The Meeting –
was held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall on February 12th, 2015
Door Opened –
at 5:00 pm for Networking, setting up refreshments and, sign in. Plant orders and
dues were also collected.
Potluck/Refreshments– the meeting was called to order by President Glen Pace at 6:00
pm, he introduced visitors, welcomed members to the beginning of EMHS’ 20th
Year Anniversary.
Presentation –
Jan Everson gave a slide presentation from the AHS convention and garden tour.
Break – 8:00 pm
Business Meeting – meeting was called back to order by President Glen Pace at 8:15
pm
Vice President - Pam Walmsley has stepped down from being our vice president. Becky Hanner has agreed to fill in until the
May Elections. Glen Pace has asked the
members to consider volunteering for a board position in our upcoming
elections.
Approval of Minutes ( October) – There were no corrections to the minutes from the
October 09, 2014 meeting. Motion to accept the minutes was made by Steve
Balabon and seconded by Pat Maitland. The membership voted to accept the
October minutes.
Approval of Minutes (December) – There were no corrections to the minutes from the
December 11th, 2014 meeting. Motion to accept the minutes was made
by Mick Hodgson and seconded by Dyane Moore. The membership voted to accept the
December minutes.
Treasurer’s Report – Barb Hunter, treasurer, December 2014 ending balance $---.--- . January’s 2015 ending balance was
$---.---. Motion to accept the
treasurer’s report was made by Carol Leonard and seconded by Paulette Johnson.
The membership voted to accept December’s and January’s treasury report.
EMHS Plant Sale – Orders are due March 1st no later.
Calendar of Events – Speaker is needed for our May meeting. Our September plant exchange meeting will be
held at Nancy Martilla’s home. Thank you
Nancy for volunteering.
MHS Garden Walk – EMHS will be hosting this year’s garden walk. The walk is June 13th, 2015. Please nominate any member’s gardens you feel
should be considered. This year the walk
will be open to the public. We will be
making tri-folds to promote our club and they will be available at each garden.
We need volunteers to man each site for the day and to make refreshments. At each garden there will be different
demonstrations.
Hosta College –
This year Hosta College is March 20-21, 2015 at Piqua, Ohio.
T-Shirts – EMHS/Hosta Addiction
shirts are still available, $18.00 each, 2x and 3x available.
Hosta Stones –
This project has come to a close and there will be no more stones.
A big thank you to Mick
and Cathy for running the project and thanks to everybody that hauled stones to
Hosta College. 2012 stones left - 3 iron
@ $30 each and 2-brown @$30 each. 2011 stones left 1-natural @$25.
Name badges –
Please sign sheet if you need one. First one is free and replacements are $2.00
each.
New Business –
Cathy Myers made a motion to donate one 2012 Iron stone to Hosta College, Mary
Smith seconded it. The membership voted
to accept the motion to donate the stone.
Pat Maitland made a
motion to donate one Hosta Addiction T-Shirt to Hosta College, Carol Leonard
seconded it. The membership voted to accept the motion to donate a Hosta
Addiction T-Shirt to Hosta College.
Next meeting –
April 9th 2015 at Mayfield
Twp. Hall in Lapeer. Speaker will be Mike Grenya presenting: Alpine Gardening.
Adjourned - 8:50 pm
Respectfully submitted,
Marlene Daniels
EMHS Secretary
