Chamber Minutes & Info

Corrected minutes of, Chamber of commerce General meeting February 11, 2020 Minutes Minutes for January approved. Treasurer’s Report As of January 31, 2020: Banquet- 4,525.31 Regular account- 10,077.40 RV-park 11,865.62 Treasurer’s report approved. Membership TVBRC RV Park The idea of providing (for a fee) advertising for local businesses on the fence at the RV Park was discussed. Purchase of washer & dryer at RV Park (plumbing is in) Will get prices for next meeting. Suggestions of putting a sign up at Chopaka crossing (at Canada) about the RV Park to get people to stop and camp. “Tonasket is your gateway to ___, and has these amenities.” Guest speakers Alyce Brown, with NCWEDD introduced the Supernova program. A motion was made and passed to partner with NCWEDD for 250.00; a partnership which will bring promotional opportunities to small businesses in our area. Old business Circus- Broke even in 2019. July 25 has availability to bring them in, or Father’s day. 1,500.00 to get them here. Chamber banquet went well, with 82 dinners sold. Meeting adjourned at 1:10pm.

Minutes Minutes from Dec 10 approved, pending corrections. Treasurer’s Report The budget for 2020 was presented and approved. Membership There are currently about 40 businesses with active membership status. TVBRC Closed for the season RV Park Closed for the season Guest speakers Kim Johnson from Okanogan P.U.D Energy efficiency consults and incentives. New business, Corbin J Videography, introduced their services; Promotional videography and commercial videography. Oroville chamber of commerce President invited everyone to the ice fishing festival. There will be an auction and NCRL makerspace. Saturday at 7am. NCW economic development district competition kicked off Monday with video about the application process. Steve Mccullough; the school district received a 100,000 grant for new K-3 structure, and encouraged people to talk to him and ask any questions about the upcoming school levy vote. Old business Banquet: More tickets available for sale. Donations being picked up this week. Tickets will be available at will call. New business Founders day May 29+30, should start planning at the next meeting. Meeting adjourned

Call to order Meeting was called to order by President Mary Lou Kriner Minutes November minutes were read and approved with corrections. Treasurer’s Report Budget for 2020 will be presented at the next meeting. Membership There are currently 33 businesses with active membership status for 2020. TVBRC Some discussion of our role/link to the visitors center was had. More light will be shed on this next meeting. RV Park The park has been closed for the season, with plans to re-open in April or May. Guest speakers Steve Mccullough spoke briefly about the upcoming school levy, and handed out informational materials. The school has finished phase 1 of their plan, which had to do with HVAC updates. Phase 2, which focuses on safety and security, will hopefully be finished by June. The proposed levy gets voted on in February. John McReynolds informed us of a new clinic which is now open in North Valley Hospital. Currently, it is open from 8:30 to 4:00, Monday through Friday. It is staffed with Nurse Practitioners and Physicians assistants, with some Physicians considering positions in the clinic over the next few months. Old business Winterfest went well, the chamber gave away 250 of the 300 candy canes purchased. The Lions club had a booth at winterfest, and made around 145.00 selling baked goods and cider. New business Regarding the upcoming Banquet: Locations for ticket sales were discussed. The businesses offering to take this role are: The yellow porch boutique; OK Chevrolet; Tonasket Public Library. A committee was formed, consisting of Marylou, Angie, Patty, and Kris. The theme of the event will be “Back to the future.” The board voted to dismiss board member Lee Orr, citing poor attendance and an inability to get in contact with Lee. Marilee Nielson was voted into the position. The upcoming openings for business of the month were discussed, and so decided: January 2020 = W̶a̶h̶l̶ ̶D̶e̶n̶t̶i̶s̶t̶r̶y̶ Beyer's Market February 2020 =̶B̶e̶y̶e̶r̶'̶s̶ ̶M̶a̶r̶k̶e̶t̶ ???? March 2020 = Whitestone Pharmacy The board briefly considered the following question “Should the ability to be chosen business of the month be contingent on active membership?” With the majority vote of yes, no changes were made. The Tonasket food bank gave out over 150 Turkeys, with a total of 230 thanksgiving dinners given out to families, a statistic that distinguishes them from food banks in surrounding areas. A church (catholic?) is raffling off a very nice flannel twin quilt on Sunday the 15th, for 5.00 per ticket. OVOC is having a Holiday concert Saturday, the 14th at 2pm, at the Omak PAC. Thursday (Dec 12), from 12:00-3:00, the American Legion celebrates the 100 year anniversary of their post, with steak dinner for 15.00