Meeting Minutes - March, 2017

Sage Society

March14, 2017

OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB

MINUTES

Sage Members in Attendance:

                                                                                   

Jerry Stocks, Past President

Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian

Claudia Cornett

Rebecca Davenport

Patsy Deer

Diane Gallagher

Nimmie Huber

Carol Lauvray

Julie Schmidt

Andrea Sisino

Martha Weeks

Carolyn Witkosfsky

Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member

Members Absent:

Stuart Heath, President

Donna Armer, Vice President

Kathryn Brown, Member-at-Large

Barbara Hathaway

Carla Marsh

Melba Thomas

                                                           

The meeting was called to order at 4:00 pm with Jerry Stocks presiding for Stuart Heath.

New member Nimmie Huber was introduced.

Ann Helm, guest of Rebecca Davenport, was acknowledged.

The roll was called and those present answered with the title of their favorite magazine.

The minutes of the February 14^th meeting were approved.

There was a discussion regarding the program for the April 11^th meeting. Since the person scheduled to present that day cannot present, several alternative suggestions were made, one being to repeat a previous presentation and another to have a guided tour of the USCB campus with Andrea and Geni acting as hosts. After a vote, it was decided to go with the campus tour. It is suggested that members wear comfortable shoes next meeting as we will be walking a little from building to building.

Rebecca Davenport gave her informative and entertaining presentation on Sideshows. There was a question and answer period immediately following. Information was shared with the members regarding Rebecca’s upcoming shows. A link to that website was sent out via e-mail to the group on 3/15/17.

An announcement was made about Martha’s new book, Tidewater Hit, being released soon.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:00.

The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on Tuesday, April 11^th  at 4:00 pm in the OLLI classroom (room 124 of the USCB Sandstone building.) 

Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:

April 11^th                    Geni and Andrea                    USCB Campus Tour

May 9^th                       Geni Flowers                          History of Beaufort College

September 12^th           Martha Weeks                        Slavery

October 10^th                Julie Schmidt                          Frank Lloyd Wright

November 14^th                    Diane Gallagher

TBD                            Donna Armer                          Mosaics

2018

February 13^th                        Claudia Cornett

March 13^th                              Melba Thomas

April 10^th                    Barbara Hathaway

May 8^th                                       Patsy Deer

September 11^th           Nimmie Huber                        TBA

October 9^th                  Carla Marsh                            TBA

November 13^th            ** will be a new member 2019 or Carol Lauvray

The Sage Society blog can be found at: https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/

Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary

March 22, 2017

Newsletter - April, 2017

The Sage Society                          

April Newsletter

·       Our next Sage Society meeting is on Tuesday, April 11 at 4:00 in Room 124 of the Sandstone Building (the OLLI Room) at USCB.  Come early to socialize!

·       At this meeting, we will hear about the OLLI program from Andrea and then Geni will take us on a walking tour of select parts of the USCB Campus. (Wear comfortable walking shoes.)    ***Geni’s tour will prepare us for her paper in May on “The History of Beaufort College.”  

·       Rebecca Davenport, please give Geni a paragraph synopsis of your presentation about Sideshows.  She will add the synopsis to the archives and send a copy to Larry to include in the Blog. (If you have already done this---thanks! Thanks!)

·       Everyone: Please turn in a synopsis of your paper to Geni (Secretary/ Historian) when you present your paper. This routine will ensure that all presentations are archived so that in the future we can look back and see “if and when” a topic has been addressed.

·       I am including a list of the topics that have been presented and those that are scheduled so far. You can go: THESAGESOCIETY.BLOGSPOT.COM   to see what has been posted about each presentation.  ***I will probably update the listing and include in each newsletter.  (There will always be changes.)

Sage Society Topics

·       Jerry Stocks – Tapestries

·       Linda Robertson – English Tea Cozy books

·       Katherine Brown – Grand Memories: Keep your Stories in the Family

·       Lainie Andrews – Breath

·       Carolyn Witkofsky – Julia Child and French Cooking

·       Stuart Heath – The Beaufort National Cemetery

·       Rebecca Davenport – Side Shows

April 2017           OLLI and Walking Tour of the USCB Campus

May 2017            Geni Flowers – The History of Beaufort College

September 2017   Martha Weeks – Slavery

October 2017         Julie Schmidt – Frank Lloyd Wright

November 2017     Dianne Gallagher

February 2018       Claudia Cornett

March 2018           Melba Thomas

April 2018             Barbara Hathaway

May 2018              Patsy Deer

September 2018     Nimmie Huber

October 2018         Carla Marsh

November 2018     ______________

·       Carol Lauvray:    May I sign you up to present in November 2018? Let me know. Thanks!

·       Guests are welcome. We ask that you invite the same guest only twice in the presentation year (February-December). Please notify the President and secretary so that we can welcome your guests. 

·       You can nominate someone for membership at any time. Turn any nominations in to the secretary, Geni Flowers. We will solicit brief biographies of potential new members in November. All potential new members will be put on a waiting list and voted on at the annual meeting in January. The top “vote getters” will fill the open spots. The others will remain on the waiting list.

We have three openings now. Filling those vacancies will bring us up to our “total” of 21 members.

·       I will attach three attachments with this communication:

1.     March   minutes. Please read and send any corrections to Geni, our Secretary. We will approve the minutes each meeting before our speaker is presented.

2.    Membership Roster.  **Donna, please send Geni your information to complete the Roster.  I will include an updated Roster in May.

3.    Newsletter

·       The April Agenda is at the end of the Newsletter.

Stuart Heath

President, Sage Society

April 5, 2017

 April Agenda

1.    Call to order

2.    Introduce Guests (if any)

3.    Roll Call – Secretary

4.    Approve the March Minutes

5.    Thank you note from Beaufort Elementary

6.    Announce the presentation and topic for the May 9 meeting

7.    Additional announcements

8.    Andrea-OLLI       and        Geni—Walking Tour

******leave nametags with Geni before you leave the OLLI Room, please.