CCMGA Honored at State MG Conference

Cabell County Master Gardener Association has been honored at the West Virginia Master Gardener Conference in Lewisburg, WV.  The award for Team Project Excellence in the Community Service Category has been awarded to CCMGA for the WSAZ Home & Garden Show.
Thumbs up to all who worked so hard to get our service recognized at the state level.

Items for consideration at November 10 CCMGA meeting

Hello CCMGA members and friends,

As you may be aware, in compliance with the International Master Gardener Association changes, the West Virginia Master Gardener Association has increased the number of education and service hours required for renewal to 10 and 20 respectively.  Therefore, we must adjust our bylaws to reflect those changes as well.  This is a simple change of a few numbers in Articles IV and V of the bylaws to keep us in compliance.  An opportunity will be available for discussion of these changes as well as a potential motion to accept the proposed revisions to the bylaws.  A copy of the updated bylaws with changes in red is available at the link below and will be printed for the November 10 meeting of CCMGA.

We will also hold a discussion of how CCMGA can provide more and better education and service opportunities.  Pauline Tiller at the Cabell County Extension Office has asked that we send our education and service hours to her from the period September 1, 2014 to August 31, 2015.  She does not need a detailed listing of dates, times and activities only the two numbers for how many education and service hours that you have accrued for the year.  Her contact information is Pauline.Tiller@mail.wvu.edu or 304-743-7131.  To assist you in recalling education and service activities, the Executive Committee has prepared a partial listing of some of the activities for the year.  This list was compiled from the calendar on our website (http://www.cabellcountymastergardeners.com) and may assist you in recalling your education and service.  The list is available on the link below and will be printed for the November 10 meeting.  Please notify Pauline of your 2014-15 hours by November 30, 2015.

A number of service opportunities will be presented for your consideration on November 10 including assisting with the MGIT class and advising gardens at Marcum Terrace, Meadows Elementary and Explorer Elementary. 

Debbie Martin will begin collecting 2016 dues ($16 per member) at the November meeting and will make plans for the December 5 Christmas Party and wreath making at Boyd County’s Extension Office.

• Draft agenda for November 10 CCMGA meeting
• Proposed updated CCMGA bylaws
• Partial list of 2014-15 CCMGA education and service opportunities

I will send a reminder out as the date for our November 10 meeting draws near but I wanted to send the above information for your consideration well in advance of the meeting.

Steve

Master Gardener Demonstration Garden at WV State Fair

As you are aware, the CCMGA recently made a contribution to the WVMGA to make improvements to the demonstration gardens at the State Fair of West Virginia.  This handicap accessible garden is a great place to showcase the work and talent of West Virginia Master Gardeners.
If any of our members or friends will be attending the state fair this year please take some snapshots and let us all know how it looks.

If any of our group will be attending the WV State Fair and would like to volunteer at the demonstration garden, information is below: