About the Board Meeting Minutes

All board meetings start at 6pm, ending between 7:30 and 8 PM. There are no Board meetings in December and February, otherwise, the meeting date is the 4th Monday in each month (note... not necessarily the LAST Monday). Our main task as a Board is to have the 7-9 PM monthly Gardeners Club meetings run smoothly.

We're somewhat informal, liking to spend time in gardens at meetings held during Daylight Savings months.  As further incentive for members to host a board meeting, we showcase their gardens in the Featured Garden section of our website.

During our meetings we try to stay on topic as much as possible, following an agenda. There should always be time to introduce new topics, but it is often necessary to put off decision making until something specific is formulated/researched and put to the Board. The general membership needs to be presented with information and have time to offer suggestions as well. Often, when the Board meeting minutes are read, there is a mention of a "discussion" on a topic, and that's a good time to have the topic brought up to the membership. Another way for issues to be brought to the attention of members is in the newsletter.

Gardeners’ Club Board meeting 7/28/2025
Hosted by Suzanne Caron

Board Members: 
(President) Cherry Thompson
(Vice President) vacant
(Secretary) April Barclay
(Treasurer) vacant
(Membership) Suzanne Caron
(Hospitality) Joanna Hall
(Newsletter) Lise Bixler (not present)
(Plant Table) Lupe Allen
(Plant Table) Evelyn Zhovreboff
(Refreshments) Marge Gregory
(Members at large) Debbie Kindle (not present)
Guest: Annie Baldzikowski

Suzanne Caron hosted the July board meeting with little notice but still had a great meeting. We toured Suzanne’s beautiful garden and admired her collection of carniverous plants and waterfall area. We started the meeting with a potluck meal.

Per Cherry: Our checking balance is currently $4158.54. Rent of $88 was paid to the grange. The plant table income was $48.50. We also received $80 in membership dues.

We had 20 attendees at the last meeting.

Suzanne reports that we currently have 80 paid members.

We discussed speakers and activities for the upcoming meetings. Names and activities discussed included:
August: Rick Flores or Lucy Ferneyhough from the UCSC arboretum
September: Monterey Bay Master Gardeners on tool care
October: Fall plant exchange
November: Spring bulb planting
December: Holiday party and silent auction

A motion was made to donate $200 to the UCSC arboretum after the August meeting with one of their staff as speaker for our meeting. The motion was seconded and passed.

Hosts for future board meetings
August: Rene Shephard
September: Lise Bixler

The next board meeting to be held August 25th 2025 at the home of Rene Shepherd at 7389 West Zayante, Felton, CA 95018 at 6PM. All are welcome to attend.