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November 1, 2022 Board Meeting

Monday, October 31, 2022

Start 11:06

In attendance: Brandice, Eric, Val, Heather, Nigal

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Agenda

  1. Adoption of October Minutes: October 4, 2022 - Erickson Chamber Board Meeting Minutes Moved by: Heather Second: Val Carried.

  2. Approval of Agenda - Moved by Eric, Second: Heather Carried

  3. Approval of new members: TJ Hookers, Darrell Barr (company TBD)

    • Darrell - lions roar, true value hardware store, frontier house - has multiple businesses - to be assigned one chamber member per company
    • signed up at the meet the candidates event

    Approval for new members - Moved by Eric Second: Heather Carried

  4. Review of Meet Your Candidates Events

    • went well - lots of positive feedback
    • we received a new member from the event

  5. Heritage Committee: Request to use Chamber Logo for Signage

    • tabled

  6. Christmas Party Updates

    • send out to our new members for advanced purchase
    • tickets go on sale to general public november 4th

  7. Doug Griffiths. "13 Ways Speaker" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHk9LwLS8m8.

    • Should we connect with Russell to see if E&D Chamber Members can attend in Russel on November 5th?
    • Eric to reach out to Russell chamber - to make a connection and ask about advertising to our chamber

  8. Cell Phone and Internet Service Improvements - should the Chamber get involved

    • Delegation to possibly go talk to council
    • Snow clearing for businesses to be brought to council's attention
    • Eric to draft a letter on behalf of the Chamber

  9. Tree Planting Grants - please see end of agenda

    • On agenda to be brought to the members attention

  10. Electric Charging Station -

    • Score store to write a grant for one - already in progress

  11. 2023 Membership Drive (can we form a committee?)

    • Name change? Would these be a benefit? What do chamber members think?
    • Regional chamber
    • Next meeting to discuss defining the district and being more inclusive with business outside of erickson

  12. Move Dec meeting to Nov 29

    Meeting to be moved to Nov 29th - 11am

  13. Director Nominations

    • Josh Surovy - possible nomination
    • start to think about who we can bring forward as nominations - by november 15th is nomination deadline
    • Kristy - reach out and see if she wants to run again
    • Draft a letter to general membership call for nominations - josh

  14. In Camera

  15. Chamber Manager Report:

    • a. Approval of Invoices for Oct/22
    • b. Migrating book-keeping to digital Xero accounting system (as of Jan 1, 2022)