Meeting Minutes

MINUTES – MEMBERS’ MEETING/AUTUMN FLOWER SHOW

MONDAY APRIL 17^Th 2023

GOLF CLUB, WARBURTON

MEETING OPENED:  7.30 PM

Flower show

Entries received from 6:15PM to 7:15PM. Judging commenced at 7:30 PM.

attendance

Apologies:  as listed in the attendance book

president’s welcome and announcements

President welcomed members, new members and visitors Belinda Mills, Ivor Wolstencroft (briefly), Julie and Dale Horobin, Nathan Van der Monde and Annie Taylor, with a special welcome to the night’s judge of the Flower Show, Arie Bos.

All members were reminded to wear their name tags

stewards

SUPPER: Jill and Trevor Hince

WELCOME:  Megan Urquart and Tarnya Harper

RAFFLE TICKETS: Ashleigh Hall

minutes of previous meetInG

Copies of the minutes of the meeting on March 20^th were available.

Motion:  That the minutes of the meeting on March 20^th 2023 be confirmed.

Moved: Janet Sowden                                                   Seconded: Mavis Clifford                

SECRETARY’S REPORT

No correspondence in or out      

Treasurer’s report

As approved by the Committee at its last meeting, a statement of our income and expenditure for the month ending 31^st March 2023 is appended.

Motion: That the Treasurer’s report be accepted.

Moved: Eric Felber                                           Seconded: Penny Murphy           

Quiz

Groups of 6 competed to answer 30 questions in three lots of 10, with a prize of a box of chocolates for the quiz winners in each lot.

SUPPER BREAK/VIEWING OF FLOWER SHOW

By the time the quiz was completed the judging was over, supper was served and members enjoyed inspecting the excellent array of entries

JUDGE’S COMMENTS

• Best exhibit: All produce exhibits were very good, and Sally and David’s entry was judged the “best exhibit”.  However, some otherwise excellent entries were too crowded, so that the individual vegetables and fruits could not be properly seen.
• When presenting fruit or vegetables of one type, try to have them all the same size.
• Floral art: Mavis’ entry was beautifully done but some of the “mechanics” were visible, which detracted from the presentation.
• Hydrangea entries were excellent but one of them was in the wrong category.
• Remember to adhere strictly to the requirements of the schedule.

PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS

The new registration system worked well. Kevin thanked the Stewards for their good work, and thanked all the helpers who set up the show, especially David Borton and Robert Pike for their assistance with the lighting. 

Prize Winners:

Category	Description	First	Second
1	One exhibition bloom, truss or spike	Sue Gill	Shirley Lahtinen
2	One container of cut Flowers any number of stems, all of one type	Violetta Zalac	Lynn Davis
3	One container of flowers from tree, shrub or creeper all of one type – any number of stems, colour variation allowed	Tarnya Harper	Sue Gill
4	One container of mixed flowers, any number of stems	Mavis Clifford
5	One container of dahlias, any number of stems, variety and colour variation allowed	Tarnya Harper	Shirley Lahtinen
6	One container of roses, any number of stems, variety and colour variation allowed	Violetta Zalac	Violetta Zalac
7	One rose	Denise Cosier	Shirley Lahtinen
8	One container of autumn foliage any number of stems maximum size 75cm in any direction.	Lynn Davis	Mavis Clifford
9	One container of fuchsia, any number of stems	Mavis Clifford	Sue Gill
10	One Fern, maximum bench space allowed 50cm x 50cm	No Entries
11	One pot plant (no ferns)	Kerrie Kurka	Jan Hince
12	One floral arrangement using fresh Flowers (Can be wired and use accessories – Floral Art).	Mavis Clifford	Tarnya Harper
13	Collection of succulents and/or cacti – at least three varieties or types. Maximum container size 50cm x 50cm	Kerrie Kurka	Les Lasham
14	Floral design in a saucer	Mavis Clifford	Mavis Clifford
15	Bits & pieces in a coffee mug	Jill Hince	Mavis Clifford
16	Exhibit of Produce, one type, single or multiple pieces.  Maximum bench space allowed 50cm x 50cm	Evelyn Fisher	Tarnya Harper
17	Collection of produce using fruit, vegetables and/or nuts –at least three different types of produce. Maximum bench space allowed 75cm x 75cm.	Sally Ahern & David Borton	Janet Sowden

Prize Winners:

Best Exhibit:  David Borton & Sally Ahern – collection of produce

Best Exhibitor (based on tally results):             Mavis Clifford

Best Exhibitor (runner up):                                   Tarnya Harper

Cards were presented to the winners in each category, and gift vouchers to the three main winners.

NEXT GARDEN WALK, Monday 24^th April

Next garden walk is at John and Karen MacFarlane’s garden, 17 Old Warburton Road Warburton, from 10.00 am.  BYO cup, seat and morning tea to share. Don’t park on the pipe track reserve if it has been raining and the ground is soft!

OPEN GARDEN WEEKEND, 4^TH AND 5^TH NOVEMBER 2023

This will go ahead, thanks to those members who have volunteered their gardens, especially Bella Le Tet and Rosalind Summers. Nearer the time, members will be asked to help manage the gates, plant stall etc.  A large number of helpers will be needed and it is hoped that everyone will assist.

RAFFLE

Winners were Julie Horobin, Dale Horobin, Belinda Mills, Rosalind Summers and Tarnya Harper

MEMBERS’ DRAW

Name drawn was Joe Pegels who collected a $50 prize.

NEXT MEETING

The May meeting will be cancelled due to the proposed roadworks on the Warburton Highway.

The June meeting will take place as scheduled, on 19th June.

MEETING CLOSED: 9.23 pm.

………………………………………………………Kevin Hince, president………………………………………date