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Minutes
March 20,
2008
President Margaret Hambrick called the meeting to order at
7:00 PM.
Minutes were handed out prior to the meeting and read by
members. Motion was made by Frances Simmons that minutes be
approved as written and seconded by Barbara Taylor. Motion
carried.
Katie Ickes, Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce,
talked to us about the benefits of being a member of the
Chamber.
OLD BUSINESS:
The treasurer’s report was read by Margaret in the absence of
Dana.
GRIC - Contract for exterior doors and windows is in
progress
Town Flag: No progress
Alderson Alumni Park: The first batch of bricks has been
ordered. Please continue to sell more. Each order needs to
be at least 100 bricks.
Flags on new bridge: No change
Green Building: Still waiting on response from CSX.
Flower Festival & Antique Fair: Flyers are printed. Please
grab a few to hand out and put up everywhere. Ads will be in
papers with a story and picture.
Small jobs that need to get done: Volunteers are needed!!!
Some jobs already have volunteers but we still have other jobs
that need to be handled.
A large part of the meeting was going over our Long Range Plan
and Action Steps. Several people have volunteered to handle
things but there are still plenty of projects for everyone.
Margaret has a copy of the plans with the volunteer’s names
and will be happy to continue to share jobs with other
volunteers.
NEW BUSINESS:
Flower Baskets: $25 to $30. We need donations for 18
baskets.
4th of July Booklet: Do we want an ad in the
booklet? A full page ad is approximately $65.00 to $70.00.
Band Stand Week idea was proposed by Jim Herod.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM. |
