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Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Held August 27, 2010
7:00 PM to 9:30 PM
CSC training and conference facility at 7231 Parkway Drive in Hanover, MD 21076
Attendees:
Paul Dill, President
Toni Burnham. 1st VP and D.C. VP
Robert Crouse, Treasurer
Cheryl Evry, Secretary
Jon Bealer, Director and Webmaster, by Phone
Linda Thompson, Director
Beth Passavant, Director
Steve McDaniel, Past President 2009
John Moyer, Beeline Editor and Queen Anne County VP
Pat Haskell, Fairfax County VP
Janet Bardzik, Baltimore City VP
Sarah Brozena, Prince Georges VP, by Phone
Jerry Worrell, Calvert VP, by Phone
Karen Cooksey, Charles VP, by Phone
Call to Order – MSBA President, Paul Dill, 7:17pm
Approval of the Minutes of Last Meeting
Minutes of the May 7, 2010 meeting approved, pending change of Jody King to 2nd VP of Carroll County, not Caroline Country
Reports by the Officers
President’s Report – Paul Dill
Noted that Dewey Caron will be in Delaware 19 March 2011.
Secretary - Cheryl Evry
Treasurer - Robert Crouse
Financial Report / Budget - accepted by unanimous voice vote.
Electronic Copies of the up-to-date Membership List will be sent to MSBA Officers if requested via email to rlcrouse@qis.net
Audit is not complete yet.
Please send updates to membership info, if any, to Bob Crouse.
John Moyer and Bob Crouse will meet to assure that the membership list is correct.
John Moyer will place announcement in MSBA newsletter that any updates to member names, addresses, phone numbers or emails should be sent to Bob Crouse
Moved that MSBA should remain a member of the MD Farm Bureau. This motion accepted by unanimous voice vote. Two persons are needed to be delegates to MD Farm Bureau meetings.
It was moved to nominate Bob Crouse as one of the MD Farm Bureau representatives. This motion accepted by unanimous voice vote. Thank you, Bob, and Congratulations!
Vice-President – Toni Burnham
Programs
Fall Meeting: September 11, 2010
NOTE that food and drink will be sold there. Attendees may bring their own food and drink from home, but MSBA cannot sell Subway sandwiches to the members (even at no profit).
Camille Kendall Academic Center at the Universities at Shady Grove, just off I-270 in Rockville, Room III-3241 of the center, with registration at 8 AM and closing by 4 PM
Special Guest Renowned bee biologist Dr. Tom Seeley, very exciting, see later page for details!
November Meeting: November 20, 2010
Annapolis, MDA HQ
Beeline Editor - John Moyer
After many, many excellent years of service, John Moyer is retiring as editor of the newsletter. A Volunteer is needed for this position.
Special Committees Reports
Honey Standards Study Committee - Dan Hemerlein
No report given this meeting.
Website Committee - Possible web site evolution strategy and/or Facebook page. Twitter, anyone?
Improve outreach - use website/online social networking to reach East/West portions of state
Twitter account to be set up by Cheryl Evry.
Update: The Twitter ID is MD_Beekeepers, as “MSBA” was already taken. Announcements about upcoming meetings and events will be sent out this way.
Facebook account being researched by Cheryl Evry.
Advanced Beekeeping Committee - Pat Haskell
Secretary's note: The topic of MSBA's role in providing advanced beekeeping instructional materials or courses is worthy of its own meeting.
Pat Haskell reports that the committee would like to commit to an intermediate/advanced set of beekeeping courses.
It was suggested that she talk to Dave Papke and/or the Sustainable Bees folks, who already teach. It was noted that EAS Master Beekeeper training focuses on teaching rather than specifics of advanced beekeeping.
After much discussion, it was suggested that the committee look into putting together a teaching curriculum to possibly replace the June 2011 MSBA meeting, using the space at the University of Maryland. The committee will see what speakers are available and report back. It was suggested that this could become a two-day event.
Continuing Business
T-Shirt/Other Club Awareness Items - looking for one volunteer to coordinate. More than one welcome. - No interest this meeting.
Maryland Honey Festival - September 19, 2010 - Steve McDaniel
Flyers were distributed, to be posted where ever possible. These flyers were also emailed to all officers. Volunteers are still needed, please contact Steve for details.
Moved to reimburse Toni for last year's banner. This motion accepted by unanimous voice vote.
ETO chamber progress - Toni Burnham
No Progress.
Advertising rates in The Beeline - set in 2000 - raise them?
The motion was made to leave the rates at the $10/$15/$27.50 price point for commercial ads. This motion accepted by unanimous voice vote.
How many times can a member advertise before they are considered “commercial”?
As long as a member is only not advertising multiples of the same item, he or she may place as many ads as desired. For example: If he or she is manufacturing one type of item, that is commercial. If they are selling some old or unused equipment, that is a free member ad.
Revise number of meetings back down to 3 per year? Board, General, or Both?
After much discussion, this item was tabled. However, as seen above, the action was given to the Advanced Beekeeping Committee to research setting up the June meeting as a special set of courses, possibly even a weekend long event.
New Business
Nomination of new EAS representative - any volunteers?
Janet Bardzik volunteered, on the condition that if the travel becomes too expensive, she will need to resign. The motion was made to nominate and elect her to be the MSBA EAS representative. This motion accepted by unanimous voice vote. Thank you, Janet, and Congratulations!
Discuss possible changes to premiums for shows
Moved to leave the premiums as they are, at least for another year. This motion accepted by unanimous voice vote.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject:
Letter from MAFB
Date:
Sun, 1 Aug 2010 19:51:18 -0400
From: Jon Bealer HYPERLINK "mailto:jBealer@comcast.net" n _blank<jBealer@comcast.net>
To: Bob Crouse HYPERLINK "mailto:rlcrouse@qis.net" n _blank<rlcrouse@qis.net>
Bob,
I have received a letter (intended for the Treasurer) which I will put into the post to you in the morning.
Basically the MD Ag Fair Board has had deep cuts to its budgets and funding, so most fairs and shows are getting 25% less than last year.
The contract is included in the letter (with your name and address on it!) and it is for $750.
I guess we will need to raise this at the upcoming Board meeting to see if we should make changes to the premiums etc for this year’s show as a result.
Trust you are well.
Regards,
JB
Banned Bees! - MSBA's role in this
Bob Crouse will contact Mr. McGiffen for more details.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: bees
From: "BB McGiffin" < HYPERLINK "mailto:bbmcgiffin@verizon.net" n _blankbbmcgiffin@verizon.net>
Date: Thu, June 24, 2010 6:34 pm
To: "steve McDaniel" < HYPERLINK "mailto:steve@mcdanielphotography.com" n _blanksteve@mcdanielphotography.com>
just received the unfortunate and unexpected e-mail stating that the zoning administrator of Frederick County has ruled that bees are farm animals and as such cannot be kept on residential property of less than 3 acres. Even on 3 acres hives have to be set back 50 feet from the property line.
I called the zoning planner (Rick Brace) right after I received this message and he did not know when this ruling was made. He said that if we want to challenge this ruling or have further discussion on its implications then someone should "reply to all" to his message and suggest next steps, etc.
Other New Business
Potential Date(s) for Next Meeting
October 15, 22, or 29, 2010. Please let Toni Burnham know if you have a conflict. Thank you!
Meeting Adjourned, 9:25pm
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