Hi All
Hoping everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Celebration! Looking forward to seeing you this Thursday January 10th, 2019 and in the New Year! The meeting will be held at the Seattle Police Athletic Association small classroom to the north of the big hall. See our website http://ecamumclub.org under “about” for a map & updated directions. Turn left at the end of the driveway fences. Classroom is on the right just north of the house.
SUPPLIES: Please call Ronnie Elliot by Tuesday, January 8th to order M&R mix for both January and February meetings. We will have plant tags and twistems at the meeting.
Dues: Please pay your dues for 2019 at the January Meeting
DRAFT MINUTES from ECA Meeting December 13, 2018.
Approve October meeting minutes – No minutes to approve
Treasurer’s report $5,795.69
Old Business:
Review of 2018 Show –
Suggestions for next year
See if we can get TV coverage of our event a t VPC
Inventory and Order show ribbons in February
Set up ribbon table prior to judging for easy ribbon access
Observations – Low participation in lower greenhouse
how do we move people in that direction? – Talk to Dave Helgeson
Joyner’s have show table cloths to be dried and returned to VPC storage
Aldrich’s have spring plant sale paperwork bin
Plant sale plastic cups and pictures are at VPC storage
Joyner’s have the ECA banners to be cleaned up and returned to VPC storage
New Business:
- Mount Vernon ECA Presentation – Steve and Sue Joyner met with a Mount Vernon garden club interested in growing chrysanthemums. There were about 6 to 8 ladies interested. Steve Joyner to follow up.
- Trustees meeting – Scheduled for January 5th, 2019
Set 2019 calendar
Discuss North Satellite club
Review show rules/awards/program
- Aldrich’s will inventory plant sale mailing addresses
- Sue Joyner to ask Steve Backstrom if the ECA membership form can be added to our website
- A nominating committee was formed to search for 2019 slate of officers
President –
Vice President
Secretary – Sue Joyner
Treasurer – Syndey Ogilvie
3 year trustees (2) Mark Ross & Erika Harris
A Trustees Meeting was held Saturday January 5th. Draft Minutes follow:
EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 2019 10:00 am -12 pm
TRUSTEES MEETING MINUTES
WESLEY RETIREMENT CENTER 815 S 216th DES MOINES, WA
Attending: Mark Ross, Jill Aldrich, Rich Aldrich, David Rynes, Ron Elliott, Bob Ewing, Steve Joyner, Sue Joyner
1) Reviewed and accepted 2019 Calendar Dates and times – see attachment
2) Reviewed and accepted Annual ECA membership dues for 2019 are $15 per person or $20 per couple
3) Reviewed and accepted 2019 Officer Trustee Appointees –
3 year – Mark Ross and Erika Harris
2 Year – David Rynes and Christopher Brookes
1 Year – Jill Aldrich and Mas Tamekuni
4) 2019 Officer Elections will take place at our March meeting
5) Website Membership form discussion – we must be careful about publishing personal contact information on our website. Currently our webmaster, Steve Backstrom, monitors the comments in the contact tab for new member inquiries and passes the information along to the membership committee.
6) Reviewed and confirmed Committee Definitions. Committee volunteer sign up at January meeting
7) Reviewed and Confirmed 2019 novice coaching assignments
Alva Nishimura – Ron Elliott
Lizzie Whetstone – David Rynes
8) Contact Sydney Ogilvie for the status of 503C Filing & Mailing Date due 5/1/2019
9) Steve Joyner will work with Mark Ross to create an updated ECA Yearbook
10) Reviewed and accepted changes to first page of Novice handbook
11) Decision to suspend a 2019 ECA Project Bloom was reviewed and accepted
12) ECA Show rules were reviewed and several modifications were made.
a) Remove 2 bloom entries from all cut bloom categories.
