Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Meeting Minutes -- Novemer 12, 2019


Sage Society Minutes
November 12, 2019
OLLI Classroom 124 - USCB

Sage Members in Attendance:
Martha Weeks, President
Geni Flowers, Secretary/Treasurer/Historian
Stuart Heath, Past President
Jerry Stocks, Past President
Donna Armer
Rebecca Davenport
Debbie Gray
Barbara Hathaway
Carol Lauvray
Carla Marsh
Maryann Mikell
Peggy Pickett
Alvesta Robertson
Larry Koolkin, Honorary Member
Members Absent:
Sandi Atkins
Grace Cordial
Diane Gallagher
Jen Moneagle
Julie Schmidt
Melba Thomas

Meeting called to order at 4:05 pm by President, Martha Weeks.
Guests: Gina Baker, Anne Kennedy, Ruth Ann Lawson and Kathy Mixon were introduced and
welcomed.

Minutes of the October meeting were approved.

Nimmie Huber has withdrawn from Sage. We now have an opening for the position of Member-
at-Large. This person will chair a committee with current committee members, Stuart Heath and
Jen Moneagle, to decide to what charity we will donate our dues in 2021. A clipboard was
passed around for suggestions of worthy charities.

Stuart shared a flyer for the Museum Tea to be held May 19, 2020. Be sure to mark your
calendars.

Carol Lauvray showed a video and gave her presentation on the History of Beaufort and the
shaping of US History, including the Beaufort Arsenal and Beaufort Artillery. It was entertaining
and enlightening. A brief question and answer period followed.

We were reminded that there is no December meeting.
The meeting adjourned at 5:15.

The next meeting of the Sage Society will our annual meeting held on January at 4:00.
Remember to get member suggestions and bio to Geni ASAP. Don’t forget to bring your Sage
dues of $25.00 cash to the meeting.

Updated list of upcoming programs, presenters and topics:

2020
January 14 th Annual Meeting
February 11 th Peggy Pickett SC Women in the American Revolution
March 10 th Alvesta Robertson Mather School, Beaufort, SC, 1868-1968
April 14 th Maryann Mikell History of Spanish Moss
May 12 th

The Sage Society blog can be found at: https://thesagesociety.blogspot.com/
Respectfully submitted by Geni Flowers, Sage Society Secretary, December 10, 2019.