The Midwest Region Preliminaries for the AHA National Homebrew competition is coming up quickly - WE NEED MINNESOTA'S HELP! http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/nhc/ THIS IS YOUR REGION! We need Judges, Stewards and volunteers from all nine states (North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin) to make it happen! So far, we have 2 from KS, 2 from MO, 3 from ND, 1 from WI and 28 from MN (none from NE, SD, IA or OK). WE NEED MORE JUDGES! We have about 36 volunteers right now, but 70 would make things go really smoothly. We need your help! Please talk to your club members, homebrew friends and fellow judges, and convince them to help us with the contest. We still have 2 weeks, so we could make our goal. We would LIKE to have people signed up by April 22, but we will accept judges at the door if they won't know until that late whether they can help or not. Email Steve Piatz at piatz(a)cray.com if you have recruited someone but they are shy to register online. http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/nhc/ SIGN UP FOR MORE SESSIONS If you have only signed up for 1 or 2 sessions - THANK YOU! If you could help us out with more, or all of them, contact Steve Piatz at piatz(a)cray.com . He will add them to your registration in the database (no need to sign up again.) Consider taking Friday the 29th off from work to help us out! HOTEL BLOCK EXPIRES TOMORROW! If you need a hotel room, the room block expires TOMORROW, APRIL 15 at the Super 8 on Prior Avenue (see below). Call today or tomorrow to reserve your room, if you want to take advantage of the "official" hotel of the competition. That's probably where all your friends will be! AWARDS BANQUET RESERVATIONS NEEDED Rick Oftel is cooking up something wonderful for the Awards Banquet on Saturday night after judging. The cost will be less than $10, and we will collect at the event, but we need to know how many we're cooking for. If you could email Curt Stock with your intentions whether you intend to join us or not, that would help a lot! Curt's email is: curtis.stock(a)state.mn.us Thanks again! - Al Boyce Publicity Committee http://www.mnbrewers.com/events/nhc/ 2005 AHA National Homebrew Competition, Midwest Region FIRST ROUND Judging beers of home brewers from North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin JUDGING When: April 29-30, 2005 Where: St. Bernard's 147 Geranium Ave. W St.Paul, MN 55117 COMPETITION DAYS ONLY: 651-492-9501 Fri Judging: 3pm, 7pm Fri Dinner: 6pm (free for judges, stewards and volunteers) Fri Social: 11pm - Barley John's Brewpub 781 Old Highway 8 SW New Brighton, MN 55112 Sat Breakfast: 9am (free for judges, stewards and volunteers) Sat Judging: 9:30am, 1pm, 3:30pm Sat Lunch: Noon (free for judges, stewards and volunteers) Sat Awards/Dinner: 7pm - $10 (possibly less) Email Curt Stock to reserve your place at dinner. We will collect for dinner when you check in. Hotel Suggestion: Super 8 Motel 2401 Prior Ave. I-35 W. & Hwy. 36 Roseville , Minnesota 55113 651-636-8888 10 doubles - $49.99/night 10 queens - $59.99/ night Ask for Block: AHA (Block expires 4/15 - reserve EARLY!) Beds for Judges Contact: Jonathan Crist You MUST be pre-registered by Fri, April 22, 2005 to judge and/or volunteer! Click below to sign up for judging, stewarding or volunteering. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. ==============================================================================