Meeting Minutes -- February 2020

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.

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

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