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Chamber Board Meeting Minutes
2009 July-Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board Minutes Print E-mail

 

2009 – July 7th – Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board Minutes

 

Present: Beryl Grant, Paula McCulley, Lark Hall, Annelle Urbahn, Lori Courtright, Nancy Asker, Jody Hoogland, Melinda Hall and Jeff Kutner

Absent: Jeff Scott, Heather Killgore, and Joe Cladouhos

 

Melinda brought the meeting to order at 7:30 am at Oscar’s.

 

Minutes of the previous meeting were approved at emailed. Lori made a motion and Nancy seconded the motion, motion passed.

 

Merchants:  There was no merchants meeting in July. Chamber was mention numerous times during the egg toss and the street sports. It was also mentioned to shop locally.

 

The July summer music in the park begins July 14th, Aug. 4th and Sept. 12th. Chamber and Horizons are teaming up to bring this to Grangeville.

 

Relay for Life will be July 17-18-and 19th. The event begins at 5:00 pm Friday and lasts until noon on Sat.

The prior week is “Paint the Town Purple” to get ready for it.  In front of Miller’s will be a baked sale and numerous other events all week long.

 

Chamber After Hours:  Syringa would like to have one with a dessert auction on Sept. 3rd to promote the opening of their new Women’s Health Clinic and Physical Therapy building.

 

Grants: Jeff S was absent

 

Circus:  We do not have final results yet but around $1000 was made. Moving the circus to the senior center presented its own set of problems. Mowing… We were responsible for mowing and at the High School they do the mowing. On the night before the event we realized that we needed to get the area mowed. Dallas Newman from Green Acres showed up with his tractor mower and took care of it for us. He worked into the night to get this done for us. Lori made a motion to pay his bill and then buy him and his wife a dinner for two at Oscar’s and have them bill Chamber. Lark seconded the motion and the motion carried. Some businesses bought tickets and then donated them back to Chamber to dispose of. Jeff K called Health and Welfare and Kids Klub and all the tickets were used.  We received a thank you from Kids Klub. The event was a success all the way around. A suggestion for the next one would be that Kooskia and Grangeville not have back-to-back events. We draw from each other and each of us could have done better had we had our own event.

 

Treasurer’s Report: Bills were presented and paid. Lori asked that we begin looking at ways to spend our cash. We have been saving for the rest rooms downtown and it is time to begin looking at this project and working with the city to see if it can be done and how much it will be.

 

Visitor’s Center: Jody mentioned that she occasionally get a “cash assistance person” who has to volunteer hours in the community as a way to pay back. She asked if we could use them out at the center. Everyone agreed that we would look at it on a case-by-case basis. There would need to be a work opportunity sight agreement signed. Colin is working out and the center is open 7 days a week right now during the peak tourist season.

 

Mammoth Bone:  Jeff is still waiting to hear back from Pocatello. He has sent numerous emails and no response. Beryl suggested that he call instead of relying on email. Nancy is going down in mid Aug. and could pick it up from delivery back to Grangeville.

 

Video: Chamber had an agreement with the Forest Service last year to help them with their 100-year anniversary of the Nez Perce Forest. The event and celebration was last year and they were to give us DVD videos to give away at the Visitor’s Center.  Super 8 was in on this agreement and Beryl went to the viewing July 1st and received 2 cases of the DVD’s. They are out at the Visitor’s Center and Super 8.

Jeff is working on an agreement that we will have bid. Jay has been working on a handshake with Jack Soltman all these years and the agreement was for mowing only. We really need to come up with something a little more formal that includes pickup up the grass and weeding. There is also no water to the planting bed out at the point in front of the Visitor’s Center.  Jeff will look into all of this and come back with bids.

 

Bike the USA for MS will be in town on July 22nd. The Senior Center is going to look at doing a Spaghetti Feed to raise money and it will be open to the public. You can go on line to follow this bike ride across America. They will be staying in Grangeville at the Lions Park.

 

Jeff K brought the Coeur d’Alene / Post Falls Press that we are in with Super 8. It looks good but we need to tweak it so that our Mammoth stands out a bit more. The size has a lot to do with it and we will need to look at how to enhance it when we do this size of ad.

 

The Scenic By-Way Kiosk is in its final stages of design and should be ready to present shortly. Mary Jahn is really pleased with the look and if we present first we could maybe swing all the others to follow us.

 

Our next meeting will be on Aug. 4th at 7:30 am at Oscar’s. Meeting was adjourned at 8:25 am.  

 

2009 June Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Minutes

Present: Melinda Hall, Paula McCulley, Annelle Urbahn, Beryl Grant, Jeff Scott, Nancy Asker, Lori Courtright, Lark Hall, Heather Killgore, Joe Cladouhos and Jeff Kutner

Absent: Jody Hoogland

Guests: Sally Soltman and Carolyn Hanning

The meeting was called to order at 7:30 am at Oscar’s meeting room

Minutes from the previous meeting were approved as email. Motion was made by Nancy and seconded by Jeff Scott, motion carried.

Guest Speakers: Sally and Carolyn talked about Relay for Life coming in July. The theme this year is “Party & Celebration of Life” They would like to feature the Resource Center that has opened at the Syringa Hospital with a “Paint the Town Purple” the week before Relay for Life. Everyone is to wear purple in support of the Resource Center and to remind everyone of the upcoming Relay.

Miller Hardware will donate their windows and sidewalk for displays of “Paint the Town Purple”.

Merchants meeting: It will be held June 4th at Oscar’s at 7:30 am

Chamber after Hours: Annelle and John will be hosting it at his Aunt Ruth’s house on the corner of Meadow and First St. They are remodeling the house and it will be a fun time, come and enjoy refreshments and a beverage.

Hwy 12 byway:  The Kiosk Triangle shape will be at US Bank in the front area. It will be three sided and 1 side will welcome everyone to Grangeville, 2 will be what to enjoy in downtown and 3 will be recreation things to do in the area. They are designing the panels and each will cost $650 and can be changed out seasonally, at the Chambers cost. Annelle and Jeff K attended the meeting.

