RVACG Board of Directors

Agenda for Saturday, November 11, 2017

I. Call meeting to order.
II. Establish quorum to conduct business.
III. Approve minutes from previous meeting.
IV. Public Comment.
V. Reports.
a. Presidents Report.
b. Vice Presidents Report.
c. Secretarys Report.
d. Treasurers Report.
e. Announcement from Director Miller.
VI. Old Business.
a. Consideration and approval of the following business from the 10/14/2017 board meeting, so
that said business conducted is legal and valid: (One minute for discussion.)
1. Approve minutes from previous meeting (i.e., September 9, 2017).
2. Accept a donation of seeds from Doerre Hardware, of Spring Green, evaluated at
$2000.00.
3. Grant Becki Miller a sabbatical from the business of the Board of Directors, until such a
time her health improves, and she may resume her duties as director.
4. Modify corporate structure so RVACG is a membership organization, and add language
for the appointment of directors with associate membership status.
5. Tabling to commission a series of paintings of the community garden site by Madeline
Ouimet, for a silent auction to be held midwinter at The Peoples Community Bank of
Spring Green, until our December meeting. A gallery detailing Madelines work is as
follows: https://peanuto7.wixsite.com/madelinesstudio/gallery.
6. Tabling until our December meeting a re-visitation of expansion plans, especially as it
pertains to the Resolution on Agronomic Custodianship Request for Unused Portions of
Parcel, and subject to a joint meeting with Jim and Carol Sprecher, the Village President
of Spring Green, and the Chair of the Parks and Recreation Committee of the Village of
Spring Green.
7. Tabling of draft general operating budget for the 2018 fiscal year, as prepared by the
Treasurer, until the next meeting (i.e., November 11, 2017).
8. Tabling of first reading of Policy Handbook until next meeting (i.e., November 11, 2017).
a. First reading of draft 2018 Policy Handbook. (Forty minutes for discussion.)
b. Consideration of draft general operating budget for the 2018 fiscal year, as prepared by the
Treasurer. This will be the first of two budget discussions. (Twenty minutes for discussion.)
VII. New Business.
a. Consideration and approval to accept a grant of $1000.00 from the Greater Sauk County
Community Foundation. (One minute for discussion.)

This meeting of the Board of Directors will be held in the library at Spring Green Community Church,
151 E. Bossard Street, Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588. The meeting will be called to order at 10:00 a.m.
 RVACG Board of Directors
Agenda for Saturday, November 11, 2017
b. Consideration and approval to accept a donation of $600.00 from Thrivent Financial. (One
minute for discussion.)
c. Discussion and possible action on construction and purchasing of shed(s) on-site. (Ten minutes
for discussion.)
d. Consideration and approval of the Build the Shed; Fill the Shed Grant Budget, as prepared
by the Treasurer. This draft grant budget is pursuant to a grant from the Greater Sauk County
Community Foundation. (Ten minutes for discussion.)
e. Second reading of draft RVACG Constitution and Bylaws, 2018. (Twenty minutes for
discussion.)
VIII. Open Forum.
IX. Adjourn until the next scheduled meeting on Saturday, December 9, 2017, starting at 10:00 a.m., in
the library at Spring Green Community Church.

This meeting of the Board of Directors will be held in the library at Spring Green Community Church,
151 E. Bossard Street, Spring Green, Wisconsin 53588. The meeting will be called to order at 10:00 a.m.