John,


Is this membership for President Obama or whoever the current President is?  I'm not being political in any way and this may be a good jester but just to let you know that it was reported that President Obama only purchased the beer brewing equipment.  As far as my research can verify or if anyone can correct me President Obama has not participated in any brewing sessions or had any input on the recipes.   It is the White House chefs and cooking staff that are making the beer, not President Obama.  And I do hope that who ever the next president is will continue the white house beer brewing tradition.   I just wanted to make you aware of this and that I'm also fine with giving President Obama a honorary membership and inviting him to a meeting.  I would imagine that the secret service would have to taste each different home brew before the President to make sure it's not poisoned...

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Thanks, Tom




On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:13:38 GMT
 "John Longballa" <jlongballa@netzero.com> wrote:
> Dipak, Great idea (as was the one that Al (?) floated a
>few weeks back--the one about giving the President an
>honorary club membership)!  I don't know that you need a
>second. As with most things in the MHBA, just spearhead
>the idea if you get a little buy-in.  I doubt that Obama
>will meet with us, but if he did, that would be pretty
>cool!  Not too many homebrew clubs can say that they
>entertained a President. Unless there is opposition to
>the idea, then please go ahead and see what it takes to
>invite the President to a meeting (you could say that
>there's going to be a meeting the day that he's in MN).
> As I mentioned, when someone in the club proposes an
>idea, the leadership says, "Great!--Make it so and let us
>know what assistance you need." Thanks,
> John  Personal.   Professional.
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> ---------- Original Message ----------
>From: "Dipak J. Shah" <dshah2k@gmail.com>
> To: mba@thebarn.com
> Subject: [mba] Fwd:  Obama brewing video
> Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:32:55 -0500
>
>
> I am certain Obama will be making at least one pit stop
>in the Cities before the election.&#65533;I propose we
>send him an invitation to visit with us for tasting some
>of our brews (and we in turn will get to taste the White
>House brews that travel with him).&#65533; Wonder if
>other brew clubs have extended such an
>invitation.&#65533; Let's be the first!&#65533; Or, let's
>not be the only one that didn't extend an
>invitation.&#65533;Do we, as a club, need to vote on this
>proposal?&#65533; If so, please consider this as a motion
>put forth by me.&#65533; We need someone to second the
>motion and then open up discussion prior to casting our
>ballots.
> So, do I hear a second??
>
> Dipak
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