Grant:  Jeff S says that last year’s grant is finished and is wrapping up last minute items on this years application. We usually apply in Sept.

Circus: June 13th is the date. The posters are printed and Melinda is sending email posters we can print and hang up. Some information needs to be corrected. We need ticket takes at the Circus and hand stampers. The performances will be at 2:00 and 4:30 pm.

Syringa Hospital Fire Cracker Run will be held over the 4th of July and the proceeds will go to the Pediatric Flying Carpet. This is an emergency room item that tells the size of a child when care is needed. They would like a donation for our name to be on their tee shirts. Annelle made a motion to donate $50 and Lark seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Visitor’s Center:  Jeff K has been helping the volunteer’s host school children with mammoth tours. We have had 50 + children from the Orofino School Dist. Dorothy Eimers has done the tours in the past and asked Jeff K to help this year. We received a thank you from the children who toured the mammoth. Collin Suddreth will be a paid person at the visitor’s center for the summer.  Job Service is giving us 250 hours so the he can learn to get back into the work force.  Jeff K will give him small tasks to do for Chamber while he is on shift.  He is willing to work Sat. and Sun. to keep the visitor’s center open.  C Alan Thompson from Nampa moved here and he makes the mammoth puzzles. They are $8.00 each and about 5/16 birch plywood and are very nice. They are sealed. They are the skeletons; ribs, legs and we are selling them at the center.  We can put Grangeville, ID on them. Lori made a motion to get them; Paula seconded the motion and motion passed. Jeff K will handle this.

Senior Citizens are now members of Chamber. Marsha talked to Jeff K and they are voting members by paying $ 50.00.

Jeff K reminded us that the Recycle survey is coming out.  It will be emailed and please take the survey and pass it on to others to take.

Visitor’s Center Maintenance: Jay Smith had a verbal agreement with Jack Soltman many many years ago about what should be done out there and how much he would receive. Jeff K talked to Jay and they discussed what could, should and would be done and what our expectations were and then Jay will get back to us on a price. Jay has employees working for him that need some guidance while working. Annelle said she would be on that committee with Jeff K.

Horizons:  “Welcome to Town” picnic that will be held in the city park would like to use our event insurance. Marina Bates is part of it and lots of different events. Jeff K will talk to Mike to be sure of that. Lark made a motion to provide insurance for Horizons based on the comments about insurance and Annelle seconded it. Motion passed.

Ida-Lew is seeking donators to their organization. They are funded by the State and they need donations from Businesses to make it. Lark made a motion to look at our budget and see if we can make a donation Jeff Scott seconded the motion and it passed but no dollar amount was given.

“Bike the US” contacted us but not sure what they are asking for. You could bike with them for a donation; there are about 13 riders and their support group. They are welcome to stay over in Grangeville or Heather said she has room in White Bird. That will be around July 22nd.

Joe Cladouhos said there is going to be a vacancy on the Hospital Board so get your name in if you are interested. Dr. Jessup a 1st year resident wants to be back in Grangeville in 2 years.

A motion was made to move the Chamber meeting to the 1st Tues of the month from the 1st Wed. of the month; there was a second and the motion passed. Our first meeting of the new date will be on July 7th at 7:30 am at Oscar’s.

Lark talked about the 4th of July street sports and what it means to Grangeville and our downtown merchants. This event brings folks downtown during this time with the street sports and the egg toss, the Elks is struggling and Chamber could step up and help with the cost of the prizes. Prize money for the morning event is what they need help with. It was agreed to pass the hat at the Chamber after Hours and the Quarterly meeting and see what we come up with and then decide what to give. Since the meeting an email vote has gone out and it was motioned, seconded and passed that Chamber would give $200 to the 2009 Border Days Event on Main Street and that Lori Courtright would write an Ad to be read and recognized for our sponsorship of the event.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:07 am.

Respectfully submitted

Chamber Board Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

2009 - May – Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Minutes Present:  Melinda Hall, Annelle Urbahn, Lark Hall, Lori Courtright, Nancy Asker, Jeff KutnerAbsent:  Heather Killgore, Joe Cladouhos, Jeff Scott, Jody Hoogland, Paula McCulley, Beryl Grant Meeting was called to order by President Melinda Hall, 7:30 am at Brodocks.  Our minutes from our March 2009 meeting, were approved with 2 spelling changes. Guest Speakers:Sara Esplund from the Idaho Department of Labor requested our assistance in interviewing an applicant who could work at the Visitor Center for 250 paid hours through a Government paid Internship.  If any business is interested in providing an internship for employees through this program to contact Sara.  Jo Hardy, volunteer with the Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center went on a jet boat trip up the Salmon River from Carey Creek to Buck Skin Bills.  The trip was open to volunteers to help educate visitors about the trips available on the Salmon River.  Jo prepared a slide show of Buckskin Bills property, Shepp Ranch and Polly Bemis Ranch.  Rachel Young, representative from Grangeville Arts asked the Chamber to partner with the    Grangeville Arts for the use of our Liability Insurance this summer.  The Grangeville Arts is setting up free concerts at Pioneer Park with the first concert July 11 or 18 (Saturday) and one is scheduled form August 4th (Tuesday).  The events are catered to family entertainment rather than bands playing in bars. Greg Bailey, Superintendent of Mountain View School District along with Todd Marek, gave an informative presentation in support of the School Levy coming up on May 19th.  Greg is very proud of our kids as they are showing an increase in test scores, the band was asked to play at Disneyland, and the kids took top places at Quizbowl.  The State of Idaho will cut $69 million out of the schools budget, which is the first time in history.  Currently all other levies are paid off.  The roofs on the High School and the Middle School building are paid for and the school has the funds to write a check for the CV Bldg improvements.  The Levy is for $2.1 million but prepared the budget with implementing cutbacks of $487715 which includes 4.5 staff members.  Also the school is focused on fundraising for field trips and band trips.  The food program is breaking even.  If the levy doesn’t pass the school would lose 9 personnel, extra activities, the library would be cut back to 1 day a week, and computers could not be replaced.  This levy is the least amount asked for in the last 25 years.   Committee Reports: Merchants:  Next meeting on Thursday 5/7/09.  Annelle also reported that she would be hosting a Chamber After Hours soon and would let us know where and when later. Crabfeed:Nancy Asker reported the crab is all sold! Grant:Jeff Kutner reported the grant check for $7363.22 was deposited.  Treasurer Report:Membership Dues are being billed according to our new billing system.  Our report shows only routine bills as debits and Membership Dues and Grant funds as deposits. Other Business:Jeff Kutner reported that CEDA, IDALEW, Grangeville Chamber of Commerce invited an informal lunch meeting with the City Council to discuss why the City should be involved. Jeff Kutner is working on a recycling project for the County on the side. Jeff read a letter from Idaho State University regarding the Humorous Mammoth Bone.  The cost to bring the bone back is $915 for travel time, overnight stay and mileage reimbursement.  Jeff will continue to correspond with Idaho State University to remind them we can pick it up for free as we brought the bone to them for free.  Melinda Hall announced that Jody Hoogland has early morning meetings on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays and can not make our 7:30 meetings.  Melinda asked for input regarding changing our meeting date or time to accommodate Jody’s schedule or to replace Jody.  No decision was made. Melinda Hall also asked if any businesses have been contacted to pre-buy Circus Tickets.  The Circus will be here June 13th at 2:00 pm and 4:30 pm at the Senior Citizen Center parking area. Our next meeting will be June 3rd at 7:30 am at Brodocks. Respectfully submitted, Proxy for the Secretary of the Chamber Board, Lori A Courtright 

