Held on 13 / 17 November 1958
At The Hotel Residence Brussels, Belgium

Attended by:
Mr. Pietro Grandi - I.B.A. - A.I.B.E.S. Chairman (Italy);
Mr. Angelo Zola - A.I.B.E.S. General Secretary
Mr. Manuel Otero -Mr. Raoul Suarez - A.M.B.A. Argentine
Mr. Gustave Tops, -Mr. Joseph Reding - B.L.B.U. Belgium Luxembourg
Mr. Gaaton Nuard - D.B.L. Denmark
Mr. Fred Friede - Mr. Fritz Menzel - D.B.U.Germany
Mr. Bjorn Brandtberg - F.B.S.K. Finland
Mr. Andre Feleng - G.A.B.F. France
Mr. Jacques Platteschorre Mr.G.Kooyman - N.B.C. Holland
Mr. Arne Norman - O.B.C. Norway
Mr. Ernst Bardorf - Mr. Antoin Stadlbacher - Ö.B.U. Austria
Mr. Sixten Sigtelius - Mr. Borje Lundquist - S.B.G. Sweden
Mr. Roger Lebet - Joan Truffer - S.B.U. Switzerland
Mr. Sidney Mitchell - Mr. Charles Tuck - U.K.B.G. England

The following were also present as observers:
Mr. John Ridley - Mr. B. Paul - U.K.B.G - Mr Al Fairley West Coast
Miss. Pauline - USBG -interpreter

AGENDA
1.a) Opening the Meeting and address of welcome by the Chairman of B.L.B.U. Mr. Gustave Tops.
1.b) Official opening and address of welcome by the I.B.A. Chairman Mr. Pietro Grandi.
2. Reading of the Minutes of the I.B.A. Conference held in Milan.
3. Report by the Chairman on activity during the year 1958.
4. Financial Report
5. Standardization of beverages.
6. I.B.A. Bulletin.
7. Amendments to the I.B.A. articles.
8. I.B.A. Activities for 1959.
9. Miscellaneous.

Point 1, Opening the Meeting.
The opening session was held on Monday, October 13th, at 5,30 p.m. 
Mr. Gustave Tops addressed a word of welcome to those taking part and expressed his satisfaction to see the delegates of thirteen Associations present in occasion of the Meeting to which he wishes the best success. Says he has first of all, the duty to thank on behalf of all I.B.A. Guilds, the organizing Committee and Mr. Gustave Tops for the hard work and the difficulties they got through in order to make everything perfect.

Chairman Mr. Pietro Grandi

Point 2, Reading of the Minutes of the I.B.A. Conference held in Milan.
Mr. Angelo Zola proposes that the Minutes of the 1957 I.B.A. Conference be taken as read, but Mr. Platteschorre requires a change at the 5th point of the same Minutes. After having said their opinion those present change the phrase as follows:
“In this regard Platteschorre criticized the fact that a competitor who is not yet a Member of one of the Guilds in the I.B.A. had been taken part in the S.A.S. Heering Competition”.
Mr. Zola asks Mr.Tops if the competitor was at that time regularly associated to an I.B.A. Guild and Tops answered affirmatively. After that the proposal to take as read the Minutes of the 1957 Conference was unanimously accepted.

Point 3. Report by the Chairman on activity during the year 1958.
President Grandi gives a quick survey of activity of I.B.A since he was appointed I-B.A. Chairman.
The report, read by Zola, results as follows:
As you know the official change of the IBA Presidency from S.B.U. to AIBES held only on May 8th 1958. This owing to the bad health of our dear colleague Mr. George Sievi to whom we address our grateful thought and best wishes. At that date the IBA entered on the A-C on the Popular Bank in Lugano the amount of 3.440 Swiss Francs.
It is clear that the young I.B.A. has to mind to increase its own incomes in order to he able to show activities the Guilds expect from her.  You already know what the Presidency and the Secretary have been able to do, in anyway the various points of the Agenda will show how the I.B.A. problems have been considered according to their importance and how the works have been started towards a satisfactory solution.
We have to point out that the international correspondence has rather increased and that regarding the standardization of beverages and the publication of the I.B.A.Bulletin had been seriously faced. In conclusion of this activities the presidency wishes for the best of the I.B.A. what is the most important thing and the reason for life:  a tighter collaboration with a sincere friendship among the various Guilds.

