All members of the Garden Club are invited to participate in a planning discussion that will decide the WHGC leadership. If you have an email buddy, please pass along this information. This meeting will be held at Margaret Pulito’s home on Monday, April 3. You may arrive to Margaret’s at 9:00 am, find a seat, and be ready to begin promptly at 9:30.
We will break up into three groups to discuss one of three club leadership options and report back to the total group for a final recommendation to be presented to the general membership.
1. Revisions to the current President and VP leadership structure to one that would allow you to take part.
2. Creating a new leadership structure with a team of 3 leaders that divide up duties as they choose such that you would be willing to participate on the team. (For both options 1 and 2, decide which responsibilities remain within the leadership structure and which are reassigned or abandoned.)
As you are contemplating a leadership role in the WHGC, the following are responsibilities to be considered:
Set up meeting agenda and share with Recording Secretary
Chair Board and General Club meetings
Coordinate clipboards
Post relevant news (Club, FGCCT, community) on bulletin board at general meetings
Communicate/advise/support executive board and committee chairs
Work with Strategic Planning Committee regarding Constitution/Policies/By-Laws and any other club issues that may arise
Act as spokesperson in outside-the-club events
Keep records of club activities during tenure and pass along to successor
Host new member coffee annually – usually in October
Write a letter 3 times per year for publication in the club newsletter
Help with yearbook – update goals/mission – proofread if requested
FGCCT – attend meetings 2 times per year – October and April; keep club informed of FGCCT schools and courses; liaise with FGCCT, as needed
Help with fundraising
Attend/advise budget meeting annually
Store necessary club records until archived
Permanently terminate the club.
Disperse all assets to similar non-profit organizations in accordance with the provisions of CT General Statues Section 33-490.
Reach out to Shirley Hall, FGCCT Treasurer, as to specific guidelines to follow.
Provide closure with clients, programs, members.
Disperse or shred inventory, records, archives, photographs, momentos.
Arrange to have existing club materials and photos organized, archived and stored at the Noah Webster House West Hartford Historical Society.
Close website.
Disengage from Federated.
Celebrate achievements.
Point members to other garden clubs.
Acknowledge service – awards, recognition, thank you’s.
Saint John’s Episcopal Church
679 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford.
(Directions to entrances to parking are in the front of the church from Farmington Avenue and South Highland Street.)
“Spring with a Twist”
Speaker: Bill Cusano
Mr. Cusano, owner of DeVars-Phillips Florist and Antiques, will demonstrate five floral arrangements with a spring-time theme.
OPEN MEETING, Guest donation $10.00
Meeting Presider: Ann Painter
Program: Monica Fay
Floral Arrangement: Fran McIntyre
Tea sandwiches, cookies and beverages will be served.
For registration, click here.
Martha Stewart will be the keynote speaker for The Elizabeth Park Conservancy 2017 Garden Lecture Series in April.
The conservancy announced that the gardening and lifestyle guru will speak on “Two Very Different Gardens: A Mountain Landscape and a Rural Farm” at noon April 11 at the Hartford Golf Club. Tickets for the luncheon, lecture and book-signing are $150; Stewart’s book “Vegetables” will be available for $25. Tickets go on sale Feb. 15 at elizabethparkct.org. For questions, 860-231-9443, ext. 101.
For registration, click here.
For registration, click here.
Reservations must be received by Friday, April 14, 2017.
May 10 date will be postponed to another date to be determined due to the chilly weather.