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[Pictured above: Back row, AHA founding board members Gary Glass, Drew Beechum, and Greg Roskopf; front row, Sandy Cockerham, Shawna Cormier (chair), and Julia Herz (AHA executive director).]
By the American Homebrewers Affiliation Founding Board
Whats up Homebrewers!
Completely happy April. We hope you will have been brewing some AMAZING drinks this spring. We’re thrilled to proceed to replace you on the AHA’s transition to turning into an impartial 501(c)(3) group. Since our January 22 announcement, we’ve been busy constructing the muse for a extra agile and member-focused AHA.
Member Takeaways
- Independence = Extra Innovation. New funding paths (grants/donations) and tailor-made advantages.
- Your Voice Issues. Members now have direct illustration by way of the brand new Founding Board of Administrators and shortly to be fashioned committees.
- Advantages Keep the Identical in 2025—with enhancements to come back primarily based in your suggestions.
- Nationwide Homebrewer Illustration. That is wanted now greater than ever.
Searching for the AHA to do extra? We’re updating our substances as an affiliation, and issues will want time to ferment and situation earlier than you’re feeling large adjustments as members. Thank YOU for being a part of this historic and unfolding journey and for serving to carry AHA into a brand new future.
What’s New
- AHA has employed an Affiliation Administration Firm (AMC) to run membership operations and assist our occasions and your advantages —onboarding is underway!
- We’re in a 3-month transition section to full AMC assist. Extra on this and crew intros are coming this summer season.
- In April, our board created an govt committee comprised of Shawna Cormier (chair), Drew Beechum (vice chair), Greg Roskopf (treasurer). The board additionally mentioned obligatory foundational paperwork, future staffing, and assembly nonprofit necessities.
- A board job drive was created to stipulate 2025–2026 targets and finalize our imaginative and prescient assertion and strategic priorities tied to contemplating latest member feedback and surveys.
Latest Occasions
- Feb: AHA Discussion board Founding Board Q&A—493 views, 93 likes and counting…
- Nationwide Homebrew Competitors First Spherical Judging (March and April): We hosted 7 totally different places (Chicago, Indianapolis, Longmont, New York, San Diego, Seattle, and Tampa!) due to AHA/BJCP volunteer competitors leaders who ensured we judged greater than 3,000 first-round entries with reside awards streamed June 28 from Kansas Metropolis.
- March 22: Zymurgy Dwell with the Board—lined member questions and the independence journey. Watch the replay right here.
Extra to Discover
And hey…whereas that is all occurring, the AHA continues to ship unmatched causes, recipes, rewards (reductions), and assets to our 20,000+ member group.
Nonetheless Brewing Sturdy
Cheers and please be part of or renew as we speak. The extra AHA members, the extra we will do. Affiliation fashions are very totally different than different companies, and investing again into the members and programming, fueled by volunteer leaders and the member group, is our prime precedence.
AHA Founding Board
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