This week, BRITTANY HORN, co-owner, co-founder, and Authorized Specialty Coffee Trainer (AST) tells us about Pacific Coffee Research’s Premiere Training Campus located in Kailua Kona, Hawaiʻi Island.
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Meet the six professionals in the slate of candidates for the 2020 CTG Leadership Council elections. In the latest post of the CTG blog, CTG Chair Hylan Joseph presents the technicians selected this year by the Nominating Committee.
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Today, it is my pleasure to present the slate of candidates in the 2020 CRG Leadership Council elections. The CRG Election Committee, chaired by Past Chair Sonja Björk Grant, has put forward a list of five professionals after an extensive interview process.
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This week, ANA LUIZA PELLICER, originally from Monte Santo de Minas, shares the beginning her journey into specialty coffee and experience with distance learning.
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As presented to SCA members on September 1, the SCA Board of Directors, led by President Christina Meinl, nominated a group of eight professionals from a pool of dozens who responded to our annual call for nominations made in June. As the number of candidates this year is equal to the number of open seats, there is no need to proceed with a voting process, and the SCA Board has confirmed the eight professionals listed below as members of the SCA Board of Directors, in accordance with Section 7.4(h) of the SCA Bylaws.
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This week, PASTOR VALERO, a lead barista and production roaster in a café in Buenos Aires, Argentina, shares his experience of distance learning. While living in Venezuela, Pastor fell in love with coffee after taking a course and receiving an SCA certificate in 2013.
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SCA members in Sweden cast their ballots in the 2020 elections to select their new leadership. Today, we are pleased to welcome the SCA Sweden Chapter’s new committee.
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As presented to SCA members on September 1, the SCA Board of Directors, led by President Christina Meinl, has nominated a group of eight professionals from a pool of dozens who responded to our annual call for nominations made in June.
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SCA members in Austria cast their ballots in the 2020 elections to select their new leadership. Today, we are pleased to welcome the SCA Austria Chapter’s new committee!
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We are pleased to announce that we have received sufficient nominees to fulfill all open coordinator roles to form the SCA France Chapter Committee for the 2020-2022 term. As each of the open committee positions had only one nominee, there is no need to proceed with the usual voting process. However, we would like to give the community the chance to provide comments on the new Chapter Committee before officially concluding this election cycle.
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Confinement in Mexico due to the pandemic started in the last week of March 2020, with 80% of the country’s population staying home for approximately three months. Only activities and businesses deemed essential continued to operate.
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Voting in the 2020 SCA Austria Chapter election is officially open. The nomination stage is closed, and the candidates listed below have accepted their nominations. If you are an SCA member based in Austria, cast your vote for the new committee today by clicking the link in your email from elections@sca.coffee with the subject line “Vote Now in the 2020 SCA Austria Chapter Elections.”
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We are pleased to announce that we have received sufficient nominees to fulfill all open coordinator roles to form SCA Sweden Chapter Committee for the 2020-2022 term.
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Today, it is my pleasure to present the slate of candidates for the 2020 SCA Board of Directors elections. The Nominating Committee, chaired by SCA Board President Christina Meinl, has put forward the following professionals after an extensive interview process with the dozens of SCA members who responded to our call for nominations made in June 2020.
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Damian Czyźewski, National Coordinator for the SCA Poland Chapter, shares his group’s experience hosting the 2020 Polish Latte Art Championships this past June.
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SCA members in Turkey cast their ballots in the 2020 elections to select their new leadership. Today, we are pleased to welcome the SCA Turkey Chapter’s new committee.
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Paul was Human, and a good one — his pure and forthright smile, mostly in his eyes, proved it. Remembered by TIM CASTLE with help from DON SCHOENHOLT, on behalf of Paul’s colleagues and friends.
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My name is Miles, I’m a Business Development Manager at IKAWA, a former AST and roasting educator, and a black coffee professional. Moving through life as a member of the minority, the layers of my identity are always front of mind. Even the same when participating in coffee: I’m a woman who roasts coffee in a male-dominated sector, as well as a Black person working in a white-dominated industry.
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Voting in the 2020 SCA Turkey Chapter elections is officially open. The nomination stage is closed, and the candidates listed below have accepted their nominations. If you are an SCA member based in Turkey, cast your vote today.
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Attention SCA members in Turkey! It is time once again for an election to form a new committee for your local SCA Chapter. Please check your inbox for an email from hello@sca.coffee.
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