Business Meeting Agenda
Sessions:
Thursday, June 18: 10:45 – noon (75 minutes) - Ballroom A, Hotel Winneshiek
Friday, June 19: 10:30 – noon (90 minutes) - Peace Dining Room, Luther College
Welcome and Official Commencement - President, Suzi Teghtmeyer
Board Introduction
Quorum
Appoint a Parliamentarian
First Time Attendees Announcement
Approval of Minutes from the 46th Annual Meeting, Richmond, Virginia, printed in the August 2014 Newsletter, no. 134
Call for additions to the Agenda
[10 minutes allocated for all above]
Officer Reports
• Secretary – Kathy Crosby reporting for Stacy Stoldt [5 minutes]
• Treasurer – Brian Thompson [10 minutes]
• Vice President and Ad Hoc Strategic Planning Committee Report - Kathy Crosby and Donna Herendeen [15 minutes]
Standing Committee Reports
• Annual Literature Award Committee – Brian Thompson [8 minutes]
• Charles Robert Long Award of Merit – Kathy Allen [3 minutes]
• Electronic Communications – Leora Siegel [8 minutes]
• Financial Advisory Committee – Betsy Kruthoffer [5 minutes]
• Founders Fund Travel Fellowship Award – Suzi Teghtmeyer [5 minutes]
• Membership – Brian Thompson [5 minutes]
[74 minutes]
- Recess -
• Nominating Committee – Tracy Mehlin [3 minutes]
• Preservation and Access Committee – Donna Herendeen [8 minutes]
• Public Relations – Rita Hassert [8 minutes]
• Publications Committee – Susan Eubank [8 minutes]
• Steering Committee – Susan Eubank [8 minutes]
Future Annual Meetings
• 2016 Cleveland Botanical Gardens – Gary Esmonde [7 minutes]
• 2017 Andersen Horticultural Library - Kathy Allen [5 minutes]
• 2018 50th Anniversary meeting [5 minutes]
Unfinished Business
• Working Group Committee on Future Conferences - Report [8 minutes]
• Ad hoc Strategic Planning Committee - Recap and Discussion [10 minutes]
New Business
• EBHL Presentation – Rita Hassert [on Thursday] [8 minutes]
• Call for new business
Announcements
• Collaborative Grant Program, minor revisions [5 minutes]
• Biodiversity Heritage Library letter of support [5 minutes]
Closing of the Annual Meeting
• Presentation to Annual Meeting Host [5 minutes]
• Recognition of Outgoing/Incoming Officers [4 minutes]
• Passing of the Gavel [2 minutes]
• Vote for Adjournment [2 minutes]
[~100 minutes]
