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Hallsville Area
Chamber of Commerce
April 2, 2007

President Nancy Franklin called the meeting to order at the Hallsville Community Center. There were 28 members and guest present.

MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING: The reading of the minutes was waived as the minutes were mailed out. A correction was noted that the Hallsville Open House was April 28 and not April 29. Tom Mullings made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. Kay Berkley seconded the motion and the motion passed with one no vote.

TREASURERS REPORT: Justin gave the treasurers report with a balance of the main account at $4,707.18 and $1,508.21 in the media account. Justin explained that the Chamber was running the Library tax opposition advertising money through the Chamber Media account.

Nancy thanked the Baptist Ladies for the wonderful meal.

MOCK INTERVIEWS: Nancy reminded the Chamber again that the senior mock interviews will be Thursday, April 19, 2007. Anyone wanting to help should call Lori Meyers at Martinsburg Bank.

HALLSVILLE DISASTER RELIEF TEAM: The team will be assembling 10 disaster packets Thursday April 5th, at 5:30 PM at Hallsville City Hall. Anyone interested may come and help.

NAME TAGS: Nancy informed the Chamber that the Deadline to notify Bonnie at 696-3511 about name badges is April 13th.

BASICS OF WRITING A BUSINESS PLAN: Nancy announced to the Chamber the date for the class on Basics of Writing a Business Plan is May 1, 2007. It will be held at the Community Center for 6 to 9 PM. This is a free class and they do not have to live in Hallsville to attend. If interested, contact Cheri at the City Hall.

HALLSVILLE OPEN HOUSE: Nancy reminded the Chamber of the City wide open house to be held April 28, 2007 from 9 Am to 3 PM. Mary Sloan, Media Committee Chairman, stated that she was working with Sam to get the advertising done and they would accept any donations to help with the project.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE: Nancy asked for the list of nominees from the nominating committee. Slate of Nominees:
President – Lorry Meyers
Vice President – Linda Crigler
Secretary – Barb Corwin
Treasurer- Justin Darr
Board Member- Jeff Leverenz (3 year term)
Board Member- Nancy Franklin (1 year term)
Board Member- Jim Bunton (3 year term)

Nancy opened the floor to nominations. With none, Jim Bunton made a motion to approve the slate of nominees. Steve George seconded the motion and it passed with no nay votes. The passing of the gavel will be held at the May Social.

MAY SOCIAL AND MEETING: The May meeting will be a Social at the home of John and Rose Schloot. The cost is $10.00 per person.

Nancy encouraged everyone to vote tomorrow. Mary Sloan added that the web site is being updated all the time and she is looking for items to be added to the calendar on the web site. Call Mary Sloan if there is something you want to add.

BUSINESS OF THE MONTH: Nancy announced the Business of the Month was Sassafras Moon World Gifts. Sally Erickson and Kay Berkley accepted the award and thanked the Chamber for the award. Sally and Kay explained that theirs is a Fair Trade Shop. Fair trade guarantees the source of the product is not made with child labor and that the artists are paid a fair wage for their work. Many customers travel a distance to shop at a Fair Trade Shop.

PROGRAM: Nancy Franklin introduced the speaker, Steve Tatlow, Community Involvement Coordinator for Boone County Community Partnership. Steve explained how they work with the community to help with non-profit issues and concerns of the County.

ELECTION: John Schloot spoke about the election for the Library Tax. There was some concern that they did not file 30 days before the election but no one knew anything about the tax 30 days before the election except the Library committee. The group did file 48 hours before spending any money on the campaign. There might be a complaint filed with the Mo. Ethics Commission.

Jodie Jackson informed the Chamber that his paper this week would be printed before the election results are posted but they had started a new website and the returns would be posted on election night. The Website is “Bullseye4U.com”.

With no other business to attend to, the meeting was adjourned at 1:20 PM.

Respectfully Submitted;

Bonnie Durk, Secretary

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