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The Knightstown Chamber meets the first Thursday each month for its regular monthly meeting. The Board of Directors meets at 5:45 p.m. with the regular meeting following at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are held at the Hoosier Gym classroom (Adams Street entrance). All members are encouraged to attend and participate in making decisions to improve and support our community. Those interested in joining the Chamber are also welcome.

     ~ MINUTES for MARCH 3, 2011 ~    

 

Board Members in Attendance - Steve Brooks, Sally Conyers, Sue Hood, Rusty Johnson, Neil Shaneyfelt, Bill Windsor

Members in Attendance - Terry Guerin, Cindy Kiner, Penny Shaneyfelt, Clyde South, Danny Webber

Minutes ---

Meeting opened by President Sally Conyers.

The minutes of the February meeting were reviewed. Motion by Rusty Johnson to approve seconded by Neil Shaneyfelt. Motion carried. Sally also noted that all minutes of previous meetings have been submitted for posting on the Chamber website.

The Financial Report was reviewed. Motion by Bill Windsor to approve seconded by Steve Brooks. Motion carried.

Sally thanked all members that have paid their dues for this year.

Committee Lists were passed around at the February meeting and again at the March meeting. Still need more help on several committees.

The Fish Wagon Lottery will be held on Thursday, March 10, 6:30 p.m. at the Hoosier Gym meeting room. Open to Knightstown Not-for-Profit organizations only. The Henry County Health Office (Lenn Smith) will also be present to address potential renters.

Fall Fest 2011 – Sally picked up the “timeline” book from Amy Blackwell. Sue Hood indicated she would help with organizing this event.

Finance Committee will be composed of Steve Brooks, Sally Conyers, Rusty Johnson and Neil Shaneyfelt. A meeting is planned for Tuesday, March 8, at 5:00 p.m. at Ameriana Bank.

Farmers Market – Discussion ensued on whether there was still an interest and do we need to charge vendors. It was a group decision to make it a courtesy to the residents of Knightstown and have it as no charge to vendors and only have it on Saturday morning. Terry Guerin said he would see if Town Employees can block the Square

Knightstown Town Board members Terry Guerin and Clyde South spoke to the group. The Board still has hopes of generating new local business and is continuing to look into getting grants. Unfortunately, the income study that was done by Ball State was done by telephone and lots of people were missed, therefore, the town did not qualify for any grants. New figures will be available from the recent census and there are still hopes of obtaining future grants. Both Terry and Clyde were in favor of inviting the New Castle Henry County Economic Development Director to an upcoming Chamber meeting. They also stressed that they would like to have a close working relationship with the Chamber and either one or both of them will try to be present at future Chamber meetings.

Knightstown Neighborhood Crimewatch – Danny Webber announced that the 4th Annual Crimewatch Day will be Saturday, April 30, at the Hoosier Gym. Crimewatch will also be sponsoring a Children’s Fishing Derby on Tuesday, August 2, at Sunset Park.

The next Chamber meeting will be Thursday, April 7.

Meeting adjourned.

 

(Notes taken by Penny Shaneyfelt in the absence of Secretary Lin Ebbert.)