Member Picnic

Meeting Date	Thu, Oct 9, 2008 7:00 PM - Thu, Oct 9, 2008 9:00 PM

will be the annual member picnic.

The Pikes Peak Water Garden Society meetings are held every 2nd Thursday from April to September.  Most meetings start at 7:00 PM and wrap up around 9:00 to 9:30 PM.

This year our meetings will once again be held at the Mountain View Church of Christ located at 1080 East La Salle Street.  This is at the west end of Constitution Avenue on the southwest corner.

Enter through the east door on the north side of the church.

To see a map for the meeting location, click on the Link Below

Mountain View Church of Christ

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Meeting Minutes

Pikes Peak Water Garden Society
Club Meeting Minutes
11 Sep, 2008
PPWGS Club meeting opened at 7:30 PM by Vice-President Jerry Hunter at Mt. View Church of Christ.
Mary Bucher gave the financial report to members.
Nomination for PPWGS three board member positions were opened to club members at the meeting. Steve Carson and Bob Pollock were added to the ballots as write-in nominations. All six nominees were given time to address the members before the voting begun. 58 ballots were cast. It was a very close race. The three winners for PPWGS board members are Ron Bissonnette, Steve Carson, and Greg Gutierrez.
Tonight’s first topic was on pump efficiencies. The guest speaker was Greg Ashe from Sequence pumps. He used a calculation program that showed pump efficiencies after various variables such as pipe size and distance is entered.
Ron Bissonnette showed a slide presentation as to how to winterize your pond that included question and answer session.
Betty Bissonnette briefed members about the picnic scheduled for the last membership meeting in October. A signup sheet was available for members to sign-up for the event. Members were asked to bring a dessert. The club funds will cover the BBQ meal.
Kirk Messinger, club librarian, is working with the web master in establishing a library on the web site for available books to check out. He also stated that he has available the PBS broadcast segment of Bob Winkler’s pond.
September 13th Pond Night tour information was provided to members including driving directions.
The following members won tonight’s door prizes:

Fertilizer tabs – Robert Lammon, LaNell Williams
Angle ornament - John Pickron
Koi Sock net – Dick Throckmorton
Decorative plant stake – John Botos, Kathleen Frazier, Dotty Hume
Club T-shirt – Time Evans
Club mouse pad – Julie Evans
Lady Bug thermometer – Lawrence Fenton
Iris plant – Steve Carson, Wes Frazier, Bill and Joanne Goodner, Barb Kerl, Dave Kratzer,
Bob Pollock, Tom Taylor, Philip Thomas, Christine Walker

The meeting concluded at 9:20 PM.

Respectfully submitted,
Robert Lammon
Secretary