Los Molinos Chamber of Commerce
Meeting of Members
Meeting Minutes for 05/14/08
Our meeting
began at 6:39 pm with the Pledge of Allegiance to honor our Country and the
attendance sheet being signed by all: Betty Jo, Mike & Sharron Druey,
Mayor Herb, Charles sporting around on his new scooter & Jan.
No guests,
no legislative report and the Treasurer’s report is scheduled for the Executive
Meeting on May 28th.
We reviewed
‘Candidate’s Night’ held on Thursday May 1st. Attendance was approximately
40-45 people. Everyone agreed that it went well, with compliments on our
refreshments.
We spent
most of our time discussing the Mayor’s Race and the Independence Day
Parade.
The money
jars for the Mayor’s Race will be in place on May 19th.
We have one serious candidate for Mayor-Shelley Patchen of Nu Way Market.
We needed at least two more names just to round out our jar displays so Rob
Morales of Rob’s Recycling and Jan Elmore of Hidden Harbor RV agreed to wage a
passive campaign for spare change.
It was
noted that in years past, we just have lower interest than in other
years. A work party was formed to prepare the jar displays with the names
& photos and get them placed around town at our businesses. Charles
is moving slower this year so additional recruits will be needed for all
aspects of the Mayor’s Race; prep & placement of jars, retrieval and the
date for counting the money at Umpqua Bank has been set for Monday, June 30th.
Volunteers welcomed for all chores!
The Chamber
Fireworks sales will begin at noon on June 28th and continue 9
to 6 each day through July 4th. We need volunteers to sign up
for shift work in the wagon. Shifts are in 3 hour increments. It’s
our biggest fundraiser and we welcome all who care to help out!
Parade preparations were discussed as
well. We made arrangements to improve on the number system used to place
the entrants. Mayor Herb has this dialed. We have a ‘cone’ squad
headed up by Rob Morales and Larry will place the Explorer units. There
are a lot of chores as we must comply with Cal Trans and the CHP since we’re
closing down a
Betty
received ‘notice of eligibility’ from the US Navy for air support for our
parade. Now we need to locate a base and secure the actual flyover.
President Betty is handling this project and everyone thought her efforts are
very cool indeed. We talked about purchasing a very large flag for use in
the parade and the various display techniques we might employ.
In
addition, we are going to invite the City of
We have
adopted the position of no news is good news regarding our stamp cancellation
project. We have heard nothing from the US Postal Service. So at
this point we’re praying that all is on schedule and we’ll be able to cancel
stamps as part of our Independence Day activities.
We had good
news regarding the restoration of our Miss Los Molinos Scholarship
Program. Betty met with Erin Newton earlier this month and it was a very
positive meeting. Erin has agreed to walk us through our first event and
assist us with the press releases, the presentation, the requirements, etc…Erin
has experience in these matters and is very gracious with her time and
expertise. We are lucky to have her assistance in restoring the contest
to our community!
The idea of
holding an annual festival of some kind is still on the books. We
may use the Miss Los Molinos Pageant and the Luau as the anchor
activities and hold an event in June of each year. A lot more discussion
to follow.
Announcements
were read and we adjourned our Meeting of Members at 7:57 pm.
Respectfully,
Jan Elmore,
substitute minute taker