The Beaver

Tale
August 2010

The next meeting will be held on August 5th at 7:00.

The Board meeting will begin at 6:00.

The program for the August meeting will be a presentation by Donnie Barnett.
“Cacti of the Northern Majave and Adjacent Areas” Forty species will be shown and
described. He will also be selling photos and postcards.

Lorenzi Park
It has come to our attention that the designing and construction of the rehabilitation
project for Lorenzi Park will begin in April of 2011. The construction will take
approximately one year to complete. It is currently thought that the Nevada State Museum
will be moved to the Springs Preserve. In that event the building will be only used for
storage it may be possible for all the clubs to use the Nevada State Museum building for
club member meetings and possible shows.

Cactus and Succulent Society of Southern Nevada

Minutes of Board Meeting July 1, 2010

Present: Absent:
Phil Lawton Tim Soldan
Ramona Lesley Victor Lindsey
Jim Grotheusmann Tom Garcia
Vicki Yuen Rick Holmes
Dick Askew
Liz Askew
Jay Nietling

Ramona called the meeting to order at 6:15. Quorum was present.

Motion was made not to read the minutes from prior meeting by Phil/Vicki, unanimous.

TREASURER: Phil reported that Nancy Thompson-Jones had given him several files which he (and the
audit committee) had not seen before, including some petty cash and check records. Only one check was
outstanding, for Jay, website costs, $108. It had been mailed to the wrong address. Jay said that he had
already been paid for last year, and that $108 will cover 10 months of this year ($18 per month for the
website fee). He did accept the returned check, in person.
Phil also reported that Susan Kent had completed the contract with Sam's Club for the credit card machine.
There was a refund to us of $40.
Nancy had written herself a final check for $91.27, which covered the Secretary of State fee of $75 and the
cost of name badge refills.
Newsletter expenses for next month will be $9.16.
Victor has apparently not done the signatures at the bank. Phil said that once the officer issue is resolved, he
will go to the bank and get new checks and whatever else needs to be done.
There is a black binder missing, which contains info about our IRS tax status and filings. We have not filed a
return for 2009, which puts us in arrears. Donny might be the last person to have had it, but he thinks Victor
might have it, or it is in our locker.
The Treasurer's Report shows a balance of $7100.46. The report was accepted on motion, Vicki/Jim,
unanimous.

OLD BUSINESS:
Officers: Both Tom and Victor have missed more than 2 consecutive meetings, which under Article 3 of our
constitution means they are removed from office. This was affirmed in a motion, Phil/Jim, approved.
The Executive Board is then to appoint someone for the balance of their terms. Jim agreed to be acting
president, and Vicki agreed to take the VP position.
A Nominating Committee is to be appointed to select candidates for the election in November. (After the
meeting, Jay Nietling, Dick Askew and Michael Brenner were appointed to the Nominating Committee.)

2010 Budget: The Board agreed to spend only on an ad hoc basis for the rest of the year, as we are not
expecting any major expenses. A budget will be prepared for the 2011 year.

CSSA membership: Jim reported that this had not been renewed for 2010, perhaps because no one was
looking at the magazine. The Board felt we should at least continue to be a member of CSSA, so Jim will
renew this. (Action item)

Mailbox: Nancy had closed this. Mail is now going to Jeannie Cadette, who brings it to our meeting. The
Board will decide in November whether to get a new box. The cost is around $100 per year.

MEMBERSHIP: Liz had no list of current members. Phil found one in the files Nancy had given him, and
turned it over to Liz.

WEBSITE: Jay has made some updates. He requested articles from the membership. Liz gave Jay a hard
copy of the newsletter. He has renewed the domain name for a 2-year period.

Next Meeting: August 5. Board meeting 6 pm. (Membership agreed after the Board meeting to have a club
meeting in August, and Donny will give a talk.)

Meeting was adjourned at 6:55 pm.

Vicki Yuen

CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN NEVADA

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING
 LORENZI PARK GARDEN CENTER
JULY 1, 2010

The meeting was called to order at 7:07 PM by Board member Phil Lawton. Light refreshments were
provided.

Phil turned the meeting over to Vicki Yuen, Board Vice President, who introduced the evening’s speaker,
M.L. Robinson. Mr. Robinson works for the UNCE – College of Extension. He gave a presentation with
slides showing the newly landscaped area at the UNCE building, where most of the plants are cacti. He also
had pictures and explained how he had built his greenhouse, mostly with recycled materials.

Phil explained what actions the Board had taken at its meeting earlier this evening. Jim Grothuesmann was
appointed President and Vicki Yuen as Vice President to complete vacant terms for the remainder of the
year. Ramona Lesley was elected Secretary at the last election and will continue in that position. Phil will
be Treasurer, since at this time he is the only officer with access to the bank account. Liz Askew will
continue with Membership and Jay Nietling will do the web site. Vicki will arrange the meeting programs.

Phil said it is important to get a Nominating Committee in place for the election in November. Michael
Brenner and Dale Askew will be committee members and Jay Nietling will be Chairman.

Jim Grothuesmann will get the club membership reinstated with CSSA. Club membership with the Nevada
Garden Club has been paid.

The Garden Club Building will probably be closed next summer. The Nevada State Museum Building may
be available for meetings. Jeannie Cadette will continue to be the person getting mail for the near future.
The Club has no outstanding bills and the checking account balance is about $7,000.

People are donating plants for the door prize and raffle plants. Bob Middag has donated plants for the last
two meetings. Rick Holmes donated the plant for the door prize at this meeting. Fifteen plants were donated
for the raffle.

The next meeting will be August 5 at the Garden Club Building. Donnie Barnett offered to prepare a
program for that meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM.

Ramona D. Lesley, Secretary

Photos by Dick Askew July 16th 2010

Totem Pole Cactus

Pachycereus schottii
var. monstrosus

Columnar, basally branching, slow

growing up to 12 feet tall. Stems 4-8
inches in diameter; 5-10 ribs; areoles on
the bottom part of the stems are woolly,
oval, with one to 15 spines. Upper
areoles are 0.3-0.6 inches wide, 20-75
spines, 1.2-4 inches long.

Its strange shape can be very attractive

for landscape use. It is also less frost
resistant but should be protected below
25 degrees.

The senita blooms at night at the end of

the spring in the hairy part of the stems.
The flowers are light pink. They close
around mid-morning. Bloom appear most
of the year, mainly from April to
September. The edible fruit is red, with a
red pulp. The monstrose form of this
plant usually do not flower or seed, all
specimens in cultivation must have at one
time been propagated vegatively.

It is native to a small area NE of El Arco,

about halfway down the Baja peninsula