Coconino MG Association Meeting Agenda 3/18/10

Master Gardener Meeting Agenda
3/18/10 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Northland Hospice 452 N. Switzer Canyon Drive
(Parking in front of building or just north of building)

6:30pm-6:40pm Welcome – Agenda
Jim Mast
Brief review of agenda. Introduction of speakers

6:40pm-7:25pm Continuing Education
Selection and Care of Houseplants
Speakers: Jeanne Baker Foliage Unlimited
Sabrina Kager-Robinson

7:25pm-7:40pm Social/refreshments
Ann Egan

7:40pm Business Meeting
7:40pm-8:10pm Vote on Temporary Bi-laws to be made permanent Crys Wells
Call for nomination of officers. (Members only)
Vote to include those nominated last month. (Members only)
President Jim Mast
Vice President Steve Shields
Treasurer Ed Skiba
Secretary Loni Shapiro
Report from Temporary Executive committee meeting – Jim Mast
Vote on temporary bi-laws to be made permanent
Skip meeting in September/December (Annual Recognition Picnic – Holiday Party)
Meeting schedule will remain 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30pm
Retain connection with U. of A.
Open bank account under a non-profit for any fund raising activity
Publicity
Continue with previous activities (Sunday Markets),work towards annual participation in Home Show(Steve), blog, U. of A site, newspaper as appropriate, speakers bureau
Fundraising
What have other counties done?
Plant and Garden Sale?
Calendar? For 2011
Membership
Looking for ways to increase
Do we want to charge a membership fee?
Hattie (Extension office) to see if they want to participate.

8:10pm-8:30pm 5 minutes for each committee chair
CE & Social Support- Dana Prom Smith
List upcoming speakers. Need help and more participants on this committee
Community Programs-Steve Shields
Looking for a chair for this committee. Jobs include Sunday market, speakers bureau and yearly Home Show.
Coordination MG Projects/Linda Guarino-Loni Shapiro
Document completed and now on blog site. This committee needs more members as they will approve initial projects and bring them to the full group.
Volunteers /Crys Wells
On line reporting of hours and address changes. These forms can be accessed from the blog.
Hours form: http://spreadsheets.google.com/embeddedform?formkey=dERqSEQxSS1yQ2dWZWdCWmF2M2sxVHc6MA
Address change form:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGN6SEV4NlVwNVB1T3U2TFZIbS13T2c6MA

Next meeting: April 15, 2010
Speaker: Sheila Murray, Research Botanist,
Arboretum at Flagstaff
Research at the Arboretum
Basic Botany for Plant ID, Seed & Cutting Gathering (rules and ideas).

Speakers for future meetings:
May Herbs Sue Collins
June Topic TBA Julie Lancaster
July Microclimates and Gardening Lee Born
August Bugs Freddie Steele
October Hopi Agriculture Susan Lamb Bean

Beginning in 2010 we have a sign-up for MG hours for all meetings. The lecture will count for CE for new master gardener trainees and those needing recertification. Attendance at the meeting will count for volunteer hours. You are all invited to contribute to the blog. In order for you to do that, I need to first enter your e-mail, so let me know if you want to be included (we can have up to 100 writers). If you have a web/blog site you would like added to the blog contact maxmaddy@infomagic.net.