Subject: Digest for the period 8/2/2007 - 8/3/2007
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:00:37 -0400

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  1. GM additional levels and the purpose of the BJCP 


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From: Tom Schmidlin  Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:52:32 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
Subject: GM additional levels and the purpose of the BJCP 


In grading some exams, I noticed that the study guide says:

"GRAND MASTER I - minimum score of 90 percent on the exam and at least 100 experience points, 50 of which must be judging points. <snip>

GRAND MASTER - ADDITIONAL LEVELS - Additional levels (II, III, IV, etc.) can be earned in 100 experience point increments with additional service requirements following the rules for the Grand Master Service Requirement."

Since GM explicitly states half of the 50 points must be from judging and there is no such statement in Additional Levels, this indicates to me that to gain additional GM levels judging points are NOT required.  Is this the correct interpretation?

Also, I've raised this before but can we please do something about the "Purpose if the BJCP"?  My main objection is with the statement "promote . . . the appreciation of real beer".  Since real beer is undefined, not just in the context of the study guide but in general, this doesn't make sense to me.  I know we don't mean strictly real ale in the CAMRA sense, and we're not leaving out Bud/Miller/Coors because we have Category 1 for them.

So what do we mean by "real beer"?  It implies there is some beer that is not "real" - what are these fake beers?  Near beer?  Alco-pops?  What about mead and cider, where do they fit in the purpose of the BJCP?

Thanks in advance,

Tom Schmidlin


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