Meeting Minutes -- October 9, 2018

Sage Society Minutes

October 9, 2018

OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB

MINUTES

Sage Members in Attendance:

                                                                                   

Stuart Heath, President

Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian

Jerry Stocks, Past President

Rebecca Davenport

Patsy Deer

Diane Gallagher

Barbara Hathaway

Nimmie Huber

Carla Marsh

Jen Moneagle

Melba Thomas

Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member

Members Absent:

Donna Armer

Sandi Atkins

Grace Cordial

Carol Lauvray

Julie Schmidt

Martha Weeks

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

Special guests: Alvesta Robertson, Debbie Gray, Susan Boyd, Peg Marty, Marilyn Harris, Geri Connors and Nimmie’s husband, Don Huber were acknowledged.

The minutes of the April 10^th meeting were approved.  

Carolyn Witkofsky’s resignation was noted and it was mentioned that Donna Armer is traveling and will miss the November meeting.

There was a discussion regarding the blogspot  https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/ .  It was suggested that the membership list be posted there but was decided that since this is a public site, it may not be the best place for it. A current membership list will be sent out to all members in January.

There was a report from the nominating committee, Jerry Stocks, Melba Thomas and Barbara Hathaway. The new board elect is Nimmie Huber, Member-at-large, Geni Flowers will continue to serve as Secretary/Treasurer/Historian and Martha Weeks has graciously agreed to serve as President. These are 2 year terms. Thanks to the nominating committee for their hard work!

Reminder that bios for perspective members are due to Geni by December 26^th. We will vote on new members in January.

Washington DC – Off the Beaten Path was explored through the eyes of Nimmie Huber in a wonderful presentation complete with beautiful slides and a Metrorail Pocket Guide for all attendees. I believe we all left with a list of unique places to visit on our next trip to DC. A brief question and answer period followed the presentation.

The meeting adjourned at 4:45.

    

The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on Tuesday, November 13^th at 4:00 pm in the OLLI classroom (room 124 of the USCB Sandstone building.) 

Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:

2018

November 13^th            Carla Marsh                            Port Royal Sound

           

2019

February 12^th              Jen Moneagle                         TBA

March 12^th                  Grace Cordial                         TBA

April 9^th                      Sandi Atkins                           TBA

May 14^th        

September 10^th           

October 8^th     

November 12^th

On stand-by:

TBD                            Martha Weeks                        Bondage

TBD                            Patsy Deer                              Turkey, Istanbul and More

TBD                            Carol Lauvray                         Reconstruction in the Beaufort Area

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

Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary, November 12, 2018.

Nimmie Huber -- Off the Beaten Path in Washington DC

On 10/9/2018, Nimmie Huber gave a presentation titled Off the Beaten Path in Washington DC.  Click here to view the slideshow accompanying her presentation.

Newsletter-- October, 2018

The Sage Society                               

October   Newsletter

·       Our next Sage Society meeting is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 4:00 in Room 124 of the Sandstone Building (the OLLI Room) at USCB.  Come early to socialize!  

·       Nimmie Huber will give her presentation on Washington, DC – Off the Beaten Path!

·       Since we had to cancel our meeting courtesy of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Florence, our presentation schedule has been slightly adjusted. Carla Marsh will present in November and Carol Lauvray will be rescheduled. 

·       Since our nominating process for new officers was interrupted, we had

 to “monitor and adjust” if we wanted to follow the schedule that is stated in the by-laws.

 Melba Thomas, the Member-at-Large, is head of the Nominating Committee. She secured several volunteers to be on her committee and they are in the process of recruiting a new President, Sec/Treas/Historian, and a Member-at-Large. They will report on the slate of officers at our meeting. 

·       Everyone: Please give Geni Flowers Bouquet, Secretary, names of potential new members at the November meeting. Include a brief biographical paragraph. We will accept nominations (and brief biographies) until Dec. 29. 

We do not meet in December, so please get your nominating information in ASAP.

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

·       In the September newsletter, I shared the April minutes. (We did not meet in May.  Most of you were at the BHM Tea at Dataw.) 

Please read the April Minutes and send any corrections to Geni. We will approve the minutes before our speaker is presented.

Stuart Heath                                          

          President, Sage Society                                    

          September 5, 2017