 

 

 

 

 

Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board Minutes for April 1, 2009

Present: Beryl Grant, Annelle Urbahn, Nancy Asker, Melinda Hall, Jeff Scott, Lark Hall, Joe Cladouhos, Jeff Scott

Absent: Lori Courtright, Paula McCulley, Heather Killgore, Jody Hoogland

 Meeting was called to order at 7:35 am on April 1st

A great joke was played on the Board. Annelle announced that she and Melinda Hall were resigning from the Board, effective immediately. The Board looked on in total silence and then Lark asked who was stepping forward to become our new President. A good laugh was had by all.  Great fun for an April fool’s day joke.  

Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as emailed.  Motion was made by Lark Hall and seconded by Nancy Asker. Motion carried.

Merchants: Annelle announced that the Merchants Chili cook-off was won by The Triangle Tavern (again) and Jo Hardy won the gift basket that was donated by the chili cook-off group. The turnout was great and the weather was good.

Crab Feed: Nancy said she had 29 pkg. left to sell. If anyone wants them call Nancy at 983-0583 and the price is reduced to $5.00 per bag.

 Grant:  Jeff Scott has been in communication with Kathy at the State level and they have emailed back and forth and our file seems to be missing. He is staying on top of it and we should be getting our check.

Visitor’s Center:  Jeff K reported that they had a meeting of the volunteers and they have a new volunteer being trained.  Althea is back and is going to volunteer again. The State Travel Meeting is in Lewiston on April 16th and there is a CEDA meeting the same day. Jeff K will attend both.

We got the Discover Guide proofs and they are good we got a bill from Northwest Media Production – which covers the salmon, trout and the discover bills.

John Bledsoe gave us information on the cyanide bleach mine in Elk City. The movie “Red Gold” will be at the Blue Fox on May 2nd and it is a documentary on what happens. It is a free movie at 2:00 pm. Should Chamber take a stance on this issue? No decision was made.

Dues structure change. The change was presented from the committee and Joe made a motion to accept the proposed change from the committee with the effective day of the April 1st billing and Nancy seconded the motion. Motion passed.  Jeff K will get with Nettie about the billings going out and will fix the web so it reflects our new changes and get the letter ready to send to our membership.

Circus:  June 13th Saturday out at the Senior Center on their land. Walco has been contacted about waste and King’s Throne will be contacted about out houses. The contract is signed and ready to go. The two shows will be at 2:00 pm and 4:30 pm

Quarterly Meeting on June 11th will be an evening meeting and it will be at the Hilltop.  Jeff K will try to get Jim Reyder as the County Commissioner and Bruce Walker as Mayor so they can talk about the “State of the County and City” The City Council has given Chamber $3000 to help with the up keep of the Eimers Park and to help keep the visitor’s center open.

Treasurer’s Report:  Normal stuff and normal bills got paid. NCITA brochure for the region is in and our share is $7125.26. The entire region is in one brochure and they have been delivered to the visitor’s center.

Joe Cladouhos talked about the Hospice fundraiser at The Gallery. He and his wife are cooking a Greek dinner and seating will be 5 and 7 pm on April 4th. The menu is Greek food.

Meeting was adjourned at 8:30 am. The next Board meeting will be on May 6th at Oscar’s at 7:30 am.

Respectfully submitted

Grangeville Chamber Board Secretary

Beryl Grant

2009 March – Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board Minutes

 March 4th, 2009, Oscar’s at 7:30 am  Present: Paula McCulley, Jeff Scott, Lark Hall, Nancy Asker, Beryl Grant, Annelle Urbahn, Lori Courtright, Joe Cladouhos, Melinda Hall and Jeff Kutner Absent: Jody Hoogland and Heather Kilgore Guests: Jim Miller from Prime Land Melinda called the meeting to order at 7:30 am. Lori Courtright emailed minutes of the previous meeting. Lark made a motion to accept the minutes at emailed; Paula seconded the motion and the motion passed.  Get Acquainted magazine is out and the Visitor’s Center picture is great.  Committee Reports:  

