Floor discussion of water garden issues

Meeting Date	Thu, Aug 13, 2009 7:00 PM - Thu, Aug 13, 2009 9:00 PM

will be the fifth meeting for 2009. Bring your questions and issues for this active discussion of water garden topics.

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
July’s Club Membership Meeting
13 August, 2009

August’s club meeting was opened by President Ron Bissonnette at 7:40 PM at Mt. View Church of Christ. There were 46 members at this month’s club meeting.
Ron stated that the pond tour went very well. The overall turn out this year was lighter compare to year’s pat. We are going to look for better ways to advertise the tour without having to pay advertising.
Ron announced that two PPWGS board positions were up for this year’s nominations, Robert Lammon and Dick Throckmorton. He briefed that the new nominations are not necessarily for the positions currently held by these two folks. The current members of the board would decide as to who will fill what positions. The floor was opened for new nominations. Robert Lammon and Dick Throckmorton were nominated by other club members for next month’s elections. Ron mentioned that the club will also accept other nominations at next month’s meeting up till it was time for members to vote.
Dick Throckmorton gave the financial report to members. After deposits from the Koi and payouts for the Koi auction and pond tour expenses, the checking balance was $2066.53. With the checking balance and savings balance of $2067.50, the club’s available funds of $4955.80. The full financial statement is available for all members to review.
This month’s topics were general in nature. Even though it was late in the season for dividing water lilies, Ron showed an outstanding video that demonstrated that process. Greg Gutierrez showed a slide presentation that show how he rebuilt and improved his filter system. There was also some discussion was what methods that can be used to protect your pond/fish from predators and what can be done to help reduce foaming problems in ponds. Ron also showed some slides detailing our websites traffic stats during July.
The meeting adjourned at 9:05PM.
The winner for August’s on-line newsletter drawing was ??????. They won $20 in cash.
The following members won door prizes:
Bag: Kirk Messingon
Fertilizer Tabs: Dave Kratzer, Bill Jackson, John Pickron, Mark Wittrup
Long Pond Gloves: Bev Kratzer
Mouse Pad: Monica Ousley
Respectfully submitted
Robert Lammon
Secretary