DUNNVILLE
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
THURSDAY
JUNE 11, 2009
TIME;
7:00 P.M.
DUNNVILLE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
1.
CALL TO ORDER
MEETING
CALLED TO ORDER BY PRESIDENT KAREWN WALTHAM WITH
7 MEMBERS IN ATTENDENCE,KAREN WALTHAM, DORIS THOMSON, BETTY BALLANGER,
JUDY JEFFERY, JAN LOOTS, IAN STEEL, ADITZA DE BLY.
2.
READING AND APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF LAST MEETING;
SECRETARY
DORIS THOMSON READ THE MINUTES OF LAST EXECUTIVE MEETING, AND AS THERE WHERE NO
ERRORS THEY WHERE APPROVED AS READ AND 2ND BY BETTY BALLANGER.
3.BUSINESS
ARISING FROM MINUTES;
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PRESIDENT KAREN WALTHAM REQUESTED THE SECRETARY TO SEND A THANK YOU LETTER TO
GRAND ERIE FOR SPACE IN THE TRADE SHOW FOR OUR SOCIETY.
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THANK YOU TO TIM & KAREN MEADE FOR UPDATE ON ANCHOR PROJECT HELD MONDAY JUNE
1 AT HOME OF DIANNE B. SMITH. CONTRACTOR VANDERSTELT CONSTRUCTION WILL NOT BE
ABLE TO DO THE PROJECT. DIANNE B. SMITH HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH
TOM DEAMUDE AND HE IS WILLING TO
DO THE PROJECT, INCLUDING EXCAVATING,CONCRETE, GRADE, FILL, POSTS AND
ARMOUR ROCK AND WE HOPE HIS QUOTE WILL BE COMPARABLE TO THE LAST QUOTE OF $
5,078.96 . DIANNE HAS PRESENTED A PLANT LIST TO JACK KENT OF THE POTTING SHED.
THANKS DIANNE FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND EXPERTISE IN GETTING THIS JOB DONE RIGHT.
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DIANNE HAS ALSO CO-ORDINATED THE TOWN MAN POWER, REQUIRED VOLUNTEERS AND PLANT
MATERIALS( CRAB APPLE TREES AND LILACS) PLANTED AT WINGFIELD PARK. THE CRAB
APPLES FLANK THE ANCHOR AND A ROW OF LILACS BORDER THE EAST SIDE OF THE PARKING
LOT IN WINFIELD PARK.
-THE
TOWN PLANTERS ARE BEING RELOCATED TO STORAGE FOR THE DURATION OF THE DOWNTOWN
CONSTRUCTION.
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WE WHERE PRESENTED WITH A VERY DETAILED LETTER FROM TIM & KAREN MEADE
DISCRIBING THE CORRECT PROCEDURE
IN THE DRAW FOR THE 6 FREE
ROSE BUSHES.
THE
WINNERS OF THE DRAW FOR
THE MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE OF A MEETING WHERE; BETTY BALLANGER,TERESA BORODYN,
JUDY JEFFERY (DECLINED), JEAN MILNER, DORIS THOMSON, MARY VAN OOSTEN AND KAREN
WALTHAM(DECLINED AND ENTERED IN WAYS AND MEANS DRAW)
THE
WINNERS OF THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP DRAW
FOR 4 ROSES WHERE; NANCY CRUICKSHANK, SUE HARDENG, LE ANN HINES AND RANDY RIGBY.
4.
TREASURER'S REPORT
WAS
PREPARED BY TERESA BORODYN AND READ BY SECRETARY DORIS THOMSON.
MONTH
OF MAY END REPORT 2009;
MEMBERSHIP;
63
BALANCE
FORWARD;------------------------------------------------- $3,690.86
INCOME,
MEMBERSHIP ---------------------------------------------
55.00
GRANT,
HALDIMAND COUNTY ------------------------------------
4,000.00
WAYS
AND MEANS ---------------------------------------------------
37.00
GUEST
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5.00
PLANT
SALE --------------------------------------------------------------
684.05
BALANCE
BEFORE EXPENSES ---------------------------------
4,781.05
EXPENSES;
BANK
CHARGE ---------------------------------------------------------
4.00
U.P.S.
