Source attachment: 2021_04_25_MSBA_BOD minutes.docx
Source note: The file name begins with 2021, but the document itself identifies this as a special Executive Board meeting on April 25, 2025. The document date is used for the page title.
Minutes of Special Executive Board Meeting
April 25, 2025
Online via Zoom
MSBA President, Kim, Mehalick called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM.
Attendees: Kim Mehalick, Fred Smith, Toni Burnham (with proxy for Ben Cooper, Allen Hayes, Crystal Lehmanking), David Clark, Erik Darm, Greg Gentry, Pam Hepp, Deborah Hewitt, Maureen Jais-Mick, Jerry Worrell, Phil Frank.
Item One: Education Committee
Requesting funding for three classes
• Class 1: Three Starts for Maryland Bees – led by Mark Dyke and Kim Mehalick
• Following an overwintered hive, a new package and a spring nuc.
• Monitor every 2 weeks and bring findings to class
• $1000-$550 for bees, $200 for treatments and food, $200 for expenses, mileage
• Class 2: Honey Extraction, Testing, and Bottling - led by Jan Day, requesting $450
• Class 3: in development, About $300
Will charge for classes but starter funds needed. Motion from Kim Mehalick: $2500 to cover these classes, any contingent expenses, and allow for class development, seconded Jerry Worrell, motion carried.
Item Two: Lifetime Membership for Couples
• Issues with class and honey show registrations as lifetime memberships were only good for a single registration, conflicting interpretations discovered by Phil Frank when started using computers to register members and class seats in 2019
• Historically, purchase of a single lifetime membership covers both people in a married couple. Over 40 registrations with 2 names currently. Earliest recorded in 2012.Nothing in records specifies if lifetime membership is only to be used for an individual or if it can be applied to a married couple.
• No recoverable board vote on this topic. Original vote did not specify.
• New guidelines as of 2019 clarify that lifetime memberships are for an individual only. No couple registrations allowed after 2018.
• Motion by Toni Burnham: Offer individual lifetime memberships to lifetime members who registered as a couple before 2018. Lifetime members with 2 names on registration will be informed. Those that have a couple’s lifetime membership with only one name (spouse in not listed on registration). David Clark seconds, motion carries
Item Three: Membership Directory/Privacy policy
• Tabled until full Board discussion can take place.
A motion to adjourn was made by Kim Mehalick and seconded by Pam Hepp, the motion passed. The meeting adjourned at 7:41PM.