May 9, 2013 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting was held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall on May 9^th, 2013

The doors opened at 5:00 PM

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

Glen Pace presented the program Wonderful Woodlanders.

Approval of Minutes: There were no corrections to the April meeting minutes. Motion to accept was made by Ken Zawisa and was seconded by Bill Kapustka. The membership voted unanimously to accept the minutes as written.

Treasurer’s Report:  Barb Hunter, Treasurer, gave the monthly report. Motion to accept the report was made by Michele Porter and was seconded by Pat Maitland.  The membership voted unanimously to accept the treasurer’s report.

Nematode Research:  EMHS gave $500.00 to the Nematode Research Fund. Mark Hanner had no update report as of the May meeting.

Interlochen Bus Trip:  Mary Smith gave an update; they have 41 people that will be going on the trip. At this point there are no longer any seats available.

Saginaw Valley Hosta Society as of the May meeting they were still allowing people to join them on the MI Hosta Garden Walk on June 22^nd.  Cost will be $41.00 or $32.00 dependent on the number of participants. If interested please contact Grey Gitzen @ 989-792-0615 or JGreyGzn@aol.com

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

Drawing: Thank you to Glen Pace for donating the Podophyllum Spotty Dottys for the raffle and Maria Rowland for her garden art donation. Also, a big thank you to Glen Pace, Mark Hanner, Gene Arms, and any others missed for donating the many plants for our door prizes.

Next Meeting:  June 13^th 2013 will be held at Phil & Ginger Lisik’s home in Hemlock.

Adjournment:  8:50PM

Respectfully submitted,

Marlene Daniels

EMHS Secretary