HomeMy WebLinkAboutLaurel Chamber of Commerce Correspondence 3.24.2020Moment of Silence
Presentation of minutes:
Guest Speaker—
Financial Report -
Yellowstone Checking -
Altana CD
Altana Saving
Christmas Repair Fund
Agenda
Laurel Chamber of Commerce
$ 87,398.11
$ 8,582.11
$ 748.74
$ 2,937.59
TOTAL $ 99,666.55
March 12, 2020
Chamber
Bills to be presented for payment: - not in budget
OLD BUSINESS
• Job Fair- April 20th @ LHS 3pm-6pm, let Cami know if you want a table, 3 businesses so far
• Movies in the Park- See attached
• Farmers Market- Committee met Feb 2V- see attached
NEW BUSINESS —
• New Members— Corrals by T13 and Ark Home Loans
Chamber 101 Meeting -Jump start or re -ignite your membership during this orientation meeting.
Attendees will learn about leveraging benefits to make the most of their membership. New members,
established members, plus any new staff to your organization are welcome to join us. Events, committees,
services and programs of the Laurel Chamber will be discussed.
July Oth-
o Vendor update: 12 crafters, 16 food trucks and 4 runners
o Ad in the Hometown Values? $250 for small add, $500 for ad like the Christmas Stroll
o Run- Organizations to donated profit to? We will vote on this (LMS & LHS School Pantry, Backpack
program, Graduation Matters, Laurel Garden Club,)
o Entertainment- Looking for any talent groups let me know if you have any ideas. Band? Location?
Upcoming Meetings-
Audit- March 19th @ 12pm
• Budget- March 26th @ 12pm
• July 4th- April 2"d@ 12pm
Open Forum
Business After Hours —
o March 19th- Harmony Coffee Bar
If you would like to host an event, please contact the Chamber.
Next Meeting — April 9, 2020 Guadalajara's
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BoardMeeting Minutes
The Meeting was held on February 13, at Fowl Play. In attendance were: Executive Board Members: President—Carrie Smith, VP- Beth
Hoferer Treasurer— Megan Cutting, Executive secretary- Cami Nelson. Directors: Patsy Woody, Becky Watson, Keld Lohof, Dallas Contreraz,
Linda Filpula, Tera Wombolt, Evan Bruce, and Billie Lehman. Chamber member: Ron Yost, Renee Studiner, Jayson Nicholson, Heidi Stevens
and Jessica LeBrun.
Carrie called the meeting to order.
The minutes were approved. Moved to approve- Billie, Dallas 2"d, approved
Guest Speaker- Karen Black with Hometown Values magazine came to talk about ads in the magazine, she also expressed interested in
joining the Chamber. The magazine goes out to 25,000 homes and is a great way to advertise. Tera mentioned that she gets way more of
these coupons bads then from any other advertisement.
The financial report was approved and bills were presented for payment.
Bills to be presented for payment: - none
Old Business
• Annual Meeting- We had a great turn out. Profit and loss was attached and viewed.
• Business of the year- The Crossings
• Volunteer of the year- Laurel First Responders
• Committees- Need a few more volunteers, sheet was passed around
New Business
• New Members —Monna RaeAdickes- Coldwell Banker the Brokers, All Metal Fabrications MT, Lamerton Strategic
Communications
• Movies in the Park- Cost $1,200; have sponsorship and food vendors. Linda motioned that we make a committee for this,
Billie 2"d- approved. We will have a meeting Monday February 17th at the Chamber to work out the details
• lob Fair- April 20th @ LHS 3pm-6pm, let Cami know if you want a table
• Theme for Parade- Ideas for the parade were passed around, it was voted by a tally vote that we have "Proud to be an
American"
• July 4th — Entertainment again this year? Karen had a few suggestions for stages that she will find contact info for. We decided
to move ahead with doing an "Open Mic" type talent show
• July 4th Run- Need ideas of what organization to donate run profit to this year? We will vote on this next meeting.
Suggestions were- Graduation Matters, Food Pantry at LHS & LMS, the backpack program.
• Summer Assistant- We will start advertising for this position in March. Will be June 3"'- Sept V. Pay? Beth motioned that we
offer $12/hour for an seasonal employee or intern, Evan 2"d —approved.
Upcoming Meetings -
0 Farmers Market- Feb 211t @ 12pm
Audit- March 191h @ 12pm
Budget- March 26th @ 12pm
July 0- April 2"1@ 12pm
OPEN FORUM
• Crossings- Summer concert is July 2"d; Beth will get Cami the sponsorship info to send out to members. Open
House March 6th 3-6pm
Business After Hours —
o February- Front Porch
Meeting Adjourned Next meeting - March 12, 2019 Chamber