We have two big events coming up this spring. First, is a talk by board member and mushroom author, Greg Marley on April 13th. Second, is our annual board meeting on April 27th. Scroll down for more details.
Foraging for Edible Mushrooms: Beyond the Foolproof Few to Embrace Gilled Mushrooms with Greg Marley
Date: Saturday, April 13th
Time: 1-3 pm
Location: Camden Public Library or on Zoom (for those who need to attend remotely). The Zoom link will be emailed to MMA members a week or so before the event.
Annual Meeting of the Maine Mycological Association, Inc.
Date: Saturday, April 27th
Time: 9:30 am- 3:00 pm
Location: Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital Street, Augusta
A Note from the President: Once again we will have our annual membership meeting at Viles Arboretum, with a presentation, pot luck, and displays. I am looking forward to seeing each of you there! Please let me know if you have additions to the business meeting agenda, have a fungal related display you would like to share, or have books or tchotchkes you would like to donate for the silent auction. Questions? Please email me. Thank you. – Michaeline Mulvey
Schedule:
- 9:15 AM: Doors open
- Displays of:
woody fungi
spore print demonstration
copies of prior newsletters (free to take) - For sale to benefit MMA:
books and journals, tchotchkes
mushroom books and items you would like to donate. - 10:00 AM- Noon: Greg Marley: An Introduction to, or Review of, Common Mushroom Genera and Species in Maine
- Noon to 1:30 PM: Social time, Potluck Lunch (Please bring ingredient labels. To reduce trash, please bring your place setting.)
- 1:30 PM Annual Member Business Meeting (see agenda below)
Annual Business Meeting Agenda:
WELCOME
SECRETARY’S REPORT: Laura Martel
Minutes of Annual Meeting April 29, 2023
TREASURER’S AND MEMBERSHIP DIRECTOR’S REPORT: Jeanne Farrell
2023 summary
General Fund
Samuel S. Ristich Scholarship Fund
Gary Marshall Speaker Fund
ELECTION OF BOARD MEMBERS TO THREE YEAR TERMS:
Terms of Greg Marley, Nicholas Repenning, and Aaron Witham are ending
Nominations from the floor
ELECTION OF OFFICERS FROM BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Eagle Hill
NEMF
NAMA
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Membership: Jeanne Farrell
Newsletter Editor: David Porter
North American Mycological Association: Michaeline Mulvey
Northeast Mycological Federation: Michaeline Mulvey
Summer Forays: Nicholas Repenning
Web-site manager: Aaron Witham
Winter Speaker Series: Aaron Witham
Librarian: Teague Morris and Del Small
TOXICOLOGY REPORT: Greg Marley
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
Dues increase?
Increase scholarship amounts?
ADJOURNMENT
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