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Canby Chamber of Commerce Meeting March 21, 2007 Minnesota West Community & Technical College
1)
Attendees:
The Canby Chamber of Commerce met at 12:00 pm on March 21st
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2)
Reports:
Laurie called the meeting to order. The Secretary’s report was
passed around to all attendees.
The report was approved (1st-Sabrina, 2nd-Amy).
The Treasurer’s report was passed around and reviewed by all
attendees. Dues letters have
not gone out. They are
still completing surveys.
These need to be completed by the next meeting.
The Treasurer’s report was approved (1st-Amy, 2nd-Sabrina).
Old Business
3)
Third Annual Community Recognition Banquet: This will be held on March
30th at the VFW.
Becky Weber will take tickets for it.
Amy reviewed the meal and said that she needs a head count.
This was due to Doug Pearson on March 20th.
Chamber asked Amy to check with Doug to see if he can hold
off on a head count until Friday, March 23rd and also how
much does the price increase if we do not have 100 people?
There will be door prizes from businesses in town.
Committee is working on the Citizen of the Year.
To increase ticket sales, the tickets will be sold by Ellie,
Laurie, Katie, Amy and Sabrina.
New Business
4)
City of
5)
Chamber Functionality: There
was discussion regarding breaking down some of the functions of the
Chamber down into committees.
The Marketing committee will decide the functions of the
committees after the Chamber decides on the committees.
There was discussion about recognizing the volunteers for
events. A pizza party
was put on by the Chamber after Hat Daze to thank everyone for their
work and to discuss what could be done differently the next year.
There was also a note that the Canby Fire Department is
interested in sponsoring a fishing contest during Arctic Blast.
Below is a list of current committees and new committees.
a.
Current Committees:
Hat Daze Parade Committee
Activities Committee
Community Recognition
Banquet Committee
Budget Committee
Marketing Committee
b.
New Committees:
Chamber Website Committee-Chamber discussed redesigning the website.
The Chamber has been having issues with items being added to
website in a timely manner.
The Chamber needs to contact Josh Sumption regarding the
upkeep of website. The
Chamber pays Josh to host and keep up the website.
If he is no longer interested in the hosting and the
upkeeping of the website, then the Chamber will be looking for a new
person to handle the website.
Laurie is going contact Josh to see if we can redesign the
website. There was a
discussion about having a Chamber Member of the Week on the website.
The Chamber did Chamber Member of the month, but it was not
successful.
Hat Daze Raffle Committee-This committee will be deciding on what the prizes
are going to be for the Hat Daze Raffle.
The committee will be working on the license by attending the
City Council meeting for approval and then sending it to the State
for approval. Sabrina
and Pat volunteered for this committee.
They will be checking with Derrick Ruether to see if he is
interested in joining this committee.
New
Ag Committee-In discussing this with people in the community, the
common question has been what benefit would a farmer have from
joining the Chamber?
This committee would be geared more towards the Ag businesses in the
area such as, Cenex and Farmers Co-op.
This committee would also attempt to revive the Farm/Home
Show. Katie will be
checking with the Diesel and Wind Departments at MN West to see if
someone is interested in joining this committee.
Laurie and Pat will also develop a letter to the businesses
geared towards agriculture and farmers. The committee will also
check with DeLon Clarksean because he was a member of the largest
FFA committee.
6)
Space at the Canby News:
The Chamber discussed sprucing up the space at the Canby
news. There was
discussion about getting a file cabinet for brochures and a vinyl
sign. The committee will
be checking with the Print Shop and Bott’s in Minneota for a sign.
The committee consists of Katie, Amy, and Sabrina.
7)
Marketing Committee:
The committee reviewed the Chamber Event letter that they
will be sending out to members with the dues letters.
There was discussion about the Chamber Hospitality Night on
April 12th at the VFW.
This will be from 5:00-6:30 and the Chamber will provide each
member business with 2 free drink tickets.
This event is in conjunction with the VFW’s Indian Taco
night. After this event,
it will be changing to another business.
The committee will select someone else to prepare the next
function. After a review
of the tickets the Chamber agreed to change the wording to avoid the
idea that the Chamber is paying for the Indian Tacos.
Also, the committee reviewed the Fix-it-Up Fund.
The committee presented a form that would be filled out by
the businesses. The form
also included the guidelines.
These forms need to be in by May 1st and the
improvements must be completed by September 30th.
The committee is still trying to find a new name for the
fund. The Leadership
meetings are waiting for the budget committee to meet and discuss.
As of this meeting, the budget committee had not met.
Ellie updated the member surveys earlier in the meeting.
8)
Adjournment: Motion
to adjourn. Approved.
9)
Next Meeting:
April 18th, 12:00 p.m. at
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