Merchants committee: Annelle says the meeting is tomorrow March 5th at

Oscar’s at 7:30 am. Heather & Annelle met with the Highway Corridor meeting on the Kiosks and all is moving forward.  Crab Feed: Nancy handed out profit and loss sheets and has 1 left over bill that Jeff K just gave to her. We still have about 40 bags of crab that need to be sold. Attached to these minutes is the balance sheet. We made about $750.00.  Grants: Jeff S has submitted out grant money for reimbursement about 2 months ago and is waiting to hear back. We should get back about $6400. Jeff S opted not to go south for the Grant summit this year.  Visitor’s Center: Jeff K says he doing the hands off approach to management. They are all decorated and look good. Joan Williams and Joan Robinette showed interest last year, as volunteers and he will pursue it this year. Summer hours will begin April 1 as long as we have enough volunteers to staff the hours.       Treasurer’s Report: No printed sheet was provided. Jeff K will get a set of printed sheets to attach to these minutes. Jeff emailed a list of his duties for the past month. The NCITA picture put in the Discover Guide was discussed and it has been determined that Ted Lindsley made the decision about what picture was published. Ted has the interests of Grangeville at heart but the Chamber Board needs to give the direction we are going. Jeff K will talk to Kelly and let her know that only Jeff K or Melinda have the authority to speak on behalf of the Chamber for these issues.  Jeff K has several new members that have applications in to us or are applying: Rust Bennett with the Chuck Wagon Catering Evergreen SuitesPleasant Valley Apartments Musick & Sons auction and real estate and several others interested  Our Chamber Quarterly meeting is Thurs. at noon March 12th at Ernie’s Steak House. The guest speaker will be the Forest Service and we will confirm that before hand.  The Fish and Game meeting was held and many members of the Board were there. The Board generated a letter of support for the increase in fees and Jeff K will put it on letterhead and Melinda will sign it on behalf of the Board.  The Video for Snohaven has been put on hold.  Jeff K went to the meeting and Snohaven is not interested in it and the last day at Snohaven is March 14th for the 2009 season.  Jeff K will get a list of current dues paying members and past due members so we can discuss our fee schedule on March 11th at 5:00 pm at the Gallery.  All Board members are encouraged to attend and help make these decisions on our dues fee structure. We will discuss where we are with the budget and what it takes to make us run smoothly.  Guest Jim Miller talked about Primeland and how they are hiring and retaining staff during this economic downturn market. Jim is the Prairie Supervisor for Primeland.    Discussions followed and the meeting was adjourned.  The next meeting of the Board will be April 1st at 7:30 am at Oscar’s.  Respectfully submitted Grangeville Chamber Board Secretary Beryl Grant
Last Updated ( Sunday, 12 July 2009 11:29 )
 
2009 Feb - Grangeville Chamber Minutes Print E-mail
2009 February – Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Minutes 

Present:  Jody Hoogland, Paula McCulley, Annelle Urbahn, Heather Killgore, Nancy Asker, Melinda Hall, Lori Courtright, Lark Hall, Joe Cladouhos, and Jeff Kutner

Absent:  Jeff Scott, Beryl Grant

 

Meeting was called to order by President Melinda 7:30 am at Broddocks and Minutes from our January meeting were approved as emailed. 

 

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Merchants:  Annelle reported the Christmas lights have been taken down in the month of January and there will be a Merchants meeting 7:30 am at Broddocks Thursday Feb 5, 2009.

 

Crabfeed:  Nancy reported $628.25 has been deposited and the Elks and Chamber both made approximately $200 each at this point in time.  Nancy is still collecting bills and checks.  Nancy sold the majority of the leftover Crab and has 42 packages remaining in the freezer for sale at $10/bag.  The Grangeville Boosters collected $3350 so far from the silent auction and anticipate collecting up to $3700 for new lights at the football field.

12 people paid cover charge of $5 to come in for the dance only.

 

Grants:  Jeff Kutner reported for Jeff Scott.  Jeff Scott is still looking through data to find match money.  We must have 12.5% match before submitting out Grant paperwork for reimbursement.  We expect $4-5000 in reimbursement.

 

Treasurers Report:  Lori reported that we opened a CD with Potlatch Federal Credit Union for 12 months with $15700.  We have another $15000 CD maturing in May.  Melinda and Paula will also be signers on the CD.

 

As of 2007, the IRS now allows organizations that make less than $25000 to file an electronic postcard called an e-postcard in lieu of completing a full set of Form 990 Tax Returns.  Lori filed the e-postcard this year.  The e-postcard notifies the IRS that we are still in existence and we made less than $25000 in 2008.

 

Jeff K shared the list of checks written and his list of duties performed in January 2009. 

 

Membership:  Jeff K reported Early Bird and M & N Concrete are new members.  Jeff K. will check with Verizon for their potential membership.  Jeff K will also contact Idaho Stage LLC for their potential membership.  Idaho Stage LLC is the company that will remodel one of the buildings for Syringa Hospital.

 

Advertising:  The Get Acquainted Addition deadline is approaching on Feb 11, 2009.  After discussion it was decided to have Jeff K check with the Free Press to see if we could get a discounted rate on a ½ page for being a non-profit and for encouraging our members to advertise with the Free Press.  He will then e-mail the board with a time to meet for a photo in front of the Mammoth and prepare ad script with “Come Play in our Mammoth Backyard” and why business should become a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

 Other Business:

CEDA and IDA-Lew are in need of more private business members.  Jeff K asked the Chamber to become a member by paying membership dues to support the efforts of CEDA and IDA-LEW.  CEDA is working on Broadband Connectivity between Riggins and Grangeville and CEDA works to guarantee business loans with financial institutions.  Discussion was entertained regarding what the membership would do for us if we pay membership.  No motion was made to pay.

 

Nancy reported Ski Idaho was at Snowhaven last weekend and brought 5-7 of their skiers.  They did some filming and will be on Facebook on the Web.  SkiIdaho is the group that offers our 5th Graders free ski tickets at various ski hills in Idaho.  Snowhaven is one of the hills this year.  White Bird Summit Lodge provided lodging for the SkiIdaho team.

 

Jeff K will attend Snowhaven’s board meeting Feb 4th to see if they are interested in a 3 way split of approximately $500 with Super 8 and the Chamber.  Stacy Turner can create a virtual tour of Snowhaven promoting tourist from other areas to visit Grangeville in the winter months to ski and tube.  All Chamber Board members should check out Super 8’s virtual tour to see Stacy’s work at super8idaho.com.

