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Board Meeting Minutes
Sept 11th , 2008 -Owl Cafe'
"Bulldin abetter communit and economic rowth throw h communication and business relations"
Meeting was held on Sept 11th, 2008 at the Owl. In attendance were: President Jared Kaiser,
Co-Vice Presidents Becky Dickerson and Gary Hodde, and Exec. Secretary Joanne Flynn; Directors: Don
Smarsh, Steve Diefenderter, Linda Friclel, Nancy Metzgar &Kammy Thurman. Member James from the City
was also present.
]ared Called the meeting to order and held a moment of silence. The minutes from the August 14th meeting
were presented for approval. Gary made a motion to approve, seconded by Don. All approved.
The financial report was given with the reconciliation statement attached. Becky made a motion to approve
seconded by Linda, all approved. Joanne suggested that we move $2,000 from the Avanta checking into the
Yellowstone Bank Checking as we have a lot of bills coming out of the account this month and not much
coming in from membership fees at this time of year. Linda made a motion to do so seconded by Don.
Jared then went over the bills and asked for approval. Kammy, made a motion to pay the bills as stated,
seconded by Dan. All approved.
Old Business
MSU Billns~s -Career Services -Chamber pays 25% of hourly, rate ± Work Comp. at 38 to .50 per hour)
EXAMPLE #1--$8.00 hour = $2.00 per hour out of pocket plus max of .SO for Comp = 2.50 per hour
Total our of Pocket at $8.00 per hour, ($325.00 over 13 weeks)
EXAMPLE #2 $10.00 hour = $2.50 per hour out of pocket plus max of .50 for Comp = 3.00 per hour
Total our of Pock®t at„-$10.00 Her hourR ($390.00 over t3 weeks)
Gary made a motion to move forward with this and Linda seconded it, however no decisions was made on
what level of pay would be offered. All agreed.
Lau~eL Brochure -- Joanne stated that she is working on a different format for the ads on the brochure and
feels that we can get about 40 ads and improve the font size and placement of the streets on the map. She
showed a spread sheet showing the income and outgo at different prices. After discussion a decision was
made to leave the ad prices the same as last year and go with more small ads. Also it was decided to order
10,000 at one time to reduce the cost of printing.
Membershi Drive 1 new member- Gavica's Mexican Restaurant (committee) Coral, Steve, Dean ]oanne
Don presented an idea to the board that we have an "E-Blast" "Chamber Choice Business of the
Month" twice a month (after each meeting.) The idea is to get emails from all businesses in town, and send
the a-blast to everyone. This may help the non-members to see another benefit of joining the Chamber. He
suggested that one business will pay $20.00 to sponsor another business. The sponsoring business will then
be the "Chamber Choice Business" for the following issue. Don will supply the logo/ad to Joanne who will get
the emails out. Kammy also suggested that we get this into the Outlook and that there should be no charge
for this. Joanne will go out and get as many emails as possible and will check with the Outlook.
New B 'Hess
Museum -Jim Taylor was unable to attend, Joanne explained haw the museum was set up and that
decisions made by the museum board must be approved by this board also. The museum board met and
made 2 decisions that needed approval by this board. (See museum minutes dated Sept, 2008„for details.)
Both decisions were approved by the Chamber board of Directors.
An~u~LMeeting Committee: Barb, Kammy, Gary Hodde Linda, Becky The committee has set a date to
meet for the Annual Dinner on Tuesday the 16th at the Chamber at 4:OOPM. They will report back at the next
meeting.
DSA Committee: Kamm Thurman need more volunteers
Meeting Adjourned,
Next Meeting at Noon on Sept. 25t''
Laurel Chamber of Commerce
"Buildin abetter communi and economic rowth throw h communication and business relations"
Sept 25th, 2008, Noon
Owl Cafe'
Presentation of min_ _ es: -- Sept 11th
Financial Reuort
Yellowstone Bank $2,918.60 via website
Avanta CD $5,000.00
Avanta Checking $3,001.41
Jlls to ~gi2~esent ed for payment:
IRS 941 Tax $541.98
Water Specialties $ 5.75
OLD B SINES -
MSU Billings, Career Services -Mandy Brottem -- which amount?
$8.00 hour, ($325.00 13 weeks) $10.00 hour, ($390.00 over 13 weeks)
Lau 1 B hu - Would like to have a couple more on a committee for this. (Small details)
Membership Drive -- Ideas for additional member benefit s -Don
Also doing a list of non-members
NEW B SINES -
Annual Meeting. Report - (Barb McLeod, Kammy Thurman, Linda, Becky and Gary)
OWL on Oct 17~' Choice of 2 meals - 8oz Steak or Salmon Dinner
Invitation -approval needed
OPEN FORUM -
l~~rel Alivg- Dean or Linda
Magic Jack- Phone System
NEXT MEETING ---- Oct 9~', 2008, Noon