JUNEAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MINUTES
Monday, Novermber 20, 2023
Welcome and Call to Order – 6pm
Board members present: Gretchen Last, Brett Bolman, Sue Piper, Jessica Johnson,
Diane Ronge, Char Lober, Lauren Medelberg, Sasa Seremet.
Other members present: Cathy Firari, Cristina Seremet, Alyssa Gahlman
Pledge of Allegiance was said.
Approval of Agenda: Lauren made a motion to approve, Diane second. Approved.
Secretary Report and Treasurer’s reports were approved as presented.
Committee Reports:
Lauren showed the new look of our web page.
Cristina reported that there has been an increase in activity on our
Facebook.
Gretchen reported that we do have items for Welcoming bags, but
Are in need of bags to put the items in. They will do a search for
Something to put them in.
Gretchen reported that we have two new memberships for 2024.
Diane suggested that we use the new Brand Logo and the year they
Join the Chamber. Jessica suggested that we use a new engraved
Logo and just add the year every year to hang at the business. Possibly
Charge a member if they want a different certificate.
There will be a discussion at the next meeting regarding membership fees.
Sasa will work with Lauren and Jessica to work on this topic.
Cristina reported that the Softball season is over and will be wrapping up the information. The lack of people to help at the events was a real problem. We will need to have a sign-up sheet to improve this for any Future events.
Cristina reported that the sales for the Softball event was double from
Last year. There will be a banquet in February for the players and sponsors.
They will discuss a summer league to run till the fall.
Networking: Lauren is looking for ideas on what we can do to bring people into the Community. Jessica suggested focusing on the website. Cristine
Suggested that we have one Business at our monthly meeting to showcase
Their business. This could be whoever has an ad on our website they get
10 minutes to do their presentation.
Parade of Trees: Cathy has the FFA to set up the trees and they will also
Serve the desserts on Sunday 1 to 3 pm. St.Johns wil have a choir and
Keyboard presenters. There are 27 trees and six new sponsors. There
Were3 or 4 trees that needed to be discarded. We will need to have
These replaced. Send her an email if you have gift baskets to be raffled
By November 30th.
Downtown Trees: Sasa reported that 8 trees will be delivered next week.
Five are spoken for. Cost is $300 per tree.
Cathy said she will be doing an inventory of all they item the Chamber
Has at Archie Monuments.
Old Business: Will need better accounting for income and expenses that
Are done for any fundraising events.
New Business:
Paying Website master: Sasa suggested a monthly fee, Lauren would like to wait until she finishes the website to determine what she would need.
Gretchen made a motion to discuss further an hourly rate for this position. Motion approved.
Annual Meeting: Meeting will be held January 15th at 5 pm at the American Legion Post 15, Juneau. Gretchen will get out this information to the Members.
Election Committee: Committee will be Gretchen, Brett, Char and Cathy.
We are in need of two Directors and two Board Members.
THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 18, 2023 6PM AT JUNEAU LANES
150 E OAK ST, JUNEAU.
Lauren made a motion to adjourn the meeting, Diane second, approved.
Submitted by
Sue Piper
Secretary
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