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217.59
TRILLIUM
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79.10
DIANNE
B. SMITH ----------------------------------------------------
125.02
KEVIN
GOOD, SPEAKER -----------------------------------------
55.00
JUDY'S
PLANTS 10 ROSES ---------------------------------------
73.45
JUDY
JEFFERY --------------------------------------------------------
65.63
TOTAL
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540.69
BALANCE
AFTER EXPENSES -----------------------------------
7,931.22
G.I.C.CERTIFICATE
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16.000.00
PETTY
CASH ----------------------------------------------------------
100.00
ACCEPTED
AS READ AND 2ND BY ADITZA DE BLY
5.
APPROVAL OF PAYMENTS
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BILL OF $19.17 TO BETTY BALLANGER
FOR GIFT FOR SPRING FORUM.
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BILL OF $54.73 TO KAREN WALTHAM
FOR SUPPLIES FOR PLANTING.
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BILL TO GRAND ERIE; 10 8' RAIL
POSTS $135.49 AND ALSO MULCH AND MANURE $ 82.86
TOTAL
OF $218.35
MOTION
TO PAY BILLS BY DORIS THOMSON AND 2ND BY JUDY JEFFERY.
6.
CORRESPONDENCE;
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VERMEER'S IN WELLAND, JUNE 13TH AT
10:00 WILL HAVE A FREE TALK ABOUT
GARDENING
IN THE SHADE BY TRCEY McALLISTER OF VALLEYBROOK GARDENS.
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VERMEER'S WILL HAVE THEIR SUMMER SOLSTICE SALE
ON FRIDAY JUNE 19TH IN CELEBRATION OF THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER.
-GRAND
ACTION NEWSLETTER RECEIVED.
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O.H. A. TRILLIUM NEWSLETTER RECEIVED.
7.
REPORTS OF COMMITTEE'S
ADITZA
DE BLY REPORTED ON A GREAT PLANT SALE WITH A
PROFIT OF $684.05 SPECIAL THANKS TO ADITZA AND KAREN WALTHAM FOR ALL
THEIR HOURS AND HELP AND ALSO CASHIER IAN STEEL AND ALL MEMBERS WHO HELPED OUT
IN ANY WAY.SURPRISINGLY WE HAD NO VEGETABLES FOR SALE THIS YEAR. SUGGESTED THAT
NEXT YEAR WE USE LETTERS, A. B. C. ETC WITH LARGE PRICE SHEET INSTEAD OF
COLOURED STICKS, AND ALSO OBTAIN THE FLOAT FROM THE TREASURER THE NIGHT BEFORE.
SPECIAL
THANK YOU TO JUDY JEFFERY
WHO HAS DONATED VEGETABLE PLANTS FOR
OUR WAYS AND MEANS , AT OUR FORTH
COMING MEETING JUNE 18TH. VEGETABLES CAN EASILY BE GROWN IN POTS ON ANY DECK
AVAILABLE. TRY IT OUT!
BETTY
BALLANGER REPORTED ON MEMBERS ONLY UPCOMING GARDEN WALK TO BE HELD
JULY 16TH WITH 3 PARTICIPANTS.
JUDY
JEFFERY WILL BE IN CHARGE OF UPDATED MEMBERSHIP LIST AND WILL EMAIL ALL
EXECUTIVES WHEN IT IS READY.
8.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
ONCE
AGAIN WE ARE SHORT OF HELP IN PLANTING AND LOOKING AFTER FLOWER BEDS. SUGGESTED
THAT WE NOMINATE A PERSON TO LOOK AFTER CERTAIN BEDS IN FUTURE, AND TO WEED AND
WATER THEM ALONE.
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MOTION MADE BY DORIS THOMSON THAT ALL GARDEN WALK OWNERS BE PRESENTED WITH A
FREE YEARLY MEMBERSHIP AS A THANK YOU, AND WAS 2ND BY BETTY BALLANGER.
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REQUEST FOR DONATION FROM BUTTERFLY WHISPERER IN SARNIA-DECLINED.
PLEASE
NOTE; NO EXECUTIVE MEETING IN JULY
NEXT
REGULAR MEETING, THURSDAY JUNE 18TH AT 7:30 AT GRACE UNITED CHURCH. SPECIAL
SPEAKER WILL BE LINDA CRAIGO, NIAGARA ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER WHO
WILL SPEAK ON HEIRLOOM TOMATO TRANSPLANTS AND VEGETABLES, ALL ORGANICALLY GROWN.
SELECT FROM 300+ TOMATO VARIETIES., ALSO EGGPLANTS, PEPPERS AND MORE.
MEETING
ADJOURNED.
PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER
KAREN
WALTHAM
DORIS THOMSON
TERESA BORODYN