VENUE: Atlanta Botanical Gardens

DATE: May 21, 2019

HOSTESSES: Deborah Childers, Hallie Crawford, Beth Nix, and Lindsey Sones

WELCOME/CALL TO ORDER: Lindsey Sones, 2018-2019 President
Lindsey called the meeting to order at 10:44 a.m., thanked the hostesses and welcomed everyone to this the last meeting of the year. She told everyone that she hoped they have enjoyed this year as much as she had as president. Her goal was to make the meetings fun, informative and productive.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES: Lindsey Sones
Margaret Glenn is looking into being able to put Mimosa related photos on our website to make it more interesting and fun.

A warm welcome to our new members, Brittany Hill (who is at meeting) proposed by Mary Ella Hill and Amy Underwood (who is not at meeting) proposed by Karen Brown.

Cut flowers wholesale information will be put on the website to enable our members to purchase at wholesale prices.

The City of Atlanta is going to re-write the tree ordinance regulations and Mimosa will send information about the upcoming meeting out to all members.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Lindsey Sones
Minutes from the March 2019 and April 2019 meeting have been posted on the website. There was a motion to approve, seconded, and all voted in favor. The minutes stand approved.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Vice President (Karen Brown):  No Report

Treasurer (Jo Phelps): No Report

Membership and Dues (Leslie Morgan): Still tracking down a few members’ dues.

Speech School (Maggie Fischer): No Report

Quarry Garden (Mildred Spalding): No Report

Garden Club of Georgia (Mary Huntz): No Report

NEW BUSINESS:
Before Lindsey passed the gavel to Karen Brown, she enthusiastically thanked the board this year. Lindsey explained that being President mostly consisted of delegating which only works when you have a reliable, effective board. The board this year has been amazing in both ways. So huge hug of gratitude to them.  Lindsey said “Thank you to Karen Brown for keeping all the moving parts of the hostess chart straight; to Maggie Fisher for keeping us up to date on the Speech School and Caroline Davis for organizing our 90th Anniversary party at the Speech School; to Louise Moore and Mildred Spalding keeping us informed on the quarry garden; to Blain Allen, Katie Bockstedt and Jennifer Hill our recording secretaries for diligently taking notes at our meetings; to Nell Mitchell our corresponding sec. who sends out our monthly meeting invitations along with all announcements; to Jo Phelps who kept our bank accounts straight; to Leslie Morgan who kept our attendance records and collected our dues. To Mary Ella Hill and Jinny Keough for the wonderful, varied, interesting programs. Additionally I must thank Shayla Rumly for hosting the new member luncheon last fall and to Esther Garges and Lois Yates who mentored last year’s new members and guided them through the Cathedral Antique Show entry.  So as you can see keeping Mimosa running truly is a group effort!”

Lindsey went on to say, “The nominating committee consisting of the board, Lisa Hinson and Shelby Drinkard met at a lovely luncheon graciously hosted by Caroline Davis at the Swan Coach House and selected next year’s board under Karen Brown.”

Lindsey passed the gavel to Karen with best wishes and tons of support for her presidency.

PROGRAM:
Aimee Nix introduced our speaker, Spalding Nix, who gave a most entertaining presentation on design trends, entitled “Millenials Don’t Polish Silver”.

ADJOURN:
That concludes our meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 10:50 a.m.

Respectfully Submitted,

Blain Ashmore Allen

VENUE:  Atlanta Beltline Partnership Office

HOSTESSES:  Margie Hutchison, Guerry Redmond, Mildred Spalding, Susan Virgin

WELCOME/CALL TO ORDER:  Lindsey Sones
Lindsey called the meeting to order and thanked the hostesses.  She mentioned that Mandy Culpepper designed the Atlanta Beltline Partnership office, and Sarah Kennedy is a benefactor.

ANNOUNCEMENTS/MEMBER UPDATES:  Lindsey Sones
Lindsey was happy to announce that we have two new members: Amy Sibley Underwood and Brittany Elizabeth Stancel Hill.  She looks forward to meeting them in May and is sure we as a club look forward to warmly welcoming them.

