Our competition isn’t too far away so I thought I’d update everyone with the progress of activities and accomplishments leading up to this year’s Aurora Brewing Challenge coming up on June 6th, 7th and 8th. First of all, a big thank you to Jim Whittome for designing and building a very informative and interactive website complete with links to the application form and brochure designed by Neil Herbst and Roxy Hastings. I think all your questions can be answered in the brochure. Neil and Roxy have compressed a ton of information in such a compact amount of space. Bruce Sample has lined up a caterer to take care of us on the Saturday. With all the sampling and judging that will be going on we’ll definitely be hungry! He has also gathered some awesome prizes from his industrial contacts. Stay tuned! Kevin Zaychuk has ordered the medals with no snags that will be ready well before the competition according to the supplier. Richard Bruins has been working diligently to retain past sponsors and has recruited some new ones (see brochure) so please support our sponsors. Harry Wagner and our newsletter editor Günther Tragesar have been contacting brewing clubs and associations promoting the event. As with any volunteer hosted event we can always use more. Areas you could help out in include: judging, stewarding, equipment setup and take down, data entry... There will be a sign up form at the May 3rd club meeting for all those interested. Finally, I can’t thank our Directors and volunteers enough for the work they have done. Everything is coming together to make the ABC 2003 the best one yet. I’m sure everyone is almost finished brewing their entries. Try to send in as many as you can and oh, by the way, don’t forget the cutoff date which is Monday, June 2nd the same night as the June club meeting. If you can’t volunteer for the event or will not be submitting entries don’t be a stranger – come on out to the BBQ / Best of Show wrap up party on Sunday the 8th starting around noon.