 

Heather K reported the White Bird Chamber is working on a Grant to have First Step Internet from Moscow get Wireless internet going in White Bird.

 

Heather is also working with a group to host a National Hang Glide and Paraglide event at the top of White Bird Hill in the future.  She is currently gathering data such as the number of motel rooms in Grangeville to house spectators and participants.

 

Joe announced the newly elected Syringa Hospital Board members.  Tim Wassmuth and David Green have been elected to the 6 year term and Scott Scribner for the 4 year term.

 

Saturday April 4th Joe and Tova Cladouhos will be the featured Chefs at the Gallery.  They will prepare a Greek Cuisine for the Hospice Benefit Dinner.

 

A brief discussion as to what constitutes a “Special” versus regular “Advertising” was conducted regarding our proposed new web page to host our Member’s special events.  No motions or decisions were made.

 

The next meeting will be March 4th at 7:30 am at Broddock’s.  Melinda will check to see if the Conference Room or the Upper level seating area will be available to avoid excess noise.

 

Respectfully submitted, Proxy for the Secretary of the Chamber Board,

Lori Courtright

  
 
2009 Jan - Grangeville Chamber Minutes Print E-mail

2009 January –Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Minutes

 

Present: Melinda Hall, Jeff Scott, Lori Courtright, Joe Clodouhas, Jody Hoogland, Lark Hall, Nancy Asker, Paula McCulley, Annelle Urbahn, Beryl Grant and Jeff Kutner

Absent: Mike Fredrickson, Heather Killgore

Guest: Mary Jahn

 

Meeting was called to order by President Melinda at 7:28 am at Broddock’s.

 

Some housekeeping was taken care of as emails were checked and phones numbers updated.

 

Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as emailed. Copies were handed out to new members and to Annelle who does not have email.

 

Committee Reports:

 

 Merchants:  Annelle reported there would be a meeting tomorrow Jan 8th at 7:30 at Oscar’s. Lights will be discussed about when they can come down and the year’s special events.

 

Grants: Jeff S reported he has turned in the final numbers for last year. He submitted $6200.00 and put in the marketing plan just because.  We should receive between 4-5 thousand back. We will review this and see what we missed and left on the table for last year. We are already ahead of schedule for this year with our advertising plan in place.

 

Holiday Specials: The video about Snohaven was discussed and it was agreed to get the costs from Shelley, who works at the Free Press before we decide anything. This is not part of the grant but could be used for cash match. Lark told us that she did the video on the web for super 8. You can go to super8idaho.com to see her work. Jeff K will get the particulars and report at the next meeting. Does this fit our winter marketing plan and does it fit the image of “Come Play in our Mammoth Back Yard”.

 

Visitor’s Center: Jeff K reported that he has kept the center shoveled out. The volunteers had a very nice Christmas party and are ready for the new season.  Their winter hours are in effect until April 1.

 

Treasurer’s Report: See attached for full details.  Nothing unusual to report except we paid for two years of the water system maintenance. Our $10,000 CD needs to be renewed and Lori will call around for rates and put it back in to earn interest at this time.

 

Mill Meeting: Scott Atkison is working with Jeff K to put together a meeting with the help of the Grangeville Chamber of Commerce.  There will be a tour of the mill at 10:00 am and then a no-host lunch at the Senior Center at noon with a meeting of questions and answers to follow. The date of this is January 15th.  RSVP is required for the lunch. The mill spent $50M to upgrade and the mill and is the most advanced mill in the country. Only businesses and Chambers will be invited to this first meeting.

 

Election of Officers:

Nominations were asked for from the Board present and everyone agreed to stay on as in the past. Beryl made a motion to accept the slate of officers as presented and Paula seconded the motion.  Motion passed.

Officers are as follows for the 2009 season

President                      Melinda Hall

Vice President             Annelle Urbahn

Secretary                      Beryl Grant

Treasurer                      Lori Courtright/ Jeff Kutner

  

Members are: Mike Fredrickson, Jeff Scott, Lark Hall, Jody Hoogland, Nancy Asker, Paula McCulley, Heather Killgore and Joe Clodouhas.

We have a full house according to the Grangeville Chamber By-Laws.

 

Crab Feed:  There will be a meeting at 5:00 pm tonight Jan 7th at Broddock’s. Mike Fredrickson and his team from the Grangeville Booster’s are in charge of the silent auction and the decorating. The theme will be Team Spirit and there will be a pre-function at 5:00 pm the night of the feed with tap beer for 50 cents and a Pep Rally if we can swing it.

 

Mary Jahn:  Mary was representing the Northwest Passage Scenic By-Way, which run from Lewiston to Kooskia and then from Kooskia to Grangeville. The By-Way is a great way to market out area and it should fit into the larger picture. Grangeville is an entry point for the driving tour and folks visiting the area are always looking for something to do when they get here.  The advisory team is looking for a place to house their committee. Annelle volunteered to be on the committee and to represent the Chamber and report back. Last Spring the advisory committee applied for a Grant and they have now been awarded $7500 and need 20% match. The Grangeville Chamber agreed to commit $1500 toward the project if they were awarded the Grant. The money will go toward a three panel interpretive Kiosk on main street in town. The coordinator for this project lives in Moscow and is a Federal Employee so this Chairperson job fits in with her job. Chamber has agreed to make the Committee a subcommittee of Chamber and report each month just like others. Jeff K will send out emails to our members and see if there are volunteers that would like to make up this committee from the general population. There may be some untapped talent with creative ideas. 

 

The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 pm

 

The next meeting will be Feb. 4th at 7:30 am at Broddock’s

 

On the next agenda we need to decide if we are going to rehire Jeff K as an employee.

 

Respectfully submitted

Secretary to the Chamber Board

Beryl Grant 

 
2008 Grangeville Chamber Minutes Print E-mail

 

 

2008 Dec - Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board Minutes

 

 

Present: Jeff K, Mike, Nancy, Melinda, Annelle, Paula, Lori, Jodi and Lark

Absent: Jeff S and Beryl

 

 

Meeting was called to order by President Melinda

 

Beryl's minutes from the previous meeting were discussed, Lori had

 emailed one change. Lori moved they be accepted and Annelle

seconded. Motion passed.

