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Canby Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting January 26, 2007– VFW
1) Attendees: The Canby Chamber of Commerce met at 5:00 pm on January 26, 2007 at the VFW with the following board members present: Don Beman, Amy Szumal, Becky Weber, Laurie Driessen, Karen Houtman, and Sabrina Stockman. Also present were Bonnie Longtin, Pat Stanley, Ellie Beman, Loren Hacker, and Rhonda Weidert. 2) Reports: Laurie called the meeting to order. The Secretary’s reports for the December 13th Chamber meeting and the January 17th Board meeting was passed around to all attendees. The Minutes were approved (1st-Loren, 2nd-Sabrina). The Treasurer’s report and 2007 tentative budget was passed around and reviewed by all attendees. The report and the 2007 tentative budget were approved (1st-Pat, 2nd-Loren). Old Business 3) Bylaws: These were passed around again for review. The Bylaws were presented at the November and December Chamber meetings. Bylaws were approved (1st-Loren, 2nd-Don). 4) Budget Approval: This was completed during the Treasurer’s report. 5) Dues Structure Realignment: This was discussed at the January 17th Board meeting. The Board is in the process of simplifying the dues structure. The Board will not be doing anything with the dues structure until this time next year. Also, when the dues structure is being reviewed at a meeting, it will be announced. 6) New meeting place and time: MN West invited organizations to use their space for no charge. The Board agreed at their January 17th meeting to use MN West for their meeting space in 2007 and to move the date of the monthly Chamber meetings to the 3rd Wednesday of the month. There was discussion about food service and that paying members have provided food services, such as PK’s, VFW, or Detoy’s. Motion made by Karen, 2nd by Amy to have the meetings at MN West. Motion approved.
New Business
7) Election of Board members: There were three board members that needed to be elected to the Board-Karen Houtman, MN West, and Derrick Ruether. Motion made by Loren, 2nd by Pat/Sabrina to elect these three to the Board. Motion approved. Current mid-term members: Laurie Driessen, Amy Szumal, Sabrina Stockman, and Don Beman.
8) Appointing of Officers: a) President: Loren nominated Karen Houtman, but Karen turned down the nomination. There was discussion regarding the Vice President being the new President. Laurie Driessen agreed to serve for one year. There was a motion by Karen, 2nd by Loren to nominate Laurie Driessen as President. Motion approved. b) Vice President: Don nominated Karen Houtman as Vice President, 2nd by Sabrina. Motion approved. c) Secretary: Pat nominated Amy Szumal as Secretary, 2nd by Don. Motion approved. d) Treasurer: This is an appointed position, but there was a nomination. Karen nominated Don Beman as Treasurer, 2nd by Sabrina. Motion approved. e) Open Board Member position: There was one more position for a Board Member open. Karen nominated Ellie Beman as a Board Member, 2nd by Sabrina. Motion approved.
9) Citizen of the Year: March 30th is the tentative date for the event. Pat Stanley, Loren Hacker, Laurie Driessen, Amy Szumal, and Becky Weber are planning the Citizen of the Year banquet. Loren is sending out a flyer with the Blue Gold Waffle Feed information asking the businesses if they have anyone they would like to recognize. The Committee agreed to meet after the Annual Meeting. 10) Adjournment: Motion by Amy, 2nd by Don to adjourn the meeting. Motion approved.
11) Next Membership Meeting-February 21st, 2007 at MN West, 12:00 p.m.
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