Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Newsletter - October 2017



The Sage Society                                     
October 2017 Newsletter

·       Our next Sage Society meeting is on Tuesday, October 10 at 4:00 in Room 124 of the Sandstone Building (the OLLI Room) at USCB.  Come early to socialize!  
·       Julie Schmidt will give her presentation on Frank Lloyd Wright.
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·       Since we had to cancel our meeting courtesy of the predicted Hurricane/Tropical Storm, Martha Weeks will hold her paper on Bondage and give it if we need a “fill-in” for one of our meetings. This plan will keep us on schedule.
·       Since our nominating process for new officers was interrupted, the current officers have been thinking. 

1.    Sage is still in the “development stage.”
2.     It has been suggested that we change the by-laws and elect our officers to serve a two-year term.
a.     The responsibilities for each office is minimal.
b.     Serving two-years will ensure consistency.
c.     The current officers are willing to stay on for a second term of office.
3.    The first item of business when we have our Annual Meeting in January can be to change the By-Law that states the term of office. We can change the term of office from one year to two years.
4.    If there are objections to this plan, please let one of the officers know.
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         Everyone: Please give Geni Flowers Bouquet, Secretary, names of potential new members at the 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.

·       In the September newsletter, I shared 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                                          
          President, Sage Society                                    
          September 5, 2017