Maple Lake Chamber of Commerce, Inc.

Meeting was called to order by President Paul Manuel at Noon on August 4, 2010 at  Madigans.   Introductions were made.   There were 17 members present.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

    Secretary’s report:  Cathy had sent the minutes from the previous month to everyone with their reminder for the

           Aug. 4, 2010 meeting.   M/S Shar Dircks/ Judy Kelly to approve the minutes.   

Treasurer’s report:  Kathy Hennen reported we have $12820.63 in our Chamber checking acct, Queen’s acct has $2067.34 and our CD amount is   $6,844.59.   M/S Mark Redemske/Judy Kelly to approve the Treasurers report.

Government report: Linda Hruby reported the Birch Ave. concrete work should be completed today.  The Birch Ave. pavement  won’t be started until after the Day’s of Old celebration on Aug. 21, 2010.  The total project should be completed by 9/15/2010.  Latour Const. will be starting the sewer re-route soon.   

   WCCA:  Judy Kelly reported they are going through a Federal review.  Funding is available for the EAP program.

   School report: Mark Redemske said mailings were getting ready to be sent out for the new School year.  Fundraising is still going on for the new ball fields, which should be completed by August 16.

Committee reports: 

   Membership:  Kathy Hennen said we have 82 paid members to date.

   Movies in the Park: Linda Hruby said they were finally able to show the movie on Saturday night.  There were approx.  100 people in attendance.   The next movie will be sponsored by Bernatello’s Pizza and will be shown on Birch Ave. on Friday August 20^th .

   Days of Old: Kathy Hennen said she has received $3125.00 in donations from eleven of our members.  She has not received $1500.00 in pledged money yet.

   Golf Tournament:  Paul Manuel reported they had 6 teams registered so far.

   Business trick or treat:  Paul asked if we should hold the event on Friday or Monday with Halloween on Sunday.

It was decided to hold the event on Friday October 29, 2010. 

Old Business:

   Chamber “commercial” on cable access site:  Paul Manuel said he has all the pictures ready to be sent to the cable Co. to put on video.

   Finger signs:  The Board decided to purchase two ladders for the signs.  Each sign will have a ladder chained to the back of the sign.   People will be able to pick up the key and the letters at the Costume Shoppe.

    Chamber Mission Statement: Paul asked if anyone would like to be on the committee to establish a mission statement for the chamber.  No interest was shown, so this will be discussed at a later Board meeting.

New Business:

   Chamber website: Paul stated that we pay $60.00 a quarter for our web site.  We do own our domain name.  Shannon Veches makes all changes to the site.  We may check on other options at a cheaper rate.

   Adjournment:  M/S Kathy Hennen/Linda Rassat to adjourn the meeting. The motion was approved unanimously.

 The next Chamber meeting will be at Noon on September 1, 2010 at Maple Manor.

                                                                          Cathy Elfstrand, Chamber Secretary