What do to about The Brewing Network Club for the future

[nooloo]

BN Army not Brewing Network! The name should describe what it is. Have the BN Army accept the awards from now on. Let them boo people they are sitting with instead of some celebrity they don't have the balls to talk to in person.

I like this idea unfortunately I think at this point anything even remotely resembling having an affiliation (whether rightly or wrongly so) with the BN company will suffer the same booing fate. Poor sports will be poor sports.

Justin mentioned it last night and I've seen some talk on forums today about the impact that this has on the BN business. I wonder if this is something quantifiable at this point or more just conjecture. I'm no marketing guy but isn't there no such thing as bad publicity and would those people who are so upset by CoTY have been customers of the BN in the first place? That said, I would really hate to see this nonsense have an impact to the bottom line of the BN business.

[Klickitat Jim]

Me too. Regarding booing, ignore it.

Regarding negative effect on the company, what's the effort of doing away with the BN Army?

[mobrewer]

Yes Jim! Don't give up! We just need to change the entries to "BN Army" and have the soldiers go onstage to represent. I'm sure there will still be booing but we're the BN Army! Bring it!

That said I won't be going to Baltimore next year as I'm currently binge watching The Wire and may wet myself as soon as I step into the city.

[Ozwald]

I definitely like the BN/BN Army separation, but then again, that's kind of how I've always seen it. Unfortunately J also owns the rights to the BN Army. And technically the club as well.

Perhaps we need to re-register with the AHA as the BN Army proper, completely apart from the BN (yes, I know who registered the club originally, and it's not who you might think, or maybe it's exactly who you think). Perhaps it would be a good idea to go as far as to elect a board, or at least a president. Someone(s) who are not directly affiliated with the BN.

It wouldn't change the fact that we're going to keep kicking ass & taking names, but it would legally separate the BN & the BN Army, again, aside from the fact that J owns the rights to the name. But that doesn't mean he has to stop us from using his copyright. All in all, it would be pretty much business as usual, with the exception that we'd have a legit president/board to accept our 6th CotY award next year.

P.S. I haven't heard any of the 'club' talk on this week's show as of yet, so I don't really know what was discussed.

[Klickitat Jim]

Someone with the info needs to go here https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ ... ates-form/ and update the name from Brewing Network to BN Army.

I purpose we have a Prez, VP, and a Sgt at Arms. Prez ought to be JP, VP ought to be the current highest scoring soldier at NHC, Sgt at Arms ought to be selected by the Prez.

[neckbeardbeer]

Someone with the info needs to go here https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ ... ates-form/ and update the name from Brewing Network to BN Army.

I purpose we have a Prez, VP, and a Sgt at Arms. Prez ought to be JP, VP ought to be the current highest scoring soldier at NHC, Sgt at Arms ought to be selected by the Prez.

This is a great idea and the best I've heard. Also, what's stopping all of us from entering as QUAFF and making a super mega club?

[ValonaBrau]

Someone with the info needs to go here https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ ... ates-form/ and update the name from Brewing Network to BN Army.

I purpose we have a Prez, VP, and a Sgt at Arms. Prez ought to be JP, VP ought to be the current highest scoring soldier at NHC, Sgt at Arms ought to be selected by the Prez.

This is a great idea and the best I've heard. Also, what's stopping all of us from entering as QUAFF and making a super mega club?

Great idea, although I think JP (or other BN staff) should be more like a club secretary in charge of maintaining club paperwork, funds, and email lists, and the president be an elected office in charge of organizing events like the club night booth. I like the idea of the highest scoring present member accepting the award at the NHC, but it would suck if that person didn't want the job of president for a year.

[Klickitat Jim]

Someone with the info needs to go here https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/ ... ates-form/ and update the name from Brewing Network to BN Army.

I purpose we have a Prez, VP, and a Sgt at Arms. Prez ought to be JP, VP ought to be the current highest scoring soldier at NHC, Sgt at Arms ought to be selected by the Prez.

This is a great idea and the best I've heard. Also, what's stopping all of us from entering as QUAFF and making a super mega club?

Note... I suppose the word I was looking for was propose not pupose


Whats stopping us from joining QUAFF? Nothing that I know of, same way the booers who want to win could join us.

In my view, there is one key problem here and it cant be fixed with rules. Booing at NHC. Until decent people turn and publicly shame these douche bags, the problem will remain. We cant expect the BN or the AHA to fix this. I haven't been to NHC yet, but the booing makes me glad I didnt waste the money. On the other hand it makes me want to go so that I can call the booer closest to me a douche bag to his face.