 

 

Representatives from The Horizons Groups: Mark Baker, Cathy

Wassmuth and Deanna English were present. Deanna gave us a printed

report of progress as well and spoke to us about the direction the

different committees of the Horizons groups were going and where

they are heading in the future. Farmer's Market is coming along well,

they have written a grant and received $28,000.oo toward next years

budget.  This money will help pay for a paid Director for the Farmer's

 Market and other things that are needed. They feel that the Market

has been a great asset to the community and hope that there will be

more involvement from the City on the Market days to keep people

downtown shopping. One suggestion was for the local restaurants to

have advertised specials for that day and someone to do a coffee

 service, since there are wonderful rolls to buy and eat at the Market.

 

The Recreation committee's contributions were: Lighting the city park,

and a 3 on 3 tournament and story reading.  Deanna said they have

received $5000 in donations for the lights at the park and more money

is coming in daily.

 

The Brown Bag committee was not as well received and they had

to cancel a couple of dates due to low turn-out.

 

They were looking for a Master Email List of Grangeville for their

use.  Jeff brought up that not all people want their email addresses

just "out there" for anyone to get.  He suggested that the Group email

 any communications to him and he would forward out to the

Chamber Members. We will not give out our member email

 addresses. 

 

 

 Jodi offered her help in getting any events on the Chamber's on-line

Calendar, they just have to get the information to her.

 

A Horizon's Committee has also done grant writing and received

 $15,000 to go to the Evergreen Food Bank.

 

The Horizon's Group is working on getting a 501 C3 umbrella

 to cover Grangeville's group and Cottonwood's group, that

 project is about done.

 

 

Merchants Committee:

 

Melinda reported: The White Elephant breakfast tomorrow 12/4/08.

 This is a Merchants fund-raiser for lights downtown at Christmas. 

 Discussion of the cost of lights, $200 + each year to replace broken

 or missing lights on poles. We have put the LED lights on 8 poles

 and will see if the extra money they cost is worth not having to

replace so many each year.  Merchant dues are supposed to be

used, but some merchants just don't pay their dues.  Mike

suggested that maybe the Chamber could budget some dollars

to go towards this cost each year.

 

 

Visitor's Center/ Treasurer's Report/ Membership:

 

 

Jeff K reported that the visitor center " ladies" are doing well. 

 Sallie Fifield and Sally Soltman headed up the decorations of

the Visitor Center. Jeff thinks the reason we missed the Visitor Guide

 dealine last year is that they have the wrong or our old email address.

  He made this dscoveery when he got word that this years deadline

 is very soon and we haven't had any word about it until now.

Jeff made out 2 Gift Certificates for the Crab Feed to trade to the

 Chocolate Fantasy and Festival of Trees.  Melinda signed them. 

  Jeff will get the gift certificates from each of them for our Crab

Feed Auction.

 

 

New Members: CPEC (Camas Prarie Eye Clinic), Killgore

Adventures (returning member) Salmon River Estates (returning

member) and Early Bird Supply. Jodi asked about Relay for Life,

the Grangeville group, they have supposedly sent in an application

and credit card payemnt for new membership. Jeff has not seen

it but will check again.  Also he will talk to Mary Mangold about

the pay-pal process. Questions brought up again about the charging

of Non-profit groups Chamber dues as they don't make any money

but do a good service, ie. Kids Klub, Relay for Life, etc. No

 decisions were made and this will be discussed later.

 

 

New Business:

Scenic Byway got grant money and now they need to form a

segment team to come up with projects for the dollars in our area.

  Looking for volunteers, five or six at the most.  Mary Jahn is not

the head of this committee.  Also when is the Kiosk going to go up

 and where? Maybe at US Bank? We talked about this some months

back and we need to decide or work with others to decide.

 

 

Walt Minnick will be in town Thursday at 11 am at US Bank

for public visiting, then a luncheon for a select group of businesses

around 12 or so at The Gallery.

 

 

Scott Atkinson, CEO of Idaho Forest Group will be at the Elks

on January 15, at 12 pm for a no-host luncheon. He will speak of

the Mill and it's desire to stay put.  There will be a tour of the Mill

afterward for those interested

 

The Quarterly Chamber Meeting at Oscar's 12/11/08. The pre-function

is at 5:30 pm and dinner will be at 6 pm. Please RSVP to Oscar's.

 There are 2 seats on the Board that we can fill if we find a volunteer

willing to come on. Three currant Board Members are at the end of

 their term and all three have agreed to stay on the Board, those

members being Beryl Grant, Mike Fredrickson and Annelle Urbahn.

 

 

The Grangeville golf course would like us to buy a $100 raffle

ticket for their fund raiser. The prize is a brand new golf cart. 

 The Board was not in favor as this is not our purpose.

 

Crab Feed: The organizational meeting will be Dec. 16th at

Oscar's at 5 pm.  Patti Pratt will help, but mother is in poor health

so not sure how much. Terri Tackett has said she will be on the

committee from the Elks. Mike reported that the Booster Club

would take on the silent auction for the Crab Feed. The theme will

be something to do with our school.... Be True to Your School,

 Blue and White Night, etc. A discussion on how to get more

people to come in after the Crab Feed itself for a lower ticket price

for the dance and music. Try to make it so the kids could come into

the Elks and have fun with the dance or whatever the entertainment

until 10:00 pm when they have to be out. A decision was made not

to raise the price of the actual ticket this year.  It will stay at $25.00

and the Chamber Board agreed to clean crab again.  Nancy will be

in charge of getting the crab again.

