Hello Scott and All,
I don't usually respond to these kinds of posts but your questions are
to important to go unanswered.

Scott Moser wrote:
>
> Greetings all,
>      Recently, I was elected to serve as the President of our local
> association.  I want to call upon the list to help me out a bit.  I was
> wondering what kinds of topics other clubs/associations cover at their
> monthly meetings.  Most of our members are beyond the beginner stage.

Beginner stage or not our group allways does a spring program on
disease.  Allways a fall program on getting bees ready for winter.
Those two can be done by your most knowledgeable club beekeepers.

We do a spring beekeepers workshop (I started when I was president for
three years)
We do a spring bee equipment auction to benifit the club. Clean out the
old equipment you no longer use and donate to the club auction (I also
started the auction)
We do a Christmas diner which is only for fun. Play Christmas music and
visit. The club supplies the turkey(I am cooking & bringing the turkey
this year)and the drinks.  The members bring a covered dish and the
ladies all call each other and bring different dishes.
We do a picnic in August. we invited the Kansas beekeepers to join our
picnic this year. We do games. You can see a post in the archives about
games for such events.
The above six meeting hardly ever vary.  The others include speakers and
other subjects pertaining to beekeeping.  Sounds like you have got
members which you can get to to a program.  Tell the members(if they are
shy) you will stand up with them and help make candles or talk about a
aspect of beekeeping.  There are many ways to reach the same result in
beekeeping.  Its allways fun to hear how the other beekeeper keeps his
bees.
Hope I have helped and hope others on Bee-l will give their ideas.  Come
on Bee-L help Scott out!  Also our Christmas diner is this Sunday
December 17th.  If you live in the Kansas City area and want to meet
other beekeepers email me for time and directions.  The Midwestern
Beekeepers have been running since 1946 without ever stopping.  We have
been going longer than all the 19 beekeeping assn. in Missouri and even
the state assn.
Sincerely,
Bob Harrison