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        Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce

                        January 2007 Minutes

January 17, 2007

In Attendance:  Larry Carman, Melba Knight, Margaret Isenhower, Mark Brandt, Candi King, Jeff Armstrong, Sandy Cross, Larry Campbell, John Joyner, David Wood, Angela Irwin, Andy Armstrong, Kay Armstrong, Debbie Hitchcock, Megan Castleman, Heather Harper and Shannon Reece.

 

The meeting was called to order by Heather Harper at 12:00 pm at the office of Armstrong Partners.

 

Guest Speaker:   Guy Jones of Cahaba Business Solutions spoke on small business insurance.

 

Business Spotlight:    Business’ recognized this month were as follows:

Larry’s Limo (represented by Larry Carman)

                                    Wood Financial Services (represented by David Wood)

                                    Colonial Bank (represented by Debbie Hitchcock)

 

Treasurer’s Report:  Melba Knight gave the Treasurer’s Report and reported Beginning Balance of $987.19 with deposits of $0.00 and outlay of $10.00 for bank service charge. This gives a new ending balance of $977.19. Debbie Hitchcock said that the bank charge would be refunded and credited back to the account. The motion was made by Mark Brandt to accept the Treasurer’s Report and Seconded by Shannon Reece. Report Accepted.

Minutes:  Everyone received a copy of the December 2006 minutes. A motion was made by Melba Knight to accept Minutes and Seconded by Shannon Reece. Minutes Accepted.

Web Site:   Mark Brandt gave updated information on web site prices and availability. Larry Carman proposed to pay $150 toward the first year’s fee for the new web site.

Membership:    Everyone was reminded that the yearly membership fees are now due. Motion was made by Mark

Brandt to raise the membership fee next year for business members to include the charge for business listings on the new Chamber Web Site. The Motion was Seconded by Melba Knight. All were in favor.

Board Election:    A declaration of resignation was given by Shannon Reece to be removed from the Board of Directors. A Motion was made by Melba Knight to accept resignation and Seconded by Mark Brandt.  This left two vacant positions. The nominees given were Larry Carman and Sandra (Sandy) Cross. A Motion was made by Mark Brandt and Seconded by John Joyner to appoint nominees as members on the Board of meeting will be held on Wednesday the 21st of February at 12:00. The location is to be announced. Members will be emailed upon confirmation.

Meeting Adjourned Directors. All were in favor

Athletic Complex:      Suggestions were given to form a separate committee to work toward developing this project. Mark Brandt commented on gathering more information from other resources to build upon and go forward with progress.

Next Meeting:    President Heather Harper announced that the next