February 09, 2017 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting – was held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall

Networking – 5:00 PM, doors open, setup refreshments, sign in, networking

Refreshments – The meeting was called to order at 6:00 PM by President Glen Pace. Everyone enjoyed a wonderful potluck.

Presentation – Jan Everson gave a wonderful presentation on “The Blooming Mohave Desert”

Break – 8:00 PM

Business Meeting – the meeting was called back to order at 8:13 PM by President Glen Pace

Approval of Minutes – there were no corrections to the minutes from the December 8, 2016 meeting.  Motion to accept the minutes was made by Becky Hanner, and seconded by Cathy Hodgson.  The membership voted to accept the December meeting minutes.

Treasurer’s Report – Barb Hunter, treasurer reported December 2016 and January 2017 reports.  December’s beginning balance was $XX.xx; there was no income for the month of December, expenses were $XX.xx leaving an ending balance of $XX.xx for the month of December 2016, January’s beginning balance was $XX.xx, with $.xx interest and no expenditures leaving an ending balance of $XX.xx.  Becky Hanner made a motion to accept December and January treasurer report, Steve Balabon seconded the motion.  The membership voted to accept December and January’s treasurer reports.

Audit – Barb Hunter said they needed 2 volunteers to help oversee with the auditing of the books.  Bruce Pollard and Deb Brown volunteered and Barb Hunter and Mark Hanner would set up a date for the audit and will let them know.

Calendar of Events – Glen Pace went over the upcoming meetings.  We are still needing speakers for the April, May and October meeting and Glen Pace asked if anyone had any suggestions to please get with one of the board members.

Hosta College – March 17 – 18 is Hosta College this year.  There will be no March meeting. 

Summer Meetings – Thank you to Melva Bond for volunteering to host our September Plant Exchange meeting. All summer meetings are now fulfilled.

Proposed By-Law Change – a proposal to alleviate problems with officer transition if multiple officers change in any one year, changes will state the election of President and Treasurer shall be on even years, and the election of Vice President and Secretary shall be on odd years.  A motion to accept the changes was made by Dyane Moore and seconded by Melva Bond.  The membership voted and passed the by-law changes.

Vice President and Secretary jobs are open 2017 – President Glen Pace asked if there were any volunteers to apply for the two openings at this meeting there were no volunteers.

MHS Gift Memberships – we are still needing to know the name of the fourth winner of the one year paid membership.

Name Badges – Sign sheet if you need a new name badges.  Remember first one is free and replacements are $2.00 each.  Please try and save the magnet from the back of a ruined badge to save cost.

Annual Plant Sale – Bob and Nancy Solberg notified the club to let us know that they will not be doing the annual spring plant sale.  We are looking for any ideas for fund raising.

Next Meeting – Our next meeting is April 13^th, 2017 and will be at the Mayfield Twp. Hall.  The speaker will be announced in the April newsletter.

Adjourned – 8:29 PM 

Respectfully submitted

Marlene Daniels

Secretary