The Meeting was held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall
on October 11th, 2012.
The doors opened at 5:00 PM to receive guests.
Networking began at 6:00 PM.
Refreshments were served at 6:30 PM.
The Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by
President Glen Pace. Visitors and new
Members introduced themselves and were welcomed to the meeting by Glen. Ric Adams, the evening’s speaker was
introduced by Glen.
Presentation- Ric Adams of Laidback Garden Daylily
Farm gave an informative and eye appealing presentation on Daylilies. Since Ric has been a Daylily hybridizer for more
than 20 years, the information provided by him has relevancy to anybody in the
Hosta world that is interested in hybridizing Hosta. Ric’s photography skills were appreciated by
the entire group and many people were writing down names of Daylilies to seek
out for adding to their own gardens.
Business Meeting- called to order at 8:00 PM by
President Glen Pace.
Officer’s Position open- It was announced at the meeting that
Carolyn Pickard will not seek re-election as Vice-President in 2013. Carolyn was thanked for her years of service
to EMHS. Glen asked for members to
consider a nomination to the position.
Nominations will be made at the Feb 2013 meeting.
Treasurer’s Report- Mary Smith gave a treasurer’s
report. Details can be obtained at any
meeting. Barb Hunter is to take over responsibility of
the Treasury as soon as the issues regarding IRS status can be answered by the
attorney taking care of the filing.
501c3 Status- Jim
Meyer, an attorney in Saginaw, has graciously offered his expertise in guiding
EMHS in its endeavor in obtaining 501c3 status.
Jim will do all of the filing with the proper authorities. Glen
will keep the club informed of the progress of the filing status.
The first project to obtaining the filing status is to have
paperwork for the last 5 years of profit/loss.
Mary Smith will do this paperwork.
Plant Exchange- Mark
discussed the issues members have with the annual plant exchange. Two possible alternative methods for running
the exchange were presented. 1st;
having a $5.00 table which would hold the more sought after plants donated to
the exchange. The ticket drawn would
give the winner the chance to take a free for exchange plant or to pay $5.00
for a plant form the $5.00 table.
The 2nd
option; Using the meeting sign-in sheets to ascertain which members have been
to how many meeting during the preceding year.
The members that had attended all 8-9 previous meetings would be the
first to be drawn at the plant exchange.
Those members that had attended 6-7 meetings would be drawn in the
second round. The third round of drawing
would consist of those that attended 4-5 meetings. Fourth round would be those that attended
2-3 meetings and those that were attending their first meeting would be drawn
last.
Our last option is to not change anything from the way it is
run now. There will be a vote at the
December 6th, 2012 meeting to decide this issue.
Hosta Stones- an update of Hosta Stone inventory
was given by Cathy Hodgson. Cathy has
not heard from Indiana Bob as of the meeting date.
Interlochen Bus Trip- with Carolyn Pickard being absent, Mary presented the plans for an EMHS
bus trip to Interlochen next summer to visit two different nurseries. It was decided by the EMHS Board that 30
members paying $25 (non-refundable deposit) each would be the minimum number of participants to continue
with the plans for this trip. 18 people
present confirmed their interest. The
cut-off date for prepayment will be announced at a later date. Any questions regarding this trip can be
directed to Carolyn Pickard.
Next Meeting- is December 6th, 2012 at
6:00 PM at the Mayfield Twp. Hall. This is
our Annual Christmas Party.
Adjournment- at 8:55 PM
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