Chamber Board Meeting Minutes - 11/19/2007
| Board of Directors Meeting November 19, 2007 - 11:30 AM |
| Attending: Kent, Janice, Claudia, John, Sunny, Steve, Chuck Absent: Jeanne, Sid |
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Attending: Kent, Janice, Claudia, John, Sunny, Steve, Chuck Absent: Sid, Jeanne 1) Call to order: 2) Approval of September minutes Moved: Claudia; Second: Report distributed with meeting agenda and at meeting. Board members divided the expired members and agreed to call each to encourage renewal. We discussed the overwhelming need for increased membership. Janice suggested that the Board as a whole take on membership in 2008. Steve recommended that one member of the Board be responsible for organizing the rest of the Board. We will consider some concrete proposals at the Dec Board meeting. b. Member Benefits No report. No report. d. Luncheon The October luncheon had about 20 attendees including a couple new guests. We do not have a luncheon in Nov or Dec. I’m working on the 2008 topic list. e. Networking Justin (Balcones Country Club) didn’t return calls about holding NN at the club. That venue doesn’t sound promising. We’re looking for a new home because NxNW doesn’t want to accommodate us unless we can commit to spending more money. Send any suggestions to John. f. Public Relations A discussion ensued about the various publications that will accept announcements for free. Steve and Claudia reported that they had posted some announcements, but Steve noted that we have barely scratched the surface. We need someone to research the possible publications and organize the effort to notify them each month. g. Outreach Reported with Vision. h. Business Development No report. i. Vision The committee has met a couple times and is planning to meet against next week. We have some general agreement on what types of outreach activities match our vision, and we are working to identify organizations with which we potentially could partner. j. Nominations Report distributed with meeting agenda and at meeting. k. Holiday Party The Christmas Event Committee recommends that the board of directors make a motion to have the Christmas Event in conjunction with the Chamber’s Network Night on December 11th at North by Northwest Restaurant. This event will be a Dutch- treat dinner affair; everyone is to bring a white elephant gift, value to be a minimum of $10.00. Everyone is encouraged to bring guests. Steve Bray will send out emails announcing the event, with a reply of attendance requested. 5) Old Business a. None 6) New Business a. Election of Board of Directors Motion: The Board shall waive the requirement in which a member must have one-yea tenure prior to serving as a Director. Moved: Sunny; Second: Janice: Vote: 7-0 Motion: The Board shall adopt for this election the “5% Rule” to fill Directors’ positions. This rule will state that until the active membership reaches 150 members at the time the Nominations Committee convenes in Aug, the number of sitting Directors will reflect at least 5% of the membership. Moved: Sunny; Second: Claudia: Vote: 7-0 Motion: Adopt the recommendations of the Nominations Committee. Moved: Sunny; Second: b. Nomination and election of Board officers Treasurer: Steve nominated Sunny Campbell Second: Sunny; Vote: 7-0 Secretary: Steve nominated Janice Campbell Second: We will leave the post of Chair-Elect vacant at this time. c. Other new business 7) Next meeting: 8) Adjourn |
