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- Chamber Meeting to be held 7pm-8:30pm Tue 23 Feb 2016 at the Magrath Museum
- Prev Meeting: Thu 21 Jan 2016
- Current Chamber Executive contact list can be viewed at magrathchamber.com/executive.html
Agenda:
- Prior minutes
- Chamber Reports
- Chamber emails
- discuss format and content for Trail signage
- discuss upcoming events
- discuss upcoming events
Magrath and District Chamber of Commerce Society
Meeting Tue 23 Feb 2016 7pm at Museum
Meeting Tue 23 Feb 2016 7pm at Museum
- Attending: Jay Mackenzie, Roger Davies, Duane Thomson, Ross Moore, Julia Moore, Shannon Sabey, Jennifer Sabey, guest Guy L'Hereaux regrets Arlen Bennett (in Edmonton), Brian Oliver (Town Council meetings on Tuesdays).
- 7pm Call to Order
- R Davies read minutes from last meeting (Thu 21 Jan 2016 as taken by A Bennett). Moved to accept as read by D Thomson, second J Moore. Approved.
- Discussed Trail System sign. D Thomson reported request to include Magrath Chamber logo on these signs, as a large portion (est 25%) of funds came from Chamber fundraising events. Other contributors include Town of Magrath, Mormon Trail Assoc, and Govt of AB. R Davies asked if we need to update our logo, as existing one does not scale well – suggested we seek submissions for ideas. Needs to be finalized soon (max 6 weeks). S Sabey suggested something along lines of the Talk of the Town logo as a sample with [big] Magrath .. Chamber and [smaller] and District .. of Commerce and stylised tree. D Thomson quite busy now – suggested submissions be sought for next meeting.
- Reviewed calendar items for the upcoming year. Gala and Tradeshow (in hiatus for 2016). R Davies suggested CYB for July, Discussion on what our participation level should be for upcoming Chautauqua events in Magrath[/Raymond/Stirling/Cardston] (annually starting in Aug 2016). This year a play will be in Cardston and one day scheduled in Magrath (all day 8am to 10pm). J Mackenzie/S Sabey have possible speakers in mind. Discussed purchase or build of portable Magrath Chamber Stage (perhaps mounted on trailer flatbed with foldouts/tent/sound equipment/generator/etc). Noted school was planning mini-tradeshow in conjunction with ours – Q: has Mr J Brame been advised that no tradeshow this year?
- Discussed happenings with school modernization plans and how it might affect venues we have used in past.
- S Sabey would like to focus on building Hometown Christmas vs Gala for now and would like to clarify Hometown Christmas dates for future years. It is set for 1 Dec 2016 this year. Discussed options for future years: a) of 1st Thu after American Thanksgiving (as per current ie 30 Nov 2017) vs b) 1st Thu in Dec of each year (ie 7 Dec 2017). Motion by R Moore to keep option a) second J Moore. Approved. Discussed some ideas for future fundraisers – e.g. bring back the old Turkey Bingo Target Shoot and other 'manly' games.
- FYI - J Mackenzie noted the Open House for Starfield Center (Magrath greenhouse project) will be next week: noon-6pm Tue 1 Mar 2016 in their new offices (in old Home Hardware location behind Roosters).
- R Moore has time (without Trade Show this year) to work on Chamber Membership drive. J Moore noted about 25% of notices have been paid up. Those with health insurance should be informed that they need to be current in membership to retain coverage. R Davies requested updated list of those paid up for website updates.
- 8:30pm Motion to adjourn – J Sabey. Approved.
Next meeting is scheduled for Tue 7pm 22 Mar 2016 at Museum.