EMHS 02/27/25
EMHS
February 27th, 2025
Meeting Minutes
The Meeting - Was held at Mayfield Twp. Hall
Networking/Potluck – 5:00 pm set up for Potluck. Sign in, pay dues for 2025 if owed. Members enjoyed a great potluck.
Business Meeting – 6:35 pm President Glen Pace welcomed everyone.
IRS Filing for 2024 – Glen Pace completed, and the filing was accepted on 1/31/25
Treasurers Report – December 2024 the starting balance was $XX.xx, there were no additions, Expenses were $XX.xx, leaving an ending balance of $XX.xx. January 2025 the starting balance was $XX.xx we had no additions and no expenses leaving us with an ending balance of $XX.xx. Becky Hanner made a motion to accept the treasurers report, Cathy Hodgson seconded it, members voted to accept the treasurers reports for December and January.
Meeting Minutes – President Glen Pace asked if there were any changes to be made to the December meeting minutes, there were none. Motion to accept the December meeting minutes was made by Sandy Vukonich and seconded by Susie Trott, membership voted to accept the meeting minutes from December 2024.
Summer Garden Tour Meetings – currently we need volunteers to host the July and August tours. Sandy Vukonich has volunteered her gardens; she will let the board know what month it will be later.
Hosta College – March 21- 22, 2025 will be held in Piqua, OH. Registration ends 3/01/25. There are 54 classes offered.
Election of Officers – Vice President and Secretary election is held on odd years. Glen Pace asks if there is anyone interested in volunteering for either of these two positions. At this time no one volunteered. Marlene Daniels and Becky Hanner said they would continue if there were not any volunteers.
EMHS 25th Anniversary pins and keychains – If there are any paid members that have not received their free pin/keychain, please see Glen to get yours. Anyone wanting extras they are available at the nominal fee of $5.00 each.
Name Badges – If you need a name badge please print your name on the sheet, first one is free, and replacements are $2.00.
Greeting Cards – Please let Becky Hanner know of any member sick or in the hospital and she will send an appropriate card to the member.
Members needing cards - Carolyn Pickard had surgery and had many complications from it. She is at home now. Also, Annethe Gavit had neck surgery after that she had a stroke. She is at home now but is not able to walk. At this time Annette will be selling her hostas but whoever buys them will need to fill in the holes because she and John are unable to work in their yard. Glen Pace suggested we set a date and the members of the club that are interested in the hostas all meet at one time to dig hostas and fill in all holes to help them out. This way they are not bothered by people coming at random times, since they are not able to get around very well. We will talk more about this at the April meeting and hopefully will be able to set a date that will work for everyone.
EMHS 2025 Calendar of Events:
March no meeting, Hosta College
April 10th Bob liames, Mayfield Twp. Hall. His program will be Diversity of the Landscape.
May 01 Esther Benedict, Mayfield Twp. Hall. Her program will be Crevice gardening in a trough. She will have plants available for sale also.
June 12th, Susan Haddock, APS, at Mayfield Twp. Hall. Botanophillawill also be there to sell plants.
June 14th tour at Pace Gardens, also Botanophilia will be there to sell plants.
July 10th Garden Tour needs volunteers
August 14th Garden Tour needs volunteers.
September 11th EMHS plant exchange at Suncrest
October 09th at this time no meeting is scheduled.
November 13th Board Meeting
December 11th Annual Christmas Party at Mayfield Twp. Hall
Opening our Meetings – Glen asks members if we should open our meetings to other clubs and charge a fee to offset speaker costs? Explained that other clubs charge a $5.00 fee if you are not a club member to hear a speaker. We have already opened our June meeting to American Primrose Society, NARGS, HPS. Things that were brought up is do we still have a potluck, or just do coffee and cookies, is there any way to have people pre-register if they wish to attend? Some members thought it a good idea to charge, other members didn’t want to charge. The matter will be tabled until September’s meeting after we see how many non-members come.
Announcements – The audits for end of year treasurer’s reports for 2023 and 2024 were done on February 27, 2025.
American Hosta Society 2025 Convention is June 19 -21 in Peoria, IL.
Our website email is not monitored, but once a month. If you have a question, please contact Glen Pace and he will be able to help you out right then.
Cathy Hodgson donated books that had belonged to Mick Hodgson, please feel free to take as many as you want. If you would like to make a donation, please make it to EMHS.
Next Meeting – April 10, 2023, at Mayfield Twp. Hall. Speaker Bob liames on Diversity in the Landscape.
Adjourned – Meeting was adjourned at 7:15 pm Becky Hanner made a motion to adjourn the meeting.
Respectfully submitted,
Marlene Daniels
Secretary/Treasurer
