May 11, 2017 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting – was held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall

Networking – 5:00pm doors open, setup refreshments, sign in, pay dues and networking

Presentation – Glen Pace introduced Aaron Strouse, Aaron’s presentation was The Wild Native Orchids of Michigan.

Break – 8:15pm

Business Meeting – The meeting was called back to order at 8:27pm by President Glen Pace

Approval of Minutes – There were no changes to the minutes from April 2017meeting.  Motion to accept the minutes was made by Robin Bratton, seconded by Mark Hanner. The membership voted to accept the April 2017 minutes.

Treasurer’s Report – No treasurer report was given due to a speaker being present at this meeting. April’s beginning balance was $XX.xx with an income of $XX.xx and expenditures of $XX.xx giving us an ending balance of $XX.xx for the month of April.

Sad news – We have had sad news recently, Van Wade passed away on April 26, 2017 the hosta world will miss him very much.  Also, Joyce Vescio has passed away on April 23, 2017; Joyce will be missed by our club.   Jan Everson is very ill and will no longer be able to be our speaker in February. 

Dues – If you haven’t already, please pay your 2017 membership dues tonight.

Calendar of Events – Glen went over the calendar and noted we might not have a meeting in October due to not having a speaker yet.  We will keep the membership informed.

Announcements – Carolyn Pickard let the membership know that she will be selling all of her daylilies, if interested contact her, she will however still be selling hostas.  Mark Hanner has a petition regarding the pipe line, if anyone would like to sign please see Mark at the end of the meeting.

Raffle – Thank you to Mark & Becky Hanner, Glen Pace, Teresa Dillion, Dyane Moore, Betty Valentine and Wanda Rybak for donating items for our raffle.  The club made $XX.xx

Next Meeting – Our next meeting will be held at Pace Gardens in Clio.

Adjourned – A motion to adjourn our meeting was made by Mark Hanner and seconded by Pat Maitland.

Respectfully submitted

Marlene Daniels

Secretary