February 13, 2020 Meeting Minutes

The Meeting – was held at Mayfield Twp. Hall

Networking -5:00PM doors open, setup refreshments, sign in and pay dues.

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

Business Meeting – The meeting was called back to order by Glen Pace at 6:48 PM

Approval of Minutes – there were no corrections to the minutes from the December 12, 2019 meeting. Bruce Pollard made a motion to accept the minutes and it was seconded by Cathy Hodgson.  The membership voted to accept the December 2019 meeting minutes.

Treasurer’s Report – Barb Hunter, treasurer stated that we had a beginning balance for December 2019 of $XXX.xx, a total income of .xx and expenditures of $XXX.xx leaving an ending balance of $XXX.xx. January 2020, we had a beginning balance of $XXX.xx, total income of $XX.xx, and expenditures of $XXX.xx leaving an ending balance of $XXX.xx.  Robin Bratton made a motion to accept the treasurer’s report and it was seconded by Dyane Moore.  The membership voted to accept December 2019 and January 2020 treasurer’s report.

2019 IRS filing – on 01/09/2020 the IRS filing was completed.  The review committee will be going over the books.  Mark Hanner, Barb Hunter, Bruce Pollard, and Deb Brown will be setting a convenient time for them to complete the audit.

Donation to VoTech – in honor of Jim & Lorraine Jessop for college students going into Agriscience/Horticulture program in college EMHS donated $500.00.  This was a one –time donation to the VoTech Agriscience/Horticulture Scholarship Fund.

Proposal for scholarship – Mark Hanner made a motion for the Jim & Lorraine Jessop Scholarship Fund to become an annual donation, as long as we are bringing in $500.00 annually from our monthly fund-raisers and plant sales. After the membership discussed the proposal, Dyane Moore seconded the motion, the membership voted to accept the proposal for the scholarship to become an annual donation.

EMHS Plant Sale 2020 – Cathy Hodgson is taking orders for the plant sale tonight.  Plants will be $10.00 each and they are Hosta L.S. Paisley Print, Hosta Diamond Lake, Helleborus Wedding Crasher. The plants will be delivered at the April meeting.

Notice of change in Calendar of Events – May meeting has changed, we will not be going to Melvyn Corner’s greenhouse, and instead, we will be going there on July 9, 2020. At this time we do not have a speaker for our May meeting. We will update you as soon as possible.

Summer meetings – We still need volunteers to host the May, June, August meetings.  Glen encouraged members that have never hosted a meeting to consider the opportunity to share their garden with the membership explaining that we all learn something from every garden no matter how new or small the garden.

Hosta College – is being held on March 20 & 21 in Piqua, OH.  The EMHS board decided at their October board meeting to give away paid registrations to the 2020 Hosta College for any member that HAS never been to Hosta College. The member would be responsible for the additional class fees as well as their own travel expenses and lodging.

Election of Officers - President and Treasurer Election is held on even years.  President Glen Pace asked if anyone was interested in volunteering for either of these two positions, there were no volunteers for either position.  Glen and Barb offered to continue in their current respective positions for the next term.

Next Meeting – is April 9, 2020, and will be held at the Mayfield Twp. Hall.  Aaron Strouse will be our speaker for the meeting. Remember there will be no meeting in March.

Presentation – Mark Hanner, Tender and Hardy Succulents for Northern Gardeners.

Adjourned – Pat Maitland made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 PM

Respectfully submitted

Marlene Daniels

Secretary