Executive Meeting Minutes 9th February

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Cooroy Chamber of Commerce

Executive Meeting

Meeting Date: 9 February

Meeting Time: 12 noon

Meeting Venue: Cooroy Hotel, Garnet Street, Cooroy

Chamber Executive:

President: Danielle Taylor

Treasurer: Lynda Sandford

Event: Tania Stewart

Lower Mill Board Rep: Chris Bell

Vice-President: Andy Flitter

Secretary: Carol Christensen

Executive: Elona Bosboom

Executive: Sasha Gifford

Present: Danielle, Lynda, Chris, Andy, Elona.

Apologies: Sasha Gifford, Tania Stewart, Carol Christensen

  1. Presentation by Councillor Candidate, Brian Stockwell
  2. Presentation by Pete Finch, 87.6 Cooroy FM

All agreed an interesting concept but quite a bit of work to get it off the ground. For consideration. Will do an initial enquiry with members to see if interested.

  1. Minutes of Last Meeting

Minutes of the last meeting on 8 December are on the website: www.cooroy.com.au

Proposed: Danielle Taylor; Seconded: Elona Bosboom

  1. Actions arising from the minutes: Nil
  2. Treasurer’s Report:

We have $13K in cheque account, $25K in term deposit and have made $2918 profit for ytd with $2000 in receivables and $7.60 payable.

Proposed: Lynda Sandford; Seconded: Andy Flitter

  1. Meetings

Attended:

  • Cooroy Memorial Hall – Wed 3 Feb, 6pm Cooroy Library – Lynda
  • Met with Cr Joe Jurisevic – Danielle
  • Cooroy Originals – Danielle

Forthcoming:

Sunshine Coast Chamber Alliance – 31 March

  1. Mail

Mail In:    NCBA request for letter of support for deposit scheme

Request from State Library of Qld to archive Cooroy Website

Sponsorship request from Cooroy Fusion

EOIs for Sydney expedition from Sunshine Coast Chamber Alliance (and subsequent rejection of our EOI due to not being in Sunshine Coast)

Noosa District Landcare request for letter of support for Intro to Botanical Drawing

Mail Out: Letter of support for NCBA

Approval to archive Cooroy Website

Sponsorship approval for Cooroy Fusion

Agreement to hire facilities at CSS for Meet the Candidates Night

Letter of support for Noosa District Landcare for Intro to Botanical Drawing

  1. Reports
  • Kurui is printed and distributed and media releases to go out.
  • Meet the Candidates Night – all organised, just need help putting out chairs etc on night
  1. Other Business
  • Community Benefit Fund Grant – discussed and agreed to apply for funding for Christmas decorations
  • Cooroy RV Park – discussions with Doug Clayton, Cooroy Laundromat – discussed his concerns, agreed to write a letter to Council, Danielle to follow up with Doug and write letter.
  • Proposed meeting plans for 2016:
    • 1/3/16 Email marketing workshop – Butter Factory
    • April Networking Night
    • May Beer/Wine Tasting
    • June AGM
    • July Marketing workshop
    • August – Open Table business challenges
    • September Marketing workshop
    • October Dinner with the Mayor
    • November Marketing workshop
    • December Christmas Party
  • Safer Streets Funding – CCTV – Anne Winning has done a lot of work, Danielle to finalise grant
  • Chamber Newsletters – to be discussed next meeting

Meeting closed at 1.40 pm

Next Exec meeting: 9 February 2015 @ 12 noon Cooroy Hotel