Sage Society Minutes
February 2020
OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB
MINUTES
Sage Members in Attendance:
Martha Weeks, President
Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian
Stuart Heath, Past President
Donna Armer
Sandi Atkins
Rebecca Davenport
Diane Gallagher, Member-at-Large
Debbie Gray
Barbara Hathaway
Ruth Anne Lawson
Maryann McCracken-Mikell
Jen Moneagle,
Peggy Pickett
Melba Thomas
Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member
Members Absent:
Jerry Stocks, Past President
Grace Cordial
Carol Lauvray
Carla Marsh
Alvesta Robertson
Julie Schmidt
Martha Weeks called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.
Martha introduced Ruth Anne Lawson, our newest Sage member. Welcome Ruth Anne!
Ruth Anne has already agreed to make her presentation on May 12th. Yay!
The minutes of the January 14th meeting were approved with the correction that Diane
Gallagher is the Member-at-Large not Jen Moneagle as was incorrectly noted in the
January minutes
Diane Gallagher stated that the committee discussing the charities to be considered as
recipients for next year’s Sage dues money has met and that they are still looking for
suggestions. Past recipients are: The Guidance Counselor at Beaufort Elementary
School, Born to Read, Thumbs Up and Born to Read this year. Please send
suggestions for the 2021 dues to Diane no later than March 10th. You can bring these
suggestions to the meeting and please remember to provide a brief paragraph of the
charity and who it benefits. It doesn’t have to be literary in nature, just local and worthy.
The committee will the meet at the end of March to narrow down the choices to two and
we will vote on the final choice at the April meeting.
Reminder that annual membership dues of $25.00, in cash, are past due. [Side note:
There are still 3 members unpaid at this time. Please be sure to bring your dues
to the March meeting so that we can donate the money to Born to Read in a
timely manner. Thank you!]
The membership roster was sent around to members to be updated. An updated roster
will be sent out shortly.
Reminder that the Museum Tea is on May 19th. Please be sure to let Stuart know if you
would like to attend.
Peggy Pickett presented on SC Women in the American Revolution. She focused on 5
extraordinary women who played significant roles in the war. Her presentation was both
enlightening and entertaining. A Q & A session followed the presentation.
The meeting adjourned 5:10.
The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on Tuesday, March 10th at
4:00 pm in the OLLI classroom (room 124 of the USCB Sandstone building.)
Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:
2020
March 10th Alvesta Robertson Mather School, Beaufort, SC,
1868-1968
April 14th Maryann McCraken-Mikell History of Spanish Moss Trail
May 12th Ruth Anne Lawson TBD
The Sage Society blog can be found at: https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/
Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary, March 5, 2020.
The MISSION of The Sage Society is to foster ongoing in-depth study of topics, using research and communication skills, to further the knowledge of its members. The SIGNATURE of The Sage Society is Scholarly.
Sunday, March 8, 2020
Thursday, March 5, 2020
Newsletter - March, 2020
The Sage
Society
March 2020 Newsletter
Welcome Ruth Anne Lawson, our newest member!
Ruth Anne is a
native of Aiken, SC, and a graduate of USC. She has a BS in nursing, and is a gardener
and sailor, among other things. Welcome to the Sage Society, Ruth Anne. We look
forward to getting to know you.
Geni Flowers, Secretary,
will send the updated directory as soon as she has everyone’s correct contact
information. February minutes will be available for your review prior to next
week’s meeting, though not with this email.
2021
Dues Gift: We need your
suggestions for the recipient of the dues collected in 2021. Please send a
brief description of your recommendations to one of the following committee
members prior to next Tuesday:
Diane
Gallagher, Chairman – deebunk1@aol.com
Stuart Heath –
mstuartheath@gmail.com
Jen Moneagle –
jmoneagle@gmail.com
Please let me
know if you plan to bring a guest to the meeting so we can prepare a nametag.
Upcoming
event: The Beaufort History Museum's annual
tea:
Theme:
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot in
The Carolina Room at Dataw
Date: Tuesday, May
19, 2020
Time: 1:00-4:00 pm
Reservations
open April 1, 2020
Details
to follow
Speaker: Alvesta Robertson
will present The Mather School at our meeting Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at
4:00 pm.
I look forward
to seeing everyone on Tuesday, March 10 at 4:00 in the OLLI Room at USCB.
Martha T. Weeks
President
843-441-1304
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Peggy Pickett -- South Carolina Women in the American Revolution
On 2/12/2020, Peggy Pickett presented South Carolina Women in the Revolutionary War.
You can view the slides for this presentation by clicking here.
