Meeting Minutes, September 2013

BURNETT GARDEN CLUB MEETING SEPT 12, 2013

Meeting was called to order at 6:40pm

Members present::
Nori, Janet, Pam, Georgianne, Mary G., Mary C., Teresa, Wanda and Linnea.
Guests who became members tonight:: Jennifer Doornink and Jolene Meyer.
Welcome new members!

Pam read a nice poem to start the meeting. The last meeting was in May, which was the Tea Party at the home of Jesse Byers. 
There are no minutes from that meeting, as the secretary was one of the hostesses of the party and was not able to take notes.

Treasurer's report::  In July we had $2083 minus expenses for the planting party. In Aug. we had $2029.48 minus expenses for the picnic and container garden/ cut flowers competition at the cabin of Linnea Seume and family. Monetary prizes were given to the first and second place winners.  We had a wonderful time visiting and had great food, too. As of today, we now have $1946 in our account.

The speaker for our October meeting has been cancelled at the request of some of the club members. We now have no program for the Oct. meeting. Any suggestions??

Pam has invited members to come to her home on Oct. 10th at 6:30pm 
for the celebration of our garden club's 25th Anniversary. If the weather allows, we could have a bon fire and pot luck meal. Thanks so much Pam!!!!!

We are collecting dues for the next year. Still just $5.00. What a deal!  If you would like to order the Northern Gardener magazine, that is still $37.00. Please pay Georgianne for dues and magazines.

Our club will have a booth at Grantoberfest. Please let Pam know if you can help at the booth.

Does anyone know where the Club brochures have gone? We will need to order new ones from the Sentinel soon.

Committee reports:
Plant sale  $736.50 proceeds minus $114.50 for soil and potting expenses. Profit for the club was $622.00 .

Would we like to participate in Holiday in the Park again this year? We will discuss further at the next meeting. Pam is willing to chair the committee.

Officers will need to meet this fall to plan the book for the club for next year. Please provide your suggestions to any of the club officers. Kris will print the booklets when info is ready.

Mary and Jim Charmoli will host the Christmas party this year.  Thank you so much Jim and Mary!

Sign up sheets will be passed around for the next couple of meetings. Please sign up for the committees you would like to help with.

We need to hold election of officers in November. We will need a new President, Secretary and Treasurer. Wanda is willing to be Vice President.

We have plants here for our annual plant and seed exchange. A nice selection.

Tonight's program is: Gathering Wild Materials for Natural Decor. Mary Griesbach is presenting.

Thank you Mary for providing wonderful examples of the items we could pick, dry and use for our arrangements. She also gave us a nice and informative hand out.  Very nice presentation.

Refreshments were provided by Linnea and Becky T.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted by Janet B.