Lindsey noted that Katie Bockstedt reminded her of the opportunity for garden club members to shop at Cut Flower (a wholesale flower shop in midtown).  Lindsey registered Mimosa Garden Club for purchasing at Cut Flower wholesale at 2122 Faulkner Rd NE.  If you identify yourself as a Mimosa Garden Club member, they will give you wholesale prices. You will pay tax.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Vice President/Hostess chart: Karen Brown no announcement

Membership & Dues: Leslie Morgan no announcement

Treasurer: Jo Phelps no announcement

Speech School: Maggie Fischer, no announcement

Quarry Garden:  no announcement

Garden Club of Georgia: Mary Huntz, no announcement

NEW BUSINESS:
Lindsey noted that Jennifer Hill and Mary Ella Hill are in the process of setting the programs for next year. If there are any suggestions for next year’s programs, please contact either Jennifer or Mary Ella.

We received a lovely note form Ruti Turner at Oakland Cemetery, thanking us for hosting our meeting there and for the donations to their green elephant sale which was part of their annual plant sale. The proceeds go directly to support the horticulture at Oakland. Ruti also generously offered to help locate any relative of members who may be “resting” at Oakland.

Lindsey was happy to announce the Board for 2019-2020 has been selected as stated below:

President: Karen Brown
Vice President: Terri Alston
2nd VP (Quarry Garden) Blain Allen, Shelby Drinkard
3rd VP (Speech School) Caroline Davis, Aimee Nix
Recording Secretaries:  Kyle Garges, Elkin Taylor, Liles Thompson
Corresponding Secretary: Nell Mitchell
Treasurer: Jo Phelps
Membership/Dues:  Jessica Brown, Rae Knox
Programs:  Jennifer Hill, Mary Ella Hill
New Member Mentor and Flower Show:  Mary Ayers Griggs
Website: Margaret Glenn
Historian/Scrapbook: Jinny Keough, Lindsey Sones
Parliamentarian: Sissy Davis
State Garden Club Liason: Mary Huntz
Party Chairs: Parker Tekin, Louise Moore

PROGRAM:
Jinny Keough introduced Rod Brawner and John Becker.

Rob Brawner is the executive director for the Atlanta Beltline Partnership. His responsibilities include development and implementation of the Partnership’s strategic plan, as well as capital and operational fundraising.

Rob graduated with honors from Princeton University in 1996 with a degree in Economics and received his MBA from Emory’s Goizueta Business School.

Rob introduced the group to the history and mission of the Atlanta Beltline project. He pointed out that it is a loop of old railroad tracks that connects 45 neighborhoods in Atlanta’s Fulton county.  He mentioned that the office is located in the Stoveworks building; where potbellied stoves used to be manufactured.

He suggested that interested members take the bus tour of the Beltline and corresponding neighborhoods. It is a 3-hour tour that is very informative and entertaining. If the club is interested, we can arrange a private tour.

He was excited to announce the Southside trail will be opening this summer. It will connect the West and East side trails. It will not be paved yet; but should be navigable by bicycle and foot. They still need funding to get it paved; as well as the trails that extend to the north in the Buckhead area. He directed us to look at beltline.org/support for more information.

John Becker is the Partnership’s Engagement Coordinator. He assists the Program Manager with management of the bus, bike, and walking tour programs; as well as volunteer and event management, and marketing and communications.

John led the club on a walking tour of the beltline from the Beltline Partnership Office, south to Dekalb Avenue and Krog Street tunnel.

ADJOURN & RAFFLE
Raffle Drawing: Sarah McElroy won a book as the raffle prize

Respectfully Submitted,

Katie Bockstedt

VENUE: Lanier House, St. Phillips Cathedral
DATE: February 26, 2019
HOSTESSES: Katie Bockstedt, Elizabeth Hogan, Blair Mann, Nell Mitchell, Margaret Warren

WELCOME / CALL TO ORDER: Lindsey Sones, President
Lindsey Sones welcomed everyone and reminded to sign in and register for the raffle.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Lindsey Sones
The January minutes have been posted on the website for approval. There was a motion to approve and a second; all voted in favor. The minutes stand approved as presented.

ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES: Lindsey Sones
Congratulations to Betty Glenn who joined Mimosa in 1968. She is now an honorary member. Elizabeth Spalding has moved from Associate to Sustainer and Emily Jordan and Caroline Millican have moved to Associate.

Lori Kennedy has resigned. She sends her thanks to all the members for great fun and memories.

A huge thank you and small gift to Guerry Redmond for always graciously volunteering her time in photographing new members and taking our most professional recent group photograph. We had a record attendance of over 65 members. Last photo was taken when Caroline Davis was president 2000-2001

A friendly reminder to respond to meeting the invitations. I know it is an extra step when you reply that you are coming, to make a note that you are staying for lunch, however it is critical for the hostesses. A few days out the last count was 49 coming but only 19 staying for lunch. Hard to guess! We have looked into other options for replying, but they are way more expensive. So please RSVP and note if you are staying for lunch, otherwise we assume you are not.

Oakland Cemetery will hold a “Green Elephant” sale to coincide with their annual plant sale April 11-12. They are looking for donations of gently used and vintage garden items like gardening books, containers, outdoor furniture and yard art. Details are on their website. (A great way to recycle all the garden stuff you bought but no longer need!)

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

HOSTESS CHART:  Karen Brown
With Hostess Chart in hand, Karen Brown asked to please remember and be respectful of our by-laws we are limited to 4 hostesses unless family members then 5. If we exceed that we don’t have enough hostesses for all meetings.

MEMBERSHIP AND DUES:
Leslie Morgan reported that there are a few members with outstanding dues.

TREASURER: Jo Phelps, absent
Lindsey Sones thanked Elizabeth Hogan and Julie Yates for chairing last year’s party; we have met our  yearly commitments to the Speech School and the History Center and were able to award an additional $7,000 to be split between the two.

SPEECH SCHOOL:
Maggie Fischer reported that new mulch was put down in Mimosa garden and thank you to them for our anniversary celebration!

QUARRY GARDEN: Mildred Spalding reported that the garden is preparing for spring.

FLOWER SHOW:
Lindsey Sones There will be a flower show next year at the Botanical Garden. We will guide the new members through an entry and encourage all our members to participate also.

NEW MEMBER MENTORS:
Esther Garges no report. Lindsey mentioned that the Cathedral Antique Show was wonderful. Our new Members did a fabulous job, garnered lots of attention, right next to the coat check, (on a very wintry day)

PROGRAMS: Jinny Keough, Mary Ella Hill
We will be collecting donations for door prizes and delivering to Agape.

PARLIAMENTARIAN: Sissy Davis – No report

NEW BUSINESS: Lindsay Sones
The nominating committee will meet in March to consider Board positions for next year, under the capable leadership of Karen Brown.  If you would like to volunteer for the board, please let Lindsey know.

We have places for three new members next year.  The proposal form and supporting letters are due to me by March 15. The nominations will be posted on the website, with voting active the first two weeks of April.

Raffle Drawing – Blain Allen drew a name out of the bowl and a garden book was awarded to the winner.

PROGRAM:  Labyrinths, Margaret Bosbyshell, Honorary Design Chair along with her daughter, for the Cathedral Antique Show.  Margaret spoke the history, design, meaning, uses and local information on labyrinths.

ADJOURN:
That concludes our meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 12:05 p.m.  Lunch was served.

Respectfully Submitted,

Blain Ashmore Allen

VENUE: Atlanta Speech School
DATE: January 22, 2019
HOSTESSES: Caroline Davis, Duvall Fuqua, Edwina Johnson, Sarah Kennedy

WELCOME / CALL TO ORDER:
Our president Lindsey Sones welcomed everyone to the business meeting and the celebration of the end of our 9th decade. She thanked the hostesses and the Speech School for hosting the celebration: which included an anniversary cake, and gifts of Mimosa note pads. We had a record attendance with over 65 members present. Guerry Redmond took a group photo before the meeting.

