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Board Meeting Minutes
Feb 14th , 2008 - Owl at Noon
Meeting was held on ]an 24th at the Owl. Zn attendance were President ]ared Kaiser, Vice President Ron
Canfield, Co-VP Becky Dickerson, and Exec. Secretary ]oanne Flynn Directors: Mark Cloud, Bob O'Dea,
Kammy Thurman, Dean Rankin, Unda Frickel and Members Diane Gomota and Ralph Dayton.
Jared called the meeting to order and held a moment of silence. The minutes were presented for
approval. Bob made a correction -change Diane Fraizer to Diane Gomola. No other changes were needed.
Bob made a motion to approve, seconded by Ron. All approved. ]oanne enclosed financial report and a
copy of the reconciliation statement from C~uick Books. Ron made a motion to approve, seconded by
Unda. Jared then asked for approval to the bills to be paid. Joanne asked if it was necessary to vote on
continuing our Mt Chamber membership and after discussion Dean made a motion to continue it on a
annual basis, seconded by Mark. Ralph offered to be a contact person and attend the MT Chamber
meetings if he is in Helena when they are held. Kammy made a motion, to approve payment of all the
bills seconded by Bob. All approved.
Laurel Brochure- Grant was approved. Joanne had emailed a Press Release, explaining the new Brochure
to the Outlook however it will not be In until next week. She said that she will be approaching members
for their ed's next week. Jared told everyone that there was another contact sheet for the board in the
packet. Jared then gave a report on the budget. After going over the report, Dean asked how we got to
the totals and Bob explained that we wanted the budget to balance. Bob also said that we went off of last
years expenditures and income and then took into consideration that some events only happen every
other year and even though we expect more income than stated, we needed to be sure that the budget
was In balance. Jared asked for a motion to approve, Unda made a motion and Ron seconded it.
]ared asked Joanne to report on the Membershio Drive ]oanne announced that we had another new
member in addition to the 3 that were listed on the Agenda (Western Security Bank)
That makes a total of 7 for the year. Dean stated that this is our best source of income and that we need
all need to put effort into growing the membership.
Communitv yard sale was discussed, further discussion will be done at the July 4th committee meeting.
Mission Statements ]ared asked that a committee be set up to bring back sample mission statements for
the board to vote on. Becky and Kammy volunteered to help ]oanne with that. 3ared asked for a report
on the name badqes and Joanne said they will be done next week. ]oanne asked that the .luly 4~
committee be set and that they meet soon as she is working closely with the Centennial committee and
we need to be aware of what to expect this year. The committee is 3ared, Bob, Ron, Lumpy, Becky and
Joanne. They have agreed to meet on Feb 27th at noon at the Chamber. There was much discussion
concerning the Farmers Market and how to improve on it. There will be further discussion on if we should
try to move it and if so where to. The street has been suggested and Joanne will check to see if that is ok
with the city/police. Joanne ask that we approve the purchase of a Computer Linksvs, a wireless router,
so that we can get the other computer on line for volunteers. Bob made a motion to approve seconded by
Dean.
~ Mark Cloud stated that he had room in his shop to store the unused alass cases in the
Chamber but will need some help to get them out. Joanne will contact Jean Carol to come and get her
items out. Diane Gomola shared again the "Networking Program and Kathy from Costco also spoke about
another international program that we may want to look into. We need to dedde if we want to move
forward with this idea and implement it into Laurel.
Meeting AdJourned
~ Curt's Saloon Feb, 28th at Noon!
Laurel Chamber of Commerce
Thursday, Feb 28th 2008
Little Big Man at Noon
Call the meetina to Order -- Moment of silence
Presentation of ntintd~e: --of the Feb 14m, 2008
Yellowstone Bank $
Bills to be Dissented for aavmerff:
*Debit Card ExDendltur~
*IRS g~l TX
*DOR State
*Ace Hardware
Hassler
N W Energy
Balance via website
$439.94
$ 8s.o0
$70.44 - Paint etc. (for ~armers market signs)
$50.85 - quarterly rental
$ 56.42
· ~ - Press Release - Spaces Sold - Left to sell - Income
· ~ in packet - Please Vote on one
o J~ - Best Wishes and good luck
o ~ - Bob O'Dea, 3ared, Ron, Becky, ,loanne
o J~33J~I:E~L~- new members - Pelican Truck Plaza
Board members: please make one call to a possible new member.
o .I~- are h~
o ~ - signs are being made
o ~ - update - lot's going on.
o ~mouters with monitors, coming from Woods in a few weeks
o L.~ Have this, but need wireless plug in for other computers
Glass Cases out of Chamber - Paint -
Custer Country Magazine -
Paper cutter -