b) Remove item B from the staging section which defines how 2 bloom entries should be staged as cut blooms for the show
c) Add 806 Bonsai class to section 32 Cascades, Trees and Charms (potted plants)
d) Award section changes:
i) Add – Best Vase of 3 Early English
ii) Add – Second Best Potted Plant, 5 blooms or less
iii) Rearrange Garden Variety challenges
1) Garden Varieties challenge (Sec 6b, 7, & 8 – anemones, pompoms or singles)
2) Fantasy Garden Varieties challenge (Section 10 – spiders, quill & spoons)
3) Remove second tier award for fantasy challenge – there are no other two tier award categories
13) Reviewed and accepted show program format changes – see attachment
14) Discussion of the need for a Credit Card Square – Magnetic Reader for the April plant sale. Sue Joyner to research activation, deactivation, processing fees and liability insurance and report back to the club
15) Missing Trophies – Ron Elliott will look for these trophies
a) Best Bloom non-member
b) Most points in show
c) Best vase of 3 exhibition in-curves
16) New trophies – the Garden Varieties award categories were changed. The fantasy challenge award will go to the Fantasy Garden Varieties challenge (Section 10 – spiders, quill & spoons). A new trophy will be purchased and awarded in the Garden Varieties challenge (Sec 6b, 7, & 8 – anemones, pompoms or singles)
16) Some of the ECA trophies are looking shabby. Ron Elliot volunteered to research options for getting them refaced or replaced
17) Discussion about reorganizing the cultural presentations at each meeting. It was suggested that our skilled growers share their specialty knowledge with the rest of the club. For example there is great interest in how to grow and shape cascades and charms. We have skilled growers in these areas that could share their knowledge with the rest of us
17) There is interest in forming an ECA satellite club in Mount Vernon. A discussion ensued regarding the oversight, relationship and support of an ECA north Satellite club
1) Satellite club of Evergreen Chrysanthemum association
2) Membership dues go to ECA
3) ECA is oversight/support
4) Follows ECA by laws and show rules
5) Receives ECA cultural instruction/supplies/support
6) Participates in ECA show at VPC
7) Participates in annual plant sale at VPC
8) Different meeting night
ECA 2019 Calendar
Meeting Dates: All
Thursday, January 10, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm Thursday, July 11, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm
Thursday, February 14, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm Thursday, August 8, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm
Thursday March 14, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm Thursday, September 12, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm
Thursday, April 11, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm Thursday, October 10, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm
Thursday, May 9, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm Thursday, November 14, 2019 – Banquet
Thursday, June 13, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm Thursday, December 12, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm
Trustees Meeting:
Saturday, January 5, 2019 10 AM – NOON
Cutting University (VPC):
Saturday, February 16, 2019 10:00 am -1 pm Confirmed with VPC
Club Plant Sales:
Thursday, March 14, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm
Thursday, April 11, 2019 7 pm – 9 pm
Public Plant Sale:
Saturday, April 13, 2019 10:00 am – 2 pm Confirmed with VPC
2019 Evergreen Chrysanthemum Show: Confirmed with VPC
Set up: Tuesday, October 29, 2019
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Thursday, October 31, 2019
Judging: Friday, November 1, 2019 9 am – Noon
Friends of the conservatory open house: Friday, November 1, 2019 6 pm to 8 pm
Public Show: Friday, November 1, 2019 Noon to 4 pm
Saturday, November 2, 2019 10 am – 4 pm
Sunday, November 3, 2019 10 am – 4 pm
Clean up: Sunday, November 3, 2019 4 pm – 6 pm
Banquet:
Thursday, November 14, 2019 6 pm Location to be determined
ECA COMMITTEES
Cultural Committee –
Chairperson: Ron Elliott
Members: Steve Joyner, Mark Ross, David Rynes
Responsible for cultural instruction, classification list, cultivar acquisition and rejuvenation, recommending project blooms, growing supplies and club history.
Membership Committee –
Chairperson: Rich and Jill Aldrich
Members: Lizzy Whetstone, Bob Ewing
Responsible for new member recruiting, coaching, member polls and records, Arrange manpower of events and plant sales (including publicity and sales notices).