ANNOUNCEMENT/MEMBER UPDATES:
Lindsey reported that sadly, Frank Redmond, the husband of our long-standing member Guerry Redmond, died on January 10th.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to Guerry and her family. Mimosa will be sending a memorial gift to the Atlanta Humane Society.

Penny Nunnally has moved to Canterbury Court. Her coordinates have been updated on the website.

We received a lovely note from Trish Gross, Exec Director of Chastain Horse Park thanking us for our donation to their “Healing Through Horses” program.

We also received a note from Park Pride thanking us for the honorarium for Teri Nye’s butterfly presentation.

Lindsey asked if anyone attended the City in the Forrest presentation regarding the proposed changes to the Atlanta City Council’s tree ordinance. No one attending today’s meeting had been.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
Jinny Keough motioned to approve the minutes from the October meeting which have been posted on the website. Esther Garges was second and all voted in favor. The minutes stand approved.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Dues:
Leslie Morgan indicated that we still have a few members who need to pay the $75 delinquent dues. She said she would contact those who are past due.

Treasurer:
Jo Phelps and Lindsey are meeting this week to disburse the party proceeds.

Speech School report:
Caroline Davis and Maggie Fischer are planning a garden work day / planting in honor of Mimosa’s 90^th birthday.

Quarry Garden:
Lindsey mentioned that the Mimosa members planted 90 blue phlox in the garden at our Oct meeting, in honor of the 90th year.

Flower Show:
The amaryllis project was a huge success, as we saw in the photos, with about 20 participants.  A huge thank you to Sandy Jones for her leadership, along with Esther Garges and Jinny Keough.  It was so much fun!  Agape will host the Amaryllis project at the end of November next year.

Website:
Lindsey thanked Margaret Glenn for doing such a wonderful job on our website which is most needed and valuable behind the scenes work.

Programs:
Jinny Keough led the collection of household items to donate to Agape’s bingo games.

Mary Ella Hill told us that next month’s meeting will be the Lanier House at St Phillips. There will be a presentation on labyrinths.

New Member Mentors:
Esther Garges mentioned the new members are making wreathes for the door to the atrium of the preschool at the Cathedral Antique Show.  The proceeds from the show go to Wilderness Works; which provides outdoor opportunities for underserved children in Atlanta.

Garden Club of Georgia:
Mary Huntz reported about the National Garden Club’s 2019 photography competition at their convention in Biloxi. The theme is “In the Wilderness is Preservation of the World”. You can find the details for the competition at: http://www.gardenclub.org/about-us/convention-2019.aspx  Click on “2019 International Photography Competition”

NEW BUSINESS:
A nominating committee to consider board positions for next year under Karen Brown’s presidency was needed to join Karen Brown, Jinny Keough and Lindsey Sones. Lisa Hinson was nominated and approved to be the associate member on the committee. Shelby Drinkard was nominated and approved to be the active member on the committee.

Thank you Lisa and Shelby for serving on the nominating committee! Anyone who desires to remain on the board in their current position next year is more than welcome to continue.

Per our by-laws, we have 3 spaces for new members next year. The new member proposal form is on the website under “Member Info” tab.  The proposal form and supporting letters must be received by March 15th.  We will vote on the proposed members the first 2 weeks of April. and the new members will be announced at the April meeting.  PLEASE SEE ME IF YOU ARE PROPOSING A NEW MEMBER.

PROGRAM:
Comer Yates showed a moving video highlighting the mission of the Speech School and it’s 80^th birthday last year.  He said there is a focus on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), as 80 percent of the jobs available in 2030 are not yet invented.

He reported that the Chan- Zuckerberg Institute researched over 100 schools across the US that model “whole child” education; and that Speech School was chosen as one of 8 exemplar schools to develop the whole child.

He commented on the Cox campus online which gives online access for training to teachers and health providers.

We also learned that the Speech School spends $1.5 million/ year on financial aid and will never turn away a student for financial reasons.

CLOSING:
Lindsey closed the meeting reminding us of her goals for this year: to make the meetings fun, informative and productive. Everyone seemed to agree that she has achieved those so far.

Respectfully Submitted,

Katie Bockstedt