 

Meeting was ajourned at 8:45 am with the next meeting at the 

Quarterly Dec. 11th at Oscar's. Regular Board meetings

are the first Wed. of each month at 7:30 am at Oscar's.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 Nov – Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board Minutes 

 Present: Melinda Hall, Beryl Grant, Jeff Scott, Paula McCulley, Mike Fredrickson, Lark Hall, Lori Courtright and Jeff Kutner

Absent: Annelle Urbahn, Nancy Asker and Jody Hoogland  

Meeting was called to order by President Melinda at 7:30 am  

Minutes of the previous meeting were approved as emailed. Motion was made and passed.  

Merchants: Melinda said the Christmas White Elephant fund-raiser for the merchants would be held on 12-4-08 at Oscar’s at 7:30 am. Downtown lights will be put up the week of Nov. 17th; Jeff S will get with Melinda about a date. Pet’s pictures with Santa will be on Nov. 22nd at The Gallery for $9.00 and be ready for Christmas. There will be no Progressive after-hours this year.

  Grant: Jeff S just needs a couple of copies of checks to wrap up last years grant and get it shipped off. All is going well. 

 Visitor’s Center: Jeff K and Beryl held a meeting with the volunteers on election day out at the center. The Ladies were there and talked strategy for the up-coming holiday season. Things are going well and everyone is getting along. Althea will be taking her furniture home and we will look to see what we need to replace so the Center can function effectively. We will probably want to replace the hutch with something along the same line to display merchandise. The lights on the Mammoth are coming on again, we have a short that needs to be address and Jeff will get on that project. The phone has been installed in the office and there is now a lock on the door that can be locked from the inside for safety.  Windermere is requesting that the web page be in the name of the office on Main Street and that each agent can then have his or her own listing. Jeff K will handle the set-up of this account.  

 Director’s Report: Jeff submitted a task list of things done. Jeff K will attend the NCITA meeting in WhiteBird at 1:00 pm. Heather Killgore will be hosting.  Horizons will be at our Next Board meeting in Dec. to bring the Chamber current with what is happening with them and the community. Horizons are paid members of Chamber.  Lark made a motion and Paula seconded the motion that past due members will come off the web page after three months.  We will have Nettie send three notices of past due Dues and then Jeff K will take them off the web site. Beryl, Mike and Paula are up for re-election. Beryl and Paula agreed to come back on the next three-year term and Mike said he would think about it and let us know. Elections will be held at the Dec. quarterly meeting. We do have room for more Board members if someone wants to be nominated and elected at the Quarterly meeting.  

 New Business:  We are going to advertise in the Trout & Steelhead guide, it comes out in the Feb. issue and distributed in our Region. Northwest Media Production is helping us with this project. 

 Crab Feed:  This will be held on Jan 24, 2009 and will be in partnership with the Elks.  Melinda will contact Patti Pratt as see if she would like to work with the Chamber on this with all her notes from the previous ones.  The High School Lighting Program is active and Mike is going to see if that committee would like to participate with chamber on the silent auction.  Last year we gave it to them but we did all the work with the help of Mike, this year we would like them to actually participate along with us. They need $80,000.00 for the football field and $120,000 to do baseball as well. The committee is actively looking for grants and ways to raise money. Mike will get back to us.  Quarterly meeting: The Syringa Hospital will be the guest speaker for the event. Please plan to attend.  Our next Board meeting will be Dec. 3, 2009 at Oscar’s at 7:30 am with guest speakers on the agenda.  Meeting was adjourned at 8:40 am 

 

2008 Oct. –Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board minutes

 

Present: Annelle, Jody, Jeff S, Paula, Melinda, Beryl, Lori, and Jeff K

Absent: Mike, Nancy

 

Meeting was called to order at 7:30 am by President Melinda Hall

Motion was made to accept the minutes as emailed, there was a second and motion passed to accept the minutes as emailed.

 

Grants: Jeff S: He is compiling last years grant stuff. We reserved our space with the ad and will get the ad in on time. The ad committee will decide on which color and format to send. Annelle made a motion that the ad committee will have the authority to make those decisions of development and placement and submission of the ads. Lori seconded the motion and the motion passed.  The ad committee will meet Thurs. evening at The Gallery with the committee and Michelle from Lewiston.

 

Merchants: Annelle: The merchants are buying the LED light strings to replace on some of the garland to see if they will hold up better. They will do 8 this year and see if they are better and make a decision for next year.

Annelle is working on a map for the area. The cost would be .06 per page and if we got 400 the cost would be $24.00. The cost would come from the glue and time to put them together.  The object is to have some kind of map at the visitor’s center for folks wanting to go downtown. Beryl made a motion to let Annelle move forward with this and Lori seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Oct 30th is the Chamber After Hours at Syringa Hospital, it will be in conjunction with their dessert auction fund raiser and the open house show casing their remodeled lab area.

John’s 60th Birthday is set at the Elks for Oct. 18th, come and wish him a Happy Birthday.

Moonlight Madness will be Oct 23rd, the theme is Bulldog Blue Spirit and the Madness is from 4-7 pm. It is Team Spirit Night at the game.

Holiday decorations are ready to go up. Jeff S will check with Avista to check their schedule to see when his men can help with the project.

 

Visitor’s Center: Jeff K: Jeff has been working out there and being seen. Elden is on board with the design of the landscaping and will help with the landscaping of the Mammoth grounds. It is almost done, be sure to stop by and check it out. Things are going smoothly.

 

Director’s Report: Jeff K: Clubs paying dues. There is only one besides the ATV club, just give the money back to them. Banner ads are ok in the appropriate spot and cost is the same for everyone per year. Jeff K will be sure this is billed and collected or the ad will come off.

Jeff K is still attending the Tel-com meetings and the project is still moving, slowly. Articles are planned to inform the public where they are with the process. Frontier did do engineering plan 8 years ago.

 

Treasurer’s Report: Jeff K: Only regular bills were presented, nothing surprising. We have $9942.42 in checking and we have 2 CD’s and a savings account.

  

New Business: We have a new member Jeremy who is dong pay-day loans. Crabfee date is Jan 24th 2009 and will be in conjunction with the Elks again. The committee needs to begin meeting.

