OPEN: 9:00am
Invocation: Pastor Greg Thorn
Minutes: Read and Approved
Treasurer Report: Leslie McNamara- Checking $2970.09 Savings $10,025.93
City Report: Lee Webster- Water project still moving along. Chip seal still going, should be finished by the end of July or early August. Playground equipment should be finished by May 29.
Boys and Girls Club- Brian –Fund raising is still going on. The Golf Tournament is still needing volunteers and sponsors. Summer camp is June 13 The 1st annual wine and Jazz festival in Chelan is giving all the proceeds to the Brewster Boys and Gils Club.
Guest Speaker- Lew Blakeney presented a very detailed talk on how they help small businesses in our area.
Bouncing for Boobies amazing race was discussed but no decisions made as to what we were going to do with it.
Cherries Jubilee: The Senior Center offered to have the pie tasting at their center which is going to be Friday before the event. The board will take that into consideration.
The 3 k run will be from the Jet on Main to Jackass Ranch on Sunset and back ending at the Armory. Everything else is moving along we still need to get the event approved by the City Council which is going up for vote at the next council meeting April 11.
August Night out it was confirmed that the Chamber will again supply the free hotdogs, chips and water for the event.
Junior membership: it was voted at the Chamber Board Meeting that we would start a new membership a Junior membership for High School Seniors that will allow them to get their dues free and be members of the Chamber and they would be required to do 5 hours of service work for the chamber being either helping at the events or helping in other ways the chamber can decide, and the time spent could go to their community service work required by the school if that was approved and the chamber would write letters of their service to be used for jobs or collage.
Introductions: Introductions were made with each person telling about their business
Julio with the Umpqua Bank will supply the refreshments at the next meeting which is May 2, at 9:00 at the Armory
Meeting adjourned at 10:00 pm