Minutes 1-13-2010

Canby Chamber of Commerce

January 13, 2010

PK Egans 12 noon

Meeting Minutes

Present: Karen Houtman, Bonnie Moberg, Rebecca Weber, Tony Ourada, Mike Baer, JoAnn Hansen, Diana Fliss, Pat Stanley, Ron Fjerkenstad, Jan Pederson, Denise Hanson, Bonnie Longtin, Joyce Baer, Sharon Baer, Doug Gingles, Danielle Frazeur, Jody Olson and Loren Hacker.

Minutes of Last Meeting: Change noted and correction made that Joanna Hansen was present at the last meeting. Doug Jingles made a motion to approve the minutes and Tony Ourada seconded it; approved.

Financial Report: Diana summarized the 2010 budget and will send out a copy for viewing. Doug made a motion to approve and Tony seconded it; approved.

Website update: Jan updated the group on the website changes. Anything that will be posted needs to be sent to Joyce as a clearing house. Will keep domain name and Jan is the webmaster and her contact is web@canbychamber.com. Take a look at the banner for important info. Also please keep note of the things that remind you of Canby such as landmarks that can be pictures on the website. There is an Auto Reply for events but not the Contact pages yet. Joyce will send the minutes to Jan to be posted. Motion made by Loren Hacker to make Joyce the main contact for the Chamber and Weber seconded; approved.

Committee Updates

The Marketing announced that Canby Bucks are now officially Canby Cash. Pat made a motion to approve the new logo and Rebecca seconded; motion approved. In addition, Rebecca made a motion to get colored stock and 2 color print for Canby Cash for increments of 1000 - $20 and 1000 - $10 for a total of $431. Diana seconded; motion approved.

Tony noted that the Chamber Appreciation Night will be Tuesday, February 9 from 5 7 p.m. at Apollos Bar and Grill. This event will unveil the new logo as well as meeting members as well as encouraging new ones. Katie emailed out the membership ticket to the event. Frontier offered $150 to donate for snacks and beverages and the Chamber will pay $250 for the event with a total budget of $400. Catering needs to be determined but some thoughts would be to send a letter to food providers in Canby and give them a budget amount and provide specialized items and make it a Taste of Canby. It was also decided that the Chamber Board members will deliver tickets to the businesses.

Membership Drive will be run by the Executive Board and teams will disseminate the Chamber information. There was a concern about the membership fee for non-profit groups. The former membership cost for non-profit was $50 and it is now $75. This will get re-visited. Chamber members will get new Membership Certificate to display when they renew their membership yearly.

Arctic Blast Events are on the website and flyers have been distributed. Workers are still needed for the Gruffalo Event at the Elementary School, which would include servers, ticket takers, and readers (30 minutes). The entire arctic blast budget was $300 with $50 going for the medallions finder fee.

Community Recognition Night Needs to be discussed more. Is this still a plan for April?

Ribbon Cuttings: Below is a list of businesses that may need either a ribbon cutting/1st dollar of profit. The Chamber needs to decide who is eligible. Karen stated that the Canby News will take all of the pictures but it would be best done Thursday and Fridays. What about: Amy's, Massage Spot, Water Billboards, Moberg's Meat Center, Nemitz Agency, Outland Renewable Energy, Precision Consulting Services (Paul Bruns), A New Leaf, State Farm - Tony Ourada, and Delightful Treasures.

New Business: Please email Joyce which activity committee you are on. The next scheduled Chamber meeting will be Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at PK Egans.

Meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m. January 13, 2010.

Canby MN Area Chamber of Commerce

PO Box 115

Canby, MN 56220-0115

Phone: (507) 223-7775

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