WA Barista Championships 2010

I attended a meeting last night of people interested in helping to organise the WA Barista Championships for 2010.

It was called at very short notice and thus many people who might have wanted to be there could not attend. This post is a brief run-down of what was discussed - to keep people up to date and to encourage those who could not attend to set aside the 'real' first meeting date.

This meeting was a preliminary, to gauge interest and seek support for various roles in the organising process.

The group agreed in general that a date towards the end of the year (probably after September) was going to work out the best and that arrangements are kept as simple as possible.

There is support from a number of significant organisations involved in coffee in Perth and this will be welcome but it would also be great to see involvement from those who are not directly related to the coffee industry - the coffee bloggers, home roasters, cafe regulars etc.

Their help has been valuable in the past - particularly on the day of the championships and assisting with some of the more mundane but still necessary tasks of running the event.

Meetings to arrange the championships will occur as needed between now and the end of the year and will rotate through venues provided by those who want to be involved.

The next meeting will be at 6pm on Thursday 18 June at Dimattina Coffee at 19 Collingwood Street Osbourne Park. All those who wish to be involved are welcome to attend and see what part you'd like to play, even if you can spare only the time on the day of the Championships. Please also pass on the meeting details to those you might think will be interested.


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Thanks very much to Jeremy Hulsdunk of the WA Barista Academy for organising and hosting the evening - it was a great start to the planning for the 2010 Championships.