, facilitates social events and contests and serves as the vehicle for camaraderie amongst BBQ enthusiasts in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Shannon Turner read the Mission Statement.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the Sept. 14, 2022 and Oct. 5, 2002 Board Meeting were agreed. Motion to accept the minutes by Theresa Bell. Motion seconded by Chris Schriver. Motion passed unanimously.
Unfinished Business
New Business
Committee Reports and Action Item Discussion
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:36 p.m.
Motion to adjourn: Syd; Second: Travis Murphy; motion passed unanimously
During the November meeting, the Board of Directors discussed and approved to remove the application process for Backyard team and Steak cooks.
The process for making sure a backyard team or steak cook is registered for the MABA team/cook of the year programs has been simplified. Teams or cooks no longer have to complete an application on the MABA website in order to express intent to compete in the respective backyard team of the year or steak cook of the year program.
Note: Teams moving up from backyard to master series that wish to compete in the rookie team of the year program still have to complete the application to express their intent to compete for rookie team of the year.
MABA has expanded the membership profile format to better capture demographics of our members in order to track who is competing in which series/program.
The new change is in effect at the release of this letter and applicable for the 2023 season starting November 1st, 2022 for BBQ teams and January 1st, 2023 for steak cooks.
The MABA website is updated.
Please log on and update your membership profile to ensure you are included in the appropriate points chases for 2023. Make your sure team name and individual name is the same as registered for the primary sanctioning organizations (KCBS & SCA) of the recognized MABA contests to which you compete.
Thank you,
The MABA Board of Directors
Board Members Present
George DeMartz President
Greg Boggs Vice President
Shannon Turner Secretary
Dave Travis
Travis Murphy
Theresa Bell
Lisa Dommes Past President
Board Members Absent
Bill Jones Treasurer
Norris “Syd†Sydnor
Chris Schriver
Call to Order
George DeMartz called the meeting to order at 7:21 p.m., noting the presence of a quorum.
Reading of Mission Statement
The Mid-Atlantic BBQ Association (MABA) is a social organization representing BBQ competitors, backyard cooks, BBQ judges and others united by love of America’s cuisine–BBQ!
MABA provides information to its members about BBQ and the BBQ industry, facilitates social events and contests and serves as the vehicle for camaraderie amongst BBQ enthusiasts in the Mid-Atlantic region.
George DeMartz read the Mission Statement.
Approval of Minutes
The minutes of the Sept. 14, 2022 Board Meeting will be agreed during the Nov. meeting.
Unfinished Business
New Business
Committee Reports and Action Item Discussion
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:11 p.m.
Motion to adjourn: Theresa Bell; Second: Travis Murphy; motion passed unanimously
Respectfully submitted,
Shannon Turner, MABA Board Secretary
Board Members Present
George DeMartz President
Greg Boggs Vice President
Shannon Turner Secretary
Theresa Bell
Travis Murphy
Norris “Syd†Sydnor
Chris Schriver
Lisa Dommes Past President
Board Members Absent
Bill Jones Treasurer
Dave Travis
Call to Order
George DeMartz called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m., noting the presence of a quorum.
Reading of Mission Statement
The Mid-Atlantic BBQ Association (MABA) is a social organization representing BBQ competitors, backyard cooks, BBQ judges and others united by love of America’s cuisine–BBQ!
MABA provides information to its members about BBQ and the BBQ industry, facilitates social events and contests and serves as the vehicle for camaraderie amongst BBQ enthusiasts in the Mid-Atlantic region.
George DeMartz read the Mission Statement.
Approval of Minutes
George DeMartz moved to approve the minutes of the August 3, 2022 Annual Meeting. Theresa Bell seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
Unfinished Business
New Business
Committee Reports and Action Item Discussion
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 9:06 p.m.
Motion to adjourn: George DeMartz; Second: Greg; motion passed unanimously
Respectfully submitted,
Shannon Turner, MABA Board Secretary
Board Members Present
George DeMartz President
Greg Boggs Vice President
Shannon Turner Secretary
Bill Jones Treasurer
Theresa Bell
Dave Travis
Norris “Syd†Sydnor
Chris Schriver
Lisa Dommes Past President
Board Members Absent
Travis Murphy
Call to Order
George DeMartz called the meeting to order at 7:35 p.m., noting the presence of a quorum.
Reading of Mission Statement
The Mid-Atlantic BBQ Association (MABA) is a social organization representing BBQ competitors, backyard cooks, BBQ judges and others united by love of America’s cuisine–BBQ!
MABA provides information to its members about BBQ and the BBQ industry, facilitates social events and contests and serves as the vehicle for camaraderie amongst BBQ enthusiasts in the Mid-Atlantic region.
George DeMartz read the Mission Statement.
Approval of Minutes
George DeMartz moved to approve the minutes of the May 5, 2022 Annual Meeting. Shannon Turner seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
Unfinished Business
New Business
Committee Reports and Action Item Discussion
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:56 p.m.
