Minutes
for April 9th and 30th
Minutes-Meeting of Members
Wednesday April 9th 2008(Pending approval)
Our meeting came to order at 6:44 pm. We had 5 members in attendance. Following the Pledge of Allegiance we began
our evening business.
Minutes from our previous meeting were not available but
will be posted on our web site for review.
No Treasurer’s report as Charles has just been released from
hospital. He is anxious to get back to work on VFW & Chamber
activities. We are all very happy to
have him back.
We discussed our postal cancellation stamp project.
Clarissa has been doing the work on this project and needed to have a decision
regarding the artwork before we can proceed. The existing logo, in use by the
VFW for many years, could not be reproduced so suggestions for alternate
drawings were discussed and the hose kinks worked out.
Candidates Night, scheduled for Thursday, May 1 at
7:30 pm is going forward. Walter Dodd is the organizer of this event. As of this meeting, of the seven candidates
invited, we heard back from 4 with 3 of those 4 accepting. We need more volunteers to help out with the
chores and we need cookie donations-baked or store bought, to go with coffee on
the refreshments table. We have invited the Civics class students from the high
school to join us and Betty will be talking with the Civics teacher regarding
their participation. There will be a
table set up with voter registration information as well as tables for each
candidate to display their information.
The Mayor’s Race is coming up soon and to date, we
have one official candidate-Shelly Patchen.
The money jars will be placed at the merchant’s locations right after
Mother’s Day. We discussed how to make
the race livelier and more fun for all-candidates and residents of Los
Molinos. Additional candidates are
needed as well as more ideas about a ‘Mayor’s Race Play Day’ with friendly
competition, etc…Because the Mayor’s Race is one of the biggest fund raisers for
the Chamber, we want it to be the best it can be with lots of candidates and
fun for all!
We spent a few minutes on the Website. Meeting minutes are available for your
viewing pleasure. And we will post new
info to our ‘Calendar of Events’ page.
Be sure to check it out!
A ‘Parade’ update was provided by Jan. As Charles’ back up parade permit procurer,
we are just about there. We expect to
be finished with the permit part of the parade by the first of May. Betty, taking over for Terry, will be in
charge of the schedule for volunteers selling fireworks. This is our biggest fundraiser, and we
really want to encourage all to sign up for a shift in the ‘fireworks
wagon’. We have a brand new swamp
cooler and this year promises to be very comfortable!
We read our mail and announcements received from
other Chambers and community organizations. Many of these events will be posted
on the website in our ‘Calendar of Events’ page-don’t forget to check it out!
The meeting was adjourned at 7:37 pm.
Jan Elmore
04/10/08
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Los Molinos Chamber Meeting
Minutes
Executive Meeting 04/30/08(Pending approval)
With an
attendance sheet being routed around, our meeting was called to order at
6:35 pm.
We honored
our Country with the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed our guest-Stephanie
Stillwell.
Members in
attendance: Betty, Mike, Charles, Walter, Clarissa, Sharron, Jeannie,
Mayor Herb & Jan.
Minutes
from the last meeting
were posted to the website but no one had a hard copy to read into the record
so we deferred that reading until our next Meeting of Members on Wednesday May
14th.
Charles
gave the Treasurer’s Report for the ‘Chamber’ and the ‘Independence Day
Parade’. Regarding the Independence Day account, some monies were
invested in several new accounts with several different entities.
Discussion and info was shared regarding the terms and interest rates for these
new investments. Jeannie brought up the point that perhaps we need to
consider adding language to the bylaws that would protect the party making such
investment decisions in the event that things weren’t always positive!
The Treasurer found us a 7.9% and an 8.125% rate of return with a date of 2013;
leaving plenty of operating money available for routine business!
We also
discussed writing into the bylaws a rule that declares Charles cannot
retire-ever! (Jesting only).
Mr. Dodd
gave his Legislative Report and squared away details for ‘Candidates
Night’-May 1st at the VFW Hall. We discussed the pros and
cons of voting by mail and talked about some of the proposed changes at the
State level that relate to voting in general.
Our Mayor’s
Race for 2008 has only 1 candidate. There was discussion about
putting other names in the hat to round out the jar displays at our merchants.
We checked our rules to confirm that only real people can run-no horses
or dogs, etc…
Our Fireworks
booth will be up and running for sales to begin June 28th-a statute
governs first day to sell. The fireworks are ordered and we organized a
work party for the day the fireworks arrive. They need to be secured and
inventoried prior to beginning our sales. Betty will be in charge of
recruiting workers for the fireworks booth. She needs help from Terry
regarding last year’s list of helpers. The tires are flat-again.
Charles told the story of how this condition came about; pretty good
story. That issue is under control as well.
Clarissa
gave a brief report on the status of our Cancellation Stamp
project. All the info has been submitted and although we haven’t heard
anything, to date, that’s probably good news.
Betty
surprised us by sharing that she was working with the FAA and the United States
Army regarding a jet flyover for the opener of our Parade. That
news was well received. Nothing is for sure yet, but just that we have a maybe
was well received by the members. Most cool info there.
We
discussed our choices for Grand Marshall-outgoing Assemblyman Doug LaMalfa, and
our choice for VIP is Terry Rogers. We voted to shop and obtain
bids for the purchase of a video camera and associated equipment to be used for
capturing the parade and making copies on disc available. Several years
ago, someone taped the parade and gave us a copy and it was so well received
that we decided to begin doing that ourselves.
We talked
about ‘Playday At The Park’, the games and whether to provide a
concession stand. ‘Yes’ to the sale of hamburgers and water! A brief
discussion on any improvements to the actual management of the parade itself;
such items as the placement of the ‘Explorer Club’ members at the appropriate
intersections. Larry Castille usually handles that one. The pace of
the parade, the handing out of our coins and the possibility of a fund raiser
by selling July 4th items along the parade route; paper fans, hats,
etc….$1 items is what we have in mind. Clarissa will look into what type
of items might be available and the time to process an order!
For new
business, Betty read the resignation e-mail from Joanne Landingham as our
Vice President. We agreed to not fill her position at this time and
simply wait until the next election cycle to address the vacancy. The
Chamber will draft a letter to Joanne and members will be able to sign it as we
say goodbye to a valued member of our organization. Everyone wished
Joanne the very best of retirement and fun days ahead for her.
The River
Fest plans may be on hold as the Dept of Fish & Game may be putting the big
hold on salmon season for the Sacramento River. There’s a 96% chance that
the river will be closed entirely for the 2008 season. The decision will
be announced on May 9th 2008. In addition, the chamber did not
want to interfere with the Tehama Museum’s annual Jubilee, which is held each
September on the first weekend following Labor Day!
We
revisited our plans to restore the ‘Miss Los Molinos’ scholarship event. May
be getting help from Erin Newton as we begin the process. She has
experience in these matters and has offered her help for our first go round.
Announcements
were read and this marathon meeting was adjourned at 8:43 pm. This too
was well received by those in attendance.
Respectfully,
Jan Elmore,
substitute minute taker