JosephineCountyOSUMasterGardenerUnofficialGeneralMeetingMinutes

August2,2016

JudyAnzaloneCandaceBartow*WilmaChristianByronCoulter*LindaDean*JohnEtchells*PatEtchells*JoanFoleyJulieKaszubaJanKnapikJodyLaChance

BarbaraLarson*SybilLonginottiCherrieLynchJudiMaxwellJanMcBrideCarolynMcCordPhylisMcIntoshJimMcManusJoAnMcManusCharlieNewsomJeanetteOlmstead

LeslieOrrLoriPernarelli*PeterPernarelliEviePerryKarenPleasant+NancyPyleJanQuintensBarbaraReavis*TerryRuiter+MarkSchallheimJennaSchorr

PatSilerDianeR.Smith*HankSmith*DianeWickstromBobWilsonCrystalWittichGuyB.YoungMikeZerwerKarenZoufal

WELCOMEPresidentTerryRuitercalledthemeetingtoorderat9:32a.m.,followedbythePledgeofAllegianceandwelcometoeveryoneinattendance.APPROVALOFMINUTESTheminutesoftheJuly5,2016,minuteswereformallyaccepted.ANNOUNCEMENTS:TerryRuiter• MiniCollegeiscomingupthisnextweekend.Peoplecanstillsignupandtherearestill

scholarshipsavailable.Severalcoursesweinitiatedarebeingoffered.• TherewillbeatourofmembergardensonSeptember18.Peopleshouldsignuptoparticipate.• ThereisalsogoingtobeawinetastingtourinSeptember.• NominationsclosedonJuly15.Thecommitteehasbeencallingpeopleandwillbefinalizingthe

rosterandthensendouttheballots.MASTERGARDENERCOOORDINATOR–KarenPleasant• Saturday/EveningClasses.ThesoiltestingclasshasbeenchangedtoSeptember15.Otherwise,

therestofthescheduleiscorrect.• Nextyear’sMasterGardenerclasseswillrunfromJanuary19toApril6–12weeks,allon

Thursday.Theremaybeoccasionalfieldtripsontheregularclassdays.

FIRSTVPREPORT–JeffreyBellamy• Noreport.SECONDVPREPORT–DianeWickstrom• DianeWickstromstatedthatshewon’tbeabletocontinueasSecondVPnextyearbutthatshe

willstillworkonthedemonstrationgardenproject.SECRETARY’SREPORT–PatEtchells• PatEtchellsreportedthatwereceivedathankyounotefromtheGailLangellottoforour

donationtotheInternationalMGConference.TREASURER’SREPORT–JohnEtchells• JohnEtchellsreportedthatastheendofJune,thetotalassetswere$54,918.TotalIncomefor

April:$1,168.TotalAprilExpenses:$1,034.COMMITTEEREPORTSSpecialProjects–SybilLonginotti• HealingGarden.Thereisgoodcooperationfromthehospital.Therewillbeameetingon

Fridayandtheywillgetwatertoanalyze.• SeedtoSupper.

– MarkSchllheimreportedherewillbeaclassesstartinginSeptemberatRaptorCreek,wheretherearetworaisedbedssetasideandthereisacompostbininplace.Akeyholegardenisplanned.

– August13isthedateoftheNorthValleyCommunitySafetyFairatNorthValleyHighSchool.TherewillbeapresentationaboutSeedtoSupper.

Mentors–JoanFoley• Wewillbesendingoutaletterinafewdaysinvitingmemberstoapplytobementorsfornext

year’sclass.SeedsofSpring–TerryRuiter• SOSwillbeheldonMarch11–thesecondSaturdayinMarch–toavoidconflictwiththeOMGA

Meeting.Therewillbeakick-offmeetingimmediatelyfollowingtoday’smeeting.Peopleareaskedtosharetheirthoughtsonclasses/instructors.

