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Canby Chamber of Commerce
March 19, 2008
DeToy’s Family Restaurant
1)
Attendees: Bonnie Longtin,
Don Beman, Ellie Beman, Pat Stanley, Katie Delaney, Rebecca Weber,
Eldeen Baer and Karen Houtman. 2) Call to Order: Vice President Karen Houtman called the meeting to order at 12:05 p.m..
3)
Reports: The
secretary’s report was passed out to all attendees.
The minutes were approved by
consensus. Don handed
out the treasurer’s report. Ellie commented that we need to better
track the budget at all times and that we have $6,000 which doesn’t
include the dues.
Approved by consensus.
Old
Business
4)
Report on Community Recognition Dinner:
Ellie and Bonnie will decorate on Friday afternoon of the
dinner. Two Spirit
awards will be given; Ron Fjerkenstad and Kari Harding.
Don made a motion and Pat seconded, all approved.
Rebecca Weber, Karen and Chuck Houtman will review the
candidates for Citizen of the Year on Monday and make a
recommendation. We also
decided having the Citizen of the Year from the prior year award the
new recipient at the banquet.
5)
Report on Hat Daze:
Ellie reported that Matt Wagner had called her to switch the weekend
of Hat Daze to Father’s Day weekend because of his Fly-In event.
The group discussed that the Annual Meeting was announced to
all members and it was at that time that Hat Daze dates were
discussed. Pat stated
that we will continue to help Matt in advertising his event the
following weekend. Pat
was going to call Matt to discuss.
A suggestion was made to have a Pancake Breakfast on the
Sunday of Hat Daze.
Ellie made a motion to keep the June 20,21 and 22nd dates
for 2008. Pat seconded.
All approved.
6)
Discuss Board Member Positions:
We still do not have any more new prospective board
members with the exception of the New Leaf.
However, the owners of the New Leaf are feeling quite busy
with their new found success and are debating whether or not they
have time to commit. A
motion was made by Karen to approach the New Leaf and have them as a
board member and that they send an employee to the chamber meetings
to report, which is similar to what Minnesota West did when they
first joined. Don made
the motion, Katie seconded, all approved.
New
Business
7)
Revised Membership Dues Structure A dues letter will be sent out
describing the new layout.
It would look like the following:
Individuals $30, Organizations $50, All businesses $125 base
rate up to 5 employees, 6 – 10 employees $125 plus $5.00 per
employee, 11 – 25 $125 plus $3.00 per employee, 26 plus employees
plus $125 plus $1.00 per employee.
8)
2008 Budget: Ellie
commented that we need to better track the budget at all times and
that we have $6,000 which doesn’t include the dues.
Approved by consensus.
9) Fix Up Fund: Katie will review the letter and turn into the Canby News. The turn in date will be the Friday before and this information will be included with the Dues Structure mailing
10)
Holiday Street Decorations:
A discussion was held whether or not the city should be
involved but further discussion deemed it necessary.
The Activity committee will bring it up and try to group some
volunteers to approach the city.
Some ideas for decorations included artificial greens with
lights wrapped around them and banners on both sides of the poles,
similar to Marshall.
11) Adjournment: Motion by Pat, second by Don; motion approved. 12) Next Meeting: Regular Monthly Meeting – Wednesday, March 19th @ 12:00pm – DeToy’s.
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