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| Peggy Pickett |
Saturday, February 8, 2020
Meeting Minutes -- January12, 2020
Sage Society Minutes
January 14, 2020
Annual Meeting
OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB
MINUTES
Sage Members in Attendance:
Martha Weeks, President
Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian
Stuart Heath, Past President
Donna Armer
Diane Gallagher
Debbie Gray
Barbara Hathaway
Jen Moneagle, Member-at-Large
Peggy Pickett
Alvesta Robertson
Julie Schmidt
Members Absent:
Jerry Stocks, Past President
Sandi Atkins
Grace Cordial
Rebecca Davenport
Carol Lauvray
Carla Marsh
Maryann Mikell
Melba Thomas
Martha Weeks called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm.
The minutes of the November 12th meeting
were approved.
Annual membership dues of $25.00, in cash, were collected from
each member. [Side note: There are 7 members unpaid at this time. Please be
sure to bring your dues to the February meeting so that we can donate the money
to Born to Read in a timely manner. Thank you!]
There was a discussion regarding charities to be considered as
recipients for Sage dues money. There seems to be some confusion as to what
year’s dues are donated to our designated charity. Born to Read was chosen last
year to receive the 2020 funds. A subcommittee, comprised of Jen Moneagle,
Member-at-Large, Diane Gallagher and Stuart Heath will discuss and vet
organizations to receive this money going forward. Please send any suggestions
for worthy recipients for consideration to them for the 2021
funds.
One new member, Ruth Anne Lawson, was voted in unanimously. Stuart
will be contacting her to let her know that she was accepted, and Martha will
send her a welcome letter.
Martha will be sending out a new roster of members which will
include the dates of membership. This will help as a reminder as to when our
presentations are due to be scheduled. A list was sent around with dates for
people to sign up for presentations.
Reminder that the Museum Tea is on May 19th.
Geni announced that the OLLI room will continue to be our meeting
space for the coming year. Renovations are planned to that room during the
summer but hopefully, that won’t affect us much. If the construction is not
completed by the time we come back in September, we will make other
arrangements at that time.
Peggy Pickett with be presenting on February 11th.
A card went around to send to Jerry – we wish her speedy healing!
Jen thanked everyone for the card we sent her.
The meeting adjourned 4:35.
The next regular meeting of the Sage Society will be held on
Tuesday, February 11th at 4:00 pm in the OLLI classroom (room 124 of the USCB
Sandstone building.)
Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:
2020
February 11th
Peggy Pickett SC Women in the American Revolution
March 10th Alvesta
Robertson Mather School, Beaufort, SC,
1868-1968
April 14th Maryann
Mikell History of Spanish Moss Trail
May 12th
The Sage Society blog can be found at: https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/
Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary
February 5, 2020
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Newsletter -- February 2020
The Sage Society
February
11, 2020 Newsletter
· Welcome to our new member, Ruth Anne Lawson. We
look forward to getting to know you.
· Geni Flowers,
Secretary, will circulate a copy of the directory at the meeting. (If you have had changes from last year,
please let Geni know ASAP.) Please review your information for accuracy
at the meeting. Geni will email an attachment with the updated directory.
· Diane Gallagher
will submit a recommendation for the money collected from dues in 2020 and we
will vote to select a recipient.
o Peggy
Pickett will present: SC Women in the American Revolution
o Mark
your calendars for May 19, 2020.
The
Beaufort History Museum Tea will be held in The Carolina Room at Dataw
from 1:00-4:00 pm.
Tickets
are $50 each if you are with a table of ten (in the past, we have had enough
Sage attendees to have our own tables).
Tickets
are $60 if purchased individually.
The
Theme of the tea is: Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Note:
Carol
Lauvray, Geni Flowers, and several others in Sage are involved in this event. Carol
is President of BHM and both Carol and Stuart are on the Tea Committee. The
tea will not conflict with our May 12 meeting.
Following is a list of
the upcoming months presenters:
February
11, 2020 - Peggy Pickett, SC Women in the American Revolution
March
10, 2020 - Alvesta Robertson, The Mather School
April
14, 2020 - Mary Ann Mikell, A History of the Spanish Moss Trail
May
12, 2020 - Ruth Anne Lawson TBD
Sept.
8, 2020 - Martha Thwaite Weeks TBD
Oct.
13, 2020 - Jerry or Rebecca TBD
Nov.
10, 2020 - Geni Flowers TBD
Feb.
9, 2021- Stuart Heath
Mar.
9, 2021 - Donna Armer
Apr.
13, 2021
May
11, 2021
Sept.
14, 2021
Oct.
12, 2021
Nov.
9, 2021
Martha
Thwaite Weeks
President,
Sage Society
February
5, 2020
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