Minutes from the December 1, 2008 Meeting

President Betty S called the meeting to order at 7:09pm.
As there were no additions or corrections to the minutes of the November minutes as printed in the December newsletter, a motion was made to accept the minutes by Mary L and seconded by Susan G. The motion passed.

Old Business

2009 Budget
There was a review of the budget items discussed at the last meeting.
Veteran's Memorial at Greenwood Cemetery - a different group has been asked to fund the gardens. It is undetermined if RFCG will help to fund the gardens.
More money has been allocated for Community Gardens.
Another $200 has been added to Plant Sale expenses in case there is a fee to use the Amory.
An average of $50 per speaker has been added to the budget for speaker fees. It was suggested that the group vote to approve speakers who have a fee over $100.
Susan R updated the club on how some of the funds from the 2008 budget were used. The club has a responsibility to Heritage Park and the White Pathway. The club has paid for improvements and maintenance on these areas. This year, the club paid 50% of the cost for invasive plant removal. After the invasive plants were removed, native plant seeds were planted. Susan has been doing lots of work on the White Pathway.
The budget as printed in the December newsletter is final expect for the $200 budgeted for possible Amory fee.
$1000 is still budgeted for UWRF Horticulture scholarships.
A motion was made by Ron Z to accept the budget, seconded by Ursula P. The budget for 2009 passed.

Plant Sale
The first choice of dates for the sale is May 9 with May 17 as our second choice. May 9 is the Saturday before Mother's Day and has been a profitable plant sale day in the past few years.

Speaker Topics
Possible speaker topics included Bee Keeping and a tour of Mark Christopher's farm.