EAST CENTRAL OHIO BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

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ECOBA MEETING -NOV.20,2008--ELECTION MEETING

RON HOOPES STARTED MEETING WITH OPEN DISCUSSION TOPIC ABOUT NEW NUC FEEDER.
DANA MC VAY OFFERED INFO ON HEIFER INTERNATIONAL-- A NON-PROFIT THAT HELPS PEOPLE IN POOR
COUNTRIES TO FEED THEMSELVES AND MAKE MONEY FROM SELLS OF DONATED ANIMALS.BY DONATING
YOU CAN SEND A HIVE OF BEES TO A POOR FAMILY OVERSEAS. CHECK OUT WEB SITE FOR DETAILS,
HEIFER   SANTA WILL DELIVER BEES FROM YOU. WHAT A NICE GIFT OF GIVING. RON WELCOMED 4 GUESTS
TO THE CLUB.THERE WAS 29 MEMBERS PRESENT FOR THE MEETING.

BUSINESS MEETING OPENED AND MINUTES WERE READ BY DANA MC VAY.A MOTION TO ACCEPT WAS
MADE BY BILL HUSTON WITH SECOND FROM JIM MATTHEWS. VOTE TAKEN AND PASSED .MINUTES
ACCEPTED AS READ.

TREASURER REPORT GIVEN BY RON HOOPES---OCT BAL  $3,958.44
                                                                 INCOME          106.20
                                                                 EXPENSES       282.08
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                                                                 NEW BAL   $3,782.56
A MOTION TO ACCEPT REPORT WAS MADE BY KAREN CRUTCHER WITH SECOND BY DAN LONGSTRETH.
VOTE TAKEN AND PASSED. TREASURER'S REPORT WAS ACCEPTED AS READ.

OLD BUSINESS-- EARL JAMES REPORTED HIS 2 YOUTH STUDENTS WERE DOING WELL IN CLASS AND THEY
HAD 2 MORE CLASSES TO GO.REPORTS OF 100 PLUS SIGNED UP FOR FEBRUARY CLASSES.

NEW BUSINESS WAS ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 2009.RON READ THE BALLOT AND ASKED FOR
NOMINATIONS FROM THE FLOOR,NO NEW NOMINATIONS WERE ADDED. BALLOTS WERE PASSED OUT BY
DANA MC VAY. DOOR PRIZES WERE AWARDED WHILE BALLOTS WERE COUNTED BY LINDA & BILL HUSTON.

HOWARD SEIGRIST, LICKING COUNTY AGRICULTURE DEPT TOLD US ABOUT SMALL FARM CLASS BEING
OFFERED BY EXTENSION OFFICE  JAN22-- MARCH15 FROM 7 TO 9 PM IN ZANESVILLE. MORE INFO FROM
YOUR COUNTY EXTENSION AGENT
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ELECTION RESULTS WERE ANNOUNCED AFTER REFRESHMENTS.
RON READ THE NAMES OF ECOBA 'S NEW 2009 OFFICERS
 PRESIDENT----ROGER MILLER
 V.PRES---------JIM MATTHEWS
 SEC--------------CONNIE SCHALINSKE
 TREAS.----------KAREN CRUTCHER
 TRUSTEES-----STEVE SHANE--3 YEAR AND   DAN RIGGS --1 YEAR.
SPEAKERS WERE THE COUNTY INSPECTORS         
ROGER MILLER ( FAIRFIELD)  - DAN LONGSTRETH    ( MUSKINGHAM) AND DANA MC VAY ( PERRY).
ROGER MILLER GAVE A THANK YOU TO RON HOOPES FOR ALL HIS LEADERSHIP AS PRESIDENT AND GAVE
SOME IDEAS AS TO WHAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE OUR CLUB ACCOMPLISH IN THE NEW YEAR. WE ARE
LOOKING FORWARD TO ROGER'S LEADERSHIP TO GUIDE OUR CLUB IN THIS NEXT YEAR.
NEXT MEETING WILL BE IN FEBRUARY 2009
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL THE MEMBERS.
SUBMITTED BY DANA MC VAY ,SEC ECOBA