I.  Call to order

Brent Parker, President called to order the monthly meeting of the Grant Chamber Of Commerce to order at 11:00A.M. on Wednesday  October 24th, 2007 at the Grant Chamber Of Commerce Office.

II.  Roll call

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

 

III.  Approval of minutes from last meeting

A motion was made by Josh Barnes to approve the minutes from the September 2007 meeting, a second motion to approve the minutes as read was made by Brent Parker.  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 10/23/2007 as $2,983.63.

 

IV.  Committee Reports

*              BRAC (Sheila Barbuck-Chairman)

                                Sheila Barbuck gave an update on the BRAC Teleconference that is scheduled for                                               November the 15th for Marshall County.  She said that Brent Parker would be speaking                                  on behalf of the Town Of Grant.  Sheila said that she did print more of the BRAC                                        brochures for upcoming events the chamber had scheduled for the rest of 2007.  Two                                                 upcoming events that she wanted to invite the chamber members too, were the Regional                                    Business After Hours at Madison November the 8th and the BRAC luncheon at the                                              Huntsville Country Club on November the 7th.

 

*              DAR School Coordinator (Stacy Anderton)

                                No report

               

                *              Events (Faye Frazier-Chairman)

                                Josh Barnes said that Peoples State Bank in Grant would be taking care of hosting the                                        Early Bird Breakfast scheduled for Thursday October 25th at the bank in Grant.  He said                                         that Joe Powell had invited John Ross, President Of The Alabama Republican Party to                                             speak at the coffee. He said that everyone needed to invite someone to the event.

 

                *              Golf Tournament (Don Milligan-Chairman)

                                No Report

 

                *              Membership (Jean Brewer-Chairman)

                                Jean Brewer said that she needed an updated list of chamber members for the current                                          2007 year.   Sheila Barbuck said it would be a god ideal to rebill again in January of                                   2008, due to the billing change at the first of 2007.  Joe Powell said that Porky’s of Grant                                               said that they would rejoin the Chamber Of Commerce.

               

                *              Business Development (Joe Powell-Chairman)

Joe Powell said he had been working on getting the chamber businesses more involved in the chamber. He said he was going to work on getting some of the members of the old Grant Merchant’s Association back in the Chamber Of Commerce.

 

                *              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 the board that she had made                                               a request for money to help advertise the DAR Dedication Day Events and that the                                               chamber would be receiving a check in the mail.  She said she was still not sure on the                                              amount the chamber would receive because they were still trying to get the overall total                                        of how many of the DAR stayed in Guntersville for the event. 

                                 

V.  Old Business

*              Joe Powell stated that the 2nd Annual Mile Plus Yard Sale was a huge success and that he thinks it will grow even more next year.  Mayor Lemley agreed and said that she had many complements on the event.

 

VI.  New Business

                *              Sheila Barbuck said that the chamber had received a letter of resignation for board                                               member Elizabeth Billings and that a replacement needed to be name to fill in for the rest                    of her board term.  There was discussion on the replacement and Josh Barnes made a                                               motion that Brenda Hamrick of Remart Motors take the vacant seat on the board of                                                 directors.  Joe Powell 2nd the motion and all members present voted to approve the                                               appointment of Brenda Hamrick to the board of directors.  Joe Powell said he would tell                                      Brenda the good news and make sure she would accept the position.

 

VII.  Adjournment

 

The meeting was adjourned by Brent Parker  at 11:50 A.M..  Minutes submitted by: Josh Barnes, Secretary/Treasurer.