August 2014 Meeting Minutes

Master Gardener Meeting Agenda 8/14/2014 Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church 1601 N. San Francisco

Continuing Education - Rachael Edelstein - Edible and Poisonous Northern Arizona wild mushrooms

Refreshments provided by Cheryl Bridgman and Hunter Kemmet

Raffle prize winner – Sherline Alexander

Business Meeting – Hunter Kemmet

Thanks to Charlotte Dodgson for her service as Vice President

Call for nominations - Elect new Vice President

Financial report – Linda Guarino/Crys Wells

In the month of July, there were $91 in income and $188.01 in expenditures.  The bank balance (not including PayPal figures) was $2,357.42 as of 8/14/14.

MG Coordinator Happenings - Hattie Braun

Master Gardener Recognition Picnic – need volunteer to organize picnic

Fund Raising

Garden Clean-up raffle – Molly Larson

Aprons and Garden Tours – Loni Shapiro – sold 6 aprons so far.

Calendars – Debi Stalvey – should be available by the October meeting.

Garden Tours – Debi Stalvey – need volunteers to look at your garden.  1^st on is this Saturday at 10:00am.  You get 1 education hour for attending this.  Host gets volunteer hours.

Continuing Education – Ed Skiba

October – Probuild/Juli Littou  Building an Inexpensive Greenhouse

November - Bees   Dr. Kristen Porter, NAU

December – Holiday Party

Community Markets – Andrea Guerrette

2 Wednesdays to sign-up.  Loni will send out a reminder.

MG Projects/Blog - Loni Shapiro

Donor tags; these are for gardens that have won grants.

Volunteer Support – Crys Wells

42 people reported hours in July.  495 volunteer and 65.5 education hours.  Year to date is 2009.75 volunteer and 365.5 education hours.  We are behind last year's totals at this point...2803 volunteer and 601 education hours total year to date as of the end of July 2013.  The totals for 2013 were 5063.75 volunteer and 903.25 education hours.

Next meeting: Sunday, September 7, 2014 MG Annual Picnic and Recognition BBQ, 4pm – 6pm at the Navajo Ramada at Fort Tuthill