MAY 1983
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NURSERY GARDEN CENTRES CIVIC GARDEN CENTRE — GARDEN TOPICS & EVENTS NEWSLETTER
One group of volunteers are largely forgotten when it comes to handing out a thank you — our ‘“Board of Directors”. These 21 members serve on many com-
MESSAGE TO MEMBERS... by Gordon D. Wick, Executive Director
May promises to be a very busy month at the Centre, and I would like to thank the volunteers who have given many extra hours, even keeping our shops and library open for members’ nights, and setting up and working on plans for the Spring Plant Sales. We have now received approximately as
many advance orders for the 1983 Civic Garden Centre Plant Sale as we handled in 1982. This is a good sign because we can provide members with the best selection of materials for advance orders. It is very hard to judge the inventory balance
The time I have spent in interviewing applicants for these two positions, in preparing
the
year’s
budget proposals,
and in attempting to gather the information for transfer to the electronic accounting system, has placed heavy demands on not only me, but on our other administrative staff. I do hope our members won’t think that we have brushed aside other areas to which we need to devote further time and attention.
MEMBERS’ NIGHTS We are making progress in setting up future programgqing plans. Although the %fi%d fo%‘ ‘the mad rush on the public sale day. We have registered a number-ot TUTturnoutTatTmembers™T Tnights Thas—been new volunteers to help sort the advance quite variable, I feel that the members orders, ready for the Pre-Sale pick-up. who have turned out have enjoyed both More volunteers could still be utilized. the evenings’ programs and the opportunIf you are available to help us during this ity to get to know other members with much needed fund raising project, please similar interests. call or mention this to our new Receptionist/Volunteer Co-Ordinator, Dorothy If you have a program topic and/or speaker in mind, do let us know. If you are Whiteman. amoung our many talented members who Major funding for this new receptionist could present a program on some special position has been made available through area of interest, I would like to know of a grant from the R. E. Edwards Foundyour availability. tion. Dorothy’s job will include giving out general information on Edwards Gardens. Because of the variable turnout, it is Dorothy will be on duty five days per difficult to know if it is worth calling week, usually Tuesday through Saturday. in volunteers to man the shops and We are pleased to continue to utilize our library for each members’ night. Please volunteer receptionists on Monday, when let me know if you feel this service is Dorothy is off, and on Wednesday when really worth the effort. If you haven’t Dorothy will help in other administrative helped before, but would like to on areas. members’ nights, please call Dorothy. With the retirement of our bookkeeper, " Gordon Kemmis, as of the end of March, we are currently taking steps to transfer our manual posting system to an electronic accounting system.
In listing the proposed slate of new members of the CGC board, we omitted Mr. Coffee, and listed Dr. Brian Bixley incorrectly. Please accept my apology.
mittees as well as attending the regular monthly board meetings. A number of the 1982-83 board members are retiring from active duty this year. They have given many years of active service and we will miss them at the regular board meetings but I do hope to keep them active from time to time on specific committees. On behalf of all our members I extend our
thanks
to
our
retiring
directors.
We were saddened to hear that one of
our long time active members has had a stroke. Gordon Galloway has served for a number of years as one of our security commissionaires. We will miss Gordon’s cheery greetings at our recept-
ion area and we wish him a speedy and complete recovery. P ) -y Genevieve Robertson who has co-ordinated our flower arranging classes and demonstrations for many years has indicated a desire to step down as co-
ordinator.
We wish to thank her for
many years work as a very devoted pro-
moter and volunteer here at the Centre. In addition to arranging the flower arranging courses, Genevieve set up many individual guest lectures and demonstrations at outside clubs as part
of the Centre’s outreach program. By the time this reaches you, I expect to have discussed the terms of reference for the future co-ordination of the courses with Ella Irving, who has been personally recommended as Genevieve’s successor. Ella has worked hard for the Centre in setting up our Japanese flower arranging courses and is well known and respected amoung our user groups. I trust she will receive the continued input and co-operation of our many floral arranging devotees.
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