GreenhouseManagers–PeterPernarelli• Ourgreenhousecoverwasinstalled4yearsago,andithasa4yearlifespan.PeterPernarelli

wouldliketotrytogetanotheryearoutofit.• Westillneedagreenhouseclean-upparty.• Oneofthestudentssuggestedthatwehaveatomatotastingcontest.Thiswouldbeasocial

event,possiblyinSeptember.

Perennials–JeanKitchen/JoanFoley• ThereisstillplentyofworktodoonTuesdaysfrom9-11,buttheywillcloseupshopin

November• TherewillbeanotherplantsaleinSeptember.SpringGardenFair–SybilLonginotti• ThefirstmeetingwillbeinNovember• Weneedtogetpermanentsignsmadeup• SybilLonginottiquestionedwhethertheproposeddemonstrationgardenswouldimpactthe

vendorplacement.Theywould,butwecouldprobablystillaccommodateeveryoneinaslightlychangedlayout.

OMGAStateRepresentative–LindaDean• TherewillbeameetingatMini-College,andTerryRuiterwillattend.Thebiggestissueis

planningtheInternationalConferencenextyear.ItispossiblethattherewillbescholarshipsavailablebecausethereisnoMini-College

• TerrythankedLindaforallherworkthispastyear.PlantClinic–WilmaChristian• WilmaChristianisliningupseniorsfortheplantclinic.• Somestudentsarenotcomingtomeetingsbecauseofthenegativitythey’rehearingaboutthe

program.K-12Program–DianeSmithforLillyPattee• DianeSmithreportedthattheschoolgardenatHighlandsisdoingfabulously.Thebean

productionisgreat–andtheyneedtobepicked!Seventeenvolunteershavebeenwateringandweeding,tableshavebeenmadeforthenewgreenhouse,andamotheristryingtocoordinateflowersfordonations.

• Alltheschoolcouldusemorevolunteers-becausenotallofthemhaveparentswhoareweedingandharvesting.

• Theschoolsmighthavemoneyavailableforabutterflygarden.FMI:ContactDianeSmith.YoungMasterGardeners–• Noreport.Volunteersarestillneeded.NewsletterEditor–TerryRuiterforRuthReel• Noreport.Ruthisill.Publicity–TerryRuiterforArtReel• JeannaSchorrishelpingArtforthetimebeing.Communications–ChrisMacGregor• Noreport.IT–SteveSchoen• Noreport.Hospitality–MarkandBreezySchallheim• Noreport.

Historian–NancyPyle&LindaPrice• Noreport.Webmaster–PatEtchells&DarcieHeater• Noreport.CountyFair–CharlieNewsom• CharlieNewsomthankedMasterGardenersfortheircontributiontowardtheprizemoney• Thesuppliesintheatticseemtobemissingatubofminihaybalesaswellastheslatsthatgo

betweenexhibits.Ifanyoneknowswheretheyare,pleasecontactCharlie.• Sign-upsheetsforvariousdutiesareonthetable.Pleasecheckandseeifyournameislisted.• TherewillbeameetingwiththeFairgroundstomorroweveningtofinalizetimes,etc.Wewill

needafewstrongpeopletobuildtables–probablytheFridaybeforetheFair.• Eventhoughthestarttimesforentriesinthenewspaperbrochurearen’texactlyaccurate

(again),thecut-offtimewillbe6:30onTuesdayforbothhorticultureandthefloralexhibits.Ourswillbeacceptedallday.

• ThebuildingwillbedecoratedonMonday.Thethemeis“CountryScenesandChildren’sDreams”.Thecommitteemaybelookingforpeopletolendthemdecorations.

