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 2/3/2025
Hosted by Cherry and Joe Thompson

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

Cherry and Joe Thompson hosted the January board meeting which was actually held the first Monday of February due to schedule conflicts. Because of the time of year we did not tour Cherry’s garden due to darkness. Lovely pictures of her garden are posted on the club website however. We started the meeting with a pot luck meal.

Per Cherry: Our checking balance is currently $4174.45. Rent of $88 was paid to the grange. The January plant table income was $46.50. We also received $275 in membership dues with a $5 donation.

Cherry paid our liability insurance of $116.25 which is required by CGCI.

Suzanne and Cherry presented the profit/loss data for 2024.

We had 19 attendees at the last meeting.

Suzanne reports that we currently have 41 paid members.

We discussed speakers for the February and upcoming meetings. Names discussed included: Bill Schwartz – Rain Barrels Demo for February 13, 2025
Cherry, our president speaking on worm bins.
Renee Shepherd speaking with topic to be determined.

The next board meeting to be held the fourth Monday of February 2025. This will be held on February 24 at the home of Marge Gregory at her home on Ramada Lane in Aptos at 6PM. All are welcome to attend.