 

Kelly Dahlquist: Kelly was our guest speaker for the morning, she talked about ads and where the dollars for the state are going. She represents a 5 county region that we belong to. Idaho Travel Council gives grant dollars and she will send us a toolbox kit of information that will help us move forward with our jobs as Chamber members. She will email this to us in time for our ad committee meeting. Northwest Media is the ad committee right now for the Travel Council as well as Grangeville Chamber.

NCITA is in the Idaho Travel State Guide ¼ page, which defines the 5 area region we are in.

RV Idaho is the State guide to travel and Kelly gave us a sample of it showing the BY-WAYS

AAA Western Journeys as a possible venture to get Grangeville out there further. We could get partners and do a ½ page ad and make our dollars count for us.

Kelly talked about how small businesses could buy leads at .05 each with the minimum of 100 that would target a specific group of folks to market to. She also said we should invest in post-cards, which we have talked about and are going to do.

We should do a big push on the Scenic-by-Way which is ready to be implemented and Grangeville is the Gateway, we should market to that.

NCITA offers CO-OP money to Chambers to better stretch our ad dollars. We need to investigate this.

Product Travel Cast: POD Cast goes on web site and they have enough money to produce 5 area travel casts. Chamber can sponsor and we can us CO-OP dollars.

GoIdaho.com invested in lodging, camp grounds, and leads come each Monday that businesses can tap into. There are lots of ways people can get leads to market for their areas.

NCITA: They have done a Grangeville Community Brochure in the past. They are doing a brochure with all communities on one brochure. The theory is that the fulfillment package will be more bang for the buck if we promote each other and produce better together as Central Idaho instead of lots of small communities all trying to do the same thing individually.

We could do Grangeville the Gateway for $300 per year in the All American Road.

NCITA membership meeting is open to everyone. There will be three now instead of the one so more folks can get to them. They will be in WhiteBird  on Nov. 12th, Lewiston the AM of Nov. 13th and Kamiah in the PM of the 13th.   They will have a power point presentation ready and one of the POD Casts ready to view.

Please use NCITA as a tool to get what you want for your area. Be tourism ready and are you needing hospitality training, it is our there. You can go to updateidaho.com or goidaho.com for great ideas.

 

Chamber thanked Kelly for her great presentation and the meeting was adjourned at 9:10 am.

 

Our next meeting will be Nov. 5th at Oscar’s at 7:30 am. Our 4th quarter meeting will be on Dec. 11th at Oscar’s at 5:00 pm happy hour and dinner to follow. More information will follow at the Nov. Board meeting.

 

Respectfully submitted

Board Secretary

Beryl Grant

Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 December 2008 12:38 )
 
2008 Sept Grangeville Chamber Minutes Print E-mail

Sept 3, 2008 Grangeville Chamber of Commerce Board Minutes

 

President Melinda Hall brought the meeting to order at 7:30 am at Oscar’s.

Present were: Melinda Hall, Jody Hoogland, Jeff Scott, Jeff Kutner, Lori Courtright, Lark Hall, Nancy Asker, Annelle Urbahn and Beryl Grant

Absent were: Mike Fredrickson and Paula McCulley

 

Minutes: Lori made a motion to accept the minutes as posted on the web site; Lark seconded the motion and the motion passed.

 

Grant: Jeff Scott has had no activity. The State Travel Guide deadline is coming up and Jeff K will get with Michelle from Northwest Media and be sure our ad is done. Melinda presented an article for approval for the Elks newsletter in Nov. The Elks are holding a convention in Grangeville and Chamber will be represented in the publication.

 

Merchants: Annelle said that the merchants committee would meet tomorrow morning Sept. 4th at 7:30 at Oscar’s. Moonlight madness will be discussed and a date will be picked for the event. Annelle said that she had Syringa Hospital interested in Chamber After Hours and will work with them to arrange the event.

 

Visitors Center: Beryl and Jeff K presented back to the board the position of Part-Time Director after having met with Kathy about what the job consists of. Lori did a proposed budget present and past and future to see if we could really afford this position. Lark made a motion to hire Jeff K at $500 per month on a trial basis and look at it again at the 1st of the year. This new job would be in addition to what he is currently doing. Beryl seconded the motion and the motion passed.  Jeff K and Beryl will hold a meeting on Sept. 4th at noon at the Visitor’s Center and introduce Jeff K at the new part-time director to the volunteers.

 

Mammoth Building: The Green Acres proposal was handed out. Annelle made a motion that we do the green acres proposal. Discussion followed.  Because we are using the “Come play in our Mammoth back yard” as our new advertising slogan and because it is unique to our area we should look at how unfinished the project looks to tourists and those we are trying to bring to our area. Jeff S seconded the motion to finish the project and the motion passed.  Jeff K will contact Green Acres to get them on the job and get it done this fall. Jeff K asked for a committee that would work with Green Acres to come up with planting and the like. The committee would include but not be limited to Lori, Beryl, Nancy and we will ask Eldene Wasem if she would help with the project as well.

 

Treasurer’s Report:  Jeff K handed out reports showing where we are financially. Also included are the budget proposals that Lori made up. Bills were discussed. Motion was made by Lori to accept the treasurer’s report and Jeff S seconded the motion. Motion passed.

 

Lewis and Clark CD’s for the driving tour: Lark wanted to know where she could get come more to hand out at the Motel.  Jeff K will look into it and check with the Visitor’s Center. Kathy Carpenter may know. 

 

Lori made a motion to pay Jeff K $400 for the month of Aug. for the work he has done for the Chamber, Nancy seconded the motion and motion passed.  This will be the last time we do this. Jeff K is now the Part-Time Chamber Director and will be paid a monthly salary of $500.

 

Quarterly Meeting is Sept. 11, at noon at the Gallery. RSVP to Sue at the Gallery. The guest speaker will be Francis Conklin from the ITC Regional office and Mary Jahn is going to give an update on the scenic byway.

 

With no further business we adjourned at 8:50 am

 

The next meeting will be our Quarterly meeting and the next Board meeting will be Oct. 1st at 7:30 am at Oscar’s.

 

Respectfully Submitted

Board Secretary

Beryl Grant

 

           

  
 
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