December 2015 BOD Meeting Minutes

The meeting was held on December 10th at the Ag trailer at 6:30pm. Present were: Dave Kvello, Bill Gregory, Laura Charles, Gene Richley, Cindi Reno, Nick Delphia, Dennis Heidenthal, and Vicki Roberts.

Upcoming Events Planning:

  • Holiday Social- December 14th- To be held at Pop’s Diner Greenbrier Pkwy at 6:30 pm. There are 27 members so far on signup genius. Laura has ordered the three gift certificates for beekeeper of the year, Pam Fisher, and service raffle.
  • Virginia Beach Symphony- Request for short presentation/ Q&A for January 16th, 2016. Cindi circulated the flyer and volunteers will be solicited for this event. Discussion to provide honey sticks from club stock was agreed by BOD.
  • Virginia Beach Flower Show- February 5th-7th- The theme is “American Beauties” Cindi is coordinating. Thursday setup for double booth. We will again make seed bombs. Discussion on providing bee friendly seed packets for purchase.
  • Short Course- There was much discussion on venue since Virginia Wesleyan is not available this year. Multiple sites were discussed: city libraries, Norfolk Academy, Bishop Sullivan High School, LETA (Virginia Beach Police Academy). All agreed that we need to find the site so dates/speakers and advertising can take place. Discussion on reasonable cost for site rental and how best to fund this event. Discussion to increase cost of course by $10.00.

Discussion Items:

  • Website update- Dave to check again on the status of update which is not complete.
  • Rick Kennerly received Thank you and honorarium from education program he provided for the Bay Island Colony Garden Club which he donated to the scholarship fund.
  • Meeting educational topics for 2016 was reviewed by Bill Gregory. He went over confirmed and proposed presenters for January through April.
  • Club Equipment storage- discussed need to find economical site for club property that might be located conveniently for easier access for guild events. Dave is working a possible site.
  • Scholarship- this year eligible students to apply for the $1,000.00 will come from Virginia Beach. Applications accepted through April 1st and awarded in May. This is the last year for individual city applications and next year it will be opened to all regional cities. There was also discussion for Gene to discuss with the scholarship committee adding additional smaller amounts for the future.
  • Virginia Beach Aquarium- waiting on contact for further planning of placing a hive at their site. Next BOD meeting- January 7th, 2016 at the Ag trailer at 6:30pm.

Respectfully Submitted,
Vicki Roberts