• Sundayisclean-upday,andpeoplecanpickuptheirentriesandprizes.• KarenZoufalreportedthattheMasterFoodPreserversaregivinga$100prizeforthebest

blueberrypie.• Thereisalsoa$100prizefortheBestinShowintheHorticultureBuilding.• Offtopic–CharliewonwithhisfiretruckattheClassicCarShow.Growers’Market–HankSmith• HankSmiththankedeveryonewhohasworkedthisyear.GardenClub–CherrieLynch• ThenextmeetingwillbeonAugust3attheFruitdaleGrange.Lunchwillstartat12:00,andthe

program,at1:30.MoKellywilldiscusspreparingforfallcropsorganically.• CherrieLynchputoutacallforuniquecontainersfortheplantingsshewilldofortheSpring

GardenFair.Also,shecoulduseStyrofoam–sheetsandpeanuts–asfillforlargecontainers.(Notthecornstarchvarietywhichdissolve…).

OLDBUSINESS• DemonstrationGarden.DianeWickstromandJodyLaChancepresentedsomeideasfora

demonstrationgardenoutsideoftheExtensionAuditorium.SeeExhibitA.Basicallyitwouldbeinthespacebetweenthebuildingandtheparkinglot(approximately17feetdeep)andwouldhaveplantersofvariousmaterialsshowingdifferenttypegardens.Treesincontainerscouldprovidesomeshade.

Adiscussionfollowed,andsomepertinentcommentswere:

– iftheasphaltisremoved,itwillbealoteasiertodothewateringsystems.ThisissomethingJohnPuncheswillhavetodiscusswiththeCountylaterthismonth.

– Sincewearelookingatawheelchairaccessiblegarden,wehavetohave48”wideaislesandasuitablegroundsurface.

– Thereisahosebibononesideonly,butifwehadapergolaovertheentryway,wecouldrunlinesoverit.Wecouldpossiblyalsorunlinesoverthebuildingentrance.

– Wecouldshowavarietyofplanters:bench-type,horsetrough,cauldron,clawtubbathtubs,winebarrels,etc.aswellasmodifyingtheexistingblockplanters.

– Fordiscussion’ssake,ifthesuggestedplanwereimplementedandcontractedout,thecostwouldbefrom$10Kto$20K–inadditiontothecostofremovingtheasphalt.Therewasadiscussionofwritinggrantsandaskingforcommunitysupport,andtherewasasuggestionthattherebeplaquesonthecontainersacknowledgingmembersorbusinesseswhocontributed.

– SincethisisaCountyfacility,wecan’tgoforwardwithanythinguntilwegettheirapproval.JohnPunchesshouldholddiscussionswhilethecurrentcommissionersarestillinoffice.

– KarenPleasantpresentedaslideshowofothercounties’displaygardenssothatwecouldgetideas.

• Traineeparticipationatthemeetings.Weshouldpersonallyinvitethemtocomeseefor

themselves.AndwhenyouaregripingaboutJoCoMGAproblems,beawareofyouraudience.• TreeWorkParty.Monday,August8from9to2,atSteveHardesty’spropertytorepotsomeof

thetrees.Therewillberefreshmentsafterwards.Thereisasign-upsheetonthetable.NEWBUSINESS• • InsectBrochure.JudiMaxwelltalkedaboutanOSUpublicationwhichhasalotofexcellent

information,andwhichwewouldliketomakeavailableforviewingattheFairandlaterforsaleatthePlantClinic.Therewasalengthydiscussionofcopying/printing/copyrightissues.MotionbyDianeSmith,secondedbyDianeWickstrom:Weallocate$523.80toorderfromtheOSUsource200copiesoftheAPocketGuide:CommonNaturalEnemiesofCropandGardenPestsinthePacificNorthwest:

http://www.ipmnet.org/Pocket_Guide_of_Natural_Enemies.pdf. whichwillbesoldfor$5.00each.Carried.NEXTMEETING:SEPTEMBER6,2016,at9:30a.m.ADJOURN:11:21a.m.MinutessubmittedbySecretaryPatEtchellsSubjecttoapprovalbytheBoardofDirectors*VotingBoardMember+Non-VotingBoardMember

ExhibitA