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HomeMy WebLinkAboutChamber - Minutes & AgendaLaurel Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting Minutes Thursday May, 10th, 2007 The Laurel Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors met on Thursday, May 10th, 2007 at the Locomotive Inn from 12:00-1:00 p.m. In attendance wore: President Jerry Bauck,. Co-VP Shelley Townsend. Directors: Becky Dickorson, Dean ]~nnkin: Dawn Harmon, Exec. Secretary Joaone Flynn and Members Janet Vandersloot from Little Horn State Bank, Diane Gomola and her guest Ken Edwards from Innovative Technologies, Ward and Kammy Thurman from Anchor Photography and new members shorryu Parrish and Melanie Carrion form Errands Montana Jerry called the meeting to order with a moment of silenc~ Jen'y then asked for a motion to approve the minutes from April 26th meeting. Motion was made by ,Shelly, seconded by Becky, all approved. Bills were also presented and a motion to approve was made by Shelly, seconded by Diane'. All approved. Jeanne also added to the agenda, the Qwest payment of $62.60 and the payment to DJ's in the amount of $369.00 for the Rear Admiral Luncheon. OLD BUSINESS Replacement of Director Denise Due to Shelley's business location move she has not had time to complete the interviews, however, she asked if any of the newer members present would consider an appointment and Kammy Thurman agreed to do so. CRv 100~ Birthday Committee Report - The committee will meet again on Thursday May 31st. Jeanne reported that letters are drafted and volunteers from the Am. Legion Aux will be preparing them for mailing. Anyone wishing to see minutes of these meetings may contact Jeanne for a copy Luncheon with the Rear Admiral - Event had 41 attendees and the profit from this was $171.00 Membership Drive: 2 new members have joined since the last meeting- Design Lab Architects brought in by Pure Wireless and Ace Hardware and Errands Montana brought in by Jeanne. July 4ta Meeting at the City will be held next week- Jeanne r~orted that the officials from Gold Wings said that they do not have us on the schedule for a parade, however we have a slim chance of have a few of them is Russ and Laurie can get them lined for it. Circus in June So far about 340 tickets have been sponsored. Dean suggested that we re call some of the sponsors from last year and remind them. Jeanne will get that done. Yard Sale Dynamic Designs_has offered to make a 2x8 sign that says Community Yard Sale for $40.00. Jeanne said she will get Poster Board and cover it with plastic and add the words "Drop Off" and then get the sign in the yard of the Chamber and also in the Events List of the Outlook. Dawn made a motion to purchase the sign, seconded by Shelly. After Hours- Yellowstone Bank will hold the first ARer Hours Event on May 17th from 5 to 7 pm. Wine, Beer and Finger Food will be sea-ved. The bang intends to contact all Laurel businesses and put an ad in the Outlook. Task Force Meeting - Jetty filled in the new members of what the Revitalization Me~ing had decided to do at the last meeting and Dean finished by saying that tonight's meeting was to get organized, set committees and get headed in the fight direction. He also explained that there was much excitement and encouraged our youngor membors to join in and give their input. Work Day at the Chamber - Dean explained that Fthnn Studiner had met with him end that they had taken a close look at tho Chamber Cabin, discussed what had to be done, the size of thc building end what supplies would be needed. Dean mentioned that one of the doors is in real had condition end looks as though it did not hold the finish. There was a discussion about the color and Joenne said that Jim told her we could vary on the shade of thc color. Dean suggested that the girls get together end pick the color. It was mentioned that the ladies from the Garden Club are looking for volunteers to help paint the underpass. Janet suggested that we contact thc school art department to see if they could paint a mural on it. Dean said it is in bad shape and takes a lot of paint. NEW BUSINESS Debit Card Needed Jerry suggested to Joenne that we look into a debit card for the purpose of ordering ink cartridges on line end for special events. There was discussion on the pros and cons end how to report it on the agenda which cea be done just as a bill or cheek would be listed. Joenne said that since we have on line banking she could print efta copy of the statement each time the card was used and add it to the minutes. There was also discussion concerning the nccd for 2 signatures end it was decided to waive the double signature for thc purpose of the card only. A motion was made by Dawn to order the card end seconded by Dean. Open Forum Pa'bbon Cutting -Jeanne reminded all that there is a Ribbon Cutting at 7:30 am on Tuesday the 15t~ at St Johns Crossings on Alder end East Maryland. Coffee and donuts will be served. There will then be tours of the facility which are open to the public. Diane (ITS) said that she would like to have 10 minutes at the next meeting to do a short presentation on their company. She will need a white wall to projeet on. Joenne will contact Shawna and see if we can meet upstairs for that meeting. She also said that once the Revitalization process is organized that her company will be willing to do a power point presentation that can be shown to the public and other entities. Diane stated that she has a couiple opfDell laptops that are for sale for about 739.00 and are loaded with soft'ware. The meeting was adjourned. Next Meeting will be at the DJ's on May 24th at noon Laurel Chamber of Commerce Board Meeting Agenda Thursday~ Hay 24th 2007 At DJ's - UDstairs Call the meeting to Order -- Moment of silence Tntroduce or Announce New Members -- Presentation of minutes: of the May 10th, 2007 Board Meeting Bills to be Drssented for Davment: Hassler Postage Rental 6/7 through 9/6 $ 55.85 MDU $ 59.58 Taxes 941 (quarterly for Sept 06) $265.16 Taxes 941 for month of April $400.76 Dynamic Designs $ 40.00 OLD BUSI'NESS - Board Member - Replace Denise - Shelly (nominating committee) 1OO~ Birthday Celebration - Meeting at city hall - Joanne Membership Drive - new members as of last meeting July 4u' -Joanne - Need to know who will be doing what for Run and Parade. Need to have 2 more volunteers for directing parade entries at the corners of 7 and 1~ and 8u~ and 1= Also need Judges. Circus -Clown Schedule is set - Still need a couple of volunteers to take tickets Yard Sale- Will run in Events Section of Outlook - Sign is Up July 21/22 --Trailer ! Sign Alter hours - Jim Taylor Task Force Meeting Report Dean- May 10th - Program Committee Meeting is bJnight at Owl Work Day at I~e Chamber - Report from Renee - Boy Scout Ethan Studiner and others. NEW BUSTNESS OPEN FOURI~! Denise will do a IO minute Power-Point Prssent~Uon Locomotive changes in eating area and menu. DYs is also making some changes. .loanne is taking a day off - Fdday, May 25th Next bleetina at SZD's - June 14th at Noon Reminders: for thi.q meeting-- Todd Lindex would like to have 5 minutes to discuss the City's 100m Birthday Celebration. Donna's Massage would like some time