July 14, 2016 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting – was held at Louise & Gene Arms home

Networking – 5:00 pm Gardens open, sign in, networking

Refreshments – 6:00 pm the meeting was called to order by President Glen Pace, Glen thanked the Arms for opening their home and gardens for the club, visitors were introduced and a wonderful potluck was enjoyed by all.

Approval of Minutes - there were no changes to the minutes from the June 2016 meeting.  Motion to accept the minutes was made by Dyane Moore and seconded by Wanda Sizemoore. The membership voted to accept the June meeting minutes.

Treasurer’s Report – Barb Hunter, treasurer gave a report for June 2016, beginning balance was $XXX.XX and total income of $XXX.XX, and total expenditures of $XXX.XX leaving the club with an ending balance of $XXX.XX  Motion to accept the report was made by Mark Hanner and seconded by Louise Arms.  The membership voted to accept June’s treasurer’s report.

Calendar of Events – Glen went over the calendar, our next meeting will be at the home of the Balabons’.  September’s plant exchange will be at the home of the Daniels.  As of this time we do not have anything scheduled for our October meeting.  If anyone has any ideas please see Glen.  November is the annual board meeting and if anyone would like to attend they are most certainly welcome.  December ends our year with our annual Christmas party.

SOHS – The members of the Southwestern Ontario Hosta Society visited 4 gardens on June 18^th.  Each garden was given a garden stone in appreciation of the visit.

Garden Stone – Glen is in the process of seeing if it is possible to have a garden stone made up for EMHS.  These stones would be strictly for those that host a meeting at their homes.  He will get back with us at a later date.

AHS National tour – Marlene Daniels, Barb Hunter, and the Pollards gave a quick over view of their time at the nationals in St. Louis.

Hosta Tailgate – Carolyn Pickard gave a quick over view of the hosta tailgate party she attended.

Reminders – EMHS/Hosta addiction t-shirts are still available and if you need a name badge make sure sign the sheet and Glen will have it available at the next meeting.

Raffle – Thank you to Glen Pace, Gene & Louise Arms, Barb Hunter, Wanda Rybak, Nancy Martilla and Jan Geisken for donating items for our raffle and door prizes.  The club made $XX.XX.

Next meeting – Our next meeting will be held at the home of Marilyn and Steve Balabon.

Adjourned – A motion was made by Becky Hanner to adjourn the meeting and it was seconded by Ken Daniels.  Meeting was adjourned at 7:51 pm.

Respectfully submitted

Marlene Daniels

Secretary