February 12, 2015 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting – was held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall on February 12^th, 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’ 20^th 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 11^th, 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 1^st 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 13^th, 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 9^th  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