September 10, 2015 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting – was held at the home of Marv & Nancy Marttila and it was our annual Plant Exchange

Networking – 5:00 PM, setup refreshments, sign in and stroll through Marv & Nancy’s gardens.

Potluck – the meeting was called to order by President Glen Pace at 6:00 PM, everyone enjoyed a wonderful potluck dinner.

Plant exchange – Everyone enjoyed the plant exchange and went home with wonderful new plants & a few other goodies. Thank you to Mick & Cathy Hodgson, and Glen Pace also for their generous donations of hosta’s and hosta seedlings.

Business Meeting – after the plant exchange we had a quick break, and the meeting was called back to order by President Glen Pace at 7:30 PM, Glen Pace thanked Marv & Nancy Marttila for opening their home for our plant exchange and sharing their wonderful gardens with our club.

Approval of Minutes (August 13, 2015) – There were no corrections to the minutes from the August 13, 2015 meeting. Motion to accept the minutes was made by Elaine Rappley and seconded by Andrea Czarnik.  Membership voted to accept the August meeting minutes.

Treasurer’s report – Barb Hunter, treasurer, reporting August treasure report, and with a beginning balance of $xxx.xx, a total income of $xxx.xx and total expenditures of $xxx.xx is leaving us with an ending balance of $xxx.xx for August 2015.  Paulette Johnson made a motion to accept Augusts’ treasure report; it was seconded by Carol Leonard.  Membership voted to accept August treasure report.

Calendar of Events – Glen Pace went over the upcoming meetings.  October 8, 2015 will be held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall and will be in conjunction with SVHS.  This meeting will be only cookies, finger foods, and beverages.  Our featured speaker will be Gene Bush presenting “Collecting the Rare & Unusual”.  No meeting in November, the board will meet on November 12^th for their annual Board Meeting.  December 10^th will be our Christmas Party held at Mayfield Twp. Hall.

T-Shirts – EMHS/Hosta Addiction t-shirts are still available.  See Glen for details

Name Badges – sign sheet if you need one. First one free and replacements are $2.00 each. Please save the magnet from the back of a ruined badge to save cost.

Other Announcements – Barb Colling talked about a car accident scam going on, that she was almost a victim to.  Please be careful about phone calls you receive!

Adjourned – Becky Hanner made a motion to end the meeting and it was seconded by Elaine Rappley, meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM

Respectfully submitted

Marlene Daniels

Secretary