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Board Meeting Minutes
The Meeting was held on March 9, 2017 at the Chamber Log Cabin. In attendance were: Executive
Board Members: President- Mary Lou Batalden,Treasurer-Sandy Reese and Executive secretary- Marda
Hafner and Chamber assistant Cami Nelson. Directors: Monica Rodenberger, Billie Lehman, Bruce Larson
and Renee Studiner. Members: Richard Klose, Michelle DeBoer, Heidi Jensen and Bethany Keeler.
Mary Lou called the meeting to order.
The minutes were approved: moved to approve- Billie, 2"d- Renee.
The finandal report was presented: A new little printer for Cami was approved.
Old BUSINESS
• July 4th- Entries currently at 10. The forms are updated, but we need ideas for a parade theme.
It was decided to bring them to the meeting in April.
• Farmers Market- Mary Lou is going to meet with the market manager and see if we can
revive the Laurel Downtown Farmers' Market. They have several ideas for entertainment,
etc.
New BUSINESS
• New Members- Schwab Bookkeeping Solutions- owner Cara Schwab&The Blind Dog
Ranch -owners Bait&Emily Hannaman.
• Spotlight on Business - Always looking for new.
• Grounds to Gable report - Mike Lehman did a thermal scan of the Log Cabin. The
windows are old and leak a lot of air. He did find an active water leak under the front
window. He would like to come again in a rain and see if it will leak then. Marcia called
Alpha-Omega because of a concern over the condition of the siding. The logs showed no
sign of moisture and were a little soft, but not rotten. Both Grounds to Gable and Alpha-
Omega think it is the result of an ice dam where the E.corner of the porch meets the N.
side of the building. We will keep a watch on it.
Ribbon Cuttings - The Rotary Club would like to do a ribbon cutting on April 18th at noon at the Owl
Café.
OPEN FORUM
• LURA - Heidi brought in some forms for the Laurel Large Grant Applications.
• Business after Hours -.
o April - Fowl Play
o May - Western Security Bank
o June -Adult Resource Alliance
Meetina Adjourned Next meeting - April 13th, 2017 Fowl Play
Agenda
Laurel Chamber of Commerce
April 13th, 2017
at Fowl Play
Moment of Silence
Presentation of minutes:
Guest Speaker -
Financial Report -
Yellowstone Checking - $ 66,833.60
Altana CD $ 8,119.03
Altana Saving $ 748.15
Christmas Repair Fund $ 2,015.36
TOTAL $ 77,716.14
Bills to be presented for payment: - done to date
Sign Pro (Down Payment) $ 375.00
OLD BUSINESS
• July 4th- Parade theme -
• Farmers Market- Mary Lou will report
• Budget&Audit Committee- Meeting dates?
NEW BUSINESS -
• Visitor Information Signs- Marcia met with Sign Pro. Put down a down payment. Started
redoing design.
• Social Media Marketing Class- Biz to Biz 2 has set up a class for Facebook for Business
Owners. Everything from setting up a page to using Facebook Ads and making ads work
for you. April 15th, Saturday 9am - 1pm at the Best Western Laurel, MT. Cost $25
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Ribbon Cuttings -April 18th for the Rotary Club at the Owl Café at noon.
OPEN FORUM -
Business After Hours -
If you would like to host an event, please contact the Chamber.
o April - Fowl Play & Big Sky EDA
o May - Western Security Bank
o June -Adult Resource Alliance ---- Looking for someone to partner with them.
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Next Meeting