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Greater Odenville Chamber of Commerce

October 2006 Minutes

October 16, 2006

In Attendance: Gayle Brandt, John Joyner, Melba Knight, Heather Harper, Shannon Reese, Mark Brandt, Sandy Cross, Larry Carmon, Paul Becker, Gabriel Cifuentes

The meeting was called to order by John Joyner at 7:00 pm at the Sal’s Italian Restaurant. Prayer was offered by Mark Brandt.

Treasurer’s Report:   Gayle Brandt gave the Treasurer’s Report and reported Beginning Balance of $1456.70, with deposits of $1551.90 and an outlay of $2130.25.  This gives a new ending balance of $878.35.  The large amounts of deposits and outlays were do to the monies in and out for the Ol’ Time County Fair.  The motion was made by Sandy Cross to accept the Treasurer’s Report and Seconded by Shannon Reese.  Report Accepted.

Minutes:  Everyone had a copy of the September 2006 minutes.  Motion made by Melba Knight to accept Minutes and Seconded by Paul Becker.  Minutes Accepted.

Membership:  Staci’s Flooring and Bill Ward applied for Chamber Membership.  Motion was made by Mark Brandt to accept membership and Seconded by Paul Becker.  Membership accepted.

Ol’ Time County Fair: 

1. Gayle Brandt and other members who gave a large amount of their spare time were thanked.  There was a small loss taken by the Chamber in this endeavor.  Members gave their opinions on what they thought was successful and what shortcomings there were.  Three issues were found to be serious and need to be addressed before next year’s event:  1) Location 2) Date 3) Member participation.
2. The idea of starting next year’s planning immediately was discussed.  Sandy Cross, Gayle Brandt will contact the other organizations involved to better plan for next year.

Grant:  Discussion was held on the status of the grant.  Discussion shifted on what was the grant purpose.

Grant Purpose: The grant being researched is intended to build a recreation center in the Greater Odenville Area.  Plans for this complex have been drafted by Ed Woods and will be presented at the November meeting.  A committee will be assigned to oversee this plan.

Mission Statement:  The GOCoC has a mission statement in it’s By Laws.  This mission statement is very stale.  All members were asked to come up with ideas on how the statement should read and bring them to November’s meeting and Heather Harper and Mark Brandt will try to formulate a new Mission Statement that will give new prospective members a better idea on what our purpose is and how membership can be advantageous to all involved.

Officers:  Nomination of Officers will be done at the November meeting and voted on at December’s meeting.  Discussion was held as to the necessity of a Nominating Committee and it was felt that there was no need for a committee. 

Motion was made by Melba Knight to Adjourn and Seconded by Paul Becker.  Meeting Adjourned