Minutes of NWSSA BOD Meeting 3-8-2023

  

Date: 2/8/2023

Time: 6:30 P.M. PST

Location: Virtual via Zoom

ATTENDANCE

Board members: 

• Ellie Hochman, Jeremy Kester, Stephen Taplin, Cyra Jane Hobson, Rick Johnson, Tamara Buchanan, Pat Barton, Markos Weiss, Denny Tsang, Julieanne Kohn, Deborah Wilson

Board Members Present: All

Board Members Present via phone/virtual: All

Absent: None

Quorum: Yes

Staff Present: Renee Roberts 

Guests: Leah Davidson 

CALL TO ORDER

A meeting of the Board of Directors of the ORGANIZATION was duly called on 2/8/2023, at 6:30 p.m. PST.  Ellie Hochman (President) called the meeting to order.

Minutes Approval

A motion was made to approve the previous month’s meeting minutes. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously.

Reports

Website report: (Leah Davidson)

Treasurer’s report: (Cyra Jane)

• Treasurer Report 2.8.23.docx

Events: (Pat Barton)

Flower and Garden: (Aerin)

• Feb-23 F& G and Insurance updates.docx

Kubota Gardens follow up: Marcos (see attached)

• Feb-23 Kabota gardens.docx

Women’s event update: Ellie (see attached)

• Feb-23 Women’s retreat update.docx

Journal: (Arliss)

• Arliss requests $75 for the Flower and Garden Show issue of the journal in color.
• Motion was made to approve. Motion was seconded. Motion was approved unanimously.

Old Business 

Committee mission statement discussion:

• Action: Insurance Questions to be answered – Move from Finance to Executive Committee after this insurance cycle.

• Action: What to do with BOD emails after members leave board?

New Business

February Party:

Discussion

Reinstating the NWSSA Happenings:

• Julianne Kohn will take over.

Educational opportunities: 

• Ellie- looking for more ideas

5 Minutes for open questions

Meeting adjourned at 7:54 P.M. PST by Ellie Hochman (President).