President Grandi wishes to point out that for the first time the South American delegates meet their colleagues during this IBA Meeting and says to Mr. Otero and Mr. Suarez his great satisfaction remarking the effort of A.M.B.A. in order to be able to be present at the Meeting. 
Sidney Mitchell proposes that the report of the Chairman be approved.

Mr.Plattesehorre and Mr. Lebet ask the U.K.B.G. if the Minutes of the conferences are written in the Minutes Book adopted by President Sievi in the year 1956. Mr. Sidney Mitchell gives the Minutes of the I.B.A. Meeting 1955 in Amsterdam to Secretary Mr. Zola.

Mr. Platteschorre criticizes the fact that the official passage of the I.B.A. Presidence was late and proposes that the I.B.A.-Articles have to detail the point regarding the change of the I.B.A. Presidency.
Mr.Gustave Tops complains because the new President has returned the initial business of the I.C.C.'58 and this should not have happened. Mr.Zola replies that the particular and precarious state of health of Mr. Sievi prevented him from more direct touches between the two presidents. Mr. Brandtberg, President of the Finnish Guild, concludes that this is a rather useless discussion being of no interest at present. Mr.Mitchell approves the words of Mr. Brandtberg and the relation was unanimously accepted.

Point 4. Financial Report.
Mr. Roger Lebet, I.B.A. Treasurer, presents the financial report, which can be said completely normal. The report says the amount deposited with the popular Bank in Lugano on the 8th of October 1958 is 4.931 Swiss Fr.
Mr.Sidney Mitchell asks if the publication of the I.B.A. Bulletin can engrave on the I.B.A. Balance.
Mr. Zola specifies that the President wishs to point out that no amount had been charged on I.B.A. for the Bulletin.
Mr. Zola says that the President hopes this can happen also in the future, but the question will be discussed again in the 6th point of the Agenda. The session is closed at 7.15 p. m.

The next session is opened on October 15th at 4 p.m.
Besides those present at the first session there are:
Mr. Felix Gotto - Secretary GABF, Mr. Albert Magnanon - Mr. Marcel Jonanique G.B.A.F. France 
Mr. Kurt Sörensen DBL Denmark
Mr. Mickey Davis - U.K.B.G. (West Coast)

Point 5. Standardization of beverages.
Mr.Zola explains how President Grandi has constituted a special committee who has the task to study the recipes of cocktails. The committee has already approved a first list of twentyfive recipes and is studying a second list. Mr.Zola proposes that the Assembly confirm the committee and establish the program of work in order to complete the necessary material and publish the Standard Book of I.B.A.
English delegates point out that the book published by U.K.B.G. is considered excellent and is already appeared in many editions. The most of the delegates stress the fact that the IBA must have a complete Cocktail Book including also the particular and typical drinks of the various countries. Mr. Plattesehorre says the work has been well defined and that it must be brought to an end. At that time the issue will be considered in every detail.  All this is approved and also the Committee is appointed as follows:
President Mr. Jac. Platteschorre
Mr. Fred Friede;
Mr. Felix Cotto;
Mr. Viggo Christensen;
Mr. Roger Lebet;
Mr. E.M.Conley.
Mr. Zola gives a copy of the first fifty recipes to every Guild pointing out that the list must be studied and, when corrected, returned as soon as possible to the Presidence.

Point 6. I.B.A. Bulletin.
Mr. Zola speaks about the reasons for which the first number of the Bulletin has been late and complains the difficulties to have news from the different Guilds.
The new issue of the I.B.A. Bulletin is unanimously approved: everyone says to be completely satisfied with what A.I.B.E.S. have made in collaboration with the publishing house E.P.J.
Mr. Zola points out the costs for the advertisements and proposes that every country do its best in order to help the touches among the foreign advertisers being the Bulletin an International one.
The Bulletin is to be published every three months and the news does have to reach the Presidency not after the following dates:  15th August-; 15th November; 15 February; 15th May.
The news must be written in English or French Language.
Mr.Zola gives the delegates the necessary numbers of the Bulletin and what he says is unanimously approved.

