June 13, 2013 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting was held at the home of Phil & Ginger Lisik.

Toured Gardens and purchasing of plants at 6:00pm

Welcome/Introduced Visitors and Refreshments at 7:00pm

The meeting was called to order at 8:00pm by President Glen Pace

Approval of Minutes:  Mary Smith said there was a correction to the May meeting minutes regarding the Interlochen bus trip. Correction, “There are still 2 openings available”. After the corrections a motion to accept the minutes was made by Ken Zawisa and the motion was seconded by Nancy Reno. The membership voted to accept the minutes with the correction made.

Treasurer’s Report: Barb Hunter, treasurer, May’s monthly balance as of 5-31-2013 was $??.?? with all outstanding bills paid and all checks cashed.  Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as presented was made by Rhonda Laur and seconded by Marlene Daniels.  The membership voted to accept the treasurer’s report.

Hosta stones:  Last order for 2013 stones is being placed on June 13^th.

Nominations for Vice President:  No nominations were presented to the membership. Again Glen Pace has asked the membership to think about volunteering for the position.

Gift from the club:  Cathy Hodgson bought 96 plugs of the new 2013 release Hosta “Sacramento” for $96.00.  Cathy was reimbursed the $96.00 by the club for the plants.  Cathy Hodgson gave a description of the plant and every membership present received one. After, Glen Pace opened it up to the membership to be able to buy the extras for $3.00 each (the wholesale price is $5.00 for each plug).  Cathy, Mick, and Gene Arms will keep the remaining plants until the next meeting so that each paid membership has a chance to receive their club plant.

MHS garden walk is on June 22^nd on the west side of the state.

EMHS bus trip to Interlochen is on June 27^th. There are still 2 seats available.

Great Lakes Regional Tailgate Party will be held on June 28^th-29^th in Indiana.

Drawing:  Raffle drawing netted $84.00.  Thank you to Barb Hunter and Gene Arms for donating items for door prizes.

Thank you to Jim Vrable for the free seedlings of Blue Angel x Iron Gate Supreme, Dorothy Benedict x nigrescens (open pollinated).

Next Meeting: July 11^th, 2013 at Helen Wischmeyer’s in Vassar

Adjournment:  8:20pm

Respectfully submitted,

Marlene Daniels

EMHS Secretary