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Board Meeting Minutes
The Meeting was held on July 18 at Guadalajara. In attendance were: Executive Board
Members: President - John Mataisz, VP- Jared Kaiser, Secretary Joanne Flynn and her assistant
Marcia Hafner. Directors: Janelle Crowley, Dan Dart, Heidi Jensen, Jennifer Ries, Christy Williams
and Altemate Joe Statser. Members: Monica Piecker and Monna Rae Adickes.
John called the meeting to order.
The minutes were approved: moved to approve - Jared, 2" - Dan.
The financial report was approved and bills were presented for payment: moved to approve -
Janelle, 2n - Christy. Also approved was $400 to go to the Grace Bible Church for managing the
vendor parking. Moved by Christy,2' Janelle.
NEW BUSINESS
• New Members - Camp Gundog- Byrne Manley.
• Farmers' Market - We are still looking for a Market Manager. Christy said she
could possibly fill in.
OLD BUSINESS
• Spotlight on Business - Always looking for new.
• July 4th - Joanne reported on the results to date. There will be a joint "after the
4 meeting on August 12 at City Hall at 7:00 pm. Christy mentioned it might be
nice to get a cell tower on wheels to handle all the phone traffic. Other ideas were
brought up.
o Run - 46 signed up the day of the run.
o Parade - _15 -20 signed up the day of the 4th.
o Parking -6 tickets issued, 1 car towed.
o No throwing - Lots of concerns.
• I Pad - The ipad and printer were purchased for $568, with 50% already
refunded.
OPEN FORUM
• Optimum- Alpha Omega is going with Optimum, so that option is now open to us.
It was decided to wait a month to see how it goes with them. Changing our email
address to Iaurelchamber laurelmontana.orq was also discussed. We decided to
wait until the summer tourist season was over. No vote was taken on either item.
• Business after Hours -.
o August - ?
o September -
o October -
Meeting Adjourned
Next meeting - August 15, 2013
Sid's Eastside
Laurel Chamber of Commerce
August 15 - 2013
at Sid's
Moment of Silence
Guest Speaker - Ken Blankenship - Minor league Football Team in 2014
Presentation of minutes:
Financial Report -
Yellowstone Checking - $38,549.48
Altana Checking $ 5,718.64
Altana Saving $ 25.00
Christmas Repair Fund $ 1,313.50
TOTAL $45,606.62 - Reconciliation Attached
Bills to be presented for payment: - done to date
N.W. Energy $ 77.27
MDU- Bill not yet in. $
Century Link $ 69.58
Cotters Run Potties $ 168.00
Outlook $ 354.45 (July4 83.40) (Farm Market $271.05)
Outlook - Annual Subscription $ 31.00
Neopost $ 53.85
Grace Bible Church $ 400.00
July 4 P&L Statement - Attached - minus from profit line the above bills totaling $651.40
NEW BUSINESS
• Farmers Market Report - Joanne
OLD BUSINESS -
• Report on - July 4 Joint "After the 4 Meeting" - at 7:00 pm at City Hall -
Ribbon Cuttings None
OPEN FORUM -
• New Sian -_to replace small Chamber sign in yard.
• Large Sian Needs to come down
• LURA - Marcia -
Business After Hours -
If you would like to host an event, please contact the Chamber.
Next Meeting - Sept 19th