Show Committee –
Chairperson: Ron Elliott
Members: Ron Elliott (Trophies and Chief Steward)
Mark Ross (Show Judges/Stewards)
Responsible for the show location, show dates, judges, stewards, staging, ribbons, trophies, awards and publicity
Social Committee:
Chairperson: Steve Backstrom
Members: Ron Elliott – Responsible for coffee Pot and refreshments at meetings and special events
Responsible for meeting location, summer garden tour, and annual banquet. Accounting for the number of individuals who will attend events and bring potlucks
Communications Committee:
Webmaster: Steve Backstrom
Newsletter: Steve Backstrom
Support Committee:
Chairperson: Mark Ross (Yearbook)
Members: Steve Joyner
Sue Joyner (prints show program)
John Harden (Show point tabulation, Ribbons & Awards)
Responsible for publishing the year book, ordering ribbons, printing show programs, Show notices and plant sale notices. Tabulates show points.
Welfare Committee:
Chairperson: Ann Schreibe
Members:
Responsible for oversight, when possible, for the health and welfare of the members under the weather, sending remembrances when appropriate, and advising the secretary of situations for inclusion in the monthly notices
Novice First page
WELCOME
The Evergreen Chrysanthemum Association (ECA) welcomes you to our Club, and hopes you will find as much enjoyment as we do in growing Chrysanthemums. The E.C.A. was established in 1947, and patterns its classification of blooms, judging and display standards and growing standards/methodology per the National Chrysanthemum Society of England rules.
Most of the mums grown by ECA members are of English origin, though many American Varieties are also grown. The club typically has 200 or more different cultivars circulating among its members. From these varieties new stock is perpetuated from cuttings taken each year by our members. These varieties are seldom available at garden nurseries or in flower shops.
The club meets regularly on the second Thursday of each month at the Seattle Police Athletic Association Pavilion, a few blocks south of the Boeing Access road on East Marginal Way South. See Appendix 3 (general area) and Appendix 4 (immediate area of meeting hall) for meeting directions.
Meeting times are from 7pm to 9 pm. The meetings reserve at least 1 hour for Cultural instruction and discussions.
The Association distributes a monthly newsletter to all members. The newsletter consists of minutes of the previous meeting and up and coming Club Events, as well as a Chrysanthemum growing “To Do” list for the coming month.
Additional Club activities include:
- Club only Plant Sales – March and April meetings
- Annual Public Plant Sale – April
- Annual Mum show at Volunteer Park Conservatory – First weekend in November
- Awards Banquet – November
- Other show possibilities including Puyallup Fair and Vancouver B.C. (Point Greys Mum Club) early show and late show.
Plants may be purchased at the club plant sales at club prices. An experienced grower will be assigned to you as coach to whom you can turn for help during the year. Not all varieties require the same growing treatment and growing environment. Confer with your coach for help and advice for plant selection and growing for your location.
Invite your coach to your house to discuss what you are doing right or wrong in growing your new plants, how to shelter your blooms in the fall, ask for vacation help while away, what blooms to enter in the fall show, and how to fill out the entry tags for the fall show. Many friendships develop this way due to the ECA high espirit de corps and camaraderie. Growing chrysanthemums is a fun hobby.
Show form membership information
Formed in 1947, this group of amateur chrysanthemum flower growers consists of approximately 30 members. This is our 72nd consecutive Show and one of the largest exhibitions of show quality chrysanthemums.
Membership is open to the public. Regular meetings are held on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 PM. Notice of meetings is made by news bulletins each month and at Http://www.ecamumclub.org. Cultural instructions are given at each meeting.
We seek, welcome, teach and instruct new members as well as making available the best English exhibition chrysanthemum plants. New members can purchase plants starts at member prices. Dues are $15.00 for individuals and $20.00 for couples per year. Join with us and know the pride of winning a blue ribbon.
I hereby make application for membership in the
EVERGREEN CHRYSANTHEMUM ASSOCIATION
Sydney Ogilvie – Treasurer
1937 S. Orcas St. Seattle, WA 98108
206-304-0802
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