Alpine Master Gardener Association
Minutes of February 23, 2011

Call to order: Karen Blewett 6:50 pm
Program:  Karen Blewett introduced speaker Glen Willoughby. Glen spoke on bees. Some topics were how bee lives in production boxes, produce honey, and lay their eggs. Bees take in lots of water, will use bird baths, or any means of water supply. Queen bees are almost twice the size of normal bees. There are 3 main types of bees: Italian, Russian, and Carndian. 
7:40 Karen Blewett called for snack break.
Welcoming committee: Karen Blewett asked for 1 thing on your bucket list that you would like to do this year. Each member mentioned something as we went around the room and introduced ourselves.
Treasurers Report: Michelle Roberts presented the balance sheet/the profit/loss statement. The Associations current total cash assets are $4208.92.  Sally Jarvis moved to approve treasurers report, Susan Stock supported. Motion to approve was passed.
We have approximately 31 paid members. 
 Committee Reports:  Events Committee: Jeanne Freymuth reported the annual May Garden Series, open to the public, will be held the first 4 Tuesday evenings in May. The theme of the series will be Organic Gardening and Cooking with Betty Steinhoff (5/3), Stacy Jo Schiller (5/10), Gloria Torello (5/17), and Diane Webber (5/24) as presenters. More details to come. Thank you to Carol Buxton and Jean Brown for their help getting it organized.
	Cathy Brandenburg:  Spoke on what she would bring in for us at the next meeting. We will have a hands on activity next meeting making bird feeders.
	Ed Doss:  is putting together our annual banquet on April 27th at Michaywe Club. He asked for opinions on times. The group liked to start at 6:30 for social hour and 7:00 for dinner. The cost will be $20.00 per person.
	Betty Steinhoff:  Addressed how the cookbook fundraiser project was going. So far we had 175 recipes. WE need lots more! The cookbook maker is called Morris Press Cookbooks.
Education Committee: Mary Bertagnoli- spoke on the Junior Master Gardeners and the activities they were planning.
Communications Committee:  Brent Stoddard asked if each person would call two other members before next months meeting to remind them of the meeting in March and to communicate with each other.  IF you really did, THANKS!
Ed Doss-Coordinator position: MSU is in a transition state. Ed will be resigning in April.
Budget: Karen Blewett spoke on changes that were made:
	Miscellaneous $100.00-$200.00
	Total from $3800.00 to $3900.00
	Net Profit/loss $255.00 to $355.00
	Several members wanted more detail on expenses, where what and how much was spent and with more profit/loss detail.
Michelle Roberts: went over the outline of the budget, line by line. THANKS Michelle.
Sally Jarvis moved to approve the  budget, Suzan Dengler supported. Motion passed.
Betty Steinhoff:  cookbook name-we took all ideas submitted for a name, voted on them and came up with “Recipes from Gardeners”.  Karen Blewett won the prize for naming the cookbook.
Meeting adjourned 9:00 pm

Respectfully,
Brent Stoddard
Brent Stoddard