February 2011 Meeting Minutes

The meeting was held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall in Lapeer


Networking, Annual Dues payment, Hosta Sale Orders/payment, Hosta Stone Orders/payment 6:00-6:30

Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 by President Glen Pace

New Members, Gene Arms and Marge Johnson introduced
Refreshments served

Presentation:
A PowerPoint Presentation of the 2010 American Hosta Society’s Nat’l Convention in Minnesota was given by Jan Everson. Many beautiful gardens were featured in the presentation. Jan is an annual speaker for EMHS and her program is always a joy.

A 2011 EMHS Hosta Stone was presented to Jan for her time and efforts of driving to Lapeer to delight us with the presentation.

Business Meeting;
Members were reminded to pay their 2011 dues and an up-to-date directory was made available to confirm membership and dues status. Marlene Daniels, Mary Smith, and Carolyn Pickard had receipt books in hand to take dues payments, accept Hosta Sale orders/payments, and Hosta Stone orders/payments.

Sign-up sheets for Refreshment Committee, Hosta Stones, Hosta Sales, and new Name Tags were made available.

President Glen Pace announced that nominations for EMHS Officers were being accepted. No nominations were made.

Glen announced that Membership Directories had been emailed and anybody that receives their newsletter by snail-mail could take one of the copies available at the meeting.

Announcement for Hosta College on March 11-12 was made.

Next Meeting; March 17th at 5:00 PM at Mayfield Twp Hall in Lapeer with speaker Clayton Oslund.

Meeting adjourned 8:00PM

Respectfully submitted,

Glen Pace