By W. Cooley
The planning meeting was a great success. We were very humbled by the number of people who showed up to understand the future of SIBA and how they could help. We will be having a meeting in March! Jeff Montag will show us how to take a nuc to honey in one season! More on that later.
- Jim Orem has stepped down as MC. We thank Jim for his support and dedication over the years!
- New interest: Dave Broxterman and Don Burkart (and anyone else who'd like to be tapped to fill in when needed)
- Pat Seevers would like assistance in newsletter editor responsibilities.
- Whitney Cooley is interested with helping in this role.
- Pam Voris also expressed interest in helping to take notes.
- New Meeting Location Prospects:
- We want to thank Garry Reeves for hosting our bee meetings for over 13 years.
- Available funds: $50/mo.
- Must be able to hold ~ 80 attendees (noted at peak times)
- Continue at Moores Hill Senior Center ($25/mo)
- Carriage House Farm—North Bend, OH
- Agner Hall—Lawrenceburg, IN
- One meeting attendee is looking into availability/price
- Aurora Community Center
- Must be able to hold ~ 80 attendees (noted at peak times)
- What do we want from our meetings?
- Round table discussion
- Meetings to talk about events/learnings
- Bees on site not immediately needed as can schedule hands on days outside of meeting time blocks—possibly on weekends when someone is willing to host
- Will continue at Moores Hill Senior Center until new meeting location identified
- Core group advised to make decisions, lead, run meeting logistics
- ~7 critical roles of club to be sent out by Jason with information on roles and how to express interest
- Will formalize roles/governance structure hopefully by March meeting
- Interested in Membership Roster?
- Names and contact info listed on SIBA website indianahoney.org or elsewhere?
- Consider keeping roster with information as a resource and means of contact tracing, particularly during Covid-19
- Track attendance of members? Of guests?
- Indiana Queen Breeders Association is holding a 2 day event at Clover Blossom Honey in La Fontaine, IN!
- Please contact Gary if you have any interest
NEXT MEETING IN MARCH WILL BE A GENERAL MEETING WITH THE TOPIC PRESENTED BY JEFF MONTAG - “FROM NUC TO HONEY”
SEE YOU MARCH 18 at 6:30pm AT MOORES HILL SENIOR CENTER!
