Suggested AGENDA for this Month's Meeting

Meet & Greet New People by our Vice President, Rebecca Wilson (who is the chairman of the hospitality committee).  Pass out newbie handout (club info, etc.).  This is done PRIOR to calling the meeting to order.

Call to Order the Meeting by our president, Don Murray

Secretary's Report ~  Minutes

Treasurer's Report 
 
Unfinished or Old Business ~ Committees  New leadership should make sure that all the committee lists are current.  There is a tentative list below... at the end of this page

• Membership Renewals

• Apiary Report:  by Rebecca Wilson

• Honey Queen Report from Jayla and/or Beth

• Education Committee News by Beth Ceilley

• Reminder:  Need release of liability statements added to membership enrollment so that we can use pictures, etc. for brochures, educational materials, website, etc.:  Virginia Riggs  Special note:  This is a release to allow other members to view your information (including posting of photos, etc. on website, blog, club directories, e-mail notices, etc.).  Note:  Please do not abuse the membership list, it is not for attacking current or past leadership and for disbursing negative comments to the entire membership, but is supposed to be a list for contacting mentors, friends, committee members, etc..  Please do not copy e-mails to the entire list on every matter.  If you do use the list for mass e-mail to entire membership, please use blind copy (B.C.C.) and other methods to protect e-mail addresses from malicious eyes.

• Skill Forms Reminder:  There is a form which can be used as a tool  to collect skills, talents, willingness to volunteer and serve, interests, etc. of our member to create a database/spreadsheet of who and what we have to work with:  Virginia Riggs

• Bouncing E-Mails:  meling.2002@msn.com, dwilhelm@embarqmail.com, pagefield@comcast.net

Newsletter ~ (Rebecca Wilson) View

Report from our FSBA Delegate (Don Murray, or Alternate Rob Hartman)
Note:  Report should be very brief/outlined and contain only information relevant/essential to our local association or of benefit/interest specifically to our group.

New Business

Please STOP the personal Chit Chit and talking in the back of the meeting room which is very disruptive to those who are trying to pay attention!!

Tonight Lisa Schuman's family (daughter, Madi) is having a fundraiser at The American Legion 123 on Sanibel! Music, food, etc. Money raised will go towards helping Mia keep her mom's business up and running, along with funeral expenses.

Invite EVERYONE!

The American Legion 123
4249 Sanibel-Captiva Rd, Sanibel, FL

Lisa's facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/events/307855679256545/#!/lisaschuman

• Roy Beckford for Life Membership

• Senate Bills ...more info

• State Fair, volunteers needed for our booth ...more info

• Spring meeting (FSBA) ...more info

• Bee College ...more info

• Bee College admission discount, who's going?

• Connor is doing Edison Festival of Lights, also checking into Swamp Cabbage Festival

• Lee County Fair. We may need volunteers.

• Pine Island Bee Club starting up, first meeting tomorrow. Ask Keith for details.

• BASF needs to join Farm Bureau, cost is $45 per year.

• July Beginner Beekeeping Class

• Dave Mendes donated extractor to the club

• Club Recognition Awards

WEBSITE NEWS (facebook, Yahoo, Blog, additions, changes, etc.)

Since we are now 501(c)3 Donations are accepted from our website:

Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida can use your help.  Please DONATE to support our group's efforts.
 We are a now a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization and your donations are tax deductible!:

Yahoo Group:  Members need to sign up for Yahoo Group in order to be assured that they get meeting reminders.  Members should check the website for latest minutes on the morning of the day of our meeting.  Minutes should always be on the website by the end of the day before the meetings.  So if you don't get the minutes in an e-mail... no need to fret, just check the website and make sure Virginia has your latest e-mail address.

Click to join our Yahoo Group FREE (swfbees)

Raffle Items:

Please help by bringing in items for our monthly meeting raffles.  Bee related items are of primary interest, but other items may be well-liked.

MAIN PROGRAM (Speakers, Addresses, Main Feature or Presentation):

David Gatley presenting NATIVE POLLINATORS Part 2 ~ Dennis is bringing a Solitary Bee House and information on making the bee houses

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS (Q&A) Currently we have temporarily suspended a formal topic and a handout for your notebooks, and have opted to do OPEN FORUM format, accepting your questions and attempting to provide answers from others in our membership.  In the future possibly either Dennis, but hopefully others will volunteer to share in the educational portion of our meetings.  If you are the scheduled speaker (If possible, please pass out main central topic for that meeting's Q&A.  Remind everybody to get all their questions answered NOW... and not wait until after the meeting adjourned to ask speakers questions which only benefit you and would have been much better if shared with the entire membership.  NEED VOLUNTEERS to conduct/participate in this segment of our meetings.

ADJOURNMENT

P.S.

Event (picnics, dinners, pot-luck, field meetings, etc.) Planners:  We have a service for setting up custom "online" sign up sheets available for your use.  SAMPLE of sign-up sheet that worked well in the past.  ... view sample  These are available through Dennis for club events... just let him know what items to add to the list and the details.

Secretarial Duties:

Membership management currently being maintained by our treasurer, Virginia.  E-mail notices automatic system has been set-up.  You can add your e-mail address to the list on the front/first HOME page of our website.

Agenda Disclaimer:

This portion of our website is intended to be obscure and primarily for use by Don on the night of the meeting.  It may not appear to be up-to-date, but it is just a guide/tool and not intended to be accurate or perfect.  If you would like things included in the Agenda, pass Don notes when you arrive at the meeting or speak up when asked (he doesn't remember what you tell him without a note)... or e-mail Dennis in advance and then it will be his job to consider adding to website agenda for his or Don's own convenience... or otherwise reminding himself to bring it up.  If something doesn't get brought up... that is when you speak when asked "is there any old business" or "is there any new business".  If you just sit there blinking like a toad in hail storm, then don't complain if something doesn't get discussed, planned, or otherwise brought up.

Rough Draft for Committees