Members & Guests: Barb Paterson, Barry Case, Bryan Pell, Carl Kimmett, Don Mann, Eila & Roger Martin, Jarmo Saari, Jim Lloyd, Larry Kerr, Lee Etherington, Manfred Hecke, Paul Corp, Vicki Reeve, and Wally Henry.
Items of business:
a) Election of Officers - the current Board was unanimously approved for re-election.
b) No Constitutional items were discussed.
c) Club Competition 2007 - In conjunction with the Kawartha Krushers the Growwine competition will be held on Sunday March 11th, 2007 at Larry's house, which will follow the Krushers competition the previous day.
f) Malolactic Testing - this is funded by the club, and requires only 1 or 2 ml of your wine to see if this is ongoing. Please contact Larry for assistance.
g) Listservers - Any member who wishes to be put on the AWO listserver, Winetalk, or the private listserver, Growwine, should contact Larry.
i) The club membership dues were set at $30.00 for all people except students (full time, $20).
j) We will again hold a pro-am tasting in the winter at Larry's place, details to follow.
k) We will work to have a day of seminars surrounding yeast choices in mid-May, to cover yeast, nutrients, fermentation management and other related topics. Details to follow.
l) Any member wishing their picture added to or deleted from the "Rogues Gallery" on the website should approach any member of the Executive to accomplish this.
m) Future meetings should be on the first Tuesday or Wednesday of the month unless the host chooses otherwise. Larry Kerr volunteered for January, Vicki Reeve for February, Wally Henry for April, Carl Kimmett for May, Bryan Pell for June and Eila & Roger will again host the club picnic in July. Details will show on the upcoming events page when ready.
n) The meeting then took the form of a wine and cheese tasting until everyone left.