East Mountain Chamber of Commerce
Board Meeting—March 9, 2007

1. Call to Order: The monthly board meeting of the East Mountain Chamber of Commerce was called to order by President Bill Walters at 9 a.m. at the Cedar Point Grille.

2. Board Members Present: Ellen Ashcraft, Jeffrie Burdette, Wayne Clay, Cindy Newman, Mary Safford and Bill Walters

3. Others in Attendance: Julie Albright

4. Approval of Minutes: Wayne motioned and Jeff seconded the approval of the minutes from the Feb. 9 board meeting and the March 1 general meeting. All approved.

5. Treasurer’s Report: Jeff says he is working on the Chamber’s books. He now has online access to our account so he can see transactions. He needs to get on the golf tournament account. We think currently Craig and Andrew are on it. The Chamber paid $170.90 for Enterprise Training brochures and we are now getting our credit card charges paid to us properly. We got a new credit card machine on Monday, as the one we had wasn’t working properly. We have about $5,700 in our account. Also, there has been no follow through from Susan Walker on getting the donations promised for Breakfast with Santa. Jeff will ask her for the list and send out invoices, but believes it may be too late to collect. The Chamber will take control of this function for this year’s breakfast and give recognition only to businesses who have paid what they pledged.

6. Committee Reports:

   • Golf: Cindy asked questions about the history of the golf tournament. She has heard some negative comments about last year’s tournament. Julie wil get information to Cindy regarding sponsors from last year. Cindy will form a committee. Rohnn is still checking on a date for the tournament with Paa-Ko.

   • Enterprise Training: Cindy suggests that the Chamber send an email blast to the membership about the training, as well as make the training prominent on the newsletter.

7. Old Business:

   • a. The board discussed asking Leigh Mason from Bernalillo County Community Health to speak. Julie will do so. We also discussed Mike Smith, author of “Towns of the Sandia Mountains” to address area history. Julie will call him.

   • Cindy says she is ordering the ceremonial scissors today. The board approved the brochure for printing. Cindy will solicit for committee members via email.

   • Jeff will call and check on closing the Bank of the West account.

8. New Business:

   • Ellen motioned to place a Chamber ad in the East Mountain Living magazine. Cindy seconded and all approved. Ellen will prepare the ad.

   • ACI asked the Chamber to host a Round House Review. After discussion, the board decided not to pursue this.

   • Mary Safford will be voted in as a board member at large at the next general meeting.

   • Wayne said we are getting a good deal on our credit card machine and processing compared to others he’s seen. Recommends no change for now, but says we do have other options if we need to pursue them.

   • Ellen told the board that the Village of Tijeras wants the mayor’s husband’s veteran’s memorial group to use the conference room every Wednesday night, despite the fact that the Tijeras Canyon Safe Passage Coalition has been meeting there the second Wednesday of each month for two years. Advised that Julie meet with the Village clerk to re-agree on how a master calendar will be kept for conference room use.

   • Jeff motioned, Wayne seconded and all agreed that he should spend $75 for a paper shredder for the Chamber.

   • Jeff is investigating ways that we might speed up Internet access at the center.

9. Adjournment: There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 10:05 a.m.

Respectfully Submitted,
Ellen K. Ashcraft, Secretary