Wednesday, September 6, 2017

Newsletter - September 2017



The Sage Society                                     
September   Newsletter

·       Our next Sage Society meeting is on Tuesday, September 12 at 4:00 in Room 124 of the Sandstone Building (the OLLI Room) at USCB.  Come early to socialize!  
·       Martha Weeks will give her presentation on Bondage. 

*** I am reading Martha’s book, Tidewater Rip, and judging by her fabulous writing style, this should be a wonderful paper! Interesting topic!

·       Katherine BrownMember -at-Large:
1.    You will need to call for volunteers for the Nominating Committee at this meeting. (Member-at Large plus 2-4 others – odd number)
2.    Your committee will meet  later  and determine the slate.
3.    You will present the slate of officers to the membership at the October meeting.
4.     After the slate is presented, I will send the slate out (by email) to the membership and ask if there are any objections.   *** If there are no objections, the slate will meet with the outgoing president (Stuart) in November to formulate plans for the next year.  The slate will be officially voted on and installed at the January Annual Meeting and the new President takes over then.
5.    Please be prepared to volunteer to be on the Nominating Committee. Thank you!
6.    Please be prepared to serve as an officer if asked. The duties are “minimal” and the responsibilities are spelled out on a monthly calendar. EASY!  The club is designed to be “very low key!”
·       Everyone: Please give Geni Flowers Bouquet, Secretary, names of potential new members at the October, November, and December meetings. Include a brief biographical paragraph.
1.    I will share these paragraphs before the January meeting.
2.    You are encouraged to invite your potential new members to one or two meetings.
3.    Let the Secretary and President know who you will bring as a guest. Geni will prepare a name tag for them.
4.    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.
5.    We have three openings now. Filling those vacancies will bring us up to our “total” of 21 members.

·       I am attaching the May minutes. Please read and send any corrections to Geni. We will approve the minutes before our speaker is presented.

·       I hope that everyone had a grand summer. I have missed seeing you.


Stuart Heath                                          Friends of the Library Book Sale                              
          President, Sage Society                                    September 22 -24
          September 5, 2017                                              Waterfront Park

Meeting Minutes - May 9,2017



Sage Society Minutes
May 9, 2017
OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB

MINUTES


Sage Members in Attendance:
                                                                                   
Stuart Heath, President
Donna Armer, Vice President
Jerry Stocks, Past President
Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian
Kathryn Brown, Member-at-Large
Patsy Deer
Diane Gallagher
Barbara Hathaway
Nimmie Huber
Carla Marsh
Melba Thomas
Martha Weeks
Carolyn Witkosfsky

Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member

Members Absent:

Claudia Cornett
Rebecca Davenport
Carol Lauvray
Julie Schmidt
Andrea Sisino

Stuart Heath called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.

The roll was called and those present answered with their favorite summer time activity.

The minutes of the April 11th meeting were approved.

Special guests, Patsy Hand, Amy York and Terri Knight were introduced.

Geni Flowers presented her paper on the History of the Beaufort College which was followed by a brief question and answer period.

The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:15.

The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on Tuesday, September 12th at 4:00 pm in the OLLI classroom (room 124 of the USCB Sandstone building.) 


Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:

September 12th            Martha Weeks                        Slavery
October 10th                Julie Schmidt                          Frank Lloyd Wright
November 14th                    Diane Gallagher

TBD                            Donna Armer                          Mosaics

2018

February 13th                        Claudia Cornett
March 13th                              Melba Thomas
April 10th                    Barbara Hathaway                  Just What Is Social Media?
May 8th                                       Patsy Deer
September 11th            Nimmie Huber                        TBA
October 9th                  Carla Marsh                            TBA
November 13th            ** 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
August 31, 2017