Georgia Barbecue Association
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
January 4, 2014
Gray, Georgia
Called to order by Rick Godfrey
Attending: Rick Godfrey, Danny Evans, Alex Khoury, Danny Meadows, Greg Hoyt, and Jim Sewell.
Membership Present: Harry Faircloth, Laurie Faircloth, Bart Shipley, Ed Vesely, Scotty Lawson
| Action: | Vote: |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey
Second: Danny Meadows
To use the following process to fill the temporary Board vacancy: each Board Member will nominate two candidates from which the Board will chose 4 finalists to interview before selecting the person to fill the vacancy.
Amendment: Jim Sewell Second: Rick Godfrey To nominate the candidates during the Executive Session. |
Approved 5-1 |
| Motion: Alex Khoury
Second: Greg Hoyt
To require all new judges to receive GBA judge training and to end the practice of grandfathering in judges trained by other associations. (effective immediately) |
Approved 6-0 |
| Motion: Greg Hoyt
Second: Danny Meadows
To change the scoring procedure in finals judging to require decimal point scoring in each criteria and prohibiting judges from giving the same score to different entries in each criteria. (effective immediately) |
Approved 6-0 |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey Second: Danny Evans To go into Executive Session. |
Approved 6-0 |
| The Board voted to close Executive Session and return to General Session. | |
| Motion: Danny Evans
Second: Rick Godfrey
To elect Board officers as follows:
Chairman—Rick Godfrey |
Approved 6-0 |
| Motion: Greg Hoyt
Second: Danny Evans
To clear existing rep assignments and for the President to reassign reps for upcoming contests. |
Approved 6-0 |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey
Second: Alex Khoury
To adjourn the meeting |
Approved 6-0 |
1 comments
Great move on the scoring procedures for finals judging – in my opinion.
That should get a universal thumbs-up! More challenging for the Judges and clearer results for the Cook Teams.
Ken