I.  Call to order

Brent Parker, President called to order the monthly meeting of the Grant Chamber Of Commerceat 12:00A.M. on Wednesday  September 12. 2007 at Porky’s in Grant, AL.

II.  Roll call

The following persons were present:  Brent Parker, Sheila Barbuck, Josh Barnes, Mayor Samatha Lemley,  Joe Powell, & Terri Powell.

 

III.  Approval of minutes from last meeting

A motion was made by Sheila Barbuck to approve the minutes from the August 2007 meeting, a second motion to approve the minutes as read was made by Josh Barnes.  All COC Board members voted to approve the minutes from 2007. The Treasurer’s report prepared by Josh Barnes, stated a balance on hand as of 9/12/2007 as $3,935.95.

 

IV.  Committee Reports

*              BRAC (Sheila Barbuck-Chairman)

Sheila Barbuck reported on the BRAC meeting that she and Joe Powell attended on Friday August 17th in Huntsville, AL.  Sheila said they were able to meet many individuals that would be transferring to the North Alabama Area and they were very interested in moving to the Grant Community.

 

*              DAR School Coordinator (Stacy Anderton)

                                Terri Powell stated that the annual DAR Dedication Day would take place October 9-10                                      at the DAR School and that there would be a large attendance this year, due to the fact                                           that is would be the large bus tour year.

               

                *              Events (Faye Frazier-Chairman)

                                Josh Barnes said that the next Early Bird Coffee would be scheduled for October 25th at                                       Peoples State Bank Of Commerce in Grant.  Joe Powell said that John Ross had agreed to                            speak at                 the event and give the chamber an update on his subdivision that is located in                                              the Grant Community. 

 

                *              Golf Tournament (Don Milligan-Chairman)

                                Brent Parker suggested that the Chamber postpone the Annual Golf Tournament to the                                      spring because there were so many events already taking place during the fall months.

 

                *              Membership (Jean Brewer-Chairman)

                                Joe Powell said that he would get a list from Josh Barnes of old members and personally                                     go around the community and pick up their membership renewals. 

               

                *              Business Development (Josh Barnes-Chairman)

Josh Barnes said that he and Joe Powell were working to get the chamber businesses more involved in the chamber.  He said he would also be going around to the businesses in Grant to recommend them having their own yard sale Sept. 29th to help draw customers in their businesses. 

 

                *              Tourism (Danny Lewis-Chairman, Terri Powell-Vice Chairman)

                                Terri Powell gave an update on the Marshall County Convention and Visitors Bureau                                         Board Meetings and tourism in Marshall County.  Terri told they board that she could                                    make a request for money to help advertise the DAR Dedication Day Events since the                                    DAR Ladies would be staying in Guntersville, AL this year.  She said she would                                     have to get an estimate on how many ladies would be attending the event this year to                                         make a request.  Terri stated the chamber could receive as much as $1500.00 to advertise                                    the event.

 

V.  Old Business

*              The board decided they would check with other chamber members to get a date set on the Early Bird Breakfast in October, since there would not be enough time to plan a breakfast in for the month of September.

 

*              Josh Barnes stated the vote was unanimous to elect Joe Powell to the Grant Chamber Of Commerce Board Of Directors.  Josh said that Joe Powell would take Cherly Kennamer’s seat on the board.  Cheryl had sent a e-mail to the members a few weeks prior stating due to conflicts with her business she did not have the time to be on the Grant Chamber Board Of Directors and they she would like to resign. 

 

 

 

VI.  New Business

*              The date was set for the 2nd Annual Mile Plus Yard Sale for Saturday September 29th.  Mayor Lemley said that the motion passed at the last city council meeting to let the City Of Grant charge $10.00 for everyone that would be  having a yard sale on September 29th.  The money would go back to the chamber to cover advertising and other expenses incurred from the event.  Sheila Barbuck said that she did speak with Chris Clark from the Grant Boy Scouts about cleaning up after the yard sale on September 29th.  Sheila recommended giving them a donation to go toward their upcoming camping trip.

 

*              Joe Powell told the board that both he and Sheila both had already received several calls about the upcoming Mile Long Yardsale that the Chamber would be hosting in September.  He said that he would order banners to place around the community to advertise the yard sale and get with Josh to start working on advertisements that would run in the Advertiser Gleam, Huntsville Times, & the Scottsboro Newspaper during the month of September.

 

*              Mayor Lemley stated that we needed to check on prices for renting portable toilets for the yard sale.  Joe Powell said that he had a few contacts in the business so he would check renting the portable toilets for the Saturday of the yardsale.                 

 

*              Sheila Barbuck made a motion that Brenda Barnes go back on the board as a Non-Voting Ex-Officio Board Member.  Sheila Barbuck said, Brenda Barnes had rolled off last year because Peoples State Bank had (2) other members serving on the board. The chamber bylaws stated that any one member can not have more than 2 representatives serving at one time. Joe Powell made a second motion and all members voted to approve the motion.

 

 

VII.  Adjournment

 

The meeting was adjourned by Sheila Barbuck  at 12:45A.M.  Minutes submitted by: Josh Barnes, Secretary/Treasurer.