Garden Valley Chamber Gets Rolling For Spring

From the office of the President
Garden Valley Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 10
Garden Valley, ID 83622
208-462-5003
www.gvchamber.org

Agenda for February 16, 2012

Call to Order by President, Diane Caughlin: 6:00 p.m.
Meeting held at Crouch Community Hall, Downtown

In honor of MARDI GRAS, we are having Sausage and Chicken Gumbo with Red Beans and Rice, Cornbread and something sweet. 

Selected Delegations:

~ Joe Caughlin-Afghanistan Soldiers/Children “Thinking of you from Garden Valley Idaho” Power Point presentation

~ Sonja Maurus- GVHD Community CPR/AED Project

~ Cards for members

~ Non-Profit member to member benefits

~ Rescheduled Sno-goers Fun Run, February 25th. Registration is at 9:00-12:00

~ Exergy Tour-May 27th: We ALL need to volunteer to get our town ready to rock and roll, this will be covered by the news media worldwide, so this can be a HUGE boost to our economy!!!! (we need about 50 volunteers the day of the event; probably 5 to help the crew; another 5 for parking and security; 5 for hospitality and VIP; and the rest as course marshals).

· June 8th & 9th: Northfork Championships http://www.northforkchampionship.com/

· Our Industry-Recreation: How do we proceed and what do we want?

~ Friday morning marketing meetings--Think Tank.

~ Letters will be going out to groups, motorcycle, car, church, etc…Need help with this!!!

Reports of Officers:

Secretary--Minutes sent out for review prior to meeting. No changes were requested.
Treasurers Report--Sent out for review prior to meeting.

Report of Committees:

· Spring Fling--Carol Scharf is out of town until March

· Sign Committee--Lynn-Lorraine? It would be so awesome to have this ready with a big welcome sign for the Exergytour!
· 4th of July?
· Trunk or Treat--John Jauregui

Please welcome new members:

Garden Valley Locksmith--Craig Allen
Sandy McLain--Individual
Rowland Auto Body--Eric Rowland


Reason #10 to join your chamber--The more people you know who know about your business, the more opportunities you have to increase and expand your business…bottom line Get Involved!


Please check the website www.gvchamber.org to update your profile on the website. You might want to add an email & website address, picture of you or your business and up to a 50-word blurb. If you send it to dianec@gardenvalleyproperties.com, I will make sure it gets updated.

Member updates--Open to all members to pitch their product or update us on what’s going on with their businesses.

Adjournment 7:00 p.m.

Working Together To: “Strengthen economic development while maintaining our pristine quality of life in Garden Valley by promoting local businesses and advocating for a positive, proactive and progressive community.”