ANNANDALE AREA

CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

Board Meeting Minutes

Janaury 14, 2004, 11:30 AM

Southbrook Golf Club, Annandale MN

President Marlene Young called the meeting to order at 11:30 AM.

Attendance: 20 Members

Adoption / Amendment of Agenda: Charlene Donnelly made a motion to accept the agenda. Marlene Young 2^nd the motion. Motion carried.

Acknowledge Board of Directors:

A special thank you went out to Douglas Kantor, Tim Engle, Dan Zahler, and Jon Ferrell for serving on the board the last few years. Welcome to the newcomers on the board, Karen Pitra, Chad Spaulding, Brent Morningstar, Jeff Lundquist and to those who stayed on the board Mike Zieska, and Charlene Donnally a special thank you for your services.

Election of Officers: Motion made by Karen Pitra, 2^nd by Charlene Donnally to keep the same slate of officers that we had last year. Motion carried.

President: Marlene Young

Vice-President – Charlene Donnelly

Treasurer – Jeffrey Burkhardt

Secretary – Mary Wilson

Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes: Charlene Donnelly made a motion to accept the minutes of the December 2003 meeting. Chad Spaulding 2^nd the motion. Motion carried.

New Business in the Community: MN Fitz Billiards & the Learning Tree

Correspondence: Mail from the MN Chamber, if interested please see Marlene Young.

Treasurer’s Report: No report.

Committee Reports:

8.a Membership Committee

As of this meeting we have 106 members already paid. Remember deadline for membership of January 31^st if you want to be on the Chamber City Map.

8.b Ambassador Committee

Don Nelson is setting up a Welcome to Annandale for TJ’s Dollar Discount store.

Watch for date and time. Don will also be contacting Larry at MN Fitz Billiards &

The Learning Tree.

8.c Business Expo

Date is April 3, 2004, time is 9 AM until 2 PM. And price is the same as last year

at $85.00 for chamber members. Registration forms will be out soon.

8.d All City Garage Sale

Date is May 1, 2004

8.e Chili Cook-Off

Date is May 29, 2004

8.f Queen’s Committee

Committee’s first official meeting is January 20^th. Please think about sponsoring a

candidate for the 4^th of July celebration.

8.g Fourth of July Committee

No report.

8.h Arts and Crafts

Arts & Crafts Show will be August 7, 2004, registration forms will be going out

soon. Checking for dates on a possible 2^nd show.

8.i Golf Tournament

No report.

8.j Halloween

No report

8.k Community Christmas

Will be looking for new ideas and ideas from the Winter Committee for location

and things to do for this special time of year.

8.l Social Committee

Social set for January 22, 2004 at Reichel’s Event Center. Invitations are out. So

please remember to come and enjoy yourself.

8.m Chamber Map

A discussion on how often the map should be printed with the correct dates,

brought a vote of having it done once a year, and then see how the map goes over if

we will continue with it yearly.

8.n Kiosk

Steve Bergesch reported that the school district would like to use the kiosk for 7-

10 events. Chad Spaulding and Steve will come up with a figure we could charge

the district for the service and report back at next months meeting.

9.0 Old Business:

None

10. New Business:

It was discussed and voted on to have Annandale Chamber Halloween Businesses share candy with the little Goblins on Friday, October 29^th between 3 PM and 5 PM. As Halloween this year is on a Sunday.

11. Upcoming Events/Meetings

January 22, 2004, Chamber Social Event at Reichel’s Event Center

February 11, 2004, Board Meeting at Lake Center Bar & Grill, 11:30 AM

(We will have a guest speaker at this meeting from the MN Dept of Trade &

Economics)

12. Adjournment: Chad Spaulding made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Karen

Pitra 2^nd the motion. Motion carried.

Minutes and Agenda respectfully submitted by Mary Wilson, Chamber Secretary.