Minutes from the November 7, 2005 Meeting
President Susan R called the meeting to order at 7:10pm.

Susan asked if there were any additions or corrections to the October 2005 minutes as printed in the November 2005 newsletter. Corrections and addition were as follows:

As there were no further additions or corrections, a motion was made by Nancy S to accept the minutes as revised, seconded by Judy J. Motion passed.

Treasurer's Report
Total net worth as of today is $8,744.56
This consists of the following accounts:

Activity since the last report on Oct 3 was as follows: Net decrease of $89:

Income of $0:

Expenses of $89:

Budget Idea
A member suggested that a way to save on monthly postage and copying costs for the newsletter would be send the newsletter via email. The newsletter could be send via both email and as a printed mailing. Members could choose which they prefer.

Community Garden Budget Item
Susan R reported that only $350 of the $1000 budgeted for community gardens has been spent this year. The remainder will be spent towards care of the White Pathway.

Other Discussion & Information
Town and Country Art Club
During the part of the meeting reviewing the minutes from the October meeting, there was additional discussion about the Town and Country Art Club.

Susan R displayed some of the items that are created by the Town and Country Art Club. Items for sale would be art with a garden motif, not crafts or tools.

There was discussion about if and how much of their sales the Town and Country Art club would share with the Garden Club.

Discussion points about including the Town and Country Art Club included: the fact that the Garden Club pays for liability insurance for the sale; extra room would be needed for the Town and Country Art Club; the Town and Country Art Club would draw extra people to the sale; and if more people attend the sale, extra sale plants might be needed.

River Falls Community Guide
Margaret S noted that the River Falls Garden Club photo that was used for publicity with the plant sale is featured in the River Falls Community Guide. However, the description for the club is quite short. We need to expand our description in the next guide.

Kinnickinnic River Land Trust
Margaret S, who works for the Kinnickinnic River Land Trust (KRLT), spoke to the group about what the KRLT does and how it benefits the community. She distributed KRLT membership forms and extra newsletters to the group. Margaret wrote an article about rain gardens in the last KRLT newsletter about rain gardens. Members discussed how the RFGC could help the KRLT.

Old Business

Election of Officers
Nancy S, on behalf of the nominating committee, presented the following slate of officers:

All the past officers agreed to serve for another year. Jamie H is willing to serve as co-Vice-President so that she will serve as President in 2007.

Nancy H made a motion to accepted the slate officers, seconded by Joanne F. Motion passed.

New Business

Library Purchases
A section of 14 Wisconsin Gardener videos at a cost of $286.30, which were annotated in the November 2005 newsletter, were requested by Kim K to be purchased by the club for the River Falls Public Library. Nancy S made a motion to purchase the 14 videos, seconded by Maggie D. Motion passed.

Ursula P made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Mae W. The potion passed. Meeting adjourned.