June Minutes

Place: Collegeville Shops and Lofts
Date:    June 17, 2008
Sponsor: Collegeville Companies

The meeting was called to order at 12:11 p.m. by President, Janelle Von Pinnon.

Introductions - it was a small group and introductions were not made

Secretary's Report: Meeting minutes were reviewed. There was a typo with regard to Corey Ehlert chairing a committee. It said he would not, but, it should have said he would now chair. A motion was made to approve the minutes by Pam McIntosh and seconded by Sister Miriam Ardolf. All approved and the motioned carried.

Treasurer's Report: Treasurer, Jane Litchy, had a last minute conflict and could not attend so the Treasure's report was not available.

Top Priorities:
            Corey Ehlert and Mike McDonald have met to brainstorm on our top priority of increasing the status/significance of our Chamber from our visioning meeting. They identified three items to focus on:
1.     Significance - created a main event and have it be our primary fund raiser
2.     Visibility - show appreciation and acknowledgement of new businesses
a.     Have a business of the year award- the Kelly Award is more a service award
b.    Have a welcoming committee - similar to St. Cloud's Tophatters
c.     Update the Chamber tri-fold piece
d.    Possibly change the time of the Chamber meetings
3.     Rewards and benefits - why are we a part of the Chamber and what are the benefits of belonging to the Chamber
a.     What does the Chamber offer prospective businesses
b.    Create benefit - we are all here for that purpose - create loyalty (shop locally), networking, and build relationships
            Corey and Mike are looking for additional committee members to help come up with ideas and implement them. They are prepared for a two year commitment to make this work. Molly Renslow complimented Corey and Mike on what they have come up with so far and their follow thru on this from the February meeting. It was suggested that a representative of the City be a part of the welcoming committee. Dwight Pfannenstein was suggested as well as rotating the City representative.
            There was some discussion about checking into being an affiliate of the St. Cloud Chamber.
            The next meeting of this committee will be Wednesday, June 25th, at 8:00 a.m. at the Local Blend at which time they will try to fine tune some of the above.

Riverbats: The St. Joseph night at the Riverbats is Monday, August 4, 2008. Matt Kruetzer and Chad Davey will work on this committee. Everyone can help sell the ticks for $6.00 each with a 50/50 split with the Riverbats. We hope to sell 500 tickets in blocks of 25. Every 25 will get a mention at the game. If they purchase 100 tickets they get 10 sport deck tickets free.