National Homebrew Club – A New Organisation

It is with great pleasure that I announce the new organisation at the National Homebrew Club Ireland.

A number of people have volunteered their time and effort and put themselves forward for positions – these positions are a new venture for us and a natural evolution for the club.

New Structure (1st May 2013 – 30th April 2014)

President – James Keane
Vice President – Rossa O’Neill
Brewery Liaison – Thomas Carroll
Education Lead – Padraic O Conghaile
Publishing Leads – Padriac O Conghaile & Declan Nixon
Membership Lead – James Keane
Head of Competitions – Rossa O’Neill
Club Co-ordinator – Shane Smith
Treasurer – Brian Dempsey
Assistant Treasurer – Declan Nixon
Fund Raising – Declan Nixon

We are now going to roll out a paid membership system with membership cards. This will give people the opportunity to contribute something to help us exist and they in turn will get a number of benefits including affiliate discounts. We recognise that times are tough so if you decide not to avail of paid membership your current membership and access will remain unchanged. A full announcement will be made when paid membership becomes available.

Finally I would like to say I am looking forward to the year ahead serving as club President. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Shane Smith, who has been doing the job for the last 12 months or so. While we technically have not had a structure or President’s role, Shane has been working tirelessly at putting the structures in place to get us to this point. So thanks Shane and well done; hopefully I can help encourage and guide the club at a similar rate of progress.

James Keane
President
National Homebrew Club Ireland