Carlisle Chamber of Commerce
Executive Board Meeting
June 7th, 2007  12:00 p.m.
Carlisle Chamber Board Room, 325 Garfield St., Carlisle, Ia.

Members present:   President Tammy Davis, Dee Smith and David Wright.

1. Open Meeting and Introductions:  President Davis opened the meeting at 12:06 p.m.

2. Approval of Minutes:

There was not a quorum present, so approval of the minutes was tabled until the next meeting.

3. Treasurers Report: 

Jim Segreto has resigned as Treasurer.  Ethel had prepared a Treasurer’s Report for May, but there was no quorum, so will be presented at the regular Chamber meeting next week for approval.

4. Appointment of Interim Treasurer: 

Appointment of Ryan Meireotto, from Great Western Bank, to the Treasurer position for the remainder of this year was tabled until the regular meeting next week.

5. Executive Director Report:    Ethel Lee was reported the following items:

Memberships:  

Ribbon cuttings have been held for 

  • Curves, 

  • The Cutting Edge, 

  • Four Seasons and 

  • Mary Sue's Salon, Wig Boutique & Doll Orphanage

Scheduled for tomorrow at 2:00 p.m.

  • Studio 155

Web site improvements:  Shared Web Site and improvements that Les Hartshorn has been working on.

Directory:  Cindy could not attend the meeting today, but will be bringing us the extra copies.  Our new representative for Carlisle is Chyrl Stout.

Grant applications:  Have applied for a grant from Generals Mills, Hamburger Helper, for  $15,000 for corner sign and will be applying for a grant from Prairie Meadows for $10,000 for corner sign/repairs.

Annual Dinner:  The Annual Dinner will be held on Sunday, January 20, 2008.  Ethel will check with Rob Ash, Drake Head Football Coach, to be the guest speaker.

Committee Updates:

  • Garden Party went well.

  • City -wide Garage Sale will be Saturday, 16th.  Chris Pighetti is preparing a flyer for this event.

  • Sizzling Saturday will be held this Saturday also.

  • Shaklee Conference will be Friday, June 29th.  We need some volunteers.  Someone to help move tables/chairs and 3-4 greeters at the school.  Ethel shared a brochure she has prepared for this event.

Revitilization Committee:  

Ethel shared the inventory brochure of downtown businesses that are for sale.  This was distributed to both banks, WCDED, City Hall, Realtors, etc.

This group has been using a model guide for revitalizing small downtowns, called Welcome Back Downtown.  One of the next steps to take, according to the guide, is to do a Consumer Needs Survey.  We will be working on this at our next meeting which will be Tuesday, June 26th at 12:00 noon, in the Chamber office.

Dee Smith shared information about the survey she is doing through Iowa Realty called ‘Why Carlisle.com.’  There are 7 questions on this survey.

We will ask the entire Chamber membership next week about sharing the cost of using Survey Monkey with the City.  The annual cost is $200, so the Chamber’s amount would be $100.  There is no limit of how many surveys we would do in this year’s time.  They also prepare a summary of the survey

Beautification  Committee: The hanging planters have been hung. And, the 85th Anniversary of North Park banner has been hung.

6. Old Business:

  • Project Destin - Neighbor to Neighbor Program.  Ethel mentioned that she hoped the Chamber members have had an opportunity to visit with Nathan about this program.

  • Golf Outing - Carroll Isley and Denny Woodruff were present to discuss the progress on the Golf Outing.  Was decided to ask Keith Churchill to meet with them to see how he had done this in the past.  Ethel will also call Melinda to see if she can attend the meeting.

  • Baseball night at Principal Park - Baseball night will be Thursday, Aug. 2nd.  Tickets are here.  Will be doing the bus ride again for those who are interested, for $5 per person, this includes the $3charge for each ticket.

7. New Business: 

  • Consensus of the group was to have the July regular meeting be the Share Your View program.  The Greater Des Moines  Partnership will facilitate this meeting.  It will be on Wednesday, July 18th at 7:30 in the morning.

  • Monkey Survey  -  Since there was no quorum, no action was taken to share this cost with the City.

  • General Mills – 50th Anniversary Open House.  All Chamber members are invited to attend in the afternoon.

8. GDM Partnership: Shar was not present for a report.

9. Next Executive Board Meeting:

  •   ,Thursday, July 5, 2007 at 12:00 p.m..

10. Adjourn:

  •   Meeting adjourned at 1:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Ethel L. Lee
Executive Director