Point 7. Amendments to the I.B.A. Articles.
During the 1957 Meeting in Milan it was resolved that every Guild had to study the amendments to be made, in its opinion, to the I.B.A. Articles. During the year President Grandi invited the various Associations to communicate the innovations to be made. As no new amendments have been added to those of the last year, president Grandi proposes that the thing has to be studied by a special Committee. Mr. Platteschorre remembers that during the Meeting in Milan it was stated that the problem should be resolved. He says that’s advisable to discuss now the definite way to establish the I.B.A. Articles. But the Council do not come to an agreement while the ideas of the present are different about the way to proceed and to resolve the question. Mr.Zola asks the Meeting to be closed. The session is closed at 7,13 p.m.
The session is reopened on 16th October at 9.30 a.m.

The President proposes the discussion of the amendments point by point and advises the formation of a Committee to study the new I.B.A. Rules.
Manuel Otero, President A.M.B.A. gave the best regards of South American Barmen.
He also asks the including of the Spanish language as official language of I.B.A. Besides this he asks the Assembly to acknowledge the merits and the works of Mr. Sievi in the I.B.A. He asks also improvements to the points regarding the application and the acceptance of new guilds and the payment of the entrance fee. After discussions and different advices the delegates approve with the amendments to the I-B.A. Rules as follows:
Art. 1) The address of the I.B.A. is the same of the Association appointed to the Presidency.
Art. 2) Concerning the organization of the International Competitions for cocktails.
Art. 3) Concerning the applications and the votes for the acceptance of new guilds.
Art. 4) Included to A.
Art. 5) Modifications are to be presented two months before the General Meeting.
Art. 6) Partial modification concerning the elections of I.B.A. Managers.

The Committee charged to set down definitive rules into the I.B.A. Articles is appointed as follows:
Mr. Jac.Platteschorre
Mr. E. M.Conley
Mr. V. Christensen
Mr. H. Lebet
Mr. F. Friede.

Point 8. I.B.A. activities for 1959.
The Danish delegate Mr. Kurt Sörensen proposes the next IBA Meeting and competition to be held under the auspices of the Danish Bartender Laug in Copenhagen.  Mr. Sörensen speaks about the negotiations between the Danish barmen and the firms who will help with the initiative. His proposal is unanimously approved.

Point 9. Miscellaneous.
Mr. Platteschorre congratulates the A.I.B.E.S. for the work they are doing as I.B.A. Presidency and Mr.Charly Tuck says that a particular thank is to be written on the Minutes of the Meeting for what A.I.B.E.S. is doing for the progress of the I.B.A. and the devotion they are showing to it. The proposal is unanimously accepted.

President Grandi thanks those present and says he hopes to do better for the future.
Mr. Zola reads all the correspondence between I.B.A. and U.K.B.G. and between IBA and the West Coast branch.
He says that the purpose of the President was to accept the West Coast Branch as a full member in the I.B.A.
The General Secretary stresses the fact that the U.K.B.G. has been acquainted with all the correspondence between I.B.A. and the West Coast and that the behaviour of the I.B.A. towards U.K.B.G. has always been clear and proper as everybody knows. The U.K.B.G. has the gratitude of all associated for the merits due to them.
President Grandi wishes to see the barmen of the West Coast branch into the I.B.A. with all and full rights of any other barman in the International Bartenders Association.
At this purpose Mr. Zola points out that there are other Associations which are bound to the (Genfer), but that does not prevent them from being a regularly member of I.B.A.
He hopes that the same U.K.B.G. can find the solution for this question. These words are unanimously approved.
Precident Mr.Zola presented to the Meeting the applications of Venezuela and Japan.
These applications, being late, have not been accepted.

Being no other question to examine and resolve the session is closed at 13.45 p.m.