June 12, 2017<\/p>\n
Piscataquis County Extension Association<\/p>\n
Executive Committee Meeting<\/p>\n
Called to order 3:00 pm<\/p>\n
Members present: Dotty Hadler, Janet Yelch-Weatherbee, Richard Neal, Beth McEvoy, Karen<\/p>\n
Murphy.<\/p>\n
Staff present: Donna Coffin, Trisha Smith, Barb Baker.<\/p>\n
Barb Baker appointed to act as time keeper today.<\/p>\n
Secretaries Report is accepted as read in e-mail.<\/p>\n
Budget Report is accepted as given by Donna Coffin. It was noted that there were no checks in<\/p>\n
April, all written in May. Noted also that next years budget request is due to the County<\/p>\n
Commissioners by the end of August.<\/p>\n
4H Update presented by Barb Baker.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Club members have been active at county, state and national levels.<\/p>\n
\u2022 There has still not been a leader found for the requested baby-sitting classes.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Barb is requesting volunteers to help at the Piscataquis Valley Fair this year.<\/p>\n
See written report for more update details.<\/p>\n
Home Horticulture Update presented by Trisha Smith.<\/p>\n
\u2022 One Tomato has a few more distributions scheduled. A final report will be given at next<\/p>\n
meeting. Any remaining plants will be given to the prison garden at Charleston.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Fencing for Sedo garden is on hold- waiting for posts to be available at Tractor Supply. Fence<\/p>\n
will be installed when material arrives.<\/p>\n
\u2022 <\/span><\/span>Beth will call Perko to see if we can source fence posts from them.<\/p>\n \u2022 Requesting help next week to build a tabletop display for the Passport Program. Richard Neal<\/p>\n is volunteering to help with this.<\/p>\n \u2022 Update on stolen seedlings\u2014- No leads yet.<\/p>\n See written report for more update details.<\/p>\n Programs Update presented by Donna Coffin.<\/p>\n \u2022 Asking for ideas for a Livestock 101 Program for next spring. Presentations vs. \u201chands on\u201d<\/p>\n and suggested topics.<\/p>\n See written report for information on other current and \u201cin-the-works\u201d programs.<\/p>\n Timekeeper suggested longer time allotments for \u201cprogram updates\u201d for the next meeting.<\/p>\n Unfinished Business:<\/p>\n Executive Committee Officer elections<\/p>\n \u2022 Janet Yelch-Weatherbee is resigning from the Executive Committee and as its Treasurer<\/p>\n effective today June 12, 2017.<\/p>\n \u2022 Karen Murphy is elected to fill the position of Treasurer effective today June 12,2017.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Signatory card at Bangor Savings Bank will need to be updated to reflect these changes.<\/p>\n Janet Yelch-Weatherbee will be removed from signatory card. Karen Murphy will be<\/p>\n added and George McKay will continue as signatory.<\/p>\n \u2022 Beth McEvoy is to continue as President through the Annual Meeting.<\/p>\n Executive Committee recruitment<\/p>\n \u2022 It was noted that the terms of several current members will be expiring this year and also that<\/p>\n some current members are inactive- do not participate in meetings. Also, sponsors of potential members will follow-up with those folks to see if they are still interested.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 The suggestion was made to include a note in the Newsletters asking for volunteers-people<\/p>\n who are interested in serving as Executive Committee members.<\/p>\n Temporary Staff<\/p>\n \u2022 See position description included in notes.<\/p>\n \u2022 Donna reports that there are three people possibly interested in the position, and she and<\/p>\n Amanda will be interviewing them.<\/p>\n Office Beautification<\/p>\n \u2022 There has been no <\/span>action to date, and we will postpone discussion until the next meeting. In the short term Richard will bring in a few of his photos to hang in the reception area. <\/span><\/p>\n New Business:<\/p>\n Report format<\/p>\n \u2022 Beth suggests brief and to the point written reports which include new information. The oral<\/p>\n report at the meeting can provide more elaborate details.<\/p>\n \u2022 Erin Callaway is to attend the July meeting to talk about their new food hub coming to Dover-<\/p>\n Foxcroft. She will be here at 3 pm.<\/p>\n \u2022 The canopy tent needs to be replaced. Replacement is approved\u2014to spend less than 150 $.<\/p>\n \u2022 The agenda for July will include discussion of the annual budget and planning for the Annual<\/p>\n meeting.<\/p>\n Meeting adjourned at 5:02 pm.<\/p>\n Submitted by Karen Murphy- acting as Secretary for this meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" June 12, 2017 Piscataquis County Extension Association Executive Committee Meeting Called to order 3:00 pm Members present: Dotty Hadler, Janet Yelch-Weatherbee, Richard Neal, Beth McEvoy, Karen Murphy. Staff present: Donna Coffin, Trisha Smith, Barb Baker. Barb Baker appointed to act as time keeper today. Secretaries Report is accepted as read in e-mail. Budget Report is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":2653,"menu_order":26,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3572","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n