June 1, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Monday, June 1, 2026
Jeff Slathar called the meeting to order at 4:41 pm after he did a flambé demo of cherries foster with a crepe. It was held at Terra Sancta Retreat Center in Rapid City.
In attendance: Fred Ferrara, Jeff Slathar, April Malik.
Corrections for last meeting minutes: attendance should include April; scholarship motion edited as Fred had moved and had Jeff seconded.
Old Business
We questioned if Clark & Tim have set at date for the fundraiser dinner yet in order to do it early enough so that the students from Mitchell Tech can stay for the entirety of the dinner.
Jeff reported on the YFS Diamond Dinner Theater Oct 23rd and 24th . Darci Decker is the contact 605-209-6677. It is for 250 people each night. Jeff & Fred expressed interest but want to wait until the next meeting to get more input and others interest in helping.
Jeff also reported on the Club for Boys Fundraisers: Gold Tournament, Sept 24th and the Hooked on Hard Water Banquet on Feb 20th . Josh Miranda is the contact 605-680-9750 if we are interested in participating in some way. April still needs to contact Minneluzahan Senior Center and Fork Real regarding our club assistance on their fundraisers.
New Business
Discussed the need to find our By-Laws.
Discussed comping tickets for members to the fundraiser dinner. No action was taken but would like to discuss it and have input at the next meeting. Fred and his wife Stephanie have started to put together a webpage and Facebook page. For the website they are using a hosting service named porkbun.com. They have purchased the locked domain of acfbhchefs.org. It costs $60/year to host the website and with the domain name renewal it comes to $72/year. Fred said he would pay for the first year. They have followed the format of other chapters. The home page has a picture of a kitchen and trees.
Fred explained that we could put our minutes on there, as well as emailing minutes. Fred motioned to approve above actions with the webpage & Facebook, April seconded. Motion carried.
Next meeting will be the first Monday in July, Monday July 6th at the Gold Bison Grille in the DoubleTree hotel by the civic center.
Meeting adjourned at 5:44 pm.
Respectfully,
April Malik, secretary
July 6, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Monday, July 6, 2026
Meeting called to order at 4:15pm by VP Jeff Slathar. Roll call: John H. MIller, Fred Ferrara, Ben Venebles, Clark Braun, Jeff Braun, April Malik John moved to approve June meeting minutes, Fred Ferrara second, motion passed. Clark, suggested calling this a special meeting and to put someone in as president for now until current president, Ryan Hembree, can continue in that role. Financial report given by Clark and we are in good shape in all of our accounts. Clark explained the use of funds for scholarships etc. If we are interested in selling knives we could do so to raise money for the national culinary team. Jeff moved to accept financial report, Fred second, motion passed. Old Business: Jeff Slathar explained upcoming events: YFS Fall Festival at Fullerton Farm Sept 12th 9am-2pm. This event is at their farm in Box Elder where families come to interact with agriculture and there are booths and exhibits. April has a booth each year rolling fresh spring rolls and everyone is welcome to help if you want to. Jeff has done it in the past and is thinking about participating again this year. YFS Diamonds & Denim Dinner Oct 23rd & 24th. Ben is planning to do desserts. Ben will contact Darci to see what she wants and he will report back to us let us know. Club for Boys, 2 events, one in Sept and one in Feb. At this time we will not participate and will focus our energy on other events. April will invite Laura Armstrong to our next meeting to discuss possible options for fundraising. Jeff will participate in Fork Real fundraiser on Oct 15 th at Gen Pro building. It was discussed that it would be good for our Chapter to foster a relationship with them. Some discussion occurred on our chapter fundraiser dinner held at Alpine Inn each year. Fred moved that all tickets at the dinner are paid for, unless board decided to give some away. John second, all approved. Details of ticket sales were discussed with consensus that tickets must be paid for within 15 days for the the first 80 people. John will look into Eventbrite for ticket sales for the event. There is a presale option also. John will report back at the next meeting. At the next meeting Clark will report on the date for this y
August 3, 2026 Meeting Minutes
Monday, August 3, 2026
Meeting was called to order by President John Miller at 4:01pm. Roll Call: Sean Pelayic, Virgina Tubandt, Caroline Curry, John H. Miller, Fred Ferrara, Jeff Slathar, Clark Braun, April Malik. Guest: Rhonda Pearcy Fred motioned to approve the minutes from the previous meeting, Jeff second – motion passed. Clark said financials are in order. Old Business: Clark said April 4th, 2027 will be the ACF dinner date. This date will allow students to stay for the weekend. YFS Fullerton farm will be Sept 12th. April has a booth, and Jeff is working on getting coverage The other YFS fundraiser will need 250 pieces of dessert, and the club will cover the cost of ingredients. The Fork Real Fundraiser Chef dinner auction will be Oct 15th at the GenPro building at the fairgrounds. Fork Real will cover the cost of the samples. Jeff will be offering a meal. April will offer a class. They are seeking 2 more chefs to prepare samples and auction. The event expenses will be covered by the chefs or they need to find a sponsor. John found Zeffy that will do online ticket purchasing for no charge. It will allow a donation by the purchasers, but non-profits do not have to pay a fee for service. With this service an email can be sent to buy a ticket. Jeff motioned to proceed with this plan, Fred second - all passed. Laura Armstrong did not make it to the meeting so the assistance for Minneluzahan’s fundraising utilizing our help will be tabled until we connect with them again or they show more interest. Fred explained some of the bylaws, it was discussed and were approved to move to the next step. They were updated last in 2012. Fred sent his amended by-laws to the executive board seeking input. He did not see anything from nationals that affect us. Fred motioned to present the policies and procedures to the entire membership, Clark second. Motion passed. John talked about membership. We need 3 more members to be approved by the ACF at the national level. Membership recruitment options were discussed at length. New Business: Clark explained that we need to change the executors on the bank account because they are no longer in the club. Clark motion to remove Randy Doescher, Jonathan Ricks, Fred second – motion passed. Clark motioned to add Jeff Slathar as executor on the account at Wells Fargo, Fred second - Jeff is willing, motion passed.