I. Call to
order
Brent
Parker, President called to order the monthly meeting of the Grant Chamber Of
Commerce at
II. Roll
call
The
following persons were present: Brent
Parker, Sheila Barbuck, Josh Barnes, Mayor Samatha Lemley, Joe Powell, Faye
Frazier, & Brenda Hamrick.
III. Approval
of minutes from last meeting
A
motion was made by Brent Parker to approve the minutes from the October 2007
meeting, a second motion to approve the minutes as read was made by Sheila
Barbuck. 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
IV. Committee
Reports
* BRAC (Sheila Barbuck-Chairman)
Sheila Barbuck gave a report on the
North Alabama After Hours Dinner that herself and Josh Barnes attend the previous
Thursday. She said that the event was
very successful and
that they were able to make several contacts for the chamber. Sheila also gave an updated on the BRAC
Teleconference that was taking place in
*
No report
* Events (Faye Frazier-Chairman)
Brent Parker reported that he had
spoken with Judge Niles Burk about sponsoring an Early Bird Breakfast or some
type of Chamber event during month of January.
* Golf Tournament (Don
Milligan-Chairman)
Joe Powell stated that we needed to
go ahead and set a date for our annual golf tournament. He said (2) possible dates for the tournament
would be May 15th or May 30th. Brent Parker said that we definitely need too
set the date by January.
* Membership (Jean Brewer-Chairman)
Brent
Parker said that we should start inviting all members to our monthly board meetings if
they would be interested in attending.
He said this would be a great way to get
more individuals involved through out the year. Sheila
Barbuck said she would invite
Libby Bevel who represents the Grant DAR Chapter so she could help keep the chamber
informed on what is happening at the school and with the DAR.
* Business Development (Joe Powell-Chairman)
Joe
Powell informed the board that a new restaurant would be opening soon in Grant
and we needed to make sure we get them to join the chamber. He said he had already spoken with the owner.
* Tourism (Danny Lewis-Chairman, Terri
Powell-Vice Chairman)
Terri Powell said that the tourism
board had been very busy and that many things would be changing over the course of the
upcoming year. Terri said there were
tourism funds available
for different area events and just to let her know in advance and she would try
to
get tourism funds for any events the chamber will be hosting or other local
businesses.
V. Old
Business
* The
board decided to table setting the golf tournament date until January 2008.
* Brent
Parker said that since the month of December was going to be so busy for
everyone that we could postpone our Christmas Party that the board had talked
about having for the members until January and turn it into an After Hours
Membership Drive. Everyone on the board
like the idea, Josh Barnes said that he would check on different prices for
places to have the event. A few places mentioned were the Broken Arrow Golf
Course on Hwy 79 and Kennamer’s Cove Trading Post.
VI. New
Business
* Josh
Barnes said that the Annual Grant Christmas Parade would be held Saturday December
1, 2007. Sheila Barbuck said that the
chamber could use her car in the parade and
that whoever wanted to
ride needed to let her know.
* Faye
Frazier said that the Cedar Winds Campground would be doing their First Annual Christmas
in the Campground during the month of December.
The board had told
them in the summer that they would sponsor a Christmas scene. Sheila Barbuck made a motion that the chamber
purchase: a banner, lighted trees, and a few other lights for
the event. Josh Barnes seconded the
motion and all board members voted in favoring of sponsoring the event. Sheila Barbuck and Faye Frazier said that
they would take care of
setting up the decorations.
VII. Adjournment
The
meeting was adjourned by Brent Parker at 11:50 A.M.. Minutes submitted by: Josh Barnes, Secretary/Treasurer.