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HISTORY OR OUR ASSOCIATION
How, When, and the Who that got it going

Concise minutes of the meeting on the Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida (BASF)

Date: March 5, 2008

Venue: Lee County Extension conference rooms
Attendance: 19

• 6:30 – 6:50 PM – Refreshments

• Commencement – 6:50 PM

• Roy Beckford called the meeting to order and introduced the members of the Steering
Committee who were all present with the exception of Tom Allen.

• Present were: Mr. Keith Councell, Mr. Ron Weisburg, Mr. Dennis Riggs and Mr. Roy
Beckford.

• Roy turned the meeting over to Dennis Riggs. Mr. Riggs announced the next order of
business to be the nomination of and election of an association president.

Nominations for President:

1. Mr. Keith Council – Nominated by Otto Parisho, seconded by John Adams
2. Dennis Riggs – declined nomination

• Votes were cast for Keith Councell. Vote was unanimous.

• Keith Councell was elected to the position of President of the Beekeepers association of
South west Florida.

• Chairmanship of the meeting was turned over the newly elected President. Election of
officers continued.

Nomination for Vice-president:

1. Mr. Dennis Riggs - Nominated by Ron Weisburg, seconded by Scott Edson

• No other nominees were proposed. Vote was unanimous. Mr. Dennis Riggs was elected
to the position of Vice-president of the Beekeepers association of Southwest Florida.

• All other nominations to the executive body was done according to the constitution and
by-laws accepted on February 7, 2008.

Position of Secretary: Mr. Ron Weisburg
Position of treasurer: Mrs. Virginia Riggs
Position of Representative to the State Association Board of Managers: Mr. Carroll Rhodes nominated in absentia and was consulted by phone. Mr. Rhodes accepted nomination and the vote was unanimous.

• Having elected officers, the order of business as mandated by the by-laws was followed.

• Membership dues were collected by Virginia Riggs and receipts were issued.

• Minutes of the last meeting was shown on the PowerPoint screen, read by all, and
C. Cowert made a motion to approve. This was seconded by Dennis Riggs.

• A full beesuit was raffled off – Donated by the Agriculture Agent, Lee County
Extension Service. Mr. Scott Edson was winner of the raffle.

• The date for the next meeting was announced (Changed to April 23rd consequently)

• The website swfbees.com was shown by Mr. Denis Riggs who also informed the group
about the taping of an interview by Roy Beckford and Dennis Riggs for the Fox 4
Morning Blend Television Show.

• Dennis Riggs moved to adjourn the meeting. Bill McCauley seconded. The meeting
adjourned at 7:54 PM.
 

Date: November 28, 2007

Venue: University of Florida, IFAS, Lee County Extension Service, 3406 Palm Beach   

             Boulevard, Fort Myers, Florida 33916

Minutes taken by: Roy Beckford, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent, Ph: 239-461-

                              7512, e-mail: fbeckford@leegov.com

• -         Commencement: 6:45 PM

• -         27 persons in total attended; 20 males, 7 females.

• -         Introduction and brief address by: Roy Beckford

• -         Group introduced themselves and gave a brief background on level of participation in beekeeping and apiculture

• -         Keith Councell gave a brief update on the delay of Mr. Bert Kelly and Mr. Gary Ranker of the State Association. They were stuck in traffic on Interstate 75.

• -         Roy Beckford asked attendee Mr. Ron Weisburg to speak to the group about the possible direction the association could take. Ron Weisburg has expertise in association development

• -         Roy Beckford suggested, as a start, that the group select a core planning committee to direct the development stages of the association until officers are selected at the next meeting

• -         7:58 PM - Mr. Kelly and Ranker arrives.

• -         Mr. Kelly addressed the group and gave pointers on ways to commence the association

• -         Questions were fielded to Mr. Kelly on membership issues, dues, adoption of by-laws; direction other association chapters have taken

• -         Mr. Gary Ranker addressed the group and provided print material as models for a constitution and by-laws

• -         Mr. Ranker suggested that the name ‘Southwest Florida’ may be in use as the previous chapter may be ‘asleep’ and therefore still in existence.

• -         Six (6) persons were chosen to form a steering committee to implement the association and determine the next meeting date. The six are: (with area of expertise and contact information following their names) 

1. Mr. Tom Allen – By-laws and constitutional writing

2. Mr. Ron Weisburg – Association and organizational development

3. Mr. Dennis Riggs – E-mailing and website development

4. Mr. Keith Councell

5. Mr. Roy Beckford – IFAS information, mailing list development

6. Mr. John Ringland

 -         The meeting adjourned at 10:22 PM

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This document was created on 9/20//08, rev. 01/11/12
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How do I join Beekeepers Association of Southwest Florida (BASF)?  Attend one of our meetings and pay applicable dues to our Treasurer, or you can DOWNLOAD an application for membership, and mail it to our treasurer along with applicable dues.  Currently $10 for current year if you are already a member of the Florida State Beekeepers Association (FSBA).  If you are not a member of FSBA then we can collect membership dues for FSBA as well, in which case the total amount would be $25 ($10 BASF + $15 FSBA).