Motion to adjourn: George DeMartz; Second: Syd; motion passed unanimously
Respectfully submitted,
Shannon Turner, MABA Board Secretary
Board Members Present
George DeMartz President
Greg Boggs Vice President
Shannon Turner Secretary
Bill Jones Treasurer
Theresa Bell
Travis Murphy
Dave Travis
Lisa Dommes Past President
Board Members Absent
Chris Schriver
Norris “Syd†Sydnor
Call to Order
George DeMartz called the meeting to order at 7:03 p.m., noting the presence of a quorum. George DeMartz read the Mission Statement.
Approval of Minutes
Greg Boggs moved to approve the minutes of the April 4, 2022 Annual Meeting. Theresa Bell seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
General Business
MABA Merchandise/Branding
Business cards with QR codes and stickers should be ordered to hand out at contests to advertise MABA. George DeMartz has generic business cards, etc. but no stickers.
Sponsorship Outreach
We need to prepare Slide Deck presentations for Smithfield, Oklahoma Joes, The Butcher Shoppe and GrillBillies BBQ around sponsorship. I’d like to see this approached as a group effort.
Backyard ToY
Committee Reports
Membership:
Backyard ToY: No update provided.
Steak ToY: No update provided.
Publications:
Website/Tech:
Finance:
Bylaws: No update provided.
Strategic Planning: No update provided.
Nominations: No update provided.
Contests: No update provided.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 7:51 p.m.
Motion to adjourn: George DeMartz; Second: Theresa Bell; motion passed unanimously
Respectfully submitted,
Shannon Turner, Board Secretary
Board Members Present
George DeMartz President
Greg Boggs Vice President
Shannon Turner Secretary
Bill Jones Treasurer
Theresa Bell
Norris “Syd†Sydnor
Travis Murphy
Board Members Absent
Dave Travis
Chris Schriver
Call to Order
George DeMartz called the meeting to order at 7:38 p.m., noting the presence of a quorum. George DeMartz read the Mission Statement.
Approval of Minutes
Theresa Bell moved to approve the minutes of the February 26, 2022 Annual Meeting. Norris ‘Syd’ Sydnor seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
Shannon Turner moved to approve the minutes of the March 2, 2022 Board Meeting. Theresa Bell seconded the motion and it carried unanimously.
General Business
2022 Budget Approval
Bill Jones reviewed the budget proposal for 2022; Greg Boggs suggested we get more sponsors for Steak; how do we manage sponsors? Process varies – some are very detailed agreements; others are less formal; can be checks/prizes/wire transfer; potential sponsors can purchase a business membership and then donate money to MABA, designated for a certain part of the organization; can also invoice them (not called a donation – being billed for materials/products); George DeMartz motioneed to accept and adopt 2022 budget and revisit in 3 months to make any updates. This was seconded by Greg Boggs and passed unanimously.
State Cups
State Cups have been ordered. Action is complete.
MABA Merchandise/Branding
Business cards with QR codes and stickers should be ordered to hand out at contests to advertise MABA. George DeMartz will follow up with Chris Schriver to determine what we have already. George DeMartz has 3-4 flags that he can distribute.
Banquet Committee
No activity to date; George DeMartz will spearhead committee; Theresa Bell/Norris ‘Syd’ Sydnor/Greg Boggs will help.
Sponsorship Outreach
Steak – Greg Boggs is exploring options; Big Jim’s Sauces & Rubs
Smithfield – Assuming they are continuing with sponsorship
Oklahoma Joe’s – George DeMartz is reaching out
Chris Schriver is reaching out to Chargrillers.
B&B – 1,000 commitment to ToY program; assuming they are continuing
The Butcher Shoppe should be contacted.
Lancaster has offered to provide a pizza cooker at cost ($600) so MABA can do a mid-year raffle as a fundraiser.
Mac Talbert would like to promote large trophies for all places/categories for the banquet.
Note: For any large donations, need to ensure the size of donation won’t introduce influence over the organization. MABA may consider taking a large donation and spreading it over a few years.
MABA Cup Rules revision
This was publicized and is complete for now.
New Programs
To date, nothing new is planned for 2022.
Backyard ToY
A team has completed a form to compete as a Backyard ToY team but has declared that they will compete in some Pro contests (referring to KCBS rules). The MABA board believes the intent of the MABA organization is to compete in Pro or Backyard, not both. The MABA rules do not specify but the consensus of the MABA board is that a team should choose one. George DeMartz will contact the team to discuss further.
Committee Reports
Committee updates will be the focus of the next board meeting.
Membership:
Publications: No update provided.
Website/Tech: No update provided.
Finance: Please see Finance/Membership section.
Bylaws: No update provided.
Strategic Planning: No update provided.
Nominations: No update provided.
Contests: No update provided.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 8:42 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Shannon Turner, Board Secretary
The Maine of Williamsburg – Williamsburg, VA – February 26, 2022, Noon to 4 p.m.
The MABA Awards Banquet will take place on Saturday, February 26, 2022, at noon at The Maine of Williamsburg.
We will be awarding our Team of the Year awards, enjoying food and drink prepared by Two Drummers Smokehouse and celebrating the successes of MABA from 2020 and 2021.
MABA members, please click here to register for the awards banquet. Seating capacity is limited to 200 people. Hotel